Yearbook Yourself
Thanks, Di for the link. Way too funny!
1966 look- This is so my mom!
1960 look
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Donate
I love the idea of helping to donate TJEd books to local libraries. (I love being charitable anyway.) When I first was checking into the Thomas Jefferson Education (TJEd) principles, there wasn’t a book at my local library. I had to borrow one from a lovely friend who was willing to part with it for a time. Myy lovely babes ended up ripping the cover and the first several pages off of the book, so I ended up buying her a new one and keeping her old one. I wish GWU would have had a program like this one back then. Actually, the ripped book was a blessing in disguise though…I’m not sure if I’d have bought it for myself at the time because of budget restrictions. It forced me to find the money, and keep a book I’d become very fond of.
The Home Is the Most Significant Classroom
“Perhaps most significant of all classrooms is the classroom of the home. It is in the home that we form our attitudes, our deeply held beliefs. It is in the home that hope is fostered or destroyed. Our homes are the laboratories of our lives. What we do there determines the course of our lives when we leave home. Dr. Stuart E. Rosenberg wrote in his book The Road to Confidence, ‘Despite all new inventions and modern designs, fads and fetishes, no one has yet invented, or will ever invent, a satisfying substitute for one’s own family.’ ”
Thomas S. Monson, “Precious Children–A Gift from God,” Ensign, Nov. 1991, 68
Finding Joy in the Journey
I loved this General Conference weekend! I love to listen to the inspiring and inspired messages of the prophet and leaders of the church. I am amazed at how many of the talks have been about the same things I’ve been pondering for the last several months.
There was a lot of talk about gratitude and service. One in particular was by President Thomas S. Monson. In the Sunday morning session, he spoke of finding joy in the journey. Wow! I couldn’t have said it better than he did. A month or two ago I was trying to think of a tag line for my blog, but I couldn’t think of one. I have been studying a lot of things lately including how true gratitude, even in the face of adversity, can bring about joy and happiness which helps attract better things into our lives. I wanted a way to help me remember what life is about as well as help me be grateful for the journey. So, why not use “Finding Joy in the Journey” for my tag line? Such a simple thing has helped me be more grateful and joyous.
How about you? Do you have a tagline or simple quote you try to live by?
Book It!
I got my kit in the mail a couple of weeks ago. The kids and I started the program yesterday and my kids are really excited about it. I’m not too fond of using greasy pizza as a reward, but at least my kids can’t have what makes the pizza really greasy-cheese, I mean. I made a chart for the kids to keep track of their reading progress. I think the goals are realistic, although I’m a bit worried about Ella wanting to read for an hour a day. Some days she’ll read for a long time, and other days she won’t read at all. If I let her procrastinate her reading, then she won’t do it though. So, this Book It! Program has helped her set goals to read everyday for a longer set period of time. Even Lightning is so excited to read. The last two mornings, he has woken up and picked a book to read. He usually does 15 minutes of his 30 minutes by the time I’m out of bed. He reads better than his older sister, Aurora, but she’s on her way to reading better too. Her love language is gifts, so anything having to do with a reward will get her going.
I believe you can still sign-up for the program this year. It runs October 1, 2008 – March 31, 2009. If you want to do the program, set goals now and work on them, so when you get your kit in the mail, you can already be working on it. The kit includes an explanation sheet, tracking sheet, and pizza certificates. The program is only for K-6 grade kids and it’s free! What a great deal. :D
