Welcome back everyone from the three day long break. For this blog it was about 4 days and here is my explanation. The reason for the 4 day long break from there being any posts is because I was shipped off for half of this weekend to work on a writing course for Landry academy. It was a 2 day full writing course that usually would have costed $300 but in this case since only one person had signed up they had decided to let him invite others to the class completely for free. I honestly didn't even know the boy until I got to class but when I got there I got to meet a lot of other home schoolers. I was amazed to find other kids my age at this class who were also home schooled. In fact there was only one person in the entire class that wasn't home schooled which was my cousin Abby on Kristi's side of the family. I was baffled even more to find that I seemed to get along with all of the boys there as the kids in public school were part of the reason why I wanted to leave.
I had a lot of fun while I was gone this weekend despite not being familiar with anything over in that area. I was staying at grandma and grandpa Attwood's house while I was participating in the writing class. First off I got to go and try out some slot car racing with my cousins which was certainly interesting when all three of us started resorting to cheating in order to beat each other. For example my cousin Max started unplugging my car controller when I went to go and put my car back onto the track and Calvin, the other cousin that was with me picked up my controller and floored it if Max hadn't unplugged my controller. I ended up doing the same thing to both of them after the started which leaves me no better then the other two so I guess everyone lost that day. We all had a lot of fun with the racing and the running around the track to reset our car to stay in the lead. This wasn't all of the time that I had with my cousins because there was also the grand kids only barbecue. At this point we all got together and cooked hot dogs over an open fire, played bean bags, and at the end of the day we were all playing apples to apples which can always be interesting.
Also just yesterday I got to learn to ride one of dad's scooters. Of course I am not talking about the ones which you push with your feet because that isn't really worth much excitement to me at this point where I can ride a bicycle with minimum effort. I am talking about the motorized version which requires a license to ride around anywhere legally. This was certainly fun considering how well it went for Nate and I for the actual lessons which we learned fairly easily. I felt really fantastic when we actually hopped on and rode a couple of laps which I will say now was not illegal because we were in a parking lot with no one else there but the three of us and adult supervision. I have to say this weekend wasn't bad at all in any way shape or form. The extra work made the weekend seem much longer then it actually was but that is completely beside the point. The reason for that is because I still had an equivalent amount of a weekend due to the extra day yesterday.
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Testing for Yellow
Blue belt form
Sparring
Sword Form
Welcome back everyone and here are the videos for my testing. Special thanks to my brother Nate for helping me out with the recording or else there wouldn't have been anything to give anyone. Go ahead and watch them but I will be going over certain details about the testing that you can see a little bit better if you watch all three. Enjoy them and then continue with the blog.
First off is my Blue belt form which I am quite proud of but when I actually watch it myself it makes me feel pretty stupid. For example whenever I was supposed to do the elbow uppercut at 0:25-0:29 I got confused and it made me feel pretty silly when I heard after testing that the teachers had been praising my ability in Tae Kwon Do throughout the entire class. Of course In comparison to some of the other kids that were testing that night I guess I was doing pretty darn good.
Next up is sparring and this one was a bit interesting. I had been preparing for sparring for longer then anything else In Tae Kwon Do but when I finally got out for testing sparring everything that I had thought of was simply dashed out of the way. The entire class was supposed to be doing testing sparring which is supposed to mean that there is no contact whatsoever. I ended up getting pared up with a future black belt
( currently black belt ) and because of him I had to switch to normal sparring which is full contact and no holding back. This put a stop to some of the techniques that I was wanting to do and leaving me clumsy and confused through most of the sparring class.
Finally there is the Sword form which is by far where I shined the most in testing. I felt extremely proud of my sword form and even from the beginning I was able to go through the form with ease. I only screwed up at about 0:50 and that was so I didn't end up beating up one of my friends while testing. In all I was doing pretty good on this day and I am glad on the progress that I have made. I hope to do this a little bit more often and there are some other events coming up for me so we'll see where those go.
Sparring
Sword Form
Welcome back everyone and here are the videos for my testing. Special thanks to my brother Nate for helping me out with the recording or else there wouldn't have been anything to give anyone. Go ahead and watch them but I will be going over certain details about the testing that you can see a little bit better if you watch all three. Enjoy them and then continue with the blog.
First off is my Blue belt form which I am quite proud of but when I actually watch it myself it makes me feel pretty stupid. For example whenever I was supposed to do the elbow uppercut at 0:25-0:29 I got confused and it made me feel pretty silly when I heard after testing that the teachers had been praising my ability in Tae Kwon Do throughout the entire class. Of course In comparison to some of the other kids that were testing that night I guess I was doing pretty darn good.
Next up is sparring and this one was a bit interesting. I had been preparing for sparring for longer then anything else In Tae Kwon Do but when I finally got out for testing sparring everything that I had thought of was simply dashed out of the way. The entire class was supposed to be doing testing sparring which is supposed to mean that there is no contact whatsoever. I ended up getting pared up with a future black belt
( currently black belt ) and because of him I had to switch to normal sparring which is full contact and no holding back. This put a stop to some of the techniques that I was wanting to do and leaving me clumsy and confused through most of the sparring class.
Finally there is the Sword form which is by far where I shined the most in testing. I felt extremely proud of my sword form and even from the beginning I was able to go through the form with ease. I only screwed up at about 0:50 and that was so I didn't end up beating up one of my friends while testing. In all I was doing pretty good on this day and I am glad on the progress that I have made. I hope to do this a little bit more often and there are some other events coming up for me so we'll see where those go.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Keep moving!
