Everyday Me... Seaside Tales Everyday Me... Seaside Tales We are a military family that loves God and each other! Mike is a Gunny in the Marine Corps and we've been married 17 years and have 4 children.We homeschool and our oldest son has Asperger Syndrome, on the autism spectrum. Articles
Train Up A Child Thursday -- Contentment
2007-11-15 15:43:00 Train Up A Child Thursday is a meme dedicated to sharing biblical traits/ characteristics you are teaching your children. If you wish to participate then sign the Mister Linky and/or leave a comment so others can see what you are teaching your kids, too! To join the blogroll email me with Train Up A Child Blogroll in the subject line. The code for placing the blogroll on your page is: <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://rpc.blogrolling.com/disp lay.php?r=783daa9e8b8133fe750294593eac9b9 d"></script>............... ......................................... ......................................... ......................................... .....................Philippians 4: 11-13 "Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hun... More About: Train , TRAI , Contentment
Wordless Wednesday -- I love cabins... I love snow
2007-11-14 08:10:00 Where I'd LIKE to spend my winter vacation.....Check out my husbands Wordless Wednesday by clicking over to his blog!Taje a look at the Wordless Wednesday HQ!!! For even more WW, check out the participants at 5 Minutes for Mom!!Tags: Cabin , Snow , Wordless Wednesday More About: Love
Homeschool Carnival: Thankful Edition
2007-11-14 05:36:00 The Nerd Family is hosting the carnival of homeschooling this week. I have a post in it about True Heroes and how you can write to Medal of Honor recipients (they don't like to be called winners). Click here to go to the carnival and check out all the other great posts. You can go straight to my post by clicking here. More About: Carnival , Edition , Hank
Once upon a Friday the 13th....
2007-11-13 19:26:00 ...my mother in law was born! Well, today isn't Friday the 13th (which we do on occasion get a chance to tease her about) but it is still her birthday so I thought I would share thirteen reasons I love our Oma!1) of course #1 has to be that she shared her son with me whom I love VERY, VERY, VERY much!2) she introduced my children to authors I had never even heard of and they all love to read3) she loves me enough to tell me the truth, even if it hurts, and still tells me she loves me4) she takes time for all of the grandchildren and makes them feel special5) she gives great gifts6) on occasion she lets me pay for the Starbucks :-)7) she still has tea parties with her grandchildren, even the teen ones8) she looks great for her age!!9) she buys really cool glasses for people to wear on their birthdays (I got to see the world through rose colored glasses this past summer!!!!) 10) she spent at least 4 hours in an antique store with my daughter this summer and promised to take me next t... More About: Friday the 13th
Amazing Grace comes out today!!
2007-11-13 16:18:00 I love this movie! I sat in the theatre crying! Go get it if you can... Here is the music video by Chris Tomlin for the movie :-) Tags: Amazing Grace the movie, Chris Tomlin, Amazing Grace My Chains Are Gone More About: Today
Monday Meanderings -- A Day Late...
2007-11-13 14:59:00 OOPS... I'm a day late... I just forgot with my honey being home yesterday for Veterans Day.. God bless, all! 1) HOMESCHOOL I am always working on keeping this organized better. I like what we are using and am happy with our routine for the most part. It's just a constant work in progress :-) Practice piano, guitar, and we really need to find a good video program for drum. We haven't had luck finding a teacher for this and the video we have isn't very good. Take Victoria to Constitution class and hopefully get our question this week for the end of class scholarship program! We need to get started on our papers but the teacher is dragging his feet a bit. 2) FELLOWSHIP/BIBLE Bake/buy and bag cookies for church visitation (weekly item). Prepare lesson and felt board for AWANA. 3) HOME CLEANING -- Monday : laundry -- found a system that works: hampers for dirty clothes and baskets for each person for putting their own clothes away. WOO HOO! I really hate folded laundry piles just... More About: Late , Erin
in a funk...
