Homeschooling

I'm seriously considering homeschooling my son next year I really feel like even with the g.a.t.e program at his school that he still is not challenged enough in his regular class and therefore it is starting to affect his grades. But then I wonder whether i am qualified to homeschool my son , so many questions. I just want my son to thrive he is soo smart and I am worried that the traditional school setting will squash his spirit.  Thoughts?????

R.I.P. Lucille Clifton your poetry lives on...

and here's one of my favorites...

slaveship by Lucille Clifton




loaded like spoons

into the belly of Jesus

where we lay for weeks for months

in the sweat and stink of our own

breathing

Jesus

why do you not protect us

chained to the heart of the Angel

where the prayers we never tell

are hot and red as our bloody ankles

Jesus

Angel

can these be men

who vomit us out from ships

called Jesus Angel Grace of God

onto a heathen country

Jesus

Angel

ever again

can this tongue speak

can this bone walk

Grace of God

can this sin live

Happy Valentines day everyone =)

and some news we have recently found out that my husbands daughter is pregnant, so we will be Grandpa and stepgrandma sometime in october =).

Made this cake for my good friend's birthday last week...

I got the cake and frosting recipe from this blog   http://maricucu.blogspot.com/2009/11/current-favorite-birthday-cake.html   You can find the frosting recipe there as well it's amazing!!! I  have made this cake before but decided to change it up this time by adding some strawberries between the layers and on top.

My son the climber...

I really think he's trying to give me a heart attack...LOL

Lebanese salad

as we were moving I ran across this recipe in a cookbook entitled The Healthy Kitchen by Andrew Weil and Rosie Daley  we prepared it to accompany dinner last night and it wa delicious I really could have eaten the whole thing!

Hubby had to try to make it fancy by decoratively placing some mint.

2 cucumbers,peeled and diced
4 Roma tomtaoes,diced
1 red onion,diced
1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 clove of garlic(we used more we love garlic ) minced
3 tablespoons chopped fresh spearmint or 1 tablespoon dried mint leaves

1/4 cup  pitted ,sliced black olives(Kalamata or oil cured
1 cup cubed or crumbled feta cheese
salt and pepper to taste

toss all the ingredients together  ,chill before serving...Enjoy =)

New year's eve

spending it alone since the hubby has to work we are moving tomorrow I will also be spending the night finishing up the packing... it reallly kind of sucks.  Hoping everyone is out havinf fun safely!!!!  Here's to a wonderful blessed new year for us all!