No Bickering

 A verse for my kids (me too!) to meditate upon and work towards memorizing:

Philippians 2:14-15:
Do everything readily and cheerfully—no bickering, no second-guessing allowed! Go out into the world uncorrupted, a breath of fresh air in this squalid and polluted society. Provide people with a glimpse of good living and of the living God.

Where To Find Me

People are continuing to find me through various sources and surprised that they didn't know it was "me" all those different places. So to help everyone find me, I want to list the projects and places I currently remain active so you can easily find me. (Technically, I'm registered for over 30 blogs, but some I don't keep current anymore, some I per-registered for names of probable future book projects, some are titles I know people to search for me by and just redirect to other active blogs, etc.)

From Facebook - I do this a lot!

So here's where to currently find me actively writing, cup of tea on the side table next to me (picture from around my home to mentally picture the process):

Hannah's Hope: Seeking God's Heart in the Midst of Infertility, Miscarriage and Adoption Loss (book published by NavPress, 2005, ISBN-10: 1576836541; ISBN-13: 978-1576836545) . Hannah's Hope blog and Pintrest pages on infertility, miscarriage / loss, adoption. Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/HannahsHopeBook

InfertilityMom, blog on motherhood after infertility and loss. My motherhood pin board (along with those just listed above) probably best fits this audience. Homemaking too. :)

My current book project, a harvest-themed devotional study on the fruit of the Holy Spirit, especially in the face of trying times, working title Harvesting Hope from Heartache and the accompanying Harvesting Hope blog and Harvesting Hope, fruit of the Spirit , gardening, roses, and spiritual warfare Pintrest pages. Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/HarvestingHope

Of course, Stroke Of Grace, my unfolding stroke recovery journey blog. I hope to write an accompanying book if future years. On Pintrest, there are several specifically related pages: stroke-related pictures and thoughts, why I'm homesick for Heaven, therapy and exercise, my struggle to find purpose, thoughts on grace and glory and a great collection of brain images. Facbook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stroke-of-Grace-by-Jennifer-Saake/339888582731687

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A future book project, currently titled Given Me a Thorn,a study on the life of the Apostle Paul as comfort, encouragement and resources for living with chronic pain and/or illness. Pintrest pages at Natural Health and Chronic Illness, Gluten Free, Latex Free, and Given Me a Thorn. Facbook at https://www.facebook.com/GivenMeaThorn

A page I have let fall fallow since the strokes, I hope to revive again, InnerBeautyGirlz, tips and tricks (and even some give-aways) for outward beauty, but with an intention focus on the heart and soul.  I have, however, really been building my Pintest page on this beauty this year, a reflection of my own struggles both physically and emotionally/mentally, to accept God's perspective on me in my brokenness. Facbook at https://www.facebook.com/innerbeautygirlz

Find me on Twitter at @InfertilityMom. I would love to invite you to follow all my Pintrest boards (several more, not listed here, like Social Media, various holidays/seasons, Japan (special board on Koi fish), Tips and Tricks, romantic bicycles like the ones above and below,  my heroes,  Just Because... and much more) at /InfertilityMom.

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My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise. - Psalm 51:17

Last Chance!

Thank you to everyone who has helped with our homeschool retirement sale as God clearly closes this decade+ chapter of our lives and leads us on a new adventure. We pray everything that is scattering across the country will continue to bless many families!

From Facebook

Since I am wrapping up the sale and I realized I never even listed one item, I figured it would make thing easier on you if I post a quick little update on items still available for sale (though I'm not so keen on the idea of shipping more after this weekend because I just need to be done with this whole thing for my mental health - out of area sales through this weekend or if you happen to catch me in a good frame of mind, maybe next week too; local pick up please come get your things ASAP). Please review the original link for ordering questions that are likely all answered there!

From Facebook

I gave a pretty full update on family life, kid's schooling future, our son's new bedroom and how this sale has impacted me stroke-recovery wise, over on Stroke Of Grace (look toward the final several paragraphs for these bits of news). I would have normally posted all that here for regular blog followers, but with the sale and all the unique traffic, didn't want to cause extra confusion. :)

From Facebook

 So what's still available?

Pending (hold until early August for potential buyer to get back in town) The Violin Book Program 3CDs and 9 workbooks by Eden Vaning-Rosen Asking $50 (worth over $200) - Or best offer!

