To start a blog, you need a plan.
We plan…I’m still convinced that sometimes when we plan, God
laughs.
So what’s my plan?
Great question.
A friend once told me I needed to have a set day to publish
a blog every time, that way my readers know when new content is available. So
that’s a first plan. But I don’t have a
plan, because my first job is mom and sometimes “moming” interrupts plans… So I
am not going to promise when I’ll get blogs out. The next plan is make a list of blog
topics-that one’s hard for me, because first I need to establish what it is I
will be writing about.
I could do many different topics, in fact, this blog started off as a money saving blog…. Well, that severely limited the content I
felt like I could put on my blog. So… I
think this time I’ll just do a blog about me.
Apparently I’m a really interesting person.
Huh. Who knew?
So.. About me, Tabitha.
I’m a Christian. So
many people don’t know what that even means anymore.. So what does it mean? That means that I am a
born again, baptized, accepted Christ into my heart to live a new life to the
best of my human ability. Does that mean
I’m perfect? Ha. No (excuse me while I pick
myself up off the floor laughing). I’m
so thankful that God is patient with me and gives me His word to learn to live
like him. I’m also thankful that we
found a Bible-believing church whose other members are also patient and
understand that we all mess up.
I’m a wife. My
husband’s pretty awesome, if I do say so myself-though I might be a little prejudice
in that opinion. Lol He loves God, he
loves me, he loves our kids. He takes
care of us, he does his best to treat me like a princess like I don’t
deserve. Who could ask for anything
more (now, if you sang that, you get bonus points.. no the points aren’t good
for anything)? The Bible tells me that
God comes first, then my husband. That’s
often a struggle for me. To be anything
to anybody, I HAVE to put God first,
otherwise everything else crumbles. To
be the wife my husband needs, I have to learn what kind of wife God wants me to
be. Dennis (my hubby), knows that and
reminds me when I’m not honoring God first.. From my attitude to my sewing
creations lol. To some of you, that may
sound weird, condescending… patriarchal even..
But you know what? I’m good. Dennis isn’t condescending, he honors God in
what he does and what he says.
I’m a stay at home mom.
So many people think that’s a detriment.
It’s not. I have the great honor
and privilege of being blessed with our kids and being blessed to able to stay
home with them. No, it’s not all fun and
games. Yes, most days are crazy.. and a
little aggravating. I wouldn’t trade it
for the world.
I’m sarcastic. Have
you picked up on that?... lol I cook from
scratch to the best of my ability, I am learning to sew and crochet. Things get interesting around here. I’m also learning to garden.
We homeschool. I do
mean WE. My hubby helps. Now granted, sometimes that help is the kids
see daddy doing his school and know it’s not just them getting tortured. Lol Seriously though, our kids love
school-they go a little crazy when we get more than a week off. 5 or 6 years ago I was bound and determined
that I could everything for free. If you
know exactly what the kids should be learning and you can get every. Single.
Subject. I’m sure you can, but I
cannot. After listening to a sermon on
the benefits of homeschooling, the pastor made a comment about needing to pick
a curriculum and stick to it. After
talking to an experienced (and now “Retired”-all her kids have graduated)
homeschool mom, I learned that it’s best
to give a curriculum at least 2 years.
Not only would we be getting used to a routine that was new to us, but I
would be fitting something made somebody else into a way that I do
something-probably completely different.
A 2 year trial is a good thing.. We started off with Abeka. Now, I love Abeka, but it’s just not for us
past kindergarten-maybe first grade… I
love their cursive programs, the kids love their books, I also like their
phonics program… And that’s about where it ends. So now we have a mix, Abeka and ACE PACE and
still working with some freebies (thank you homeschool mom bloggers who put out
free resources, I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your hard work!). The kids are LOVING ACE PACEs.
Now for the monkeys. I
mean the kids. Monkeys? They do climb a lot…. I digress
I have a 14 year old.
You won’t hear about her, though… She has chosen not to be part of our
lives. So we pray for her… and I cry
thinking about her. That’s all I can do.
Dennis and I have (for now) 5 kids… Under 10. Yep. 5. In a 1800 square foot house. 3 bedrooms.
Don’t mind me, it’s still a little unbelievable.
Andrew is 9, Eva is 7, Grace is 5, Hannah is 3, Elijah is 1.
Our hands and our hearts are full.
We live in South Dakota where the summers are unbelievably hot and the winters are unbelievably cold.
~Tabitha