Homeschool Lessons

Preschool Homeschool today. Agriculture,  Art, Letters,  Numbers, Shapes and Colors. And lots of Reading.
Mommy had lessons to do and is almost done with in of her classes for the semester.

What Happened After Easter?

Well, it didn't end there, that's for sure.


After Jesus rose from the grave he spent the next 40 days appearing to several people,  followers,  and his disciples. He had to because people were still in shock and disbelief. Even Ole' Doubting Thomas. He had to remind them again of what the scriptures said that all that happened was what was suppose to happen and was still going to happen. He reminded them what they were suppose to do and that was go and spread the gospel.  The next thing that happens is Christ's Ascension.  This is something I'm going to study next. It's called Ascension Thursday and Ascension Sunday which is 40 To 43 days after Easter. Than 10 days after that is the Day of Pentecost when Jesus sends the Holy Spirit. You can read about these accounts in the Last chapter of Luke and the last chapter of John and starting the first chapter in Acts.


Here is a link describing the Ascension and some further study.

https://www.learnreligions.com/ascension-of-our-lord-jesus-christ-542462

Early Sunday morning, several women (Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Salome, and Mary the mother of James) went to the tomb and discovered that the large stone covering the entrance had been rolled away. An angel announced:

"Don't be afraid! I know you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He isn't here! He is risen from the dead, just as he said would happen." (Matthew 28:5-6, NLT)

On the day of his resurrection, Jesus Christ made at least five appearances. Mark's Gospel says the first person to see him was Mary Magdalene. Jesus also appeared to Peter, to the two disciples on the road to Emmaus, and later that day to all of the disciples except Thomas, while they were gathered in a house for prayer.

The eyewitness accounts in the Gospels provide what Christians believe to be undeniable evidence that the resurrection of Jesus Christ did indeed happen. Two millennia after his death, followers of Christ still flock to Jerusalem to see the empty tomb.

Sunday's events are recorded in Matthew 28:1-13, Mark 16:1-14, Luke 24:1-49, and John 20:1-23.

Up from the grave he arose, with a mighty triumph ore' his foes,

He arose the victor from the dark domain and he lives forever with the saints to reighn....

He arose, He arose, Hallelujah Christ  Arose!

Easter 2020

On this day in Holy Week, it is called Preperation Day. Today a man from Arimethia named Joseph came to Jerusalem to ask Pilate for Jesus body so he could properly take care of the body but Jewish custom. Now the thing is, this man was a member of the Sanhedrin  court,  the very court that plotted Jesus death and his trial. However, Joseph was a secret follower of Jesus and was afraid to come forth in  regards that he would be punished. Another man named Nicodemus came to help with preparing Jesus body. Nicodemus was also a member of the Sanhedrin court. However, he was also converted and Jesus explained to him earlier what being Born Again meant. 

Pilate gave the authority to give these men Jesus body. They brought many spices and oils to wrap Jesus body in. Myrrh is one the spices which has significant meaning as one of the gifts that the Wise Men brought Jesus after he was born. 

After preparing his body, Joseph rolled a stone in front of the entrance to close it. Later, a guard went to Pilate and reminded him what Jesus had said about rising again in three days, so Pilate orders guards to stand at the tomb.

Today we had the graveside service for dear hubby's nephew. I did not take any pics because I was recording the service for some elderly relatives who didn't  get to go. 

I'm so glad dear hubby got to come home for funeral and he got to see his girls hunt Easter eggs this evening.  We chose to do it this evening for one the weather is suppose to get really bad here tomorrow with 100 %   chance of tornadoes and severe weather.  Also, dear hubby has to leave back out to go back to work. We kept it to a minimum of just 7 people.  We were outside so we are fine. 

I wonder when all this is over if we are going to be just as careful, conscious and lenient about germs and hygiene this fall when flu season hits.  

Good Friday

Good Friday is the most difficult day of Passion Week. Christ's journey turned treacherous and acutely painful in these final hours leading to his death.

According to Scripture, Judas Iscariot, the disciple who had betrayed Jesus, was overcome with remorse and hanged himself early Friday morning.

