tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51431332543273862292024-02-19T05:39:49.304-05:00ZipadeedoodahPablo y Raquelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03769142937685321435noreply@blogger.comBlogger251125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143133254327386229.post-19912030939460198332010-12-06T14:54:00.001-05:002010-12-06T14:54:58.007-05:00cookies with santa 85 (1 photo), by Rachel BartlettI'd like to share my Walmart Digital Photo Center photos with you. Once you have checked out my photos you can order prints and upload your own photos to share.The Unlikely Homeschoolerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01699365459743267152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143133254327386229.post-56848318484736329512010-07-26T13:50:00.003-04:002010-07-26T15:44:11.059-04:00MOVINGI'm moving...and in about 6 seconds the page will change and will take you to the new blog destination (well if I did all the HTML right it will)!!
still working out all the kinks. So if it doesn't take you automatically just Click
HEREThe Unlikely Homeschoolerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01699365459743267152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143133254327386229.post-28092447993848347422010-07-25T01:45:00.003-04:002010-07-25T01:55:09.315-04:00Rollin' 'Rollin' Rollin
A fabulous rolling pin is super helpful when making a delicious pie crust.
The pin, was my grandmothers, and I adore it. I love holding it in my hands and imagining what all she made with it? How many rolls were made using this pin? How many cookies? Somehow using the pin that my grandmother used to lovingly prepare things for our family, makes me want to make more The Unlikely Homeschoolerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01699365459743267152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143133254327386229.post-60323377161547151122010-07-22T23:38:00.004-04:002010-07-23T00:15:12.310-04:00Do you know the muffin man??I don't, so I got to make my own. I posted this recipe a few years ago HERE and decided it was worthy of reposting.
Why am I double posting tonight? Well I'm supposed to be packing. I really have a ton to do....makes sense right? yeah....to my husband either, but I'm crazy that way.
But hey, we made these for my daughter and I have to have when we leave The Unlikely Homeschoolerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01699365459743267152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143133254327386229.post-62378013626476844682010-07-22T22:56:00.000-04:002010-07-22T22:56:39.185-04:00Who needs cute shoes when you have squash?Bought these Zephyr squash at our local farmers market from the local farmer where we always pick our strawberries!!
The kids said I just HAD to buy some because they matched my outfit that night. So of course, I did.
I mean, honestly, who doesn't love a coordinating squash now and then?? I had just thrown on some flip flops that night afterall...I was in need of a a little The Unlikely Homeschoolerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01699365459743267152noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143133254327386229.post-6964293278191264712010-07-20T11:07:00.001-04:002010-07-20T11:10:58.781-04:00our life a few weeks agoI'm presently curled up on my couch in my living room. I was wondering what to blog about. And it hit me just a SHORT few days ago my life was so different. We miss it so much!! So I thought I'd give a short tour of our home in Honduras a few weeks ago....thanks to the Bilodeaus and the folks at Little Hands Big Hearts for allowing us to use of this space!
This is the The Unlikely Homeschoolerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01699365459743267152noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143133254327386229.post-55519987522617296602010-07-16T23:06:00.001-04:002010-07-16T23:13:30.373-04:00no time to rest when life is so much fun!
(Ack....PDA!!!!! Shhhh...don't tell the counselors!
My sweet honey and I have spent the last week at church camp. We had just enough time to throw some clothes into wash when we got back in the country and headed off.....are we a bit overprotective or what? But we both loved church camp as kids and we wanted our kids to start creating those awesome memories too. The Unlikely Homeschoolerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01699365459743267152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143133254327386229.post-49478290492029735582010-07-10T21:57:00.002-04:002010-07-10T22:09:58.921-04:00
The day we arrived back in the country we lost a precious friend. James Olson was a great man of God. His smiled put you at ease instantly. He never seemed to have a non-intentional conversation. When he asked you to go out to eat after church, it was never "hey we're going out, you guys want to go?" Instead he would walk up to you, look you directly in the eye, The Unlikely Homeschoolerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01699365459743267152noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143133254327386229.post-85724841128364139352010-07-08T14:27:00.000-04:002010-07-08T14:27:11.287-04:00I'm baaacckkk!!Our time in Honduras flew by yet again.....
The last 10 days were just positively NUTTY!! But good...just nutty....up at 5-6am and back to our house and in bed by midnight-1am.....
