My Writing Samples Blog

Hello, if you would like to see some of my work, I have a blog with a few samples. Hope you like them ! Nancy Nichols Writing Samples

My New Blog

I have done much research on online learning, and have come across many, many scams and some not scammy, just kind of not educationally fit. Well, that of course meant I had a duty to give you some better choices. This new blog will list some of the great colleges that are famous here in the United States for their schooling that people may not have realized have online and corrospondance courses. Please check out Online Education Facts

Free MIT Lessons

Great resource for homeschooling or just to learn something new. Opencourseware from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Famous school giving to the public a free opportunity to be better educated, KUDOS to you MIT ! Click Here for general lessons and Here for high school lessons

Hello Again !

Back to blogging after a long break. I have been busy and just could not force myself to write . I sat down this morning with a cup of iced down coke and thumbed thru the Rod and Staff 2010 catalog that arrived yesterday. I was amazed at the wonderful coloring books ! There are life like coloring pages for birds, flowers, insects , bridges, lighthouses and more; plus coloring books of maps and other educational materials, great for science and history or social studies. There are coloring books to fit from toddlers up to adult ! Here is the website link for the coloring books http://www.rodandstaffbooks.com/list/Coloring_Books/ . I had to share this link with you all . Well, got to go , the weather is sunny and warm but not hot; perfect ! So you know where we are going, OUTSIDE !

HOT !!!!

Wow ! It has really been scorching for the last two weeks. The weatherman says no rain in immidiate sight, I am praying for a cooling off for all those who have to be in this heat. I cannot let my children play outside very long at a time because it is too hot for their little bodies to handle, they don't always understand or like what mom and dad say about things; but they will realize it all later.Heatstroke is a very real problem for everyone when weather gets like this so be on guard duty for yourself, family, friends, neighbors. If you see your neighbor looking way too hot, go check on them and ask them to sit in the shade or a c and have some cool tea or water; you may just save their life. Well, on a lighter note, there is still cooking to do even in a hot kitchen so check out the freeze dried foods that can be used for quicker cooking.Click here to visit Harmony House Foods, Inc. . They are great for camping and snack mixes with nutritional value and just great taste. Try them if you need to make a meal in a short time, you won't be dissapointed. Also something my children love to snack on are burrito sized tortillas with peanut butter and jelly or no jelly. They go great with a glass of milk or juice and can be used as a quick healthy lunch. Hope you got a useful tip, Blessings to you and yours

Good To Be Back !

Well, my neighbors and I have been offline with dsl and telephone thru the weekend because of line replacement. Having great weather here in southeast Texas, have been on the street behind our home looking at birds and woodsy critters. I am reminded that I might need a new pair of binoculars ! For a great place to find some you can visit Mountains Plus here Binoculars from Mountains Plus. . I feel kind of stupid for not recognizing that the elusive chirpping sort of sound that I was searching for at one place turned out to be two robins ! I really should have remembered which bird made that sound ! I still had fun hunting the little sound makers though. My children were ahead of me riding their bikes and picking flowers , we brought their beautiful finds home and put them on the bathroom vanity. We need to look up which flowering tree branch it is we brought home. I think having a " back road " is wonderful ; we are constantly finding neat critters and plant life back there and we don't have much traffic there which makes the shaded wooded area a really relaxing place. I plan to be back there again this evening. God bless and may you enjoy your space too !

Summer !

As you know, school is officially out, that means we all need to be extra careful driving around and such. We are on a small break in the school schedule. I am considering the end of June to be a good date for getting back into the typical amount of work, right now it is only a few subjects a day, but that's okay ! It's summer ! Hooray for water play in the sun, iced tea, evening coolness as a break from the day's heat. There is a place just before the gate to our veggie garden that would be great for a gazebo or something similar, but the mosquitos are really too bad right there for such. Lovely shade though, and the honeysuckles were so awesome last month along the garden gate. A very refreshing place to be, I think that we all need to have our own refreshing place to be in this fast paced world. Be safe and remember to keep extra caution for the summer !