2007-11-12 23:58:00 Today has just been one of those days. You know the kind I bet. I just can't seem to pull myself up out of the doldrums to want to do anything at all to make it a worthwhile day. It started yesterday afternoon and though I've tried reading and doing other things, the "funk" seems to have set in and won for today. Yesterday we had a youth meeting after church. We talked about fundraising for camp, and all the "fun" events we are gonna be doing. I asked what service oriented things were planned. People did not even get it. They thought I meant leading the service at church. I had to explain I meant "what are we going to take our teens to do to help in our community?" The answer? You put something together and we'll see what we can do. I'm not the paid youth minister. If he can take the time to put together fun things, why can't he put together service things? It just depressed me that even the parents only seemed to care about the fun stuff and gett... More About: Funk
Letters From War
2007-11-12 23:15:00 The first time I ever heard this song was at our Uncle Mike's church in Houston several years ago. It was a 4th of July service and all of the Veterans were recognized. It touched me... I have a stack of letters from war. My husband thinks I could save us weight upon moving if I just get rid of all the paper "stuff". Sorry, hon.. can't do it... at least not that particular stack. Thank you to everyone who has served or serves! God bless!Tags: Veterans Day, Letters From War
In Flanders Fields
2007-11-12 17:50:00 In Flanders Fields By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918) Canadian Army In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.Dr. John McCrae wrote the poem during World War 1. He was a Canadian military surgeon and he died from pneumonia and meningitis while still working in a field hospital during the war at the age of 45.
National Veterans Awareness Week
2007-11-12 17:49:00 110th CONGRESS1stSessionS. RES. 357Designating the week of November 11 through November 17, 2007, as "National Veterans Awareness Week " to emphasize the need to develop educational programs regarding the contributions of veterans to the country.IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES October 26, 2007Mr. BIDEN (for himself, Mrs. LINCOLN, Mr. DORGAN, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. BOND, Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. BUNNING, Mr. CRAIG, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. INHOFE, Ms. SNOWE, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. ALLARD, Mr. CASEY, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. TESTER, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, Mr. FEINGOLD, Mr. NELSON of Florida, Mr. HAGEL, Mr. VITTER, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. KERRY, Mr. GREGG, Mr. COLEMAN, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. DODD, Ms. LANDRIEU, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. STEVENS, Mr. THUNE, and Mr. BURR) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed toRESOLUTION Designating the week of November 11 through November 17, 2007, as "National Veterans Awareness Week" to emphasize the need to develop education... More About: Waren
Grace Abounding
2007-11-11 06:27:00 "Now I began to consider with myself, that God hath a bigger mouth to speak with , than I had a heart to conceive with; I thought also with myself, that He spake not His words in haste, or in an unadvised heat, but with infinite wisdom and judgment, and in very truth and faithfulness." ~ John BunyanTags: John Bunyan, Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners, Some Great Encouragements
Happy Birthday, Marines!!
2007-11-10 18:26:00 From the halls of Montezuma To the shores of Tripoli We fight our country's battles In the air, on land, and sea, First to fight for right and freedom , And to keep our honor clean, We are proud to claim the title Of United States Marines . Our flags unfurl'd to every breeze From dawn to setting sun. We have fought in every clime and place Where we could take a gun. In the snow of far-off northern lands And in sunny tropic scenes, You will find us always on the job - The United States Marines. Here's health to you and to our Corps Which we are proud to serve; In many a strife we've fought for life And never lost our nerve. If the Army and the Navy Ever gaze on Heaven's scenes, They will find the streets are guarded By United States Marines. image courtesy of Leatherneck.com More About: Happy , Birthday , Happy Birthday
Thank you, Tiany!!
2007-11-10 17:09:00 My swap sister this month was Tiany and she knows I said I love coffee! She lives in Louisiana so she sent me several packs of Community Coffee since they are a Louisiana company. This coffee was so yummy :-) I got almond amaretto, chocolate raspberry, french vanilla, and pecan praline (I think.. I drank it already and it was so good.. I had to look at the website to find the name..lol)Go visit Tiany and say "HI" as she has a great website. Also visit the Homeschool Blog Awards as they are the ones sponsoring the monthly swaps! More About: Hank
Woo Hoo!! Family Time!!