Now it's laundry and packing for camp which starts Sunday.
Hopefully I'll get to upload some pictures from Honduras really soon!!
Our daughter cried last night for the longest time because it hit her we The Unlikely Homeschoolerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01699365459743267152noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143133254327386229.post-68245416355544082982010-07-08T14:24:00.001-04:002010-07-08T14:48:37.558-04:00Anyone in the N'ville area?!My friend, Amy, over at CRAFTY MOMMY MADNESS is having a fun contest. So many of my relatives and friends are in the N'ville area so I thought I'd share this with any of you. Please be sure to pass it on because this is a great and fun contest for sure!!
The new Peek-a-boo Playtown opens this weekend in Cool Springs (My friend Amy designed their adorable logo above! She's The Unlikely Homeschoolerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01699365459743267152noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143133254327386229.post-23904718164430615192010-06-20T16:25:00.001-04:002010-06-20T18:46:16.203-04:00To My Daddy!today is Father's Day and although it's been a good day for us here in Honduras I still miss spending the afternoon with my Daddy. We usually get Subway and go over to their house and have a picnic or something like that. My Daddy loves Subway....now so does my son!!
(my parents in 1968)
ISince my garden is now producing (and thankfully being well tended by neighbors) I know we'd be Pablo y Raquelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03769142937685321435noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143133254327386229.post-88695573549667805072010-06-13T20:06:00.000-04:002010-06-13T20:06:06.813-04:00our lives are about to slow down a bit.....and speed up....all at the same time!
How is that possible? Well we head to Honduras tomorrow. Where things operate on a bit of a different type of schedule. Where we don't always have water or power. Where we fight the insects and watch out for other critters. And where, as my daughter says it, "we spend more quality time as a family"
No TV to distract us. No regular The Unlikely Homeschoolerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01699365459743267152noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143133254327386229.post-78313749784926421012010-06-13T00:58:00.000-04:002010-06-13T00:58:56.840-04:00"Living out a Christian spin on the American dream"Wow...what a quote I thought (even if the voice in the video is completely obnoxious). It speaks to the feelings we've been dealing with for the past few years. I think the video is accurate. We're continually working through what that means for our family.
So I post this here for a couple reasons.....
So I don't forget about this book.
and
to see what you think.
just remember, IThe Unlikely Homeschoolerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01699365459743267152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143133254327386229.post-17276873077040942692010-05-31T08:33:00.001-04:002010-05-31T08:37:07.224-04:00Strawberry Shortcake Cake = Yummmmmmmmm(photo from/by The Pioneer Woman)
Thanks to facebook my husband reconnected with an old high school friend. He and his family came for dinner the other night. What a delight! We had a wonderful visit.
My husband was blessed to go to a small Christian school his entire life and his friends....well they are a treasure! We had another in town a few weeks ago. With both, it's The Unlikely Homeschoolerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01699365459743267152noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143133254327386229.post-12799081492116502162010-05-26T15:00:00.005-04:002010-05-27T10:31:54.347-04:00A quote in the meantimeOur days have been filled with schoolwork, yardwork, testing and play. Leaving very little time for blogging or even blog reading. But I've got some yummy recipes to share soon, til then....
from Charlotte Mason:"The atmosphere in which a child gathers his unconscious ideas of right living emanates from his parents. Every look of gentleness and tone of reverence, every word ofThe Unlikely Homeschoolerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01699365459743267152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143133254327386229.post-19536391651038929882010-05-18T14:47:00.004-04:002010-05-18T16:22:11.815-04:00
So this year we planted a vegetable garden. Our goal was small....but we wanted to use heirloom seeds and do it organically. I've done tomatoes and a few other things before and we have herbs and some fruits, but a full fledged garden is a new experience. We got the seeds from Seed Savers , followed the Square Foot Gardener method and were determined to keep it relatively The Unlikely Homeschoolerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01699365459743267152noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143133254327386229.post-40885393440008299212010-05-13T20:23:00.002-04:002010-05-13T20:28:22.852-04:00Field TripToday we took a field trip to the High Museum of Art. We had a great time....
Really!
okay so John Mark wasn't too much into the curved canvases. But hey, maybe we got some culture today....
