My Heart

My heart

I am the type of person that second guesses everything. It wasn't until recently that I have become totally at peace about the decision I made almost 15 years ago. That decision was to leave my first career and take on another, not so excepted, not so glamorous, no income career of being a stay at home Mom. When my kids were babies there was no question for me.... stay home with them. I knew I wanted to be there when they were babies. I am a very sentimental person and new that I would regret not being able to get those baby days back.

As the kids have gotten older I sometimes wonder what in the world and I doing? Am I crazy... The baby days are sooooo much easier! We have started getting ready for the CRCT test at the end of April~on top of all of our daily lessons. Math is giving me such a headache! 5th grade and 8th grade Math is hard! I do not remember it being this hard when I was in college. Maybe it's because I do not have much brain left!! It is such a huge responsibility and my brain is tired! All I can do is give it to the Lord and ask for his help.

Another thing about being and stay at home Mom is having living on one income. There is a lot that we have given up for me to stay home. The way we believe is if you don't have the money in the checking account to pay for it, you don't get to do it! Needless to say... we don't get to do it a lot! Ha! But you know what.... it just makes us be more creative. I am obsessed with clipping coupons and love to find ways that we can do things cheap. My husband and I actually went out this past weekend on a date, to a RESTAURANT, for the first time in over 3 years! We were only able to go because he had a gift card from his employees and I had a $5.00 off coupon. We only had to pay $3.00 for our meal! He had a steak! We loved it! I have to say that time and time again I have seen the Lord provide for us in ways that only he could. There is no doubt that it is him working.

So, as I carry on my duties as a SAHM/HSM, I will wear my title proud and praise the Lord that he has carried us this far. Honestly, I would rather be right were I am right now than any where else.

I read a quote not long ago that I loved.. it said... Don't try to keep up with the Jones', they are broke too!

Gotta run, my next appointment just beeped~ the dryer!!!


And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19

First week

Monday was our first day of the 2009-2010 school year and I have to say that it has started off so much better that I thought it would. Both kids have worked so hard at staying on task and getting the work done without much whining! I can only hope and pray that the rest of the year will go this smooth!

I tried to get pictures of our first day but my camera battery was dead. I will try a post some later!

Happy Wednesday!

Finally Home!

The Scarbary family has some wonderful news to share...... After 2 and a half years of wandering the desert..... We have finally found a church home! We joined Bethany Baptist Church yesterday morning. We went down with the kids and they made their statement of faith and will be baptized next Sunday morning. We were very excited to finally have a church to call our home. Everyone at the church were so sweet and welcomed us with so much love!

After church I met up with my sister-in-law and went to discuss rehearsal dinner details. My nephew is getting married next month and she has asked me to help with the decorations. We have all the seating arrangements on paper and I think we are good to go. It is going to be so pretty!

We start school today~ translation.... Annalee is happy,Josh is not! Hopefully our day with go smooth!

I hope you had a great weekend!

Getting Ready

I have officially began organizing the home school room for this school year. At the end of school last year, I just literally left everything. I thought of it no more! We have had a fun, lazy summer. Maybe a little to lazy, but much needed.

As I begin to think about this school year, I start to become totally overwhelmed with the responsibility before me. Schooling my kids???? What am I thinking? Fear and doubt start to creep in and then I hear that calming, ever present voice... "Terri, you can do this. I will not leave you!" I know that voice and I cling to it... the sweet, precious voice of my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I could not and have not done all of this with out him. There are so many different things thrown at me in all different directions about home schooling. What about socialization, am I doing the right thing, are my kids getting what they need, was I right to give up my career to stay home with them? So many others, it can get so overwhelming. But, I know that God called me to do this job of a stay-at-home, home school mom. He will equip me and my children with all we need. So it is on to a new school year with God carrying us in the palm of his hand!

I haven't posted as much lately because we have been sooooooo busy with the end of the school year. We are trying to finish before my DD birthday. We did get a pleasant surprise in my email last night..... my DD has worked so hard all year on her work that she does not have to turn in her last portfolio assignment. Can I hear a big YIPEEE!!! That is so major for us! Now we can concentrate on lessons full time! She was so excited when I gave her the news ( I think I was more excited!!!)

My next post will be my 100th! I can't believe I have done that many! I plan on having my first giveaway....so stay tuned my blog friends! Hope you have a wonderful Monday!

Pizza Hut Book It

It is time for homeschoolers to sign up for Pizza Hut's Book It! program for the 2009-2010 school year! You can register for grades K-6 here. Also check out the website for reproducibles for use in your homeschool classroom. Thanks to http://lifenurturingeducation.com/ for the reminder!

FRAZZLED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am afraid it is one of those days today.... My DD is enrolled in Georgia Virtual Academy....an online public school. I found out yesterday that she is a littl e behind in Science and History. WHAT?? How did that happen. So needless to say, I am in frazzle mode!

She is a wonderful student and I now she will catch up fast, it is just that I DO NOT like to be behind! We want to finish on time!!!!! Do you hear me????? I do not want to do school during the summer!!

I had several post planned, but they will have to wait until later... check back!!! I have a couple of great recipies to share!

So, enough ranting.... lets get to work!!!!

Sometimes I wonder why!!!!

School was so difficult today...... I am really feeling the pressure of this thing called home school! Both of the kiddos subjects are getting so hard! I mean, I am a college graduate and some of the material I have never seen. School is soooo different from when I was in their ages. I am having to learn it with them!
I have days like these every now and them.... makes me want to ship them off down the road to the public school...then... the Lord gently reminds me why I am doing this and that he will never leave me to do it by myself. Here is the big reason why I home school.....

Aren't they the cutest?!!!!!

Tomorrow is a new day and God's mercies are new every morning!!!!
Enough complaining!!!

Abraham Lincoln's 200th Birthday

For those who do not know....

Today is Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday. Lincoln is my kiddos favorite President. I have several activities planned to honor his birthday today. There is a web cast scheduled for 1:30 at history.com. Hopefully my computer will not act up like it did this morning. I will be upset if we can't join in.

We have done several units about President Lincoln and we learn something new each time. My daughter and I were at Barnes and Noble this weekend and spent about an hour looking through Biography books about Lincoln. It was so neat to see actual photographs of him. He was a fascinating President.

Over the next few days, through Presidents Day, the History Channel will be airing several shows about Lincoln. You can visit historychannel.com for more info.

MSNBC has an article that is interesting. This link is http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29113853/?GT1=43001 It is very interesting.

I will let you know how our celebration goes!