Newly Offered: Violin (I think 3/4 size, possibly 1/2), one missing string, in back pack style carrying case. Asking $20

Actual violin offered. Used one semester. Now needs one string replaced.

sale pending (check back after July 30 to see if still available) - Exploring Creation with General Science (2nd Edition) - book, CD, test booklet, daily lesson plans for use with My Father's World. Asking $40. (Please visit apologia.com for product questions and current descriptions that will explain the basics, but details might slightly differ from what we purchased in previous years.)

Exploring Creation with Physical Science (2nd Edition) - ONLY TESTS AND SOLUTIONS and daily lesson plans for use with My Father's World (NO book nor CD). Asking $5. (Please visit apologia.com for product questions and current descriptions that will explain the basics, but details might slightly differ from what we purchased in previous years.)

Science (grade 5) Unit 3 workbook (pages 5 and 6 written in). Asking 50 cents. (Please visit aophomeschooling.com for product questions and current descriptions that will explain the basics, but details might slightly differ from what we purchased in previous years.)

Science (grade 6) Teachers's Guide and Unit 3 workbook. Asking $2. (Please visit aophomeschooling.com for product questions and current descriptions that will explain the basics, but details might slightly differ from what we purchased in previous years.)

Science Pac (grade 7) with Teacher's Guide. Asking $5. (Please visit aophomeschooling.com for product questions and current descriptions that will explain the basics, but details might slightly differ from what we purchased in previous years.)

Science Pac (grade 8) units 2-10 (missing unit 1) and Teacher's Guide. Asking $4. (Please visit aophomeschooling.com for product questions and current descriptions that will explain the basics, but details might slightly differ from what we purchased in previous years.)

Feed My Sheep (full video instruction and book). Asking $20 $10. (Barry Stebbing's How Great Tho Art award-winning homeschool art curriculum. Please visit howgreatthouart.com for product questions and current descriptions that will explain the basics, but details might slightly differ from what we purchased in previous years.)
I have done my very best to sort through "art cards" and match them up with correct curriculum packages, but I don't know how complete my sets of cards are nor how accurate my efforts. It is best to presume that this packages do NOT include its art cards at all, in hopes that you may be happily surprised if they do end up correctly matching up. :)

sale pending (check back after July 30 to see if still available) Jill S. Vo-Cab-u-lary  Program. 6 cassette tapes with workbook and recall cards.  "To improve thinking, communication, persuasiveness, success" and memory from Learn Inc. Asking $10 $5.

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Writing Strands (old cover, one page written in) level 4. Asking $4

Dinning Room Table, cut down to be a perfect sized craft/school table for preschool through early elementary (local pick-up only). About the size of a brio train table. Asking $5. Free - you pick up!

Baby B'air (toddler sized) in-flight vest for lap-sitting children, under the age of two. (When my kids were little, we used this all the time so we didn't have to pay for a second ticket and felt much better about safety than with standard lap sitting.) Asking $10. 

 The Whipping Boy novel and workbook (clean copy with name on front cover). Asking $5. (Please visit www.totallanguageplus.com/main.htm for product questions and current descriptions that will explain the basics, but details might slightly differ from what we purchased in previous years.)


TLP Teacher's Manual (name on cover). Asking $2. (Please visit www.totallanguageplus.com/main.htm for product questions and current descriptions that will explain the basics, but details might slightly differ from what we purchased in previous years.)

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Lingua Angelica (Christian Latin Reading Course) Student Book 1 by Memoria Press. Asking $3. 

Latina Christiana Level 1 book and single listening (not teaching) CD . Asking $10 $5

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 The Courage of Sarah Noble workbook ONLY. Asking $4. (Please visit www.totallanguageplus.com/main.htm for product questions and current descriptions that will explain the basics, but details might slightly differ from what we purchased in previous years.)

sold Emilee B. ;Usborme books "Kid Kit"Microscope in 100, 300 and 600 times zoom (missing book and a may be missing a few kit parts unless mixed in with the many pieces in science box) and Assorted Science Experiments. (This is not by Apologia, but I didn't want you to miss it if you are looking at other Science stuff.) Full box of extras include slides Hidden Worlds book,  weather watch kit,spring scale, psychrometer, tuning fork, spectroscope . Asking $50 $20.

SOLD Sara D. 7/20 Exploration to 1850 (year 4 of 5-year cycle for 3-8th grades): Fairly complete Basic Package with extras, minus consumables such as student pages package. Asking $150 $100.

