New Site Come Join Me!!

 Hi Everyone!  I wanted to share my new site with you.  Modern Vintage Homemaking  I moved to my own .com address.  I'm hoping to keep thing well organized for everyone.  I will be blogging about home management, family, cooking, spiritual growth, etc.  I'm going to keep my homeschool blogging here though.  I hope you will stop by and maybe even follow me for fellowship and turning our homes into havens for our family. 

I will be offering several FREE items as well to help you on your homemaking journey.

The Principle of the Path by Andy Stanley

The Principle of the Path by Andy Stanley

Not where you want to be? Wondering how to get there? The Principle of the Path is a simple principle that IF you apply it to your daily life you will avoid life wasting detours.

I was excited to receive this book for this is the first Andy Stanley book I have read. This book was hard to review for how do you review a conversation with a friend? This is just how this book reads. I felt like I was at a coffee shop with a dear friend enjoying a wonderful conversation.

The Principle of the Path is NOT a self help book or a step-by-step guide. I found this to be a quick and easy read. If you have trip coming up, this would be a great book to read on the plane or car. Andy tells you the principle of the path but it's up to you and you alone to apply it to your life. You will come away from this book feeling like you know Andy as a friend by reading the stories he shares of himself and family. Andy brings his points to light by the scriptures he quotes. This book contains a study guide at the end as well.

I received this book free from the publisher through the BookSneeze.com book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255

Happy New Year!!

WOW!!  What a year this has been.  Sorry for being so quite on the old blogger.  Our preschool is gaining a new student.  Tom and I are happy to announce baby #4.  It's a BOY!!  Little Thomas will be due in May.  Tom and I are seeing that our Highschool to Preschool will pretty soon be just preschool.  Katie and Mary have one more year of highschool when they finish with this year.

It may be time for a blog name change soon... COLLEGE to Preschool, wow, that is scary!!  I think with the new year coming and so many changes with our family that I made need to make some blog updates.  I'm in the "blog cleaning" mood!!  Is anyone with me???

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!  May the light of God shine down on you and your family!!!

The King's Christmas List Review

If you are looking for a way to teach your children the true meaning of Christmas, this book is a great way to help you in that.

The King's Christmas List by Eldon Johnson illustrated by Bonnie Leick is a great stroy that tells of a girl named Emma and her little dog Shu-Shu who are invited to the King's birthday party and they must find a special gift to bring.  Along the way to the party they  meet with some strangers who they find they are able to help, yet when they arrive at the party they are cold and empty handed.

Wait till you read the wonderful message the King has to share with Emma and Shu-Shu.  This could make a great family tradition to read while preparing for Christmas or to share with a childrens Sunday School Group.  The last few pages has ways you can share in the King's party with web sites to visit as well.

I received this book free from the publisher through the BookSneeze.com book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

FREE Books, No Really

You don't have to purchase a Kindle in order for you to take advantage of their FREE books (which are classics!!!).  You can download their Kindle Ap for your computer and read these great books.  Here is a link to GREAT instructions on how to do this.
How To Read Kindle Books On Your PC

This is GREAT for those homeschoolers who use:
Ambleside Online which is under the Charlotte Mason style and if you are into Charlotte Mason, here is another link for you.  Simply Charlotte Mason

These links are GREAT for those of you who are using The Well Trained Mind which also use the great classics for a Classical Education this is another great site.  There are SO many homeschool sites that offer great information to help you get started.  If you are looking for a place to find FREE 'old' classical literature this is an amazing site here... Project Gutenburg!  Hope you enjoy these links and take advantage of these to help you in your homeschool adventure.

Not Back To School A Day In The Life

First let me say that I have enjoyed this blog hop SO MUCH!!  Thank you to everyone that has stopped by to get to know our family and to those who follows us.  I appreciate you very much!  I have found some wonderful sites myself and I will share those in another blog post.

Now for OUR day in the life... This is how I would love for our school day to go.

High School starts at 8am with Bible first.  Christia and I join Kaite and Maryanna for the beginning of Bible class for Christia just loves to sing with the girls.  I enjoy it as well.  While the older girls get started on Bible, Christia and I go downstairs for our school time.  We start our day with prayer and then we start on our colors.

9am the older girls move to Geometry while Christia and I clean the kitchen.  Well, I clean the kitchen and Christia will have free play time.  When I'm done with the kitchen I start a load of laundry and Christia and I will read a story or play a color game.  10am  the older girls move to English and Christia and I work on her letters and numbers.  By this time Christia is ready for a snack, so we snack while we learn some table manners.  11am the girls come down for a snack themselves and they start working on Chemistry.  I start folding the laundry I started earlier and think about what's for lunch.  At noon everyone breaks for lunch and a movie {this includes Dad}.  1pm it's time for Spanish.  Christia loves to listen to Mrs. McLamb speak spanish so we will sit on Spanish 2 class for a while and I will let Christia play upstairs for a while OR we will go for a walk.  We love to go on walks when the weather is good and we will go on short walk when the weather is HOT...which is MOST of the time here in Texas!!  2pm and it;s the girls final class of the day US History.

NOW for the REAL day in the life at our house...
Christia and I got up today around 8am only to find out that this was NOT going to be a day that would go by the schedule.  Christia is teething and so she is running a fever and Katie and I just got finished cleaning up the floor and ourselves for Christia just threw up ALL over us and herself!  SIGH... school started late so that mean it will finish late  The girls eat their lunch while doing their Chemistry to try and make up for some lost time.  Since they did NOT finish their history homework that put history behind as well.  Christia and I just hung out on the couch for most of the day since she was not feeling well so no school work for her.  It's amost time for dinner and I have yet to go to the store for supplies.  Welcome to the real world.  I'm hoping tomorrow will be better.

I'm Getting A Kindle!!

I'm SO EXCITED!!!  I'm getting a Kindle for my 19th wedding anniversary!!  I say getting for they are on back order.  I have been looking at this cool gadget for quite sometime and now that they have come down to a more reasonable price I'm on the waiting list!!

I LOVE to read and when we travel it's hard to find the extra room for books.  I'm thinking that if I like it and love the way it works I may get the Katie one for her 18th birthday and Maryanna one for her 16th birthday.

Amazon gives a great description about them and the things they are able to do.  Take a look it's amazing!!
Kindle Wireless Reading Device, Wi-Fi, 6" Display, Graphite - Latest Generation

They offer a TON of FREE books, which are AMAZING.  Most of them are classics which is what our family reads the most of.  I will let you know if it's all I think it will be.