Beautiful Sunset on the Bay

...on the way home to my son's house...

...and my beautiful daughter taking a picture...

...of the beautiful sunset...

More Fun at Margaret Bowater Park

...a view from the other side of the park...

...as the sun goes down for the day...

...my youngest and oldest play tag around one of the big trees...

...Such a beautiful park...

View of part of the City of Corner Brook...

...taken from the Margaret Bowater Park playground...

...where we've been spending some time while visiting...

...such a beautiful spot...

The View Outside My Son's Front Door

A Plan for June - Photos of my province

I am a proud Newfoundlander.  I love my province.  I think every part of it is beautiful.  I have decided that during the month of June I am going to try to post at least a picture a week, and quite likely more than that.  Who knows, I may even end up posting a picture a day.  I will be doing some traveling to different parts of the province during the month of June so it seems like the perfect time for this plan.  My posts may not be limited just to pictures, though.  I may post other posts during the month, too, so that means there may be more than one post some days.  Then again, I may post my other musings on my other blog, JacquelineJabbers.  I guess we'll see what happens.  Either way my main goal here for the month of June is to be sure to share pictures of my beautiful province.

Goal Evalutation and Goal Setting

Well, I missed posting a few days this month.  Totally forgot about posting yesterday!  I thought about it when I went to bed but it was already after midnight so I didn't bother to try to post.  That's really the only day that I didn't post willingly.  The other day or two that I missed was because of the blogger problems.  Soo...while I didn't actually accomplish my goal of posting every day in May, I technically only missed posting one day when I could have posted, so that's not bad.

Time to think of a new goal.  I like having something to work towards.  I've been doing great posting daily to my 365 Days of Children's Books blog for 5 months now!  I'm pleased about that but I'd really like to do more with this blog.  I'm not satisfied with the nothing posts that I've been doing this month.  I need to work on having posts that are actually worth posting.  That may mean posting less so that I spend more time preparing the posts.  Hmmmmm...going to have to give that some thought.

That's what's on my mind tonight.

Budgets are Biblical

Proverbs 10:4 "He who has a slack hand becomes poor, But the hand of the diligent makes rich."

That's what's on my mind tonight.

It doesn't take long to become spoiled

Last month I had over 2000 visits at my 365 Days of Children's Books Blog.  The last couple of months before that I was averaging about 1000 visits a month and was thrilled with that.  I was shocked to have 1000 visits before last month was even half way through and hoped, but doubted, that I would hit 2000 and was thrilled when I did.  This month I was once again excited to hit 1000 visits around the half way point and was pretty confident that I would hit 2000 visits again, but traffic has been slow the last week or so and I'm starting to think I might not hit the 2000 mark.

Funny how I was so happy and content with 1000 visits a month until I hit 2000 visits a month, and now I am disappointed at the thought of not getting 2000 visits this month.

It sure doesn't take long to become spoiled.

That's what's on my mind tonight.

Good reading material

I got my hands on Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover book. Really enjoying it!  Learning lots.

That's what's on my mind tonight.

My girl is growing up

Last year she needed me to help her get into the swing at the playground and she needed me to push her. Today she didn't need me at all. It was a bittersweet moment.

That's what's on my mind tonight.

Home selling hassles

An appraiser is coming to appraise the house tomorrow. I plan to not be around. I hate this process.

That's what's on my mind tonight.

Fun New Blog by a Newfoundland Author

Tina Chaulk has started a new blog, Never Eat a Dinosaur, to share ridiculous things she says to her children, and she invites the rest of us to join in the fun by sharing our own "Never Eat a Dinosaur" moments.  During the month of May she is running a Never Eat a Dinosaur contest in which the winner will receive a $50 electronic gift certificate.  The winner will be randomly selected using Random.org and there are lots of simple ways to get your name in for the draw.  Be sure to check out the contest page for details.

Newfoundlander on Top Chef Canada

I am so proud of Todd, the Newfoundlander on Top Chef Canada. He is really doing us proud. Way to go Todd!

That's what's on my mind at the moment.

Living with poor Internet coverage

I don't know how people live with poor Internet coverage. Well, actually it's poor cell coverage more so than poor Internet coverage. I've been at my eldest son's house the last two nights and he doesn't have an Internet connection here. There is also very poor cell service. It comes and goes and drives me crazy! I can't wait to get back to good coverage.

That's what's on my mind today.

Just get it done!

I just spent quite some time starting a post and then erasing it and then starting again and erasing again, and so on. That's bad enough when I'm wring from my laptop but even worse when I'm working from my phone. Sure wish I'd done this earlier today when I could have used my laptop. But I didn't and now I'm stuck having to use the phone and having the dual frustration of using the phone and not knowing what to write. I give up! This is as good as it gets today. I think my brain took the day off

That's what's on mind at the moment.

The Most Important Question

Have you heard that the Rapture is happening tomorrow, May 21, 2011?  That is the claim of a group that runs the WeCanKnow Website.

I think they are right - partly.  The rapture may happen tomorrow. Then again, it may not. I do believe that it will happen some day, that is the part I think they are right about.

I think the most important question for us is not "When will the Rapture happen?" but "What is my personal relationship with God?"

That's what's on my mind today.

It is important to read carefully

Second post for today but I had to share a post I just posted on my wordpress blog - Skimming Google Reader Causes Confusion.

Progression, not Grade Level

I'm still enjoying the Schoolhouse Expo.  Great sessions today so far with Kim Kautzer and Molly Green.  Kim  talked to us about the importance of helping our children learn to write well and gave us lots of great tips and information.  Molly talked about the importance of teaching our children to be fiscally fit.  I got some great tips from both presenters.

My favorite thought so far today has been one from Kim Kautzer when she said that we ought not to concern ourselves with what grade level our child is working at but we ought to be concerned with whether they are showing progression in their learning.  Great advice!

That's what's on my mind at the moment.

Yikes! I almost forgot!

I was just getting ready to head to bed and I suddenly realized I haven't posted here today.  This will definitely not be anything interesting or well put together.  Simply a hurried post so that I will actually have a post for today.  Isn't that horrible?  Is it really worth it?  I'm not so sure.

I don't think I could have picked a crazier, more busy month to decide to post here every day.  What with renovations for the upcoming move, preparations for the upcoming homeschool conference, trying to take in as much as I can of the Schoolhouse Expo on line conference, and then of course there's the normal everyday stuff of being a housewife and homeschooling mom.  Really makes for some crazy days.  Not sure why I decided to pick this month to try to get into the regular routine of posting here every day.

That's what on my mind at the moment.

Enjoying the Schoolhouse Expo!

Though it makes for some crazy days, I really enjoy the Schoolhouse Expo.  My fingers have been flying taking notes and at one point today my little one asked me if I was talking to my friend because I was audibly agreeing with the speaker about some point.  Little One is no stranger to talking to people on Skype so she thought I was having a two way conversation.  She can't wrap her head around the fact that I can hear them but they can't hear me.  Thankfully she was pretty good today about keeping herself occupied so I could take in most of the sessions.

There were so many great sessions today!  I really enjoyed Susan Wise Bauer's session on teaching writing.  Though the session was geared towards teaching writing at the highschool level, I still gleaned things from it to use with little one now.  Got lots of great ideas to use with Little One in Marie Rippel's session on teaching spelling and also in Carol Barnier's session on learning styles.  Such great speakers!

My brain is rather addled trying to take it all in and I'm looking forward to going over the notes and handouts later to get more from them.  I'd love to write more about it but sleep is calling and tomorrow's another busy day.

That's what's on my mind tonight.