The Glory of Being Home-Schooled

Most children these days are public schooled, but the more girls that find out I'm home-schooled, the more I get comments like "I wish I was home-schooled, but my Mom won't let me."  But being home-schooled isn't always like a child in a candy store...especially if you live in a place like I do.  You have the dogs barking non-stop, and the roosters crowing, the hens cackling, the birds chirping outside, the hawks and crows passing through with their 'caws' and different calls.  You have to really concentrate.  But the advantage is that you have your parent as your teacher, you get one-on-one attention (unless you have brothers and sisters being home-schooled too)  What I do for my Math is I figure out the answers, and put them inside the computer.  I'd like to know which subject in school is every body's favorite.

4-H Experience

A couple years ago me and my family entered into a horse show, we won a red ribbon (2nd) a white ribbon (3rd) and a yellow ribbon (4th)  Our horse Carousel is half Arabian, so she has quite a bit of spunk in her, and half American Saddlebred, so she is a bit bigger than a regular Arabian.  The round that we won the red ribbon, she was supposed to be in a trot, but she went into a gallop, and she almost ran over the judge!  

Last year we showed three of our chickens, Silver Laced Wyondotte hen Pearl, White Black Tailed Japanese Bantam Mr. Rooster, and Brown Red Ameraucana rooster Harry.  We had forgotten that we had clipped Harry's wing so he wouldn't fly out of his pen.  Otherwise he most likely would've won 1st, but he only won 3rd.  But while I held Harry, and the judge was talking, Harry started crowing (We had raised him since he was 8 weeks old, so he crows while I hold him sometimes) right when the judge was talking!  The judge would say about two or three words, then he would have to stop, because he couldn't be heard over Harry's crowing.  HOW HUMILIATING!!!!!  Eventually, the judge was done with his short speech, and Harry stopped crowing.  

My family raises German Shepherds too.  One of our dogs had puppies 1 1/2 months ago.  See the ones available at www.shannonsshepherds.blogspot.com  We have 7 puppies, and 6 are available, for now.  My family is one that likes a lot of music.  

Some of my hobbies are playing the piano, the fiddle, the Irish Flute, the harmonica, and the spoons.  My Dad plays the guitar, and my Mom plays the piano.  

It was really fun for us in 4-H, we had a great time.  If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask! 

Todays Verse

Philippians 4:8
"Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever      is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy, think about such things."

A Lovely Day

Today is a wonderful day in the Ozark Mountains.  It's humid, and there's a nice cooling wind, perfect for very short sleeved clothes.  I even heard the frogs croaking down in the woods!  Springs a comin', that's for sure!  I hope you have had nice weather too!