This Rugged JoyFull Home

These quilted patches tell of many a different stories... A special Christmas gift from the maker of our "honeymoon quilt", my best buddy, Rina. Was told that she had to stay up late rushing this purple patchwork for Christmas as a present to me and my daughter to share. It came with two matching pillow cases galore! Just recently, October 2009, another gift from the maker of our "honeymoon quilt". One good thing about quilts is that they get "comfier" as they get older. A bible clad in hand-sewn patches created by "moi". One of my early attempts to sew patches way back 1995, was told by a mentor-friend that one rule for a good patchwork is to align the corners well...this project being my very first was a contrary to that.. Patches are forever. We call this quilt our "honeymoon quilt" as this was given to us by a very dear friend as her wedding gift to us on March 25, 2000. Our "honeymoon quilt" ju...

Apologia Science...Exploring Creation with Botany Lapbook Lessons 1-5

My husband and I have always remarked that raising up smart kids is easier than training them to be kids with Godly character. Our second quarter saw Part 2 of disciplining our student in the area of diligence on a daily basis; Part 1 was during the 1st quarter. I was agonized by the fact that the area of diligence has been our major problem for years now; student taking forever to finish book pages assigned to her per day. Thus, more work pile up on the next day.  Now that she's 9yrs old, and we're running on our 6th yr schooling at home, I'm expecting more from my daughter to be more diligent in finishing the daily tasks assigned to her. I was about to call it "burnout" until one day my student surprised me about how she shared the love of Jesus to a neighborhood friend, a girl her age who just lost her father months ago.  Euy and her friend became very close since that incident. I once heard Euy encouraged her friend that everything will be fine because God lo...