MAYBE!!!
but the truth of the matter is, some of the time the kids said "Why is that ART?" I would be thinking the same thing. I know I know...bad uncultured Mommy! Perhaps not The Unlikely Homeschoolerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01699365459743267152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143133254327386229.post-1184183830185725912010-05-13T11:22:00.001-04:002010-05-13T11:25:05.279-04:00Makin' Memories
A few years ago my parents stopped getting gifts for my kids for their b'days. Instead they started taking them on birthday outings or trips. Each year the birthday child is given a few options to choose from for their birthday trip. This year John Mark chose to go to Cumberland Caverns in McMinnville, TN. They stayed the night at Fall Creek Falls Inn and wandered around The Unlikely Homeschoolerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01699365459743267152noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143133254327386229.post-63467746479686443612010-05-11T09:30:00.004-04:002010-05-11T20:03:57.260-04:00We picked these juicy yummy fruits the other day
mixed them with some organic sugar and cooked and cooked and cooked them....
and cooked them some more.
I was testing a new jam recipe, and didn't want to get too many before trying it out. But now we'll be going back for more!! I made the jam the old fashioned way without packaged pectin. We're very pleased with it. The Unlikely Homeschoolerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01699365459743267152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143133254327386229.post-20473150655689103652010-05-10T15:42:00.001-04:002010-05-11T11:11:33.960-04:00
yesterday I was talking to a friend whose husband every year on Mother's day leaves and goes to his Mom's for Mother's day, leaving her with their 3 kids. WOW!! I thought....goodness me, at least take the kids with you so your wife gets a break a few of us just gawked at him.But you know what? The more I thought on that last night I thought "HOW WONDERFUL OF HIM!!"&The Unlikely Homeschoolerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01699365459743267152noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143133254327386229.post-7211517666077263192010-05-08T02:14:00.002-04:002010-05-08T02:19:30.337-04:00Bloomin' here in GeorgiaIf this bit of loveliness can bloom in my weed ridden, black thumb owned, rocky clay soil filled backyard....
I'm thinkin' there's hope for me in this world!
On my friend LAURA'S blog someone commented the other day "what would life be like if everyone bloomed where they were planted?"
What a lovely thought.
I mean really....why not??
The Unlikely Homeschoolerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01699365459743267152noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143133254327386229.post-63399928356177838992010-05-07T16:00:00.007-04:002010-05-07T19:59:51.365-04:00Tennessee Pride - Good Ole Rocky Top!!Below the video is a great article about what's going on and how Tennessee is handling it. I realize it's rather lengthy, but it's really worth it!!!! I love Tennessee!!
THIS IS TENNESSEEVOLUNTEERS ADD NEW CHAPTER TO STORIED HISTORY
by Brent High
On May 1st and 2nd of 2010 a historic amount of rain, as much as 17 inches, fell on middle Tennessee and the city of Nashville in less thanThe Unlikely Homeschoolerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01699365459743267152noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143133254327386229.post-24380840116971128712010-05-06T23:26:00.005-04:002010-05-06T23:36:18.420-04:00So SILLY!!
No matter where we go, we're rarely without our silly bandz. Well the kids aren't anyway.
Oh why didn't I think to shape the old swatch bracelets into all sorts of animal shapes, etc and sell them for $5 a pack?? sigh....
Kudos to whomever marketed those 'silly' things....genius shear genius!!
look closely and notice all 3 kids in this pictures have themThe Unlikely Homeschoolerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01699365459743267152noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143133254327386229.post-9055511981264197372010-05-06T00:47:00.004-04:002010-05-06T01:10:22.993-04:00National Day of PrayerSo today the 6th of May 2010 is the National Day of Prayer.Among the many things on my prayer list today (and not just today) is all those hurting in Nashville, TNThe pictures are disturbing. It's just so so sad!But more sad is that so many people don't know about it because it's not been at the forefront of news coverage nationally.So if you didn't know to....please stop and say a prayer. The Unlikely Homeschoolerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01699365459743267152noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143133254327386229.post-59477021905126476582010-05-05T10:17:00.002-04:002010-05-05T10:49:17.706-04:00
New Life is popping up all over my yard. We went with the Square Foot Gardener Method of vegetable gardening for ease of dealing with our rocky thick clay soil.
And we're having great results!! We've got Squash, Zucchini, carrots, peas, beans, tomatoes, chamomile, cucumbers, lettuce, etc going out there. In addition to our Strawberries, blackberries, and blueberries and herb The Unlikely Homeschoolerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01699365459743267152noreply@blogger.com0