Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Monday, August 19, 2013
Two Years Ago...
I just had to show you this picture. This is me and Ginger (before Lia came to America) on our first day of school two years ago. That meant that Ginger was going into 5th grade and I was going into 7th grade. That was the beginning of my realization of college and other future goals and the year that my academics soared.
As you can see in this picture, neither one of us has brushed our hair or gotten dressed. I actually think that Ginger is wearing the same headband in this picture as the one she wore in our first day of school photo shoot this year! I was wearing braces then and I am so glad that I no longer have to.
We were in the height of adoption planning by then. We knew that we were adopting Lia by then and began making plans for travel and such.
So enough reveling in the past and living now!
So long!
Jade
PS: just to show how much I HAVEN'T grown, I'm still wearing both of those shirts now!
First Day of High School!
Even though I'm homeschooled I still think that it is a big deal to start high school. I had a great first day. Here are the pictures my mom took on our front porch.
Lia wasn't too happy with us by the time this picture was taken. Her outfit was completely picked out by her. Ginger always goes casual for school and of course I had to be dressed perfectly. The school outfit I chose was a white shirt, jeans, and a scarf.
Here's a close up of all three of us.
I was pretty excited to start school today. I love the idea of being on a schedule and learning. Ginger was pretty much dreading the start of school and Lia just wanted to learn how to read.
I am trying to journal my school days and here is the one that I wrote today.
August 19, 2013
I really enjoyed my first day of school. It felt rejuvenating and inspiring to be learning again and being on a schedule. I wake up at 6:21 every morning now. I make up my bed, read my Bible and get dressed. At 7:00, Ginger and Lia wake up and we all eat the breakfast that mama has sat out. I love figuring out what my first day of school outfit will be and I could not decide this year. After putting on the outfit that I had decided (orange skinny jeans, denim shirt), I completely changed my mind and put on my jeans, white shirt, and scarf. I love the feeling of being completely dressed. It helps me stay focused and prepared. I am doing 2 hours of math a day now. When my geometry book comes in I will be doing an hour of algebra and an hour of geometry every day. I am half a year behind on math so I will complete Algebra 1 so that I will be where I am supposed to be, Geometry so that I will have math completed for the year, and Algebra 2 so that I will be a year ahead. That means that next year I will be starting PRE-CALCULUS! For literature I am reading Romeo and Juliet. Mama and I read it together, voicing the different characters. I’m Romeo. I hope that I can switch to Juliet later. Handwriting is harder than I expected. I just can’t write beautifully. Hopefully I’ll make improvement. I got all but the last few pages of my literature book done before I left for tennis at 3:15. Tomorrow I will be more focused.
So that's my first day of school. I'll try to keep you informed about other things that are going on including the tennis season.
Best wishes to all!
Jade
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
The Note
I've always wanted to leave something in a book for someone to find. Today, I couldn't resist. I sent my sister to the library with a book. Little did she know what was inside...
I put it between pages 78 and 79 of Uprising (Rebel Force Series book 6).
Sunday, July 28, 2013
Possible First Day of School Outfits
Even though I'm not a public schooler, I still like to have fun with my first day of school outfits. Here are some possibilities. I would really like to wear my orange (my favorite color!) skinny jeans but I may not.
This picture was blurry but here is a close up of the shirt.
I will wear an undershirt because of it being a low v-neck.
This is the original shirt that I got to wear with these pants. The only thing is that it may be too hot outside to wear this.
As you can see, I really like blue and orange.
This is a new outfit that I created. The plaid shirt is pink with orange stripes which complements the orange shirt.
I just put together this outfit so I don't know if it looks good. The shirt is a size to big and I'll wear it with a purple undershirt.
I love my Avengers shirt and I might wear it just to show that on the first day of school.
So what do you think I should wear? I may add more outfits that I create to the list as well. I will let you know my final decision when I start school in a couple of weeks.
Saturday, July 27, 2013
The Changes of My Life
So much has happened since my last post. I've gone to Student Leadership University (I'll have to talk about that in a different post), youth camp, 4-H judging, and VBS. I'm not really very disciplined to write on my blog every few days and that's why you haven't been hearing from me. I hope to start posting again. With school about to start up, I'll have more things to write about.
One thing that I'd like to address right now is that...... I'M A FRESHMAN NOW! That's right. I am going into my first year of high school. Now I know that it is a big deal to begin high school if you are a public schooler but for me it isn't that different. I started some of my high school text books last year and the work isn't harder for me. It actually seems a little easier (mostly literature). In my homeschool coop the only thing different is that I'm allowed to go to the dances that we have. At my church, it will get very different. I'll be with all of the senior highers which will be scary but exciting.
The biggest change this year is tennis. I am now a member of the __________ High School tennis team. I already know some people from the middle school team but I'm still going to be one of the youngest. Thankfully I don't have to try out but it will be more intense. I don't know if I'll make varsity or jr. varsity yet because there is no way of knowing how good the other girls are.
There used to be a rule in some places that home schoolers could not do public school sports unless they took a class. We were prepared for this. Thankfully, there has been a new law passed that home schoolers cannot be denied sports. ________ High School has been generous with us and is allowing me to participate in their Flex Program. I will be taking Mandarin Chinese from the state college. This is a great way to learn this language because not many schools offer the language and we would probably have to find a really good online program if I was to speak it fluently.
So I'm really looking forward to my freshman year. Everything that I learned at Student Leadership University has inspired and motivated me to work hard this school year.
One thing that I'd like to address right now is that...... I'M A FRESHMAN NOW! That's right. I am going into my first year of high school. Now I know that it is a big deal to begin high school if you are a public schooler but for me it isn't that different. I started some of my high school text books last year and the work isn't harder for me. It actually seems a little easier (mostly literature). In my homeschool coop the only thing different is that I'm allowed to go to the dances that we have. At my church, it will get very different. I'll be with all of the senior highers which will be scary but exciting.
The biggest change this year is tennis. I am now a member of the __________ High School tennis team. I already know some people from the middle school team but I'm still going to be one of the youngest. Thankfully I don't have to try out but it will be more intense. I don't know if I'll make varsity or jr. varsity yet because there is no way of knowing how good the other girls are.
There used to be a rule in some places that home schoolers could not do public school sports unless they took a class. We were prepared for this. Thankfully, there has been a new law passed that home schoolers cannot be denied sports. ________ High School has been generous with us and is allowing me to participate in their Flex Program. I will be taking Mandarin Chinese from the state college. This is a great way to learn this language because not many schools offer the language and we would probably have to find a really good online program if I was to speak it fluently.
So I'm really looking forward to my freshman year. Everything that I learned at Student Leadership University has inspired and motivated me to work hard this school year.
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