Meanwhile, before the third hour (9 a.m.), Jesus endured the shame of false accusations, condemnation, mockery, beatings, and abandonment. After multiple unlawful trials, he was sentenced to death by crucifixion, one of the most horrible and disgraceful methods of capital punishment known at the time.

Before Christ was led away, soldiers spit on him, tormented and mocked him, and pierced him with a crown of thorns. Then Jesus carried his own cross to Calvary where, again, he was mocked and insulted as Roman soldiers nailed him to the wooden cross.

Jesus spoke seven final statements from the cross. His first words were, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." (Luke 23:34, NIV). His last words were, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." (Luke 23:46, NIV)

Then, about the ninth hour (3 p.m.), Jesus breathed his last breath and died.

By 6 p.m. Friday evening, Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea took Jesus' body down from the cross and lay it in a tomb.

Friday's events are recorded in Matthew 27:1-62, Mark 15:1-47, Luke 22:63-23:56, and John 18:28-19:37.

I hope everyone is doing well today.

Today is also National Siblings Day. This is me with my  sisters. 

This is dear hubby with his brothers and sisters. The pic on top is of him and one of his sisters.  She is not pictured in the photo beneath it. Their momma is holding a pic frame of her in the pic. His sister was killed in a car accident back in 2013. He misses her dearly. 

This is our knucklehead boys..😂😂

I have done a little piddling around today getting ready for Easter.

Last night I stuffed 170 eggs for my little buddies to find. 🤗 and fixed up their Easter baskets.

Tonight I came up with these treats for the girls. Not a bad cake for first try. 

These girls love anything with sprinkles on them.

On Facebook,  people are posting their Sr pics of when they were in high school to honor all the Srs this year in high school who may or may not get to have graduation ceremonies. So here is mine and dear hubby's.
David Dixon Mcnairy Central High School Class of 1989
Tracy Miller Dixon Saltillo High School Class of 1989

Dear hubby got to come in just for the weekend to be able to attend his nephews grave side service. We are having to be careful as not to crowd and some will stay in their vehicles and roll down windows. This is all awkward and new to everyone due to Covid. However,  with desperate times comes desperate measures. I will video the memorial and put on a dvd for some of our elderly family members so they can see it later.  Some staying home has been a tough decision they had to make for their health. We will get by.

Stormy Night Cool Sunshiny Day

Last night we had severe weather blow through here.  It woke me up around midnight and lasted til after 2am. Took me a while to go back to sleep after it was over.

This morning I woke up and saw where some parts in our county had power outages and downed trees. So I have no doubt my son was called in in the middle of the night and worked all day restoring power. More time in prayer for me.

It was cool and sunshiny all day so I have had all the windows raised and and getting cool breezes and whiffs of my Lilac bush outside my kitchen window. When I was cooking supper, it kind of wanted to see what I was doing. 

See it sitting on the end of that limb?  I've got to get my humming bird feeders out. I will do it this evening. 

Since I couldn't get in the garden today, it was house cleaning day.  We still have to maintain a good clean home in the midst of everything.

 I ran my candle melts today with some extra essential oils. So with that and the lilacs in bloom outside,  it has smelled pretty awesome in here all day.

Tonight, I was looking in the fridge and saw some left overs again that needed to be used. Left over hamburger meat, rice and pinto beans makes excellent Enchiladas.

I have been craving cinnamon rolls for a while now, so I pulled out my recipe and tweaked it a little. I used a little all purpose flour, with whole wheat and oat flour and I used another glaze using cream cheese, butter, a little powdered sugar,  milk and maple extract. Yummy.

The rest of the night I'm just going to finish my cleaning and put away some laundry. 

I want to leave you with this today:

Today in Holy Week, it's called Maundy Thursday. Today is the day things started taking a somber turn. Jesus sent Peter and John ahead into Jeruselum to prepare the Upper Room for their last meal. Later that evening as they gathered,  Jesus washed the disciples feet. Then they shared the Feast of the Passover aka, the Last Supper. It is then Jesus announces one will betray the Son Of Man. Judas leaves and carries out his awful deed of finding the guards.
After the meal, Jesus and the disciples go to the Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus prayed and agonized.
After he prayed for a while,  Judas leads the guards to Jesus in the Garden and betrays him with a Kiss.
They arrest Jesus and they hold him at the high priests home where they plan his case.
This is also when the disciples scatter in the wee hrs of the morning  and Peter denies Jesus three times.👑💒✝️

Get Creative With Leftovers

Not much happened here today. I am having to take a day off because I am so sore from the past two days working in the garden. I don't have sense enough to stop when my body says, "Hey girl! You need to stop!" 😂😂
I just mozied on this morning and just managed to put some things away and get a load of laundry folded and put away and another washed and dried and put away.

