Interesting Websites for Homeschooled Teens

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One of the joys of homeschooling is watching your kids take the initiative in learning new things. Here are a few fun and interesting sites where homeschooled teens can learn something new:

Wordspy.com keeps track of all the latest phrases entering our collective vocabularies. Those who love words will appreciate new words and phrases such as brickor mortis (slow housing market), adorkable (adorably dorky) and e-fence (the online sales of stolen items), along with others already in regular use such as bridezilla and McMansion.

The ultimate how-to site, Instructables is the place to go to learn to make anything from realistic, reusable latex wounds (just in time for Halloween—ugh!) to a solar thermal water heater for less than $5 (great science project!)

For those who are into the works of Shakespeare, the Shakespeare Insultor will keep you humble.

Twenty-Five Years Ago Today….

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….I was given the privilege of becoming a mom! Sarah Marie arrived as a beautiful, bright-eyed and noisy little person who was not at all interested in sleep. When I called my grandma at 3 am to share the good news, she heard Sarah wailing in the background and said, “It sounds like music!”

Happy Birthday, Sarah! Have a wonderful day….wish we could be there!

 

Prayer requests: update and a new one

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Many thanks to those who prayed for the medical mission team and our son as I mentioned the other day. They did get back in good shape over the weekend. Peter said there were 50 murders in Juarez last week while they were there. One morning they drove around a murder victim lying in a pool of blood on their way to their clinic site. Scary stuff. We thank God for keeping the team safe.

Peter also mentioned a young student of our ddil’s who had a stroke from an unknown cause a few weeks ago. Her name is Katie, and her family and friends have started a blog to update everyone about her progress. She’s still in the hospital. Please keep Katie and her family in her prayers.