Today is going to get very hectic very soon. Today most of the events for everyone is scheduled for today including my belt testing and Zoe's graduation to the next book in awanas and that is not even including what the parents have to go through. They were out and about today working on restocking the pantry which I know that it is extremely time consuming for them and even then they don't get a break until much later so I feel sorry for them at the moment.
Yes it is my little sister's birthday today and I still do not approve. Of course if it was based on someones approval I think there might be people still the age of 3 years old. Then there is the fact that even if they stayed 3 years old it would not stop them from maturing so it wouldn't accomplish anything. I like my little sister but I really don't like the thought of here being anywhere near the same age as me because of the fact that I had known her ever since she was first brought home and it brings a tear to my eye thinking of how far she has come in those years and much more she can learn in the years to come.
Speaking of my testing today I will be heading out from my house early to go to testing and I believe that everyone should be getting home at about the same time but because of this everything is out of whack. For example we will be eating dinner tonight at about 5:30. Usually we don't eat until about 6:30 to 7:00 which may not sound bad to most people but this kinda messes with me. Then again this is me I am talking about and I can get annoyed simply by the lampshade on a lamp being even slightly crooked. Then there is the testing which if your remember last time I was thrown off my usual routine by my foot falling asleep right before my actual test. Things could always be worse but I know what I can do to fix this so I won't have to worry about my foot as much this time.
Yes it is my little sister's birthday today and I still do not approve. Of course if it was based on someones approval I think there might be people still the age of 3 years old. Then there is the fact that even if they stayed 3 years old it would not stop them from maturing so it wouldn't accomplish anything. I like my little sister but I really don't like the thought of here being anywhere near the same age as me because of the fact that I had known her ever since she was first brought home and it brings a tear to my eye thinking of how far she has come in those years and much more she can learn in the years to come.
Speaking of my testing today I will be heading out from my house early to go to testing and I believe that everyone should be getting home at about the same time but because of this everything is out of whack. For example we will be eating dinner tonight at about 5:30. Usually we don't eat until about 6:30 to 7:00 which may not sound bad to most people but this kinda messes with me. Then again this is me I am talking about and I can get annoyed simply by the lampshade on a lamp being even slightly crooked. Then there is the testing which if your remember last time I was thrown off my usual routine by my foot falling asleep right before my actual test. Things could always be worse but I know what I can do to fix this so I won't have to worry about my foot as much this time.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Food for thought
Today was my day to eat at the Rusty horse tavern again and it was just as good as I remember. While we were there the waitress that we had was extremely understanding of why we were celebrating my achievement of reading Atlas shrugged because she was also a huge fan of Ayn Rand. I was very happy with the service provided as well as the fantastic meal. Even better is that I am still full while I am typing this to everyone which just shows how great it was. The burger I ordered had a great balance between spicy and sweet that was fantastic. While I was there me and Kristi simply chatted about multiple subjects while we ate.
Next up is my little sisters birthday. This in itself is traumatizing to think that she is going to be 10 years old tomorrow. I remember when I was her age and I honestly don't want to be there again. Things are doing fine nowadays so to think of going back to that point of time and reliving it is out of the picture for me. I hope that she gets a kick out all of this because I think that it is kinda interesting to me to think of all of the things that she will have to go through especially now that she is getting to the age of where more responsibility can come her way.
Next up is that now I am going to be going to the college classes if I can get in I have been given the task to find a class. I think that so far I am looking at Humanities and Philosophy. Specifically for humanities is Western civilization and for Philosophy I'll do the introduction to Philosophy to get me started on the subject. I really just think that since I just did Atlas Shrugged and the Ayn Rand stuff then I might as well go into more depth on what I have just read.
Next up is my little sisters birthday. This in itself is traumatizing to think that she is going to be 10 years old tomorrow. I remember when I was her age and I honestly don't want to be there again. Things are doing fine nowadays so to think of going back to that point of time and reliving it is out of the picture for me. I hope that she gets a kick out all of this because I think that it is kinda interesting to me to think of all of the things that she will have to go through especially now that she is getting to the age of where more responsibility can come her way.
Next up is that now I am going to be going to the college classes if I can get in I have been given the task to find a class. I think that so far I am looking at Humanities and Philosophy. Specifically for humanities is Western civilization and for Philosophy I'll do the introduction to Philosophy to get me started on the subject. I really just think that since I just did Atlas Shrugged and the Ayn Rand stuff then I might as well go into more depth on what I have just read.
Monday, April 22, 2013
Flash back
Today I was given the assignment to look at this link which led me to a wiki page on Maslow's hierarchy of needs. This is fairly interesting because this was assigned do to my entry on last Friday about rebuilding a civilization. If you pay attention to the chart I managed to consider some of the most important things on the chart. I know it may be pretty basic thought that everyone needs food and shelter but it is harder to think of those kind of things on the fly. One of the more interesting things I mentioned was the currency which this occurred to me when I thought of today's currency in comparison to Midas's currency from Atlas shrugged. I am quite proud of that post because I actually used some of my economic lessons without even knowing it.
I have started a new book to replace Atlas shrugged and while Atlas was a good book I am happy to have that one out of the way and to focus on some more free reading. The new book is the Lord of the Flies and it is already off to an interesting start with the kids alone on an island with no help coming. I'm truly enjoying this book so far but I intend to inch my way through this book purely for the purpose of stretching out my curriculum as much as I can at the moment. The total amount of kids that crashed on the island were never mentioned yet but by the sounds of it there is quite a bit of them. I look forward to seeing where this book leads me.