I have been in slow motion all day.
I've kind of pampered myself today doing my own manicure and pedicures.  No reason why a farm girl can't have both.  Makes me feel better anyway.

At this time or basically anytime., we need to find ways to reuse left overs and get creative. I can't stand to throw food away. I work to hard to cook sometimes.
So.....

Left over biscuits from breakfast? Toast them and add butter,  garlic powder and Italian seasoning. Goes great with spaghetti.
Find creative ways to reuse left overs.

I have left over taco meat, rice, and some pinto beans. Hmmmm.....
Burritos will be another night meal.
See, that wasn't hard.

Now y'all try it.

Supper

Fixed supper in my pressure cooker tonight.  One pan to clean up.
First, saute 1 lb of ground beef
Then pour in two jars of spaghetti sauce and then refill jars twice with water. Pour that in. Next, break spaghetti noodles and fan then around in the pot so they don't clump up. Then press the noodles down so all of them are soaked. Put lid on pressure cooker and make sure vent button is on seal. I hit the rice/risotto button and adjust time to 8 minutes. You can so this same thing in the instant pot. It will just be different settings on your pot but same method. I don't have an instant pot so I'm not sure.
When it is finished cooking , do a quick release. Open lid and use it will look soupy but the longer it sits, it absorbs the sauce and soaks it up but doesn't dry it out. Just stir and let sit for about 10 minutes.  Yummy!

Sheltering In Place

I hope this post finds everyone ok and well.
We have now been on a Shelter In Place order for our second week now. It will last until the end of April. School is out until the end of April and we are not sure about May yet. All of our local schools and surrounding states worked very hard and was very creative in coming up with a system to still educate our children and get their lesson done so no one would fall behind. Assignments have been sent home for possibly the remainder of the year, either on line or by paper packets. Each student has the teachers email and phone number too where they can be reached anytime should them or the parents come across any problems.

I am glad I have stocked up on things here in the house and at my husbands mothers house too. We keep a check on them once a week. I will go pick up whatever they need and just leave it on their front porch. Dear hubby orders anything he can nonperishable. Some items are getting harder to find. Stores now have started limiting items per purchase per household.   They have even implemented store procedures to cut down on traffic in stores and to prevent lingering. Now,  most stores only have one way in and same way out so they can monitor traffic and will only let so many in at a time or square feet.  They will monitor and make sure you are not lingering and taking too long because people are standing in line outside the store. You are to get what you need and get out. Dear hubby does not want me going out unless absolutely necessary.  Only time will be to get my prescriptions filled and even now they have outside pick up. All you have to do is call and let them know you are outside and they will bring it to you. I am thinking of making me a mask in case I should have to get out again.

I know alot of kids are scared right now and do not understand what is going on. I am so glad my grandkids are too young to really know what's going on.

College lessons have resumed for my DIL and public school lessons have resumed for all kids. I have to frequently watch the girls for Jossie so she can have online classes with her teacher and take tests with some of her teachers and she can't exactly do that with toddlers crying,  screaming or fighting in the back ground. So I get to see them some.
I have little preschool lessons with them and we have fun. Atleigh just about made biscuits all by herself one morning under my assistance. Caroline wanted to play in her little kitchen and sink

We had some pretty days and got to play outside and one day I got to finally finish my arbor I've been trying to finish since Fall. I had to finish staining it. Now, all done, 

 I got a chance to go to Lowe's to get everything I needed to plant in our garden before things went haywire. I'm so glad I did. I bought 50 tomato plants,  25 pepper plants, 36 broccoli plants, 30 cabbage plants and 18 cauliflower. I would have gotten more but that was all the cauliflower they had left. My truck was packed.



