Shopping

I detest shopping. I mean I really detest shopping. Just thinking about makes me break out in a cold sweat. If I have to go to the mall, it really is a disaster. I walk in what is a big building but immediately feel claustrophobic. The lights...the sounds...the sights...Just so not my thing. Yesterday, I went shopping because unfortunately I do have to buy new things sometimes. As I was walking through the mall, I thought"People actually do this regularly for fun!" It really was an astonishing thought. To top it off, my trip to the mall was actually wasted since I really went to return some Land's End stuff to Sears only to find they no longer take Land's End return. This means I'll have to shop even more because I can't just order 5,000 things from LE and then return the ones that don't fit to Sears. And the weirdest things I saw yesterday for sale were snow shovels and snow saucers. I am pretty sure that we don't need those any month of the year where we live! I think I'll just stop her and not even delve into the difficulty of finding decent clothing.

For Ms Marsha

I couldn't pick just one.

Book Log June 2009

37. Cross Country by James Patterson

38. The Acceptable Sacrifice by John Bunyan

39. Building Her House by Nancy Wilson

40. Family Driven Faith by Voddie Baucham

41. A Primer on Worship and Reformation by Doug Wilson

42. Between Heaven and Hell by Peter Kreeft

43. London Bridges by James Patterson

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My Recent Decree

I get these wacky ideas every now and then. Well, really, I get them frequently I just tend to suppress them most of the time rather than running with them. So my current wacky idea...lately, my peoples(a.k.a my children) have been worrying a bit too much about fairness. I don't do "fair." Life isn't fair(didn't our moms all teach us that) so you might as well learn that young and while you are still at home and the stakes are small.
I started hearing children worrying about who was getting to do what or even worse who had to do what and children not wanting to accidently do someone else's job for them. I even was starting to hear that dreaded phrase "That isn't fair."
Since I don't do fair, I made a decree this morning that I was going to be mixing things up for a while. Nobody will know when I might ask them to do anything and it might just be a siblings regular chore. *gasp* When asked to do something the only acceptable response(as always) is "Yes, Ma'am" and obedience. No one can say, "But that is someone else's job" or ask what someone else is going to be doing. I might even have one child do all the chores in one day. I might let one child have soda for lunch and have everyone else drink water. No complaining is allowed.
Of course, I'll have to fight the urge to make sure that in the end it is all balanced out in the end. That the person who cleans the most gets the biggest treat or the one that gets the raw end of the deal one day gets a good deal the next. I'll fight that urge, because last I knew "Life isn't Fair!"

What I woke up to today

He is loving being able to read books!

A homeschool funny

Anne Michal was reading a book. I asked her if she was doing school reading or fun reading. She said, "fun." I told her she needed to some tapestry reading. Then I asked her what she was reading. I looked at the book and asked, "Is that Marie Antoinette?" (wrong time period to be considered school reading right now) She asked, "How do you know how to pronounce that?"

My answer: I went to school! *cackle* *cackle*