Phone Blogging with my HTC Hero

I have a brand new phone! I am so excited about it. It's my early Christmas present from my man. Hurray!! It competes with the IPhone but I like it better for a few reasons.1- you can have 6 apps open at once instead of one.2- the Sprint plan is a lot cheaper than the AT&T plan. Also.... not sure about the IPhone camera but the Hero has 5 megapixels. Oh and it zooms in and out.

I really can't begin to tell you about all the AWESOME capabilities this sucker has. For instance...right now I am Blogging on my phone with my Blogger application. How cool is that? Some of my favorite apps are the Facebook app, Twitter, pedometer, amazon shopping app, calorie counter, gmail.... and SO MUCH MORE!!!! Anyway, I am completely sold on my HTC Hero. Maybe I'll even be able to blog more from my phone.;)

What does it MEAN to be HOMESCHOOLED??

This video CRACKS ME UP! If you have my sense of humor I am certain you will enjoy it as well. ;0) Hilarious AND right on!

On a fun side note... MY homeschoolers do NOT have to wear denim jumpers with apples sewn on. We CAN listen to "SECULAR" music.... GASP! We watch Hannah Montana and wear costumes on Halloween. Oh- and Mom sometimes says, "DARN IT" and then writes it on her blog. Imagine. Some of you are shocked and some greatly relieved. Hee hee.... Angel

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Love this interview...

50 Years With Someone Who "Gets On Your Nerve."

So sweet.... Angel

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Hi, My name is Angel and I was homeschooled...

I was reading this article today about adults that have been homeschooled. It occurred to me that this is not something that I regularly discuss but it is something that has greatly shaped who I am. If you have ever been interested in how us crazy homeschool kids turn out you may find it interesting. I sure did! http://tinyurl.com/ygnfex3

So I was pondering.. Why don't I talk about homeschool more? Sure I might show you our schedule but I'm not going to attempt the whole why we chose homeschool for all our children conversation. Mercy no.

Discussing homeschool can be so tricky... mostly because I feel like people get defensive about it. I don't want to make people feel that I am judging the choices they are making. I know so many wonderful parents who have decided to educate their children in a variety of ways. They have FABULOUS families and precious children. I trust that they are seeking God for what their children need.

So there's people that think I am judging them... Then there are people judging me. Why would I want to do that? What about socialization? Yada, yada, yada... I generally just take the Zoe escape route. You know, she didn't know English, no schooling, blah blah... just to not have the judging conversation.

Can we just agree to have a no judgement zone here?

Do you guys ever feel like it's tough to be real about who God made you cause some one's gonna be upset by that?

I've told my BFFs before, "I sometimes walk around feeling like a human disturbance." :0) I do tend to choose a very different path in so many ways. I guess sometimes it makes people uncomfortable.

Often I make very different choices and I feel strongly about things which leads me to the paths I take. Maybe being homeschooled gave me the courage to walk my own path even when people thought it was weird. Who knows!

HOWEVER, I am not under any illusion that the choices I make are always the right ones for everyone. My feeling is that unless the Bible spells it out as right or wrong I'm not going to try to define it. There are sin issues and then there is a whole bunch of grey.

Anyway, it seems I felt the need to spill a little. Perhaps I will even gain enough courage to give my opinions on my own blog. Sadly, it seems I have the courage to take the path less traveled but don't like to admit to it. Hee hee. Hmmmm... guess we'll see.

Terra Cotta Warriors!

Today we went with Classical Conversations to see the Terra Cotta Warriors at the Houston Museum. It was VERY cool!!! Excuse my cruddy cell phone pics. :0) Angel

The Terra Cotta Warriors

Looking for fossils

Hanging with the dinosaurs!

Interview with a cutie pie...

Have had some requests for updated interviews with the girls. Here's Kaiya!!

Take A Bow!

This is 6 year old Kaitlyn's dramatic interpretation of "Take A Bow." Just love watching this girl sing it. She is awesome.

Now a short giggle break!

Here's a few silly videos that made me giggle. If you could use a laugh, enjoy! Thanks to my mom for sharing the laughs. Have a favorite funny video? Would love to hear about it in the comments. :0) Angel

Seen this one before and it still makes me smile till my face hurts.

Hopemongers!

Hopemongers.org

I want to introduce all of you to a very cool way to give.

Have you ever felt frustrated with just handing over a check to an organization not REALLY know where it was going to go? I certainly have felt that annoyance.

Often there have been certain things that I really wanted to contribute to but it seems really hard to find a place where I can give to projects knowing they have accountability.

Have you ever felt silly cause you didn't have very much to give and wondered if it would even make a difference? Yup, me too!

Wouldn't it be amazing if there was just one place we could go to find projects from all over the world and really start chipping away at this problem even if you only have $10 to give? Wouldn't it be amazing to be able to point our churches and friends to somewhere they could easily start contributing to things that truly matter?

Well, that is what Hopemongers.org is all about.



Do you feel strongly about clean water for third world countries? You can find a clean water project and give.



Do you feel passionate about helping orphans in Uganda? Well, you can find a project for that too!



Want to see before and after pictures of what's being done so you KNOW things are happening the way they should? They will be on the site!

BUT WAIT! What if you don't have a lot of money? NO PROBLEM! Hopemongers.org is all about working as a community to put the little we have together to make a BIG DIFFERENCE! Donate as little as $10 and watch little miracles start to happen.



Hopemongers are dealers of hope- sounds like something I'd like to be!



Check it out!

If you like what you see as much as I do you can help spread the word by blogging about it, putting on a blog badge, facebook about it, twitter about it, e-mail people....

We all make a difference every day. It's just a choice of WHAT kind of difference we want to make. So whatever we do let's make it purposeful. HUGS! Angel