Joseph the Canada Goose (ages 4-8) 45 beginning art lessons (no art cards needed for this program). Asking $10 $5.(Barry Stebbing's How Great Tho Art award-winning homeschool art curriculum. Please visit howgreatthouart.com for product questions and current descriptions that will explain the basics, but details might slightly differ from what we purchased in previous years.)

Little Annie's Art Book of Etiquette and Good Manners Asking $10 $5. (Barry Stebbing's How Great Tho Art award-winning homeschool art curriculum. Please visit howgreatthouart.com for product questions and current descriptions that will explain the basics, but details might slightly differ from what we purchased in previous years.)


I'm sorry. I really tried, but I never heard back, so it's gone:
Posted 7/15/13. Someone with the initials MB was wanting to buy my Math U See Delta package, but I cannot find anyone in any of my emails or PMs that has those initials and my short term recall in shot. Now I have NO idea who wanted to make this purchase. I am planning to mail this Friday (7/19), but don't have a name or address on this one. If you are MB, please email me again at jsaake AT yahoo DOT com or this item will be sold to another bidder on Friday morning. If you aren't the MB I am looking for, but can help circulate my odd request to other homeschool groups where she might see this, I would so appreciate the help! Thank you so very much!!! http://infertilitymom.blogspot.com/2013/07/home-school-sale.html - being shipped to alternate bidder today (7/19/13)

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Home School Sale

This sale is CLOSED and all items distributed to new homes, as of fall, 2013. Thank you for your support!

Posted 7/15/13. Someone with the initials MB was wanting to buy my Math U See Delta package (from my home school sale linked below), but I cannot find anyone in any of my emails or PMs that has those initials and my short term recall in shot. Now I have NO idea who wanted to make this purchase. I am planning to mail this Friday (7/19), but don't have a name or address on this one. If you are MB, please email me again at jsaake AT yahoo DOT com or this item will be sold to another bidder on Friday morning. If you aren't the MB I am looking for, but can help circulate my odd request to other homeschool groups where she might see this, I would so appreciate the help! Thank you so very much!!! http://infertilitymom.blogspot.com/2013/07/home-school-sale.html - being shipped to alternate bidder today (7/19/13)

I'm a norther Nevada homeschooling mom for 10+ years, forced into "retirement," or at least changing educational direction, due to health circumstance (most recently, six strokes followed by hypoPARAthroidism). More of my story is found at StrokeOfGrace.blogspot.com.

As I mentioned on Wednesday, we are trying to clean out our old school room (major mixed emotions!) and raise funds for car repair and medical bills, so we hosted a yard sale two weeks ago, but hardly any of our quality homeschool curriculum sold that day! (I could have sold at least a dozen preschool an Kindergarten packages, had I had more than two sets that went almost immediately though!)

Much of it is in used, but still quite useable, condition and a little is brand new! We are asking about half (often significantly less than) off new prices, so if you are looking for just about any schooling product (10 year and 3 kids worth) ranging from first to eighth grades, we might well have it. While we do need to recoup as much monetarily as we can here, if cost is an issue and you really want the item, please speak up and offer whatever you can afford or feel the idem value to really be! We pray that these tools can become as much of a blessing to other families as they have been to us and want to get it all matched up to good homes.

I hope to have the entire process wrapped up by July 20 (2 weeks from today) but wanted to give you the first chance to come over, make offers, or ask questions.

Everything needs to find a home! Please help us spread this word around!!!

I will be making my final disposal of any remaining ideas by early August, so if you miss the July deadlines, feel free to email (info at the bottom of this post) to check if I have anything left to disperse in the fall, but I want to have a few weeks free this summer, before my kids start in their new classrooms on Aug. 12, where I don't have to deal with this at all!

The main things we have to offer (you might see other items of interest if you come to my south Reno home, but unfortunately I can no longer drive, so can't offer to meet to anywhere else) are:
(As items are spoken for, I will line them out.)

My Father's World:
(Please visit mfwbooks.com for product questions and current descriptions that will explain the basics, but details might slightly differ from what we purchased in previous years.)