The girls got to spend the night one night because mommy had a big test she had to take the next morning and needed some quiet time to study so she could take her test early the next morning.  So we got up, ate breakfast and got out side and got our feet and hands in the dirt.
We got all the cold stuff planted and in the ground. They were beginning to get hot and hungry again so we took a little break. When mommy got donewith her test and lessons,  she came and helped us finish. We finished the day with planting 10 zucchini plants, 10 squash plants and two different kinds of watermelons. And we watered them down real good.

Home school lesson for Atleigh and Caroline this morning: "you don't work, you don't eat!"  Atleigh dragging that waterhose saying, " I got this girlfriend!" PRICELESS.     These were two very tired little girls but they worked today. And Jossie sweated just a little. I will have to work her harder next time. 😂😂😂😂😂🍉🥕🍆🌽🌶🥦🍅

They went home to take a much needed nap and I went in a took a much needed shower and took a nap.

After evening I knew I needed to go back out and cover the plants with something to keep the deer and rabbits out until I could cover with hay that Dakota brought me.

I had a few tarps and covered them. The next morning, got up and went out and fertilized and spread hay over them. I'm trying out this method this year in hopes it will cut down on the weeds to make it easier on me.
Got that done just in time before it started raining. Next, I will put up tposts and cattle panels for peppers and tomatoes. I probably plant them next week after last frost date.

My momma celebrated her 74th bday. Too bad I didn't get to spend it with her due to this shelter in place order. 

She is my best friend. I am so glad she was raised in a Christian home and raised us in one as well. She will hit her knees on your behalf and she will also tell it like it is if she has too. She will still have your backside too if need be. I'm still kind of scared of her. I am so glad my kids are close to her just like I was my grandparents. And now her great grandkids. She is a hoot and a force to be reckoned with. She can shoot straighter than most sharp shooters. She can hit a snake right between the eyes on the first shot. I've seen her do it.  She is my rock when I need encouragement and prayer. Happy bday momma, I hope you have many more. 

I am my mother twin 

This week before Easter is known as Holy Week. Each day this week Jesus did something that led up to Easter Sunday. 

You can read about each day here :

https://www.learnreligions.com/holy-week-timeline-700618

It will start you at Palm Sunday and tell you each day what Jesus did and the books and chapters of each 4 gospels you can read about it. 

It has been very enlightening.  

 We have had a tragedy strike our family in the last few days.  One of my husbands nephews was killed in a vehicle accident. The family is not able to have a traditional funeral service due to restrictions of social distancing and regulations at this time at funeral homes.  So they have decided to cremate and have a memorial service this weekend with possibly everyone staying in their vehicles. We are not sure of the details yet. Please keep our family in your prayers. 

We will continue to pray for everyone during this time in our country as well. 

I hope everyone stays safe and well in the next few days and weeks to come. 

GOD BLESS.

Handy Ideas

Running out of prepackaged foods?
Google:
Homemade and enter the item you want to make and wholah! Alot of ingredients you may already have in your pantry.
Try getting creative with what you already have on hand. If these people on Chopped can do it, so can we

Instead of buying the individual boxes of popcorn which costs way more, make your own bags. Pour 1/2 cup kernels into  a paper sack.  Fold down top of bag about 3 times, place in microwave  with fold down so it will stay closed, press the popcorn button on microwave and it will pop. Wholah!

One pork loin made two dinners. First night,  pork roast with steamed broccoli and cheese and steamed carrots. Second night, bbq pizza

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Bananas going bad, make banana muffins.

Project For Today

Pizzas are a favorite staple in this house. We love our homemade pizzas and they go quick. Project for today: prep some dough and put in freezer for quick access. Prepare dough (recipe attached), put onto a floured piece of wax or parchment paper, wrap up, place in a piece of aluminum foil, wrap up again really tight, place in ziploc FREEZER bag,  and squeeze all air out, label outside with date and what kind of dough. Put in freezer immediately because they will start to rise because they have yeast. Pull out night before and place in fridge or take out morning of and let it thaw. After it has thawed,  remove all wrapping, place on floured surface and prep pizza as normal. You're welcome. ❤☝️🍕🍕🍕