2007-11-09 18:10:00 The Ball was last night and it was ok... Truthfully, I wasn't impressed. Our command is the largest on base and last year they decided to split it between two nights so they could have it at The Club. There were complaints about that I guess and so they decided to rent out the community Civic Center for the ball. OK! Terrible, terrible, terrible idea!! I think my high school prom was better than the ball last night. I've seen the center done up nice so I guess I was expecting that last night too. There are so many things that could have been done to make the decor right for the night but instead we had multi-colored balloons as centerpieces for our white plastic tables with metal folding chairs. I did have fun with my husband though and it is always nice to get dressed up and go out on a special date! Also, I had a few girls come up and tell me I looked so elegant and asked if they could take a picture with me. That was a nice kind surprise, but it does seem the dresses are gettin... More About: Family , Time , Family Time
prayer request please
2007-11-08 18:50:00 Our friends who were coming in to town for the ball are stuck at the airport in Denver and their baby is sick. Please pray for the baby to get better and for them to get un-stuck, whether that be coming here or at least getting a flight back home. Thanks! More About: Prayer , Request
Train Up A Child Thursday -- Titus 2
2007-11-08 15:24:00 ***Train Up A Child Thursday is a meme dedicated to sharing biblical traits/characteristics you are teaching your children. There is no blogroll you have to sign up for or anything like that. There is a blogroll now in the left sidebar but you don't have to sign up if you don't want to. If you wish to participate just sign the Mister Linky and/or leave a comment so others can see what you are teaching your kids, too! I would love it if you would share by putting the button on your page as a link back but again you don't have to.***Titus 2: 4-8 ~ 4That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, 5To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. 6Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded. 7In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, 8Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the c... More About: TRAI
a sneak peak at my dress for the Ball
2007-11-08 00:16:00 Like I said on Monday, I had to have it tailored because the top was so big on me I had cleavage to the bellybutton going on and that WOULD NOT work for me! LOL... It is the silver one, though it's a bit darker than it looks. I loved the train on it and I loved the sash thing in the front that hangs all the way to the floor. It hides a multitude of sins ;-) We'll take pics tomorrow night and have pics made at the ball and put them on later.. I never get tired of this! It is so much fun to get dressed up so formally and go out!Tags: Ball Gown, Marine Corps Ball More About: Dress , Peak
ok... last ditch effort
2007-11-07 23:19:00 Alrighty then.. I'll give this one last valiant effort to grab a vote for the 2007 web blog awards (NOT to be confused with the homeschool blog awards for which I will happily -- and beggingly -- still take nominations for)! I am in the running for best of the 2500 to 3500 level of the eco system. OK, let me say LOSER again.. Oh, ok, I'm kidding but really, top 10 out of 2500 to 3500 still puts ya in the 2500 to 3500 range. Am I right? Well, I'd still like to not be in last place... which I am... so please go vote for me. Do the " tell 10 friends to tell 10 of their friends and so on thing" too. Ok, NOW, I know I'm pathetic. And someone at another blog said I was competition. HA! Double HAHA!! http://2007.weblogawards.org/polls/best-o f-the-top-2501-3500-blogs-1.php ..click on the link and then click on the radio button next to Everyday Me!!Thanks Ya'll!!
