Jane Eyre is a book that i have never really read, but heard so much about. I have watched the movie and loved it so the book should be even better.
Here are some questions each person can answer to get our brains moving and start conversation:
What do you think of Jane Eyre?
Who is your favorite character and why?
Who do you relate to in the book and how?
What life lessons do you think this book teaches?
How do you like the language/style of the book?
What is your favorite part of the story?
What is your opinion of this book?
Reply to this post with your answers/comments about this book. Happy reading!
chanel
Friday, November 05, 2010
The Book Club Introduction
This is the start of the book club for my sisters and friends who want to take part!
We will be reading the classics that im reading for my Abigail Adams Academy class. I think it will help me to get more out of each book and to allow me to share it with more of my sistas!
We will plan to finish the 1st book, "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte, by the 18th of November. We can blog about the book till the deadline and the weekend following the 18th of November we can finish any reviews of the book and move to the next. I will start a new post for each book we do so that we can all see where to post our comments and answers to the questions for that book. I would like to try to have each of us who are participating to introduce ourselves and tell why we are participating in the book club in this Introduction post.
I will go first!
I am doing the Abigail Adams class that these classic books are for because i want to improve my education of the classic and great works of our world. I home school my boys and feel that broadening my knowledge of classic works will only increase my ability to share their treasures with my kids and encourage them to read more. We can never know too much and should never stop trying to increase our knowledge and skills. I hope we can all have fun while we read these books together!
We will be reading the classics that im reading for my Abigail Adams Academy class. I think it will help me to get more out of each book and to allow me to share it with more of my sistas!
We will plan to finish the 1st book, "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte, by the 18th of November. We can blog about the book till the deadline and the weekend following the 18th of November we can finish any reviews of the book and move to the next. I will start a new post for each book we do so that we can all see where to post our comments and answers to the questions for that book. I would like to try to have each of us who are participating to introduce ourselves and tell why we are participating in the book club in this Introduction post.
I will go first!
I am doing the Abigail Adams class that these classic books are for because i want to improve my education of the classic and great works of our world. I home school my boys and feel that broadening my knowledge of classic works will only increase my ability to share their treasures with my kids and encourage them to read more. We can never know too much and should never stop trying to increase our knowledge and skills. I hope we can all have fun while we read these books together!
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Back in the middle of the country!
So we had a 3 year stint in WA state and are now back in the middle of the country!
Long story short...God confirmed to us through prayer and fasting that we were done in WA (for now) and needed to come back to this area...so we are here.
We are as busy as I ever imagined we could be and I see that life is not done testing our abilities and sanity. We are busy with newly starting Homeschool with our 3 school age boys, church responsibilities, scouting duties, work changes and life in general.
We love being back in our big house that we rehabed and has so much of our blood, sweat and tears in it. We are doing our best to help our family grow and improve in our current location, but it has been a challenge to balance everything we are taking on.
We are working together to improve our family's spiritual and social talents through church and community opportunities. Darin is constantly looking to improve our financial stability which brings an added stress to our schedule, but must be done. I am working to teach our kids the way we know they need to be in the world we live in today, according to our family's religious beliefs and practices and to continue to learn and improve myself as well. Our older boys are working to make friends and learn new things in our lessons. My 2 youngest children are learning to be big boys and to express themselves through the English language skills they are learning at a rapid pace and through exploring their boundaries in the family and in social settings.
I know that this is short and generic, but at least you get an idea of where we are in life right now. I will post more later about us, but hope this catches you up to speed.
Long story short...God confirmed to us through prayer and fasting that we were done in WA (for now) and needed to come back to this area...so we are here.
We are as busy as I ever imagined we could be and I see that life is not done testing our abilities and sanity. We are busy with newly starting Homeschool with our 3 school age boys, church responsibilities, scouting duties, work changes and life in general.
We love being back in our big house that we rehabed and has so much of our blood, sweat and tears in it. We are doing our best to help our family grow and improve in our current location, but it has been a challenge to balance everything we are taking on.
We are working together to improve our family's spiritual and social talents through church and community opportunities. Darin is constantly looking to improve our financial stability which brings an added stress to our schedule, but must be done. I am working to teach our kids the way we know they need to be in the world we live in today, according to our family's religious beliefs and practices and to continue to learn and improve myself as well. Our older boys are working to make friends and learn new things in our lessons. My 2 youngest children are learning to be big boys and to express themselves through the English language skills they are learning at a rapid pace and through exploring their boundaries in the family and in social settings.