Exploration to 1850 (year 4 of 5-year cycle for 3-8th grades): Fairly complete Basic Package with extras, minus consumables such as student pages package. Asking $150 $100.
Items offered:
 Exploration to 1850 (newer , 2nd edition) TM
classroom sized American Flag (included for local pick up only, stick too long to fit in shipping box)
Writing A State Report
Johnny Tremain
Foam state puzzle pieces
president cards
state cards
The 4th of July Story
Exploring American History
American Pioneers and Patriots
Celebrate America songbook and CD
The Train of States by Scolastic (not a MFW recommendation)
learn about the White House activity book (not MFW)
- Complete Book of American Facts and Games (a few activities already written in, but most still unused and text still readable and valuable)- A Brief Architectural History of the United States Capitol (Commission on the Bicentennial)
The Birth of the Nation (Schlesinger) a few library stamps in book covers)
In God We Trust
Doyer Coloring Book - Early American Trades with a very few pages colored
The 50 states (from The World Book Encyclopedia)
Our Flag (U.S. Government Printing Office)
The Last 500 Years
Kids Learn America! (Williamson Publishing)
Daily Life in a Covered Wagon (Puffin Books)
Schubert CD by Masterpiece (unopened)
The Best of Mendelssohn CD by Naxos (unopened)
America's Favorite Patriotic Songs
Great American Classics CD
Great Choral Classics CD
Great Piano Classics CD

SOLD 1st Grade: Fairly complete Basic Package with extras, minus consumables and reader. Asking $85. Items offered:
My Father's World 1st Grade TM
Wild Places
Birds, Nests and Eggs
Science in the Kitchen
Science with Magnets
Science With Plants
Science with Water
Things Outdoors
Kingfisher You Knowledge Animal Homes
Usborne Story of Music
Dover Coloring Book Musical Instruments (uncolored) 
Primary Language Lessons (Emma Serl)
Complete Book of Math (used up through 76 of 352) + MFW Weekly Guide for First Grade Math
Vowel Ladder and Assorted Teaching Card-stock Cards


Sold/PAID SB - Adventures in My Father's World (2nd or 3rd grade, for oldest child in family whereas students with older sibling also using MFW go staight into 5-year cycle): Fairly complete Basic Package with extras including I Can Do All Things from How Great Though ART (multiple books and VHS tapes), minus consumables. Asking $95.

Sold SB - Exploring Countries and Cultures  (year 1 of 5-year cycle for 3-8th grades, older teacher's guide, but I used successfully with new student pages with fairly minor adjustments): Fairly complete Basic Package with extras, minus consumables such as student pages package. Asking $115.

sold SD Creation to the Greeks (year 2 of 5-year cycle for 3-8th grades): Semi complete Basic Package with extras such as God and the History of Art, minus consumables such as student pages package. Asking $110.
Items Offered:
Creation to the Greeks TM (newer version)
Genesis for Kids
Streams of Civilization (volume 1)
Greek Legends and Stories
Hanukkah book by Dayspring (not MFW resource, but nice fit)
Feasts and Holidays of the Bible brochure by Rose Publishing
Treasures of the Snow
Star of Light
Archimedes and the Door of Science (sealed, unread copy)
The Trojan Horse
Ancient World
God and the History of Art (books 1 and 2) - see note under How Great Tho Art about marker cards, pleas
small art cards (post card sized pictures of famous art pieces)
large art cards (placemat sized pictures of famous art pieces)
Vivaldi CD by Masterpiece
Classical 25 Favorites by Cameo Classics
The Story of Corelli in Words and Music CD by VOX Music Masters
New Testament Card Game
- photo copies of timeline, Jewish Calendar, card stock printables, and other Jewish
information/publications
- Beginning of the World book by Creation Science Research (name on first page and multiple highlights and notes written through book)
- Pyramids!
Ancient Egypt
History Cards

SOLD CH 1850 to Modern Times (year 5 of 5-year cycle for 3-8th grades, newer teacher's guide!): Fairly complete Basic Package with extras, minus consumables such as student pages package. Asking $120. Items offered:

TM

US Facts and Fun, if you want it (consumable, fully written in)

state of Nevada flag

The Building of the Arch (not MFW resource, photos from Missouri)

The Story of The World Activity book pages in binder (unused set, but name on cover)

The U. S. History Cookbook

100 Science Experiments

Partial (kids have lost a few pieces, but kit still useable) Magnet Kit

1000 Facts About Scape (I think this might have been one of our own add ins too)

Story of the Civil War Coloring Book (Peter F. Copeland, 3 picture already colored)

World of Science

large ziplock of real cotton blooms, with seeds, harvested directly from central California fields, great for Cotton Gyn unit)

Across Five Aprils (7th/8th supplement book)

Grace's Letter to Lincoln

My Side of the Mountain

A Young Person's Guide to Knowing God

It's Only Goodbye

Night Bird

The Story of the World #4 Activity Book (Modern Age)

electoral college map by C-Span

3 in 1 science kit, Wired!

