http://www.homeschool-diva.com Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:28:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Please change your links and follow along...  Previous content will stay here, as I slowly work on transferring to the new diggs.  See you there! http://www.amberbishop.com/blog http://www.homeschool-diva.com/2009/08/08/follow-me/ as you can tell, I am still having major issues with this space.  My dear sweet husband is working away at it.  Stay tuned as we sort it all out. http://www.homeschool-diva.com/2009/08/05/major-issues/ We are on a first name basis with our librarians. Whether you homeschool or use traditional school, I highly recommend working your local library like a TOOL!  I unfortunately pay a consistent amount of fines as we are always keeping something a little longer then a week. No matter what, ... http://www.homeschool-diva.com/2009/07/28/i-heart-our-library/ My dear and amazing husband, gave me a day off yesterday.  I got to go do what I wanted, come and go as I pleased and not worry about anything at home, or the kids, or cleaning and getting ready for church or doing anything but play. I finished work ... http://www.homeschool-diva.com/2009/07/27/its-monday-and-i-am-ready-to-go/ Firstly here is something pretty to look at.  Why you ask?  Because, I feel the urge deep within my being to change some things around.  I think it is the right of every woman to want to redecorate, and the cheapest and fastest way to do that, is by moving ... http://www.homeschool-diva.com/2009/07/24/i-give-you-fair-warning/ First a few disclaimers.  #1 none of these pictures have anything to do with money but I thought they were so RAD I went for it anyway, and #2 This is a subject every family has to come to on their own before the Lord. Hopefully a few of these ... http://www.homeschool-diva.com/2009/07/21/teaching-kids-money-management/ From time to time, I like to pull back, and review why we are homeschooling, and what we want to nurture in this whole thing.  I like to have my husband go over stuff with me, so that he can give me a birds eye view of what he sees, ... http://www.homeschool-diva.com/2009/07/20/big-picture-recap/ I am home and getting ready to wade through the massive amounts of digital images I have recorded.  Editing will begin at a slow and steady pace, and by goodness, I will know CS4 inside and out on the back side of this.  I am approaching it like the tortoise, ... http://www.homeschool-diva.com/2009/07/15/quick-check-in/ I am heading out today for a 3 day photo shooting frenzy.  I have a friend who booked me  like crazy a few clients who are donating money to our Costa Rica trip. Pray for me, as I have back to back to back to back, well you get what ... http://www.homeschool-diva.com/2009/07/12/at-the-beach/ http://www.homeschool-diva.com/2009/07/10/because-everyone-loves-roller-skating-babies/ You have to feed your kids good stuff. Not just good food, but good life experiences too. Bottom line. That takes plugging in, prayer and really observing where your kids are at, and what they need  at any stage of development.  Whether you home school or do private or public, ... http://www.homeschool-diva.com/2009/07/09/supplementing-your-childs-education/ Does anyone else get sick and tired of thinking up new titles for their stinking posts?  I hope everyone had a safe and Happy 4th of July.  We had a fun, family weekend together.  My dear husband had to deal with two flat tires and a car that wouldn't start ... http://www.homeschool-diva.com/2009/07/06/happy-monday/ It is fun isn't it people? Dealing with yourself before the Lord.  Good and hard stuff.  Taking each thought captive is one battle of wills I tell you what. Read my post on this flickr stream.  Click each picture in sequence to see what is up with me. Grace and Peace to ... http://www.homeschool-diva.com/2009/07/02/dealing-with-myself/ I've spoken before about this little collective of artists and musicians.  Maybe you remember about a year ago I made a call for artists.  Funny thing is, I thought I needed to network with them around the world.  Turns out they are right in my own back yard.  Sat. night ... http://www.homeschool-diva.com/2009/06/29/proskyneo-collective-a-story-unfolding/ Song to listen to while reading this post. I am working on a post right now about discipleship to Jesus. I have been reading some of NT Wright's work and it is, as always, ROCKING my world in a good and deep and holy way.  I am also mulling over ... http://www.homeschool-diva.com/2009/06/26/hollar-to-the-king/ Another rainy day, which in my book are good days to think. I've been reflecting the last few days on how essential certain things are in life. It is so important to have a small group of deep friends that you can be truly honest with, that challenge you to ... http://www.homeschool-diva.com/2009/06/23/reflecting/ We are leaving for a blissful stay-cation while Mike's parents tend the young ones... We will be going to my FAVORITE local place for a little R&R married 14 years style.  I will kill the pictures and leave a tiny peek.... Grace and Peace to all those who know that life just ... http://www.homeschool-diva.com/2009/06/18/i-bid-you-all-adieu/ http://www.homeschool-diva.com/2009/06/17/wordless-wednesday-12/ We had a fun weekend.  Our oldest had his first swim meet. I did a little diving. I took some pictures but they are not nearly as good as my Dad's. Now, I am off to upload some pics to flickr and finish up some school work.   This week, we are celebrating ... http://www.homeschool-diva.com/2009/06/15/just-to-recap/ Why use a flash if you can work the camera manually to where you get enough light to pull off the shot?  Well, simply because good photographers need to know how to hit all elements, and knowing how light works, will give you great images all the time.  Not only ... http://www.homeschool-diva.com/2009/06/12/foto-friday-using-a-flash/