This week is my belt testing and more. This week for the entire family is going to be extremely busy for everyone. I hope that due to this that I can have some more interesting entries for everyone out there. I will be giving a entry on tomorrow where I will be doing my average day as well as go and eat at the Rusty Horse Tavern. Then Wednesday will be belt testing as well as my little sister Zoe's birthday which will be interesting in its own rights. Then there is going to be even more this week to come so there should be quite a bit more to talk about and I hope to be able to deliver some meat to this blog
I have started a new book to replace Atlas shrugged and while Atlas was a good book I am happy to have that one out of the way and to focus on some more free reading. The new book is the Lord of the Flies and it is already off to an interesting start with the kids alone on an island with no help coming. I'm truly enjoying this book so far but I intend to inch my way through this book purely for the purpose of stretching out my curriculum as much as I can at the moment. The total amount of kids that crashed on the island were never mentioned yet but by the sounds of it there is quite a bit of them. I look forward to seeing where this book leads me.
This week is my belt testing and more. This week for the entire family is going to be extremely busy for everyone. I hope that due to this that I can have some more interesting entries for everyone out there. I will be giving a entry on tomorrow where I will be doing my average day as well as go and eat at the Rusty Horse Tavern. Then Wednesday will be belt testing as well as my little sister Zoe's birthday which will be interesting in its own rights. Then there is going to be even more this week to come so there should be quite a bit more to talk about and I hope to be able to deliver some meat to this blog
Saturday, April 20, 2013
I am the Champion
Sorry about not writing on Friday but I didn't get back until about 6:00 and I didn't even think about writing my blog. The main reason for this is because I have finished Atlas Shrugged! This means that I get to eat at the Rusty Horse tavern and now I don't have to be so uptight about spending any of my money. I was saving money to make sure that if I lost the bet that I would be able to pay for the meal if I did lose the bet.
Today I have been given a subject for today and that is how would I go about recreating the world after a total economic collapse all over the world. This question is based off the ending of Atlas Shrugged where the multiple people who went to Galt's Gulch and after the world was destroyed by the people who were running the government all over the world the people in Galt's Gulch return to the old world to rebuild it. Well now the question is dawned on me how would I rebuild the world.
The place to start for me on all of this would be currency. I would set up a coin system not unlike what it was like in the united states for the longest time before the coins lost value. I would set it up so that each coin would be made out of a fairly basic material like for example iron or copper to make it easy to get a hold of but still have actual value. Before setting up a currency I would focus on making sure that everyone would have at least one place to stay and since this isn't some sort of atomic bomb apocalypse we would live on the surface of the world. instead of inside a valley or at the top of a plateau I would probably refurbish an old city for use of living. Of course that would all just be the beginning because there are still things to be done including getting food or teaching how to do something right or even the history lessons nessacary so that everyone doesn't make the same mistake again.
Today I have been given a subject for today and that is how would I go about recreating the world after a total economic collapse all over the world. This question is based off the ending of Atlas Shrugged where the multiple people who went to Galt's Gulch and after the world was destroyed by the people who were running the government all over the world the people in Galt's Gulch return to the old world to rebuild it. Well now the question is dawned on me how would I rebuild the world.
The place to start for me on all of this would be currency. I would set up a coin system not unlike what it was like in the united states for the longest time before the coins lost value. I would set it up so that each coin would be made out of a fairly basic material like for example iron or copper to make it easy to get a hold of but still have actual value. Before setting up a currency I would focus on making sure that everyone would have at least one place to stay and since this isn't some sort of atomic bomb apocalypse we would live on the surface of the world. instead of inside a valley or at the top of a plateau I would probably refurbish an old city for use of living. Of course that would all just be the beginning because there are still things to be done including getting food or teaching how to do something right or even the history lessons nessacary so that everyone doesn't make the same mistake again.
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Picking up the Pace
Today I finished pretty early even in comparison to yesterday. The reason for this is because since Math was just make up work and I had read ahead in my books this week I was finished with about 3 of my subjects even before the school day started. I have been trying to make my day spread out a little bit more because there is nothing worse then a day where you leave yourself bored. I like how things are going in homeschool including domestic science where I get to cook food for my family.
Keeping on the subject of cooking I am a very passionate food lover. My main reason for this is because of the different families that I have. On my Mom's side of the family there is my mom, my grandma, and my grandpa who is into the more diverse food area. On my dad's side there is my dad as well as my grandma who know how to cook some very good food as well. Then the more recent addition to the family is Kristi's side of the family who also has many different cooks that I can't really name off the top of my head but I will tell you that I haven't had anything I didn't like from Kristi's side of the family. Because there are so many people in the family that can cook it leaves reason to say that I couldn't go back to fast food unless I was seriously desperate because with what I a have been served for my entire life leaves me extremely picky about most foods. In all now that I can do some basic cooking I wouldn't like to serve something anyone that I wouldn't eat myself.
Key thing to mention is that I am not completely done yet today. that isn't really a problem since it is just go over my Troyka workbook with Kristi. Now I will say that I despise that book but it certainly doesn't care because it has helped me through thick and thin. I now have it for multiple uses including any problems with English grammar like Nouns, adverbs, or onomatopoeia( Chapter 14 ). Then there is the APA style of paper writing which is at the moment my preferred version of writing
(Chapter 37). and then there is the one that I am currently working on which is MLA style of writing which I am not to fond of (Chapter 36). these are all contained within the Troyka and those are only 3 of the I believe 45 chapters.
Keeping on the subject of cooking I am a very passionate food lover. My main reason for this is because of the different families that I have. On my Mom's side of the family there is my mom, my grandma, and my grandpa who is into the more diverse food area. On my dad's side there is my dad as well as my grandma who know how to cook some very good food as well. Then the more recent addition to the family is Kristi's side of the family who also has many different cooks that I can't really name off the top of my head but I will tell you that I haven't had anything I didn't like from Kristi's side of the family. Because there are so many people in the family that can cook it leaves reason to say that I couldn't go back to fast food unless I was seriously desperate because with what I a have been served for my entire life leaves me extremely picky about most foods. In all now that I can do some basic cooking I wouldn't like to serve something anyone that I wouldn't eat myself.
