Harvest Lane Cottage

  ​Homeschooling was never in the plan.  Back in the early '90s, I met a couple of homeschooling families. They were a bit odd but quite nice. That was my first exposure. Later, as a member of the Conservative Book Club , I was sent a book by Raymond and Dorothy Moore called  The Successful Homeschool Family Handbook .​ I also came across  The Christian Home School  by Gregg Harris around the same time. Soon, I was hearing Dr. Dobson talk about homeschooling with Dr. Moore on Focus on the Family.   God just lead me to it. My Lowell agreed. We decided to do it for a year.  My family disagreed with us even though it was just kindergarten.   That was the year of Columbine. After that, my mom stopped fighting me. I found Charlotte Mason through The Elijah Company catalogs. I read them cover to cover to learn how to homeschool and to get recommendations. I've always been a reader. That's what appealed to me about CM. I'm not sure where in the proc...

  Hello ladies,  My Monday post is quite late this week.  You might even be seeing this on Tuesday. School will finish next week. ~smile~ I subbed today and will tomorrow.  That might be the end for me. First thing I want to do is make strawberry jam. 🍓 I use the recipe in the Sure Gel package. The weather... Rain! Right now I am...  Tired. I subbed in a special ed class today. Tomorrow 5th grade. Thinking...  I want to revisit my Spring Bucket List.  I want to do what I can, then maybe add some things to a summer ☀️ bucket list.  On my reading pile.. . John from  The Bible In This Moment  by Gabrielle Meyer ~ for review The Unexpected Light of Thomas Alva Edison  by Raymond Arroyo ~ for review Turtle Finds His Talent ~ for review Homespun Devotions Volume 2 ~  by   Cheryl Smith Mere Christianity  ~ by C.S. Lewis Favorite blog post last week... I can't even remember if I've read a post this past week! Something fun ...

Hello ladies,  I'm still getting back in the habit of writing these Monday posts. I'll pretty them up a bit when I finish with school. ~smile~ I probably won't sub much more this year. I'm on the schedule for half a day this Thursday and one day next week.  The weather... Sunny and hot and humid. I cannot believe I was cold last week. Right now I am... Tired. I subbed in a special ed class for kids with autism and behavior disorders today.  Thinking... I would really like to read a bit tonight. On my reading pile.. . Ezekiel  from The Bible In This Moment by Gabrielle Meyer ~ for review The Unexpected Light of Thomas Alva Edison by Raymond Arroyo ~ for review Turtle Finds His Talent ~ for review Homespun Devotions Volume 2 ~  by   Cheryl Smith At Home with Madame Chic ~ by Jennifer Scott Mere Christianity ~ by C.S. Lewis Favorite blog post last week... A Little Blog Reading from The Archive Something fun to share...  I wrote this off for my daughter...

 Hello everyone!    I hope you have some fun or peaceful plans for this weekend.  It's supposed to rain here for the next few days. I have several things planned for this weekend. If I can squeeze it in, I may get my sewing room/office set up again. We had to take it apart to use the tables for the yard sale last week.  Plans this weekend: Celebrate the life of a wonderful man of God who has moved to Heaven ~ done Make chicken and rice soup ~ done Blow bubbles ~ I didn't realize I was out of bubbles! Clean house for company ~ done Make burritos with  homemade refried beans  ~ done Bake pies ~ Two lemon meringues ~ done Church at home this week ~  James River Church Online  ~ done Have home group friends over ~ done  Hand a great time! Begin reading my new review book ~  In This Moment  by Gabrielle Meyer ~ done Select a knitting pattern for Grandbaby Boy. Done ~ Newborn Vertabrae Set up my sewing room/office ~ Ran out of time K...

     Knitting and reading in my free time and little bits of snatched time are two of my favorite ways to enrich my life.  On my needles...   I've been sock knitting as usual. It's my go-to knitting project. There are a lot of feet in my family, and I've just been casting on projects as the colors and my needles allow. ~smile~ Since I'm knitting for joy in 2023, I am limited only by my yarn stash and my needles. Shhh... I am expecting another set in a day or two. These will be Hiya Hiya Sharps. They're a new brand to me. If I remember correctly, I ordered them a size larger than usual in a 1.5. This is because the Kroy yarn I'm using for some man socks is a thicker yarn. The colors above remind me of the beach and ocean.  Reading and Listening...  I just finished Nehemiah . I'll be starting Ezekiel tomorrow. I'll probably start Mark this week also.  I'm listening to The Hound of the Baskervilles on Scribd . It's a Sherlock Holmes novel. At ...

The weather... Sunny and cool. We're in the fifties. Right now I am... Taking a bit of a break after vacuuming half the house. I'll do the rest when I get up. I also have a bit of a headache. I'll go to the chiropractor this afternoon and see if he can help. Thinking... May 1st on a Monday—a sunny Monday at that. It seems like a new start kind of day. I'll be off this summer since I substitute teach. I want to think about some of the things I'd like to do to take advantage of the extra time. On my reading pile... The Nazi Conspiracy by Brad Metzger and Josh Mensch , Mere Christianity  by C.S. Lewis, and At Home with Madame Chic by Jennifer L. Scott. Here's my reading list. On my TV.... I don't watch regular t.v. I do watch YouTube videos. I recently found The Trek Planner.   He finds things on Google Earth, then he goes and checks them out. Favorite blog post last week (mine or other)... Save Like Nana Did. Be Busy With Our Hands  at The Bluebirds are Nesti...