The Hiding Place

Story of the World #4 (bent cover and a few crumpled pages, but still in quite usable condition)

White House Activity Book (grades 4-6, not MFW)

True Stories About Abraham Lincoln

Call It Courage

Ivan the Informer

A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt

Sergeant York and the Great War

Mountain Born

States and Capitals Songs map (no CD)

The United State of America blank maps tablet (used some, probably about 20 unused unused maps left)
Quite a bit of state of Nevada (and mining) information, plus travel brochures from many different states.

Math, Science and a Language Arts, especially past 1st grade, still need to be added to My Father's World packages. See below for what we have selected through the years.

(Pre-school, K, and year 3 have already been sold.)

Apologia
Please visit apologia.com for product questions and current descriptions that will explain the basics, but details might slightly differ from what we purchased in previous years.

Exploring Creation with General Science (2nd Edition) - book, CD, test booklet, daily lesson plans for use with My Father's World. Asking $40.

Exploring Creation with Physical Science (2nd Edition) - ONLY TESTS AND SOLUTIONS and daily lesson plans for use with My Father's World (NO book nor CD). Asking $5.

Usborme books "Kid Kit"Microscope in 100, 300 and 600 times zoom (missing book and a may be missing a few kit parts unless mixed in with the many pieces in science box) and Assorted Science Experiments. (This is not by Apologia, but I didn't want you to miss it if you are looking at other Science stuff.) Full box of extras include slides Hidden Worlds book,  weather watch kit,spring scale, psychrometer, tuning fork, spectroscope . Asking $50 $20.

LifePac
Please visit aophomeschooling.com for product questions and current descriptions that will explain the basics, but details might slightly differ from what we purchased in previous years.

Science (grade 5) Unit 3 workbook (pages 5 and 6 written in). Asking 50 cents.

Science (grade 6) Teachers's Guide and Unit 3 workbook. Asking $2.

Science Pac (grade 7) with Teacher's Guide. Asking $5.

Science Pac (grade 8) units 2-10 (missing unit 1) and Teacher's Guide. Asking $4.

SB Home Economics - Student workbooks and Teacher's Guide. Asking $5.

 KW Drawing Basics with Thomas Kinkade  - 2 student sets with one teacher's guide and one full set of instructional videos. Asking $20.


How Great Thou ART
Barry Stebbing's award-winning homeschool art curriculum.
Please visit howgreatthouart.com for product questions and current descriptions that will explain the basics, but details might slightly differ from what we purchased in previous years.
I have done my very best to sort through "art cards" and match them up with correct curriculum packages, but I don't know how complete my sets of cards are nor how accurate my efforts. It  is best to presume that these packages do NOT include their art cards at all, in hopes that you may be happily surprised if they do end up correctly matching up. :)

I Can Do All Things from How Great Though ART (3 partially used copies of student book with multiple VHS taped lessons and demonstrations), is offered in conjunction with  Adventures in My Father's World (see above) Asking $95 for both programs together.

God and the History of Art is being offered in conjunction with Creation to the Greeks (My Father's World, see above). Asking $110 for both programs together.

Feed My Sheep (full video instruction and book). Asking $20 $10.
 
Joseph the Canada Goose (ages 4-8) 45 beginning art lessons (no art cards needed for this program). Asking $10 $5.

Little Annie's Art Book of Etiquette and Good Manners Asking $10 $5.


Total Language Plus
Please visit www.totallanguageplus.com/main.htm for product questions and current descriptions that will explain the basics, but details might slightly differ from what we purchased in previous years.


The Whipping Boy novel and workbook (clean copy with name on front cover). Asking $5.

The Courage of Sarah Noble workbook ONLY. Asking $4.

TLP Teacher's Manual (name on cover). Asking $2.

SOLD DG Where the Red Fern Grows novel and workbook (clean copy, but name inside front cover). Asking $5.

KW The Twenty One Balloons novel and workbook (clean copy inside, name inside front cover and stained on back cover). Asking $5.


KW Shiloh novel and workbook. Asking $5.