Key thing to mention is that I am not completely done yet today. that isn't really a problem since it is just go over my Troyka workbook with Kristi. Now I will say that I despise that book but it certainly doesn't care because it has helped me through thick and thin. I now have it for multiple uses including any problems with English grammar like Nouns, adverbs, or onomatopoeia( Chapter 14 ). Then there is the APA style of paper writing which is at the moment my preferred version of writing
(Chapter 37). and then there is the one that I am currently working on which is MLA style of writing which I am not to fond of (Chapter 36). these are all contained within the Troyka and those are only 3 of the I believe 45 chapters.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Back into the swing of things
Welcome back everyone to my blog! Today for me was fantastic because I have finished today's work already and for that I am happy. In all things for me have been pretty good considering that I have completed all of todays work about 1 hour early and that there is huge storm coming into the Missouri area. I love a good storm considering the drought that we all had last year. There is supposedly a tornado and flood warning as well which makes things a bit exciting in a drama filled neighborhood.
I have been working hard on my finance work with Dave Ramsy and the work is certainly helping me out immensely. It has already gone over things including net worth and debt. Net worth is the amount of money that you have minus the amount of debt that you owe. Debt is a destructive force mainly due to the fact that debt can completely destroy everything that you own including house, car , and any other money that you might've set aside.
I am currently half way through Atlas shrugged and I will tell you that the book had a very slow start. It took me a little bit of effort to actually get into but now that I am into the book things are just getting even better. There have been certain laws passed in the book the for the most part completely convert the united states to Socialism. Atlas shrugged is getting pretty good now and for this I am happy because now it will be easier to finish.
I have been working hard on my finance work with Dave Ramsy and the work is certainly helping me out immensely. It has already gone over things including net worth and debt. Net worth is the amount of money that you have minus the amount of debt that you owe. Debt is a destructive force mainly due to the fact that debt can completely destroy everything that you own including house, car , and any other money that you might've set aside.
I am currently half way through Atlas shrugged and I will tell you that the book had a very slow start. It took me a little bit of effort to actually get into but now that I am into the book things are just getting even better. There have been certain laws passed in the book the for the most part completely convert the united states to Socialism. Atlas shrugged is getting pretty good now and for this I am happy because now it will be easier to finish.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Gym Class
Tae Kwon do has been getting pretty rough for me but that is to be expected. The reason for this is because I am in the advanced class which puts me one step closer to Black belt so the pain is worth it. Of course most of the pain is brought on by one of 2 reasons which is either A the teachers decision or B my own stupidity. Most of the time those two things go hand in hand but at least it shows that I am dedicated to my classes. Even cooler is that testing will be coming up here soon which is going to advance me another rank in belt unless I somehow manage to forget both of my forms on the spot then I will not achieve my belt. Either way there is still next time and Camp kick which by participating instantly increases my belt rank.
While we are on the subject of my Tae Kwon Do classes I feel like now that I am reminded I have been ignoring it as it is considered one of my home school classes. I like to think of it as my gym class as how else am I going to get in any workout anywhere near the school system. I think it is ironic because when I think of the public school system's gym class I see that in reality it wasn't that much of a workout in comparison. Then again Tae Kwon Do consists of smaller classes then the public school systems making it easier for the teachers to spot you if you are doing something that they don't approve of.
I do feel as if I have to put something relevant to today in this post because of how things are now in my school system. This includes today's work in Domestic Sciences which includes helping prep potatoes for tonight's dinner. It may not sound very exciting but for someone like me who doesn't get to cook very often and there is no better critic then other people for my cooking then it feels fantastic to see how good my cooking will be. I myself will not be cooking the potatoes as far as I know but prep is just as important as the actually cooking.
While we are on the subject of my Tae Kwon Do classes I feel like now that I am reminded I have been ignoring it as it is considered one of my home school classes. I like to think of it as my gym class as how else am I going to get in any workout anywhere near the school system. I think it is ironic because when I think of the public school system's gym class I see that in reality it wasn't that much of a workout in comparison. Then again Tae Kwon Do consists of smaller classes then the public school systems making it easier for the teachers to spot you if you are doing something that they don't approve of.
I do feel as if I have to put something relevant to today in this post because of how things are now in my school system. This includes today's work in Domestic Sciences which includes helping prep potatoes for tonight's dinner. It may not sound very exciting but for someone like me who doesn't get to cook very often and there is no better critic then other people for my cooking then it feels fantastic to see how good my cooking will be. I myself will not be cooking the potatoes as far as I know but prep is just as important as the actually cooking.
Monday, April 15, 2013
A day in the life of my hat
My hat comes with me everywhere I can bring it comfortably. It sees everything I see as I will never where this hat backwards. In fact my hat is reading this blog right now because I am wearing it right now while typing this up for everyone. This hat stays with for Spring and Summer but when Fall comes my hat comfortably retires to my dresser away from the snow and cold weather unless I feel like going for a stroll in the snow with my hat. Considering how long I have had this hat it is in remarkably good condition and it feels like the closest friend I have ever had. The only problem with this hat is that it is to small for my head because it was meant for 7 and 8 year olds. In hindsight it makes me feel pretty silly when I think about how small the hat is but my hat will never think of such a thing. Since it can still fit on my head I'm not going to complain because this hat holds all of my memories along with me. This hat has come from my beginnings. For all that this hat has come through I will never willingly get rid of my hat as much as if it were another set of eyes that would need to be gouged out for them to disappear .
