November 2010 Gratitude Challenge Day 3

Whew, I almost forgot today!

I am so grateful for the opportunity to homeschool.

I have a very supportive husband who wouldn't have it any other way.

I know there are many women who want to homeschool, but who's husbands do not.

We are so blessed to live in a country that allows us this opportunity.

I don't know what I would do if it were not lawful. I am not sending my kids to school, so I guess we'd be on the run! HA HA

I love homeschooling, and am just so blessed to be able to teach my children at home. 

Review of 20 Drawer Double Wide Mobile organizer - CSN

 

I bought this 20 drawer double wide mobile organizer by Early Childhood Resources, from CSN Stores. 

I got this pretty fast, and when I opened it I was very impressed with how well it was packed. 

There was a piece of plastic in between each and every drawer. 

However, there was one drawer that had the tab broken off. 

I called CSN and they took care of it right away and are sending me a new drawer. 

The lady I talked to was so nice, and we ended up just talking about kids and all the funny things they do. 

We talked for probably half an hour!

Needless to say, they have great customer service.

I bought this with this intention of using it as a workbox system for our homeschool. 

I planned on putting my kids lessons, one per drawer, in it. 

Unfortunately, it just didn't work out the way I planned. 

The drawers, while they are a  fairly sturdy plastic, were not wide enough to fit my kids binders in. 

I wish they could have been just a little wider, and a little deeper. 

Now, that being said, it is still a good system for organizing other items. 

I have decided to use it to organize our school supplies: paper, notebooks, pencils, rulers, stapler, pencil sharpeners, crayons, markers, colored pencils, etc...

I am really happy with using it this way! 

If you do not have binders, or really wide objects that you need to put in the drawers, than you could still use it for a workbox system. 

The price was $95 for this  particular organizer. 

I would not be being honest if I said I thought it was worth this price. 

The drawers are a fairly sturdy plastic, but they are not top of the line quality, like I would expect for almost $100. 

Now, also know that this is in the normal price range for this type of product, so it is not really any more expensive than any other organizer of this type. 

I just think that they all should be a little cheaper.  

So, I recommend it as a good item for organizing your items, but want you to know that there are a few things it wouldn't work well for. 

I am very happy to have something like this to organize all of our school supplies. 

Oh, one other thing that I did like however was the fact that it was SOOOO easy to put together. 

My five year old son helped me put it together, it is that easy!

Have fun organizing!!!

*I was given a coupon code from CSN stores to go toward the purchase of this item in return for an honest review. No other compensation has been given me.*

I Have Moved My New Blog

Hey guys, I recently told you about my new blog, Homeschooling, Homemaking, Homesteading, and I want to let you know that I moved it from Blogger to Homestead Blogger.

You can find me here now.

If you would like to, you can follow me there and learn all about my efforts to become a homesteader! lol

I know, I am sure it will be funny!!!

Thanks guys.

November 2010 Gratitude Challenge Day 2

I am thankful for my husband and my children. 

My husband is such a wonderful man. 

He is a great provider and father. 

He is the type of person that would rather take on two or three jobs rather than have me go to work. 

He has always been supportive of  homeschooling, in fact it was his idea.

 

My kiddo's are very sweet, and even though they sometimes argue, they love each other so much, and are best friends.

My daughter loves to read, draw, write, sew, and play her keyboard. She is talented at many things. She has learned to play the keyboard all by herself. The keyboard teaches you, and she and my five year old son, have both learned to play it well. (OK, the 5 year old can play a few things only!)

My son is sooo sweet. All he wants to do is catch crickets and other bugs outside. In fact the other day, I asked him if he was ready for me to teach him to read, and he said, 'No way! Maybe when I'm 15!", Such a character, and then a few minutes later he came back and said, "Maybe you better teach me now, because when we move, I will be too busy outside catching crickets and other stuff that I won't have time to learn how to read!" He cracks me up!

My husband and I have been married for almost 14 years, and we love each other more every year it seems.

Aren't they sweet? We had such fun on this trip! This was at Sulpher Springs!!! FUN!!!

I am so grateful to the Lord for blessing me with such a wonderful family. I couldn't ask for a better family! (I could possibly ask to add to it though! lol)

If you want to find out what the other ladies who are doing this challenge are grateful for, you can check it out at Garden of Learning.

November 2010 Gratitude Challenge Day 1

  I want to start this gratitude challenge off properly and thank my gracious Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

I know that without Him, I would have nothing to be thankful for.

So, thank you God for everything you have blessed me with, and I hope I am, and can be more of a good steward of everything you have given me Lord.

I love you so much, and am so thankful that you love me enough to give your life for me.

I hope that through this gratitude challenge, I will become even closer to the Lord who gave me everything  in the first place.

Amen.