KW A Wrinkle in Time workbook ONLY (written in though in page 35 of 105). Asking $2.

SOLD DG The Light in the Forest workbook ONLY (clean copy with name on front cover). Asking $4.

More You Might Enjoy
Please visit any listed website for product questions and current descriptions that will explain the basics, but details might slightly differ from what we purchased in previous years.

Lingua Angelica (Christian Latin Reading Course) Student Book 1 by Memoria Press. Asking $3. 

Latina Christiana Level 1 book and single listening (not teaching) CD . Asking $10 $5

Vo-Cab-u-lary  Program. 6 cassette tapes with workbook and recall cards.  "To improve thinking, communication, persuasiveness, success" and memory from Learn Inc. Asking $10 $5.

Usborme books "Kid Kit"Microscope in 100, 300 and 600 times zoom (missing book and a may be missing a few kit parts unless mixed in with the many pieces in science box) and Assorted Science Experiments . Full box of extras include slides Hidden Worlds book,  weather watch kit,spring scale, psychrometer, tuning fork, spectroscope . Asking $50 $20.
 
Dinning Room Table, cut down to be a perfect sized craft/school table for preschool through early elementary (local pick-up only). About the size of a brio train table. Asking $5. Free - you pick up!

Baby B'air (toddler sized) in-flight vest for lap-sitting children, under the age of two. Asking $10.

Key Curriculum Press Algebra - 10 student workbooks (1- first half of 4 is written in) and Answer Key. Asking $1.

Athenaze (An Introduction to Ancient Greek, Book 2) by Oxford University Press. Asking $2.

Music - 2 albums full of music history stories on cassette tapes (maybe 12-16 total?), and several items from Classical Kids, including a video, a poster, and yet several more cassette tapes. Asking $15.

Complete Biblical Hebrew learning program (flash cards, several books) from Eagle's Wings Tours. Asking $20.


SOLD/PAID SC - Latina Christiana Level 2 book and single listening (not teaching) CD . Asking $10

Sale/PAID JS - Huge Timeline (took up an entire wall in our school room, but could be adapted into a notebook if you don't want to give up the wall space) using Konos time marking strips and My Father's World timeline markers. Totally unique and so cool!!! Asking $10.


Language Arts (assorted publishers)
Please visit any listed website for product questions and current descriptions that will explain the basics, but details might slightly differ from what we purchased in previous years.


Writing Strands (old cover, one page written in) level 4. Asking $4


SOLD to SD - Intermediate Language Lessons (Emma Serl). Asking $5.

(Primary Language Lessons are being included with MFW 1st.)

SOLD SD Writing Strands (old cover) level 3. Asking $5


KW Writing Stands Levels 5 and 6 - BRAND NEW. Asking $10 EACH.

KW  All-in-One English from Straight Forward (both our 4th and 7th graders went through their own copies of this book, so I would say it is geared for later elementary or jr. high), brand new, never-used book, but does have name written on front cover. Asking $7.

KW Intermediate Language Lessons by Emma Serl (recommended by My Father's World in mid to later elementary grades). Beautiful, old-fashioned, hard-bound book, reminiscent of one room school house primers. Asking $5.

KW Basics for Communicating Effectively from Christian Liberty Press - student workbook, teacher answer key and test packet. Asking $10.

KW Learn to Write the Novel Way by Carole Thaxton and published by Konos (composition, grades 5-12), student book and teacher's guide. Asking $5. 

Math-U-See:
(Please visit mathusee.com for product questions and current descriptions that will explain the basics, but details might slightly differ from what we purchased in previous years.)

Foundations of Mathematics (1-3 grades): Teacher's Manual Only! Make Offer. Asking $2.


Someone with the initials MB was wanting to buy my Math U See Delta package (from my home school sale linked below), but I cannot find anyone in any of my emails or PMs that has those initials and my short term recall in shot. Now I have NO idea who wanted to make this purchase. I am planning to mail this Friday, but don't have a name or address on this one. If you are MB, please email me again at jsaake AT yahoo DOT com or this item will be sold to another bidder on Friday morning. If you aren't the MB I am looking for, but can help circulate my odd request to other homeschool groups where she might see this, I would so appreciate the help! Thank you so very much!!! http://infertilitymom.blogspot.com/2013/07/home-school-sale.html
Delta (about 4th grade, Division for single and multiple-digit numbers and other topics.): Test book, teacher's guide, CD. Asking $15.  - shipped to alternative bidder 7/19/13