I know that this is short and generic, but at least you get an idea of where we are in life right now. I will post more later about us, but hope this catches you up to speed.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
My journey to health
i am the last person who would usually be doing anything that makes me sweat or exert myself if it aint fun and worth it. I love food and I love to be lazy, but I do want to feel good and fit my clothes so what to do?
Well, i have found that it is fun and is worth it!
The background story for this is that after 4 csections and 10 years of not doing much for my health i decided i didnt want to let life happen to me and needed to help myself (since no one else can). I saw a beachbody.com commercial and the workout looked good and i thought that i just needed to do something and i could afford a workout. So i bought Slim in 6 and did it in my living room at least 3 days a week. I really didnt worry about my food as much, but I did start to notice that i had more energy and was happier. Then I moved on to Turbo Jam and LOVED IT! It was the upbeat type trainer and music i wanted for my workout. I then moved on to Chalean Extreme eventually and was hardcore for 6months and had weight and inches loss...amazing...it was working! So what happened?
Well LIFE happened. We got stressed about moving, moved and then moved again across the country...ack! I got so depressed that I had "failed" and had ate bad and not exercised the whole time. So after a few months of moving in and feeling like i wanted to get back to feeling good and moving forward in my goals i decided to start! So I set a monday to start working out again and started logging onto beachbody.com to record my workouts for some accountability. Now I also record it on my Facebook and have done videos to see my progress and visually see the changes.
Also, after starting my workouts again i really wanted a more nutritional shake for my breakfast and something that did more than just replace a meal. I wanted something to improve my health too. So i referred back to the workout buddies and store on beachbody.com. I also was looking for help from my coach to get on track with my health.
Of course my coach was nice, but we didnt really click or relate and I started to see this other coach that was way motivated and posting helpful info just to help out. I thought that was what I was looking for so I asked her to be my coach and send me a sample of this cool shake she was talking about.
Once I was ready, I started buying the shakes. I love them because i chose to use them and the experts made them so I dont gotta figure it out myself. Now im a coach so that I can really help those who are asking me about what im doin and i get a discount on my shakes too!
Well thats the story and im stickin to it...haha.
Well, i have found that it is fun and is worth it!
The background story for this is that after 4 csections and 10 years of not doing much for my health i decided i didnt want to let life happen to me and needed to help myself (since no one else can). I saw a beachbody.com commercial and the workout looked good and i thought that i just needed to do something and i could afford a workout. So i bought Slim in 6 and did it in my living room at least 3 days a week. I really didnt worry about my food as much, but I did start to notice that i had more energy and was happier. Then I moved on to Turbo Jam and LOVED IT! It was the upbeat type trainer and music i wanted for my workout. I then moved on to Chalean Extreme eventually and was hardcore for 6months and had weight and inches loss...amazing...it was working! So what happened?
Well LIFE happened. We got stressed about moving, moved and then moved again across the country...ack! I got so depressed that I had "failed" and had ate bad and not exercised the whole time. So after a few months of moving in and feeling like i wanted to get back to feeling good and moving forward in my goals i decided to start! So I set a monday to start working out again and started logging onto beachbody.com to record my workouts for some accountability. Now I also record it on my Facebook and have done videos to see my progress and visually see the changes.
Also, after starting my workouts again i really wanted a more nutritional shake for my breakfast and something that did more than just replace a meal. I wanted something to improve my health too. So i referred back to the workout buddies and store on beachbody.com. I also was looking for help from my coach to get on track with my health.
Of course my coach was nice, but we didnt really click or relate and I started to see this other coach that was way motivated and posting helpful info just to help out. I thought that was what I was looking for so I asked her to be my coach and send me a sample of this cool shake she was talking about.
Once I was ready, I started buying the shakes. I love them because i chose to use them and the experts made them so I dont gotta figure it out myself. Now im a coach so that I can really help those who are asking me about what im doin and i get a discount on my shakes too!
Well thats the story and im stickin to it...haha.
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Im now a coach with beachbody.com and am so excited to bring others along on my journey to health!
www.beachbodycoach.com/coachchanel
"Im now a coach with beachbody.com and am so excited to bring others along on my journey to health!
www.beachbodycoach.com/coachchanel
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