Per several requests... the beef roll recipe
2007-11-07 17:22:00 Filling:1 tablespoon vegetable oil (we use olive)1 pound ground beef1 onion, peeled and chopped1/2 cup chopped mushrooms (we used a small can of sliced)1 teaspoon salt1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper1/4 teaspoon dry mustard1/4 chopped olives (we omitted this cause the jar in my fridge got ate unbeknownst to me)2 tablespoons finely chopped parsley 1 1/4 cups beef gravy (we used the jar kind for this but my husband said he liked my homemade better)Pastry:1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour1 teaspoon falt2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder3 tablespoons finely chopped parsley1/3 cup shortening (we used crisco butter flavor kind)Approximately 2/3 cup milkPreheat oven to 375 degreesHeat oil in skillet, add meat, onion, and mushrooms and saute, stirring frequently, until meat and onion are brown. Drain meat and return to pan. Stir in all the seasonings, olives, parsley, and 1/4 cup on gravy to moisten. Stir together over low heat for 5 minutes, then let cool while making the pastry.Sift togethe... More About: Recipe , Beef , Roll , Requests , Reci
military life
2007-11-07 16:17:00 One of the most difficult portions of military life is the lack of closeness to extended family. We have never been fortunate in our military career to live closer that at least a good days drive (and most are about three days away) to any family. We visit as often as we can but sometimes deployments, finances, and schedules just don't permit for face to face visits. We try to communicate through emails, occasional letters/cards, or phone calls. Still, though, there are times when you feel like family is nothing more than an acquaintance. This is so hard for me to come to grips with. We have always taught our children that no matter what, you can count on family because they will always be there. You share prayer requests with each other, you share memories and a history together that no one can fathom. Yet, sometimes there is a deafening silence from every direction. That is something that you just don't expect. I miss having family close by. I miss staying up late and chatting ... More About: Life , Military
lapbooks
2007-11-07 12:59:00 Nikki has some great lapbook links up today. I am wanting to try these....I just haven't added them in yet. It's another thing on my homeschool to do list.. Plus she nominated me for best encourager for the homeschool blog awards. Ahw, shucks! Thanks, Nikki :-)
Sometimes you just want to spit!!
2007-11-07 12:04:00 I went to the Homeschool blog awards site to look at the Tuesday Tour and was checking for a reply I had left yesterday. I was so mad to see some people leaving mean comments for the ladies who work so hard to put the awards together. Not only do they do the awards, but they also write articles every day to help and encourage you with homeschooling. Please go over and leave a kind word for them in their comments! Show them your support!! I know they would appreciate it!! God bless!! More About: Spit , Some
Wordless Wednesday -- Scratch Cooking Practice w/ our 15 year old
2007-11-07 12:00:00 Dinner tonight was a beef roll, mashed potatoes with gravy, peas and carrots. We also had the sweet honey bread twist (it was supposed to be for tomorrow but somehow completely disappeared tonight too -- must've been the honey). Our 15 year old is getting so proficient in the kitchen and loves to cook!!! And, yeah, we love carbs in our house...ROFL...Tags: Scratch Cooking , Beef Roll, Sweet Honey Bread Twist, Cooking with your ChildrenClick here to check out my husband's Japanese Wordless Wednesday !Click here to check out the Wordless Wednesday HQ!Click here for even more Wordless Wednesday at 5 Minutes for Mom! More About: Practice , Year
An Autumnal Poem to Share
2007-11-07 02:00:00 A haze on the far horizon, The infinite, tender sky,The ripe, rich tint of the cornfields, And the wild geese sailing high --And all over upland and lowland The charm of the golden-rod,Some of us call it Autumn, And others call it God.~William Herbert Carruth Stanza 2 of Each in His Own TongueTags: Autumn, Poetry, William Herbert Carruth More About: Share , Poem
OOPS..
2007-11-06 20:02:00 I've been sorting through some of my favorite old black and while photos I copied at home a while back. I wrote notes with each picture and placed the note with the photo in the store album. Now, I want to finally put to use a great scrapbook kit my friend Betty gave me last year. It is a set of three albums that are my favorite pistachio green color with black pages. PERFECT for old family photos!This picture is of my great aunt Martha Sermon. She was one of my favorites! Aunt Martha was one of our few babysitters I had growing up and she always had the coolest toys to play with. She also taught me how to drink tea properly and made sure she had tea every afternoon! Well, when Daddy was telling me about this picture I had to stiffle a laugh. It seems my great aunt and this gentleman, Earl Snider, were only married for a night and then they divorced. I guess the rogue got what he wanted and ran out on her! She did go on to marry a sweet man and have several kids but she never menti...
Some more really pretty homemaking sites...