Someone with the initials MB was wanting to buy my Math U See Delta package (from my home school sale linked below), but I cannot find anyone in any of my emails or PMs that has those initials and my short term recall in shot. Now I have NO idea who wanted to make this purchase. I am planning to mail this Friday, but don't have a name or address on this one. If you are MB, please email me again at jsaake AT yahoo DOT com or this item will be sold to another bidder on Friday morning. If you aren't the MB I am looking for, but can help circulate my odd request to other homeschool groups where she might see this, I would so appreciate the help! Thank you so very much!!! http://infertilitymom.blogspot.com/2013/07/home-school-sale.html
shipped to alternative bidder 7/19/13

SOLD KO Algebra 1 (Graphing, simultaneous equations, exponents, polynomials, unit multipliers, and more.): CD, Student Text (lessons 1, 2 and half of 3, out of 35, written in), and Instruction Manual, and Test Booklet (first two test used). Asking $15. 

Songbook (I believe this is skip counting). Asking 50 cents.

(All other levels, math blocks and accessories are gone. This was the one brand of our used curriculum that has already sold very well!

Rosetta Stone
Please visit www.rosettastone.com for product questions and current descriptions that will explain the basics, but details might slightly differ from what we purchased in previous years.

SB then T Spanish (Latin America) levels 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, homeschool edition, Asking $150 (nearly $500 value).

Spelling Power
Please visit spellingpower.com for product questions and current descriptions that will explain the basics, but details might slightly differ from what we purchased in previous years.

KW 3rd Edition (in my own binder) with Activity Task Cards. Asking $30

Vision Forum

SB Please visit visionforum.com for product questions and current descriptions that will explain the basics, but details might slightly differ from what we purchased in previous years.

The History of Christianity and Western Civilization (jr. high / high school) - NEW IN SEALED PACKAGE, 50 video lectures on 2 DVDs and online exclusive access. Asking $20.

from Pintrest

I have done my best to  represent all products to the best of my ability. If there are significant discrepancies between what you expected and actually purchased, please let me know ASAP so we can work together toward satisfactory resolution!

I have lost much of my functional hearing, so telephone talking is very difficult for me, but please contact me at jsaake AT yahoo DOT com with "homeschool" as your subject line if you have questions or would like to make a purchase (and I'll be happy to provide my address at that time)! We are more than open to selling to out-of-town friends even before July 15, simply trying to give local pick-ups first priority. If we need to mail, mailing charges must be added to asking prices.

Bedroom and a Beta

What a week!

We have been working all summer to clean out our old school room and transform it into our older son's own bedroom before he starts his first semester of high school on Aug. 12! (Still no word on our daughter's acceptance into 5th grade at the charter school, so this is a matter of ongoing prayer!) I'll be listing a bunch of curriculum for sale soon, in a separate post.

I would show you pictures of the bedroom transformation, thus far, but both of our cameras have died over the past six weeks or so. (Until I figure out how to get still pictures or video from my cell phone camera to the computer, I guess this is the end of therapy videos over at Stroke Of Grace for a while!)

This weekend my parents-in-law spent an entire afternoon helping us to paint the new bedroom. I was rather unsure about our son's color choices, but now that it is up on the walls, I do have to admit he has an eye for design.

My dad has rebuilt a bookshelf, and other than repairing a desk leg, buying a box spring, and setting up the bed frame, his new room is nearing move-in ready and should be good to go before our deadline. :)

We faced a family "tragedy" on Monday. Our daughter's beloved birthday Beta fish went belly up. The tears we uncontrollable. It was very strange and draining for me to try to offer emotional support to our girl when my own emotional processing center is still so terribly messed up. She sobbed and my heart broke for her, but try as I might, I could not bring about the release of my own tears.

Bless her heart, she choked out, "When I hunt an animal, it never hurts like this!" Being her first real taste of the sting of grief (Thank you, Lord, for protecting her from a much more traumatic loss 20 months ago!), it turned out to be a good jumping block to talk about her older siblings lost to miscarriage. She agreed that she was thankful we were only facing Rainbow the fish's death, not a human child, but it still hurt because of love invested.

A new bright orange goldfish, named Ella, and an African aquatic frog, named Lilly, are now happily swimming in her fish bowl and her shattered heart is mending and learning to love again. Thank you to her Daddy for canceling plans on Monday night to come home and love on our girl!