Memory Verse: Psalms 13:6 NIV
I will sing to the Lord, for He has been good to me.

Intro: M’m M’m Good (Campbell’s Soup)
The fall is such a wonderful time of year.  The beautiful foliage and cool, crisp morning air is such a wonderful change from the hot summer.  I also love the M’m M’m good smell of fall cooking and baking.  The wonderful fall veggies, fruits and Thanksgiving foods.

Assignment:  Post your favorite fall recipe/recipes to share.  I love trying new recipes, do you?  It can be baking, main dishes, veggies, dessert or anything else you can think of.  There are no limits.  Mmmmmm..I can’t wait to take a look at some of those recipes.

Oh boy you guys are hitting strings hard with me. I use to cook, never been a baker, but loved to use my cookbooks. But with the birth out our daughter at 32 weeks, and the first years of getting a little girl to be the strong child she is today, I got away from cooking. Can I add Kraft dinner, frozen pizza, chicken fingers and fries?? No, and I agree. I have been working on getting back to the old habits before the birth of our daughter. JUST last week, I did a roast with potatoes, onions and carrots, in the slow cooker it was so good. First time since her birth, so sad?? Faith has been asking and asking to bake, this so isn't my thing. Then I realized that it was not how mommy taught her how to bake a cake, it was the time we spent doing so. She picked out her box cake mix and frosting and last Friday she made her cake, cracked her eggs, baked it, frosted it and even decorated it. Now I wish I had taken pictures.....

Here I sit trying to decide what to put here it has been so long. I figured I would head over to Companies Coming and see what they had to say? I found the very recipe that another homeschooling mother told me to try, just last week. I am putting it on here NOT because I have made this one, but because I am putting it out for all to see that I am going to get back into the menu planning, meal cooking wife I use to be. Thanks Blogger Friends for once again showing me the way...

The Best Chicken Dish       

Colourful and full of flavour, this is sure to become a favourite! Chickpeas and sweet red pepper accent this well-seasoned sauce. Delicious served over rice or pasta.

Cooking oil 1 tbsp. 15 mL Lean ground chicken 1 lb. 454 g   Can of chickpeas (garbanzo beans), 19 oz. 540 mL rinsed and drained Finely chopped onion 1 cup 250 mL Salt 1/4 tsp. 1 mL   Sun-dried tomato pesto 1/3 cup 75 mL All-purpose flour 1 tbsp. 15 mL Can of diced tomatoes (with juice) 14 oz. 398 mL Balsamic vinegar 1 tbsp. 15 mL Granulated sugar 1/2 tsp. 2 mL Salt 1/4 tsp. 1 mL   Chopped red pepper 4 cups 1 L Finely chopped zucchini (with peel) 1 cup 250 mL

Heat cooking oil in large frying pan on medium. Add ground chicken. Scramble-fry for 5 to 10 minutes until no longer pink. Drain. Transfer to 3 1/2 to 4 quart (3.5 to 4 L) slow cooker. Add chickpeas, onion and first amount of salt. Stir. Stir pesto into flour in small bowl until smooth. Add next 4 ingredients. Stir well. Pour over chicken mixture. Stir well. Cover. Cook on Low for 8 to 10 hours or on High for 4 to 5 hours. Add red pepper and zucchini. Stir. Cover. Cook on High for 30 to 45 minutes until red pepper is tender-crisp. Serves 8.

1 serving: 232 Calories; 11.2 g Total Fat (1.6 g Mono, 1.1 g Poly, 0.4 g Sat); 0 mg Cholesterol; 20 g Carbohydrate; 4 g Fibre; 14 g Protein; 353 mg Sodium

Make Ahead: The night before, chop vegetables. Chill overnight in separate covered bowls. Scramble-fry ground chicken until no longer pink. Drain. Chill overnight in separate covered bowl. Assemble and cook as directed.

Romans 12:2 (Amplified Bible)  Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His sight for you].

I have started a Canadian Military Homeschooling Group. Please help me spread the word about this group. I believe that we need to have this small group join together and be here for each other. We face some things that other families don't. Hey, who knows we could make great friends and the be posted into your town and already have a homeschooling connection.

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Intro: Never Leave Home Without It (Marketing Credit:  American Express) Diapers, bottles, wipes, bibs, pacifiers, extra clothing, cell phone, PDA, ipod, iphone, credit or debit cards … what would you never leave home without?

Assignment: In the memory verse Jesus tells us that He will never leave us, not even at the end of the world.  He assures us in this verse that He will be with us and that means through everything we go through in life.  I thought it would be interesting to write about the things we would never leave home without.  For some it might be baby needs, others it might be a gym bag and bottle of water, and for some  it might be your Bible and a notepad or small journal, maybe even your son or daughters favorite blankie!  I’d like for you to write about something that you would never leave home without.

Memory Verse: Matthew 28: 20 - Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you:  and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the world. Amen.

You know there are the things that we always have. For me being in a wheelchair they are much the same, but I don't carry a 'purse' as I need my hands. I have a little bag that is attached just under the seat. In that is my wallet for health cards, for Faith and I, driver licences. I try and make sure that I ALAWAYS have a charged cell phone on me(there have been times when the cell phone doesn't make it in the house, as I have an indoor and outdoor wheelchair, so I don't hear hear beeping of a low battery, and have had a dead phone) See being in a wheelchair(w/c) having a cell is so important for a number of reasons, I have been walking and have blown a tire on the w/c, and had to call for help. I don't carry a spare, tube and tire, . Also when in the van driving, if for what ever reason the van stopped working, I can not unload the van with out help. Unloading the w/c is on the driver side at the sliding door, which have me unload in the road. When I was in two minor accidents, I was not able to get out of the van, both times I had to call my husband to come and see the damage of the van. For me my phone is way more then to chat with friends.