I felt that a meaningful entry was necessary after last week which left even me depressed after going through my old entries. I give credit to Kristi and dad to help come up with a topic for today's blog but this last paragraph is another apology. I learn from my mistakes and that's why I must apologize because I feel bad feeding you all that emotional garbage last week. If you didn't see the problem with last week then I will tell you that there was no reason for me being so depressed. That's what makes the whole thing so wierd is that I have no explanation for the depressing entries. This week I promise you that there will be none of that and here is your proof!
Friday, April 12, 2013
Wrapping the week up
This week was certainly hectic and for this I can't say much. It hasn't been extremely hard the point of leaving me in tears or anything like that at all. Instead the most it might do is simply make me a little irritated and spinny making it hard for me to focus on my work and even then the work for this week was completed with little amounts of problems. In all things are doing fine with some good challenge mixed in like working on my computer is fun but most of the time I don't know what I am doing so it makes things even more satisfying when it is done.
The new curriculum is working out good enough including the math and finance. The start of domestic science was interesting but I can't really say much on that considering that I have only had that one lesson in domestic science. Other then that Math is going great and Finance is off to a good start for the rest of the year. I like where all of this is going but I'm just hoping that things don't go down hill to suddenly
In all this has been a fairly eventful week and now that things are changing for the better I am hoping for a good rest of the year. Especially when it comes down to everything that can now happen from now until the end of the year which after that will be summer. It may take a while for me to adjust to the new amounts of work to do daily but at least it is better then going to the public schools or having nothing to do all day.
The new curriculum is working out good enough including the math and finance. The start of domestic science was interesting but I can't really say much on that considering that I have only had that one lesson in domestic science. Other then that Math is going great and Finance is off to a good start for the rest of the year. I like where all of this is going but I'm just hoping that things don't go down hill to suddenly
In all this has been a fairly eventful week and now that things are changing for the better I am hoping for a good rest of the year. Especially when it comes down to everything that can now happen from now until the end of the year which after that will be summer. It may take a while for me to adjust to the new amounts of work to do daily but at least it is better then going to the public schools or having nothing to do all day.
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Coming to a halt
It looks like everything is finally returning to normal including my views. My views have gone back down to about 10 views a day along with all of my curriculum that is getting more complicated daily. I don't really know the reason but I am just thinking that maybe it is becuase nothing is exciting is really going on at the moment. For me it is not like that but for everyone else I can't read minds so that's what I'm going with for now.
Today's work was fairly simple as I am nearing the end at my usual time but the hardest part of today was actually thinking on what to write about in my blog. Honestly I am glad things are coming easier to me in school as now things are easier then I thought they would be. This includes the math work that I have desperately needed for a while now. Since all of my curriculum is finally here things seem to be at a peak for the year and at the point where nothing will go too horribly wrong.
Speaking of new curriculum today I was working on my math and I started thinking to myself that this isn't that bad. Then I stopped and thought about that comment because I have never enjoyed math. I see no reason why this is a bad thing just a bit stupefying. There aren't many people that I know who enjoy math but somehow I managed to shift to a different perspective while not doing math. In all this is fairly new to me but not bad and I'm glad that I can look at math like this because not liking math makes it harder to work with in comparison to liking math.
Today's work was fairly simple as I am nearing the end at my usual time but the hardest part of today was actually thinking on what to write about in my blog. Honestly I am glad things are coming easier to me in school as now things are easier then I thought they would be. This includes the math work that I have desperately needed for a while now. Since all of my curriculum is finally here things seem to be at a peak for the year and at the point where nothing will go too horribly wrong.
Speaking of new curriculum today I was working on my math and I started thinking to myself that this isn't that bad. Then I stopped and thought about that comment because I have never enjoyed math. I see no reason why this is a bad thing just a bit stupefying. There aren't many people that I know who enjoy math but somehow I managed to shift to a different perspective while not doing math. In all this is fairly new to me but not bad and I'm glad that I can look at math like this because not liking math makes it harder to work with in comparison to liking math.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Picking up the pace
Today was a great day so far and nothing has gone wrong yet so lets get straight to the good stuff. First on the list is that I am currently ahead of Kristi in Atlas Shrugged thus putting me closer to a juicy burger at the Rusty Horse Tavern which I have gone over before. This was actually quite surprising to me as Kristi had much more time to read Atlas shrugged then I did but apparently I just don't understand people as much as I think I do I guess.
Today I managed to get through my English work with minimal problems. Today's work consisted of reviewing a very long chapter of Troyka. The chapter was all about bibliographys, plagiarism, and how to write a proper paper by APA standards. This was honestly harder then it sounds as the chapter had a bunch of tiny details in about 30 pages. I'm not complaining that it was too hard as I managed to complete it but it was certainly interesting.
Today I completed part 1 of my Dave Ramsey Finance curriculum. It was certainly a interesting experience for finance advice. Especially since it is directed mostly towards teenagers who are just starting to be able to earn money. This is a great program and it is great to know that there are other people my family knows that uses this same program so I am not alone. It may have confused me when I had to fill in the blanks but at least I made it through today's work.
Today I managed to get through my English work with minimal problems. Today's work consisted of reviewing a very long chapter of Troyka. The chapter was all about bibliographys, plagiarism, and how to write a proper paper by APA standards. This was honestly harder then it sounds as the chapter had a bunch of tiny details in about 30 pages. I'm not complaining that it was too hard as I managed to complete it but it was certainly interesting.
