Ok, so I am totally obsessing about this stupid Hurricane Gustav that is out in the Caribbean right now - I know it's a little pre-mature and probably for no good reason. I guess since we got hit by Hurricane Dolly I have now realized that we are not immune to a Katrina-type storm and that it really could happen. I just looked at the doppler radar and they do have it going more towards Louisiana now and that makes me feel a little better about our safety BUT you never know what these things are going to do - especially since it is still a ways out there. We will know more in the next couple of days.
Since we went through Dolly though I guess we realize a little more now exactly what these stinkin' hurricanes can do. Dolly, as a category 2, was very powerful! I could not even fathom a 3 or higher like Gustav will be.
I am a total weather-freak though and you will find me on the doppler when I hear a little bit of thunder or see a dark cloud looming overhead. I used to not be like that until I married my wonderful, paranoid husband. :) I guess you can say he has rubbed off on me a bit. LOL
For those who don't know me too well, I am a total list-maker and am pretty much lost without them. Since this hurricane has been threatening us I have been creating my "head list" as to what we would take IF we were to evacuate. That is a scary thing - evacuating your home that you have everything that you own inside of it. What would you take from your entire house that would fit inside the back of your car?? Of course, there are the obvious things like pictures and house deeds and insurance stuff but if you were to think, "I might never see any of this stuff again..." what would you take?? I have so many things in my house that really mean a lot to me. There are my Precious Moments - I don't have many BUT they all were bought for me at a certain point in my life - they have meaning; there's my stained glass lamp that I want to eventually be a heirloom. Yes, those are just examples and things that COULD be replaced but they are mine and things that mean a lot to me. Some of you are probably saying that they are just materialistic things and you are right. But look around your house and notice all of the things that have some sort of sentimental value to you and tell me how many things that you could fit in the back of a car?
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"I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built upon the supposition that every child is a kind of idiot who must be taught to think. Whereas, if the child is left to himself, he will think more and better."
-Anne Sullivan
Brendon and Brandi
Brenna - getting so big
"Children are not trains. If a train does not reach every station on time, it will be late reaching it's ultimate destination. But a child can be late at any "station", and can even change the entire route of the learning process, and still reach every area of learning."
-John Holt
-John Holt
Brenna LOVES watermelon!!
My schooling not only failed to teach me what it professed to be teaching, but prevented me from being educated to an extent which infuriates me when I think of all I might have learned at home by myself.
--George Bernard Shaw
--George Bernard Shaw
Our dog, Mazzi
At Sea World
Brendon and Me
Grandma Shore and Brenna
"Homeschooling is not a way to keep our children
shut off from the world, but rather a way for them to
participate more fully in it." -author unknown
shut off from the world, but rather a way for them to
participate more fully in it." -author unknown
Brenna and Brandi
Brenna and Grandma Dawn
Brenna at the Hunting Lease
You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives.
-Clay P. Bedford
-Clay P. Bedford
Brenna and Smitty
Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. ~Albert Einstein
The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives. ~Robert Maynard Hutchins
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. ~Mark Twain
The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives. ~Robert Maynard Hutchins
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. ~Mark Twain
Brenna and a dolphin at Sea World
"Just because someone is "teaching" doesn't mean anyone is learning". ~Ned Vare
Brenna and Tantrum
"The perpetual testing of public school children is like a gardener constantly pulling his plants up by the roots to see if they are growing."(unknown)
Brendon and Brenna at a 4-D show
Brenna did not want to get wet - reason for the towel LOL
Grandpa and Brenna
Childhood is not preparation for adulthood - it is a part of life.
-A. Neill
-A. Neill
Brenna Doctoring Her Papa
Brenna and her best friend, Rhiannon
My niece, Keira
Brenna and her cousin, Kastine
At The Park
Brenna and Brendon at Garner
Brandi and Brenna
"You can not make a child walk before they are ready.
You can not make a child read before they are ready.
You can however make a child think they are dumb or learn to hate reading if you push them before they are capable." -Stephanie, Throwing Marshmallows
You can not make a child read before they are ready.
You can however make a child think they are dumb or learn to hate reading if you push them before they are capable." -Stephanie, Throwing Marshmallows
Going Fishin'
Links To Some Good Sites
"The best way to give a child values is to spend time with him and to let him see how you live your life. You act in a way that reflects what you believe, you talk to him about things that matter and you tell him about you, your life, and your choices. Your child will know you better because he has spent meaningful time with you, learning, serving and growing together. This builds a family that can last forever. That's a benefit of homeschooling that makes every minute worthwhile." From the book "Homeschooling - Take a Deep Breath, You Can Do This"
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