A Weekend Away

Finally...Friday.
Since Jan. 24th we have planned to go out of town. We finally get to do that this weekend!

We are heading to Jefferson, Texas. The town is an old Texas town that is full of Bed and Breakfast, not to mention antiques.

The main reason I want to go is of course to spend some "quiet" time with my husband but a Gone With the Wind museum is there.

I collect GWTW items. Plates, music boxes, pictures, dolls...I even have a GWTW trash can.

I guess mostly it will be nice to get away...considering all that has happened.
I don't know what God is planning but I'm sure He knows what is best.
My husband read this from James this morning. I thought I would post it because we should remember this in any circumstance.


Jam 1:2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
Jam 1:3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
Jam 1:4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
Jam 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Jam 1:6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

Also I was checking out the Homeschool legal Defense Associations website. Texas wants to lower the Compulsory Attendance Age from 6 to 5.
Author: Senator Judith Zaffirini
Summary:This bill lowers the age of compulsory attendance from six years to five years of age.
Status:
11/13/2006
Filed
1/23/2007
(Senate) Referred to Education
HSLDA's Position:HSLDA is opposed to this bill.
Action Requested:
Please call the sponsor of the bill, Sen. Judith Zaffirini, (512) 463-0121, and give her this message:
“Please abandon your efforts to lower the age of compulsory school attendance in Senate Bill 52. It forces children to school before they are ready and takes the important decision of when each child is ready for school away from the parents, who best know their child's needs.”
You do not need to identify that you homeschool.

Background:
Many education experts have concluded that beginning a child’s formal education too early may actually result in burnout and poor scholastic performance later.
Lowering the compulsory attendance age erodes the authority of parents who are in the best position to determine when their child’s formal education should begin.
Another significant impact of expanding the compulsory attendance age would be an inevitable tax increase to pay for more classroom space and teachers to accommodate the additional students compelled to attend public schools. When California raised the age of compulsory attendance, unwilling students were so disruptive that new schools had to be built just to handle them and their behavior problems, all at the expense of the taxpayer.
For more information on compulsory attendance, please see our issues analysis page: Compulsory Attendance Age Legislation.

We in small town Texas already have an alternative school across the street from me. DAEP, District Alternative Education Program. I remember when the school just gave us "licks" and got it over with.

Have a good weekend and God Bless!