Today I completed part 1 of my Dave Ramsey Finance curriculum. It was certainly a interesting experience for finance advice. Especially since it is directed mostly towards teenagers who are just starting to be able to earn money. This is a great program and it is great to know that there are other people my family knows that uses this same program so I am not alone. It may have confused me when I had to fill in the blanks but at least I made it through today's work.
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Brain Workout
Today has been one of my hardest days in a very long time. Today I had to even cook my own lunch which was Fantastic! I cooked my own steak based on the teachings of Alton Brown's Good Eats. I will say that today's lunch is the best meal I have cooked yet. The steak was almost medium rare but still considered a bit rare. I enjoyed the steak immensely which was served with a twice baked potato and corn on the cob which helped with but for the most part I only worked on the steak. By the way we bought the twice baked potatoes as they are a pain in the neck to actually make.
The cooking was just one of the more interesting things that I did today but that doesn't give me an excuse to leave out the other things. One of the new things I did today was personal finance with Dave Ramsey which was interesting as it helps me become prepared with money in the future. Next up is a classic school subject which I have been missing out on for a quite a while now. This subject is Math and it was certainly easy enough. Right now we are working from the front to back of the book so I go through subjects that I know already but thats fine as I need the refresher in math.
This next paragraph is dedicated to Konstantinos Mastorakis on Google +. The reason for this is because he has helped me out with my current project on the Raspberry pi. He has helped me out with my first project which is going to be starting a Minecraft server on the pi but from his post I have discovered important facts that would have made things impossible for me if he had not posted the fact that the current Minecraft server would not work on the pi as it is too big. He also led me to a smaller version of Minecraft that should work so for this I say thank you.
The cooking was just one of the more interesting things that I did today but that doesn't give me an excuse to leave out the other things. One of the new things I did today was personal finance with Dave Ramsey which was interesting as it helps me become prepared with money in the future. Next up is a classic school subject which I have been missing out on for a quite a while now. This subject is Math and it was certainly easy enough. Right now we are working from the front to back of the book so I go through subjects that I know already but thats fine as I need the refresher in math.
This next paragraph is dedicated to Konstantinos Mastorakis on Google +. The reason for this is because he has helped me out with my current project on the Raspberry pi. He has helped me out with my first project which is going to be starting a Minecraft server on the pi but from his post I have discovered important facts that would have made things impossible for me if he had not posted the fact that the current Minecraft server would not work on the pi as it is too big. He also led me to a smaller version of Minecraft that should work so for this I say thank you.
Monday, April 8, 2013
work overhaul
Welcome back everyone and sorry i didn't have this up sooner but it is going to be this way for the rest of the year. The reason for this is because I am going to be starting my new curriculum tomorrow. This curriculum includes Math work from 2 different books, Dave Ramsy's Finance, and domestic science which includes learning how to cook. Along with all of this I have had other curriculum brought back a little bit so that it won't be so hard.
My weekend went fairly well while I was at grandmas. A good chunk of my time was spent simply working on my quilt which is not complete but is coming along nicely. The quilt consists of 4 fabrics which is navy blue, turquoise, red, and khaki. This may seem fairly boring for a quilt as most of them have some fancy design on one of the fabrics but when it comes down to it I love simple things like these for insignificant colors.
I did not do any work today at all other then this blog entry because I was gone until about noon and then I ate lunch at about 12:30 making it 1:00 before I could do anything. After that I set everything back up on my computer to then work 30 minutes later on my curriculum for this week. Not that it was extremely hard but that lasted until about 2:30 or 2:45 and now here I am typing up my blog that I don't know if anyone is going to be reading. For today there has only been 1 page view and that was before I posted this so I guess I could get some views today.
My weekend went fairly well while I was at grandmas. A good chunk of my time was spent simply working on my quilt which is not complete but is coming along nicely. The quilt consists of 4 fabrics which is navy blue, turquoise, red, and khaki. This may seem fairly boring for a quilt as most of them have some fancy design on one of the fabrics but when it comes down to it I love simple things like these for insignificant colors.
I did not do any work today at all other then this blog entry because I was gone until about noon and then I ate lunch at about 12:30 making it 1:00 before I could do anything. After that I set everything back up on my computer to then work 30 minutes later on my curriculum for this week. Not that it was extremely hard but that lasted until about 2:30 or 2:45 and now here I am typing up my blog that I don't know if anyone is going to be reading. For today there has only been 1 page view and that was before I posted this so I guess I could get some views today.
Friday, April 5, 2013
Return to Normality
Welcome back everyone and especially to Kristi. Kristi will be coming back home today and that is leaving me pretty excited to see her again. That is see her again before I go up to Union Town with my grandma. While that is all fun and all I still am going to be happy to see her before I head out because these weeks just aren't the same without my having Kristi around. With Kristi back things will be able to be restored to a decent order even if she cannot do much work for a while it is just the mere thought of her being in the house that brings everyone back to reality.
Todays work was for the most part easy. I had another set of questions to answer including this question "3. Some people feel that the United States should work to build a pure free-enterprise economy. Do you think that our government should play any role in the economy? Why or why not."
Well I honestly believe that the United States government should continue to help out in our economy if not just a little bit less. The reason for this is because the US government keeps people from having a monopoly in any area. This is why you don't step outside to find that the world has been taken over by McDonald.
Other then all of the written response questions todays work was fairly simple. The only thing that is for the most part bothering me is the fact that Kristi is probably farther then me in Atlas Shrugged. This really bothers me as if anyone remembers the day that I went out to eat at the Rusty Horse Tavern I mentioned that it wasn't exactly cheap and that link should reinforce it. The hardest part is the fact that if I lose I have to pay for our lunch at the Rusty Horse Tavern and since it isn't cheap I have to be careful not to spend ANY of my money to make sure that I can afford to pay when we get there. This doesn't mean that I will try to cancel this bet before I get in to deep because it is much to late for that but instead it means that I'll be darned before I go down without a fight.
