Happy New Year & guess what?.....

I WON!!

The contest for the subscription to The Old Schoolhouse magazine. I am so thrilled, I love this magazine and I had not been able to renew my subscription this past year when it ended. This is the best homeschooling magazine I've found. There are still give aways to be won at Tamara's blog at Branch of Wisdom, so go sign up.

We are getting ready to start the second 12 weeks of homeschool. We made it through the last 12 weeks, but are a bit behind where we should be. I knew going into it while taking 4 college classes that it was possible we would not be able to keep up. We will have to make up time in geography, and science. I am looking foward to getting started again.

In other areas - Autumns mood has been awful the past 2 days. She is cutting again, one night was so bad I had to take her friend (was here for a sleepover) home at midnight and we had Autumn sleep on a mat beside out bed, after talking with the on call mental health therapist. We suspect this stems from problems with her 'boyfriend' or others. It is a very long and winding road we are on with her... we continue to pray and ask for prayer for her and for us in our way of dealing with her issues.

Blessings, Lisa

Tamara at Branch of Wisdom (One of the blogs that I enjoy reading) is hosting a give away for some great products including a subscription to the Old schoolhouse magazine. Here is the link for anyone who would like to enter.



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Christmas time has arrived at our house! It has been so good to have a break from college, we have taken a few weeks off from homeschooling as well. I have used the extra time to get ready for the holidays.. We all went out and picked a Real Live tree this year, we got a HUGE one too, 10 ft'er it goes all the way to our ceiling. I love it, and I love the wonderful smell of a real tree.

This is the entry table this year & the Christmas train my mom gave me fits right on the shelf along with my lighted Santa lantern.

This is the piano top in our room with snowmen and snowflake lights a glow (these are the new LED lights, I am not wild about them)... a vintage Santa found a home in my master bath

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My kitchen counter has a super sweet pics of my boys in a Santa frame beside a Christmas cookie jar

above the sink some country angles have landed. Merry Christmas!!