blessedhomemaker71 Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Hello, ladies~ It has been ages since I was last on here. Hope to be around here more. Since last here, I have aged. Lol! I have a big birthday next Monday. I'll be 50. To usher in this " event", I got my hair cut. It was to my middle back and now it's above my shoulders and I have bangs back, too! Still deciding if I want to keep the grey or color it. I became a Grammie, too. Hubby is Paw-Paw. Little boy, almost 2 and little girl, almost 2 months. Samuel and Nora. They live in NB, Canada and we live in WV. So, we haven't gotten to hold the littlest yet. Darn closed border. Hopefully, by next Spring, it will be open. We mailed out a baby gift and it was almost $22 to ship in a padded envelope! Money is nice but I would like to give them more personal things. We have 5 kids. Only 2 left to homeschool. 12 yo son and 7yo daughter. We are trying the Charlotte Mason method this year, if you are familiar with that. It is a gentler way of learning and I am really looking forward to it. I plan to do teatime read alouds with the kids, too. They like " tea". We wanted to get some apple trees to plant this past spring but it never seemed to want to warm up. So, this Fall we are going to try. Next spring, I would like to try to put out a small garden patch. I wanted my dh to build me a container gardening structure, but that was a no- go due to lumber prices. He is going to build a firepit but not sure when.The weather has been pleasant this Summer. A lot of rain though, which is discouraging to my dh, who would like to ride his motorcycle to work. We recently got a new SUV. We decided to go down to one vehicle since I don't drive anymore. Vehicle insurance bill dropped, too. So, that is nice. Saves about $60 per month. Well, I need to get to bed now. I hope to catch up with you all! Goodnight! ~Tina 8 Quote Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Welcome back, Tina. MtRider 1 Quote Link to comment
snapshotmiki Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Nice to see you again! 1 Quote Link to comment
Littlesister Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Welcome back blessed homemaker. Congratulations on the new grandchild. I know you can't wait to be able to see both the children. My youngest grandchild is almost 20 years old. Still waiting for great grandchildren. They are so slow at having kids. What can I say. 1 Quote Link to comment
out_of_the_ordinary Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 (edited) Welcome back!! Have you read Karen Andreola's purple book on Charlotte Mason? (It's actually called A Charlotte Mason Companion. Had to look it up.) It's good!! Reading that book and a few of Ruth Beechick's books helped me to see homeschooling wouldn't be overwhelming. We're not CM on everything, but on some things. Haven't done tea time, but we always have a family read aloud going, read good "real books" (not twaddle!) and nature study. Edited July 20, 2021 by out_of_the_ordinary 1 Quote Link to comment
Mother Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Welcome back Tina. Good to see you again. We have LOTS of grands and greats. They are ALL wonderful. Some of them we haven’t seen either but we keep in touch via a family newsletter that I send out. I always include a kids activity page in it to keep the young ones connected to the family too. Quote Link to comment
blessedhomemaker71 Posted July 21, 2021 Author Share Posted July 21, 2021 4 hours ago, out_of_the_ordinary said: Welcome back!! Have you read Karen Andreola's purple book on Charlotte Mason? (It's actually called A Charlotte Mason Companion. Had to look it up.) It's good!! Reading that book and a few of Ruth Beechick's books helped me to see homeschooling wouldn't be overwhelming. We're not CM on everything, but on some things. Haven't done tea time, but we always have a family read aloud going, read good "real books" (not twaddle!) and nature study. Yes, I actually own that book but haven't read it all the way through yet. What I have read is interesting. Quote Link to comment
Midnightmom Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Here is your first "official" Red Hat to mark your 50th birthday!!! 1 2 Quote Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Cute, Midnight! MtRider 1 Quote Link to comment
Jeepers Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Welcome back home Tina! Quote Link to comment
blessedhomemaker71 Posted July 23, 2021 Author Share Posted July 23, 2021 Thank you for the welcome back! 🤗 Quote Link to comment
Littlesister Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Blessedhomemaker, the blog is not coming up. It just says widgets, and nothing other than not secure. Quote Link to comment
Midnightmom Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Clicked the link to the blog; got a very quick look before this popped up.... Maybe you need to update something there??? Quote Link to comment
blessedhomemaker71 Posted July 27, 2021 Author Share Posted July 27, 2021 What blog? Quote Link to comment
Midnightmom Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 14 hours ago, blessedhomemaker71 said: What blog? Quote Link to comment
blessedhomemaker71 Posted July 28, 2021 Author Share Posted July 28, 2021 Oh, okay. That's an old blog. I don't know my sign in info for it anymore. I can't pull it up all the time either. It won't show up with my tablet but it shows up on my phone. I don't understand why. Maybe try a different device? Quote Link to comment
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