2007-11-06 14:56:00 Last week I linked to My Romantic Home's blog. I just love all the great deals Cindy can find. I think I need to live closer to a bigger city on Craig's list! Some times I just like looking through blogs that make me smile when I see such pretty things. It takes my mind off the everyday stuff and worries and I can just smile for a moment without thinking about anything else. Anyway, I thought I'd link to a few more pretty house blogs today so here goes:The Sparrow's Nest -- she just opened a store tooRaised In Cotton -- her brother just lost his battle for cancer so please be in prayer for them as wellLittle Red House -- she has posts about lots of silver from thrift stores and that is something I always look at, although I mostly gravitate towards pewter insteadSweet Cottage Dreams -- just looks too sweet and love her motto "dreaming of making a house a home"...The Old Painted Cottage -- home of Cottage of the month -- you can really get your romantic decor fix here :-... More About: Sites , Pretty , Homemaking
Carnival of Homeschooling is Up
2007-11-06 13:31:00 The carnival is up at Principled Discovery. I have an article about homeschooling a child with Aspergers listed and you can find that here but please go visit the carnival as well. Speaking of Aspergers, do you know what makes it all worth while to homeschool? I do, and I get to see it when we have a triumph over math like we have this week. There are days when your autistic son would rather listen to the flushing, swirling sound of water for 30 minutes in a bathroom hidden away from the psychologist testing him than do a simple math problem like 2 x 10 = 20. And, then, there are those days when your autistic son can answer, in less than 2 seconds flat, that 720 divided by 12 = 60 because it finally just clicked in his brain how to do math the smart way. That makes it all worthwhile!!Tags: Carnival of Homeschooling , Asperger Syndrome, Things to know, Principled Discovery, Teaching Math
Ok... not sure if this is cool or not but thought I'd share anyway...
2007-11-05 17:03:00 I was nominating this morning at the 2007 Homeschool Blog Awards and I started thinking how you have to be nominated at least 3 times. Well, I thought, "How does someone make sure the people they think are great get nominated at least three times?" so I decided to post my nominees here. I have been touched by these blogs and think the folks are great! I hope you will go look at their blogs, think the same thing, and then go nominate them again so they get the three nominations, if you don't have anyone picked already. This is just a partial list as I had to quit for a while but I'll add more as the week goes on..Crafts, Plans, and Projects: homeschoolblogger.com/Angelheart/ (love the craft stuff Nikki shares)Live what you believe: heartyworks.blogspot.com/ (read about her faith during her sons hospitalization) and homeschoolblogger.com/socalval/ (love her prayer requests Sunday)Best family or group: inashoe.com (a family of 10.. they just combined all their blogs to on... More About: Cool , Thought , Share
Monday Meanderings -- week of November 5th
2007-11-05 14:00:00 Lat week I missed out on MM because I still wasn't feeling great on Monday and didn't even remember until Tuesday. At that point I just said "ah, the heck with it" but I'm on it for today!! I've enjoyed reading Tiany's blog for several weeks now and I'm getting to know her even better now that she is my swap sister -- who sent me the yummiest coffee from her home state, by the way!! I can't wait until she gets her present.... it should be there any day now...woo hoo!!! This Thursday is our Marine Corps Ball and we will be having a few friends my husband went to high school with visiting and attending the ball with us. I'm excited about hearing first hand the stunts he pulled in school in Germany and he is probably a bit terrified...LOL. After some issues we had with Victoria's dress not matching up with pattern (material shrinking, difficult to read, etcc...) very well I figured I better not go there for my dress. We will finish those dresses... just not this week... More About: Week , November , November 5th , Erin
oops... are you looking for the Marine Corps stuff??
More articles from this author:2007-11-05 08:18:00 My honey accidentally posted an entry for his blog onto my blog and then removed it right away and put it correctly on his blog but I guess it is still showing up on feeds. If you somehow got excited about all the Marine stuff you thought you might find here, then you just need to click on over to here to read all about it... I know he'll be happy for the visitors! He never used to care if he had visitors or not but now all of a sudden he's asking about his stats everyday. Hmmm... something must be up... I will of course, have the Marine Hymn up for the birthday on the 10th :-) More About: Stuff , Marine Corps 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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