Geared to Maintain

Geared to Maintain

Week January 14, 2013

• In my life this week… I was down for a day with a bug, and since I rarely get ill this threw my family for a loop, but I was very impressed with how well they adjusted fire and completed mission.
• In our homeschool this week… we have been busy wrapping up our 2^nd quarter. Since all my kids have known prior to homeschooling is public school I decided to stick with quarters and grade cards pretty closely and  have tried this year to keep run parallel with that system, although we are being more lenient on our time schedule the structure is much the same. It has really worked well for the kids as it not only gives them a good grasp on how they are progressing, it helps provide "mile markers" for our year.
• Helpful homeschooling tips or advice to share…taking the time to create a quarterly lesson plan for all our subjects have been such a blessing.  Yes I will admit it was a daunting task before I began, but has made each week run so smoothly, and once I started it maintaining it has been relatively easy.
• Places we’re going and people we’re seeing…We got to start back to PWOC (Protestant Women of the Chapel) this week here on Fort Jackson after the Christmas Break. The kids love going to see their friends in the homeschool room, and I enjoy being able to fellowship with some amazing Christian women. I choose a applicable bible study that uses Proverbs 31 to increase your organization of your home. I think that this will be a great tool to help me turn this “project” of streamlining my life that I have been working on the last few months and into a “lifestyle” change.
• My favorite thing this week was…This sign that I found on our white board from my little gears while I was sick! I am blessed!

                          

• My kiddos favorite thing this week was…Wednesday when I took the gears to the Fort Jackson Main Post Library and had them complete a scavenger hunt that I created for them! It was so fun, even my little Willow got to play. I just Goggled library scavenger hunts for kids and found one on the ALA (American Library Association) website, I did tweak it a bit to fit our learning needs but Great fun and especially for a cold or wet school day!
• Things I’m working on…are being Faithful with sticking with our routine.  It has been such a gift to finally see everything fall into place. I am also working on trying to regulate my blogging as I really enjoy it because it gives my brain a little breathing room after I download my thoughts!
• I’m cooking…Red beans and Rice with Turkey sausage in the Slow cooker, which has fast become my Favorite kitchen appliance (no pun intended). That makes me feel old just saying that, but the truth is the time that my slow cooker saves me allows me the extra time to be Young and do fun things! I even have created a Pinterest board with some great slow cooker meals for those schooldays you can check it out here, and follow me as I am always on the hunt for yummy healthy meals for my Crock pot.
• I’m grateful for… Hands down my family! They really pulled it together this week when I went down. My sweet husband was amazing at taking care of me and our gears, and my oldest for really pulling everyone together. We are geared to Maintain!