Todays work was for the most part easy. I had another set of questions to answer including this question "3. Some people feel that the United States should work to build a pure free-enterprise economy. Do you think that our government should play any role in the economy? Why or why not."
Well I honestly believe that the United States government should continue to help out in our economy if not just a little bit less. The reason for this is because the US government keeps people from having a monopoly in any area. This is why you don't step outside to find that the world has been taken over by McDonald.
Other then all of the written response questions todays work was fairly simple. The only thing that is for the most part bothering me is the fact that Kristi is probably farther then me in Atlas Shrugged. This really bothers me as if anyone remembers the day that I went out to eat at the Rusty Horse Tavern I mentioned that it wasn't exactly cheap and that link should reinforce it. The hardest part is the fact that if I lose I have to pay for our lunch at the Rusty Horse Tavern and since it isn't cheap I have to be careful not to spend ANY of my money to make sure that I can afford to pay when we get there. This doesn't mean that I will try to cancel this bet before I get in to deep because it is much to late for that but instead it means that I'll be darned before I go down without a fight.
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Crashing down
Welcome back everyone who is still reading this to my blog. The reason why I say this is because after yesterdays entry that described me a little bit better most of my views dropped back down to around 12 and 10 views. I have no problems with this but I think I know why this happened but I'm not going to tell you till later in one of my blog entries. That is if I remember to tell you later on but who cares you can probably figure it out on your own if you go over blogs between March 27-April 1st.
I'm a bit late to writing my blog today but not by to much to need an apology for it. The reason for being late to my schedule is because I was working on a ton of questions for todays curriculum and my mind drew a blank on every single question. This forced me to go back through every page of the book to go and find the answer through the 30 pages in both my social studies book and science book. Honestly it wasn't very hard just time consuming. Especially when you can't recall any answers from the top of your head. The worst part is that now I have no excuse for a wrong answer on any of the questions from either science or social studies as I had hunted down all of the answers from the book itself.
Kristi is doing much better lately from what I have heard. In fact she might be out of the hospital by tomorrow. The entire time I never actually mentioned why she was in the hospital other then surgery and even then I didn't give a reason. I feel really bad about telling everyone reading this limited details and then with holding the important piece of information. It reminds me of my sister when she would run up to me saying that she has a secret that she isn't going to tell me. Thus with permission from Kristi I am going to tell you why she is in the hospital in the first place. The reason why she is in the hospital is because she has Crohn's disease. I felt that it was a bit personal to share without permission from Kristi first so now that I have permission I might as well say something.
I'm a bit late to writing my blog today but not by to much to need an apology for it. The reason for being late to my schedule is because I was working on a ton of questions for todays curriculum and my mind drew a blank on every single question. This forced me to go back through every page of the book to go and find the answer through the 30 pages in both my social studies book and science book. Honestly it wasn't very hard just time consuming. Especially when you can't recall any answers from the top of your head. The worst part is that now I have no excuse for a wrong answer on any of the questions from either science or social studies as I had hunted down all of the answers from the book itself.
Kristi is doing much better lately from what I have heard. In fact she might be out of the hospital by tomorrow. The entire time I never actually mentioned why she was in the hospital other then surgery and even then I didn't give a reason. I feel really bad about telling everyone reading this limited details and then with holding the important piece of information. It reminds me of my sister when she would run up to me saying that she has a secret that she isn't going to tell me. Thus with permission from Kristi I am going to tell you why she is in the hospital in the first place. The reason why she is in the hospital is because she has Crohn's disease. I felt that it was a bit personal to share without permission from Kristi first so now that I have permission I might as well say something.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Removing the Imposter
I realize quite a bit late that no matter how much people read my blog very few people actually know me. Also there is the opposite situation as almost no one that reads my blog other then family. Today I finally decided that if I was going to continue I might as well remove the veil of mystery and reveal who is Galen Seaton.
The reason for doing this now of all times is because first off at this point in time people are actually paying attention to my blog and the way I know this is because my views haven't dropped even after yesterdays disjointed entry. For the most part what I am saying is that I'm going to tell you about myself while I still have everyones attention.
First things first is the fact that despite popular belief I enjoyed public school immensely. I had a decent group of friends who I could relate with and I managed to keep my grades high by being able to ace every test that came my way. I came to home school for several issues. First off I was offered home school by my parents after a year of bad organizing and remaining in the background of all the bad situations going on in the house. Secondly over all of the years in public school I seemed to be snapping very slowly until about 7th grade where everything seemed to go downhill for me. What ended up happening to me is that over time I would become increasingly stressed out every year in school even when I didn't try to pay attention to my surroundings.
Enough about the school stuff first off there is my hobbies. Hobbies for me include computer work, gaming, tinkering, and eating good food. The last one you probably could have guessed yourself but anyway there is the first one which is true for several reasons. computer work has been easier for me then any worksheet as first off my writing is terrible in comparison to the keyboard which I am extremely good at using in comparison. Also due to my love for tinkering there is things on the computer which I can mess with to make even better and I don't have to go out and buy a new thing every time. I will still admit to modding items like my nerf collection but either way I don't have very much money available to me 24/7. I hope that this has shown a little bit more into who I am because I was certainly asking myself the same question for the life of this blog.
The reason for doing this now of all times is because first off at this point in time people are actually paying attention to my blog and the way I know this is because my views haven't dropped even after yesterdays disjointed entry. For the most part what I am saying is that I'm going to tell you about myself while I still have everyones attention.