Now for the fun stuff. I have a small purse Bible, that I keep in my backpack style camera bag. I try and make sure that these two things are always on me, I love getting those special moments on film, and getting the Glory of God frozen in time. I like having my Bible, I pray that one day I will have total boldness to witness to a complete stranger. I have people always coming to me and saying things about how strong I am, or they are surprised to see how the w/c is loaded into the van, or they comment about me being a mom, on and on with different things like that. I always tell them that with out God none of this would be possible, the strength wasn't and isn't mine, it's His. I am praying that one day this will open a door for someone? I also make sure that Faith and I have water, don't you just cringe, at the price of a bottle of water. I have a carrier on the w/c, and I have a carrier for Faith. I have a rule and it does include her water, I don't carry the things she chooses to bring from home, mostly her stuff animal. If we are on a long outing then her water bottle carrier ables me to put it on the w/c. The other reason that I keep a Bible on me, there are MANY times when I can not get into the building with family or friends and one thing that I don't like is that wasted time, then I can spend that time in God's Word.

This is my camera backpack and purse Bible.

This is my 'purse' under the seat and my water bottle holder.

This is Faith and I's water bottle and Faith's carrier, she can wear it over her shoulder. This is how I carry my backpacks and Faith's water bottle when she can't.

Mark 10:27 (NKJV) But Jesus looked at them and said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible.”

It is so funny in the blogger school friends we had to talk about what we did to make school a little out of whack. I was saying that I was about as straight as it gets, that I don't do much out of the normal. Then wham, what does Faith do to me??? She starts telling me what classes she wants to do??? What is that?? I had my plan, my schedule, my, what goes first, then what is after that, and how we end it. I then realized the this was a wonderful moment that God place into movement. I had the assignment, that I had no fun things we do and then Faith wants to do things different. I realized that this was I moment to shine and let her pick and take control of her work and pick what she want. It was great, once I got over the fact the it was "ALL OUT OF ORDER!!!", but we did it we had a great time. The week was great. I am so happy that all the pieces are falling into place, we are loving R&S. It is working so well for us. Tonight we had popcorn for dinner and watched the 'Rescue Hero' movie, while cuddling on the couch. A wonderful moment for us both.

Then life returned to a wonderful normal. After a short pause Bible School has resumed!!!! We had our first class on Monday night. We are going to be doing Faith Pt 2. Which I have already done. I was surprised that I was asked by our Instructor, to teach Faith Pt 1, to the people that have not had that class. I was at first so happy, then I was wondering if I could do it. I asked if she really thought I was ready, she smiled at me and said that if I was confident that I could do it she would have worried. That was when she showed me that I had to let God do it. I also after a bit of time off, (for Faith and I to get use to her new curriculum), that it would take a month or so, to get thing organized. I returned to Healing School, it was a wonderful powerful time of growth, truth and learning. I have to change my thinking, my words, and how I believe. I was so happy to be back. I even put dinner in the crockpot, it was great to come home have dinner ready and then take Faith and her friend to Awana, with me and the mother going for a coffee and had a wonderful time of fellowship.

Well I have talked you ear off enough and am so happy that God is so good and leads us and shows us what we need and where we should be when we cry out to Him. I did that Sunday morning and in the service of the message called 'THERE', God should me that I am doing the right thing and I am in the right place.

I am so looking forward to this coming week. After a ruff start at our grade two year, we have found our grove. God is so good. Not only is the schooling coming together, but tomorrow will be our first day back to Bible School. I have been struggling with what and where I am to be and what I am to be doing since the Pastors left our church, their were called to go. Wonder if where I am is the place that I am to be, or some where else. There are a lot of factors that lead up to this NOT just our Pastors leaving. Today our founding Pastor, who will be at our church until God give us a new one, gave a sermon on "There", I had JUST finished writing out a prayer to our Heavenly Father, as to what and where I am to be, that place had to be where He wanted me NOT where I wanted to be. God gave me my answers loud and clear, I am to be where I am homeschooling(don't worry I knew that), at this church, in the Bible School that I am in, I am THERE. It felt so wonderful, so great to know that I am in the right place.

This is starting a great week. Faith went for her nature walk with her dad for her Awana book. Here are some pictures from their walk.

Is it not wonderful the Glory of God that she had seen on her walk? God is so wonderful and can give His children nothing but what is good. This week will be a wonderful time to give God Glory in our worship time, in our school time and in being a family. I am forever thankful that God place people in my life to tell me the truth, then to place me in a church that taught me and grew me up in the Lord, so that I can give back to God in the things I do.

 Psalm 19:1-2 (NKJV) The heavens declare the glory of God;
         And the firmament shows His handiwork.
 2 Day unto day utters speech,
         And night unto night reveals knowledge.

Have you done something crazy in your homeschool?  Do you fingerpaint with your toes?  Do you let your children do your hair?  Do you wear your pajamas during homeschool?   Oh, the list is endless, but it’s up to you and how much fun you want to have.

To make it even “wackier” (not sure if it’s really a word, but hey, we don’t check spelling this week at BFS either!!!…..try and type some or all of your post sdrawkcab.  (backwards!)

This is so not me....

Last year when we were finding our way in homeschooling, I could have added a few funny post. Not this year. This year we are using a curriculum  for the first time, we have everything planned out and working hard to stick to that plan. Other then that, I try to find ways, just like every mom to do that little extra. Like today English was on the white board written by me, reading was sharing a seat in the wheelchair with me at the table. Then because she did such a great job working so hard this week, I surprised her by saying that we were done. Fridays are always, do little day.

Faith is almost ALWAYS at the table in her PJ's so that isn't something different for us.

I  am going to have fun reading and looking for some wacky ideas to do in our school day once and a while.

God Bless, Blogger GirlFriends