First things first is the fact that despite popular belief I enjoyed public school immensely. I had a decent group of friends who I could relate with and I managed to keep my grades high by being able to ace every test that came my way. I came to home school for several issues. First off I was offered home school by my parents after a year of bad organizing and remaining in the background of all the bad situations going on in the house. Secondly over all of the years in public school I seemed to be snapping very slowly until about 7th grade where everything seemed to go downhill for me. What ended up happening to me is that over time I would become increasingly stressed out every year in school even when I didn't try to pay attention to my surroundings.
Enough about the school stuff first off there is my hobbies. Hobbies for me include computer work, gaming, tinkering, and eating good food. The last one you probably could have guessed yourself but anyway there is the first one which is true for several reasons. computer work has been easier for me then any worksheet as first off my writing is terrible in comparison to the keyboard which I am extremely good at using in comparison. Also due to my love for tinkering there is things on the computer which I can mess with to make even better and I don't have to go out and buy a new thing every time. I will still admit to modding items like my nerf collection but either way I don't have very much money available to me 24/7. I hope that this has shown a little bit more into who I am because I was certainly asking myself the same question for the life of this blog.
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Keeping up the pace
Work recently has been pretty easy and for that I am quite glad. The reason for this is because even with the extra work I still am getting done on time. The only subject that I lack on a daily basis is math and I know that it is pretty sad but still what I lack in math I make up for in all of my other subjects. I know that not much has improved over the overall year but in the long run things are going great. The coolest part is that it seems that people are still willing to pay attention to what I have to say on a daily basis. I don't know if it's because someone is referencing me on a social network but I don't care because I thought that people would have lost interest in my blog a long time ago.
Kristi is currently doing pretty good as her time in the hospital is now down to resting period. This is fine and all but things around the house are fairly hectic without having her around. She brings a manageable chaos. Even when things can get out of hand having her around the house just makes things easier then usual. What I am pretty much saying is that I hate it when she leaves. I get something through my head that I have to try to keep everyone in line when shes gone and then everything goes south from there.
I think that it is fascinating how many views I have been receiving recently. Today I got 22 views alone and then yesterday I got 20. Usually my views go up exponentially and then drop the very next day. That isn't even mentioning march 28th when I received 66 views. I know that anyone else with a blog may not think about these as very much but considering how small my blog is then these amount of views are amazing. In total over the last three days I have had 61 views. On average my views are about 10 a day so my views have doubled in total recently. For this I say thank you to everyone out there to continue to read my blog.
Kristi is currently doing pretty good as her time in the hospital is now down to resting period. This is fine and all but things around the house are fairly hectic without having her around. She brings a manageable chaos. Even when things can get out of hand having her around the house just makes things easier then usual. What I am pretty much saying is that I hate it when she leaves. I get something through my head that I have to try to keep everyone in line when shes gone and then everything goes south from there.
I think that it is fascinating how many views I have been receiving recently. Today I got 22 views alone and then yesterday I got 20. Usually my views go up exponentially and then drop the very next day. That isn't even mentioning march 28th when I received 66 views. I know that anyone else with a blog may not think about these as very much but considering how small my blog is then these amount of views are amazing. In total over the last three days I have had 61 views. On average my views are about 10 a day so my views have doubled in total recently. For this I say thank you to everyone out there to continue to read my blog.
Monday, April 1, 2013
April Fools Wandering about
Welcome back and I hope that everyone enjoyed their Easter weekend. I know that not everyone really celebrates Easter but for anyone that does then I hope that you had a good time. Anyway as you can guess today is April fools. I honestly think that a day dedicated to messing with other peoples mind is completely unnecessary considering when I do this everyday at home. For me I go about this day as a "special day" by trying to not pull a joke on someone. I am still Galen who still enjoys having fun and good food but I will not be messing with people if I can help it.
Today is fairly interesting as Kristi is going to the hospital again which is a bit different from the other times. Unlike the other times that she has gone to the hospital this one is more urgent as she will be undergoing surgery as well as about a months worth of a recovery period. I'm not going to be saying why she is as that is all personal matters which if you know Kristi you can ask her but for the most part I don't have any right to tell anyone about why she is in the hospital. That does not stop me from the other hand from saying that things around the house are going to be difficult and that I hope she recovers soon.
Todays work was easy enough as it goes as most of it was reading as usual. Other then the overall stress of my average day there isn't anything exciting going on other then what I've already discussed. Easter is a event that occured recently but nothing out of the ordinary came up with it. Both of my families celebrated but nothing out of the ordinary. Thus I decided that there is no reason to get hyped up over it as I had fun and nothing went wrong along the way. Then there is the fact that Easter didn't do anything that people didn't expect. In other words there is no reason to recount what I did during Easter only mention that I celebrated the holiday.
Today is fairly interesting as Kristi is going to the hospital again which is a bit different from the other times. Unlike the other times that she has gone to the hospital this one is more urgent as she will be undergoing surgery as well as about a months worth of a recovery period. I'm not going to be saying why she is as that is all personal matters which if you know Kristi you can ask her but for the most part I don't have any right to tell anyone about why she is in the hospital. That does not stop me from the other hand from saying that things around the house are going to be difficult and that I hope she recovers soon.
Todays work was easy enough as it goes as most of it was reading as usual. Other then the overall stress of my average day there isn't anything exciting going on other then what I've already discussed. Easter is a event that occured recently but nothing out of the ordinary came up with it. Both of my families celebrated but nothing out of the ordinary. Thus I decided that there is no reason to get hyped up over it as I had fun and nothing went wrong along the way. Then there is the fact that Easter didn't do anything that people didn't expect. In other words there is no reason to recount what I did during Easter only mention that I celebrated the holiday.
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