Homeschooling Blog Post 6# Learning New Study Habits

I mentioned last week that I was starting new things in school. One of the things I started yesterday was this: learning Study Habits. It says...

In 27 lessons, which you can go through in one month (with one day per week for rest), you will learn how to improve in every phase of your school work: note-taking, reviewing for tests, taking exams, writing papers, budgeting study time, and much more.

Why not! They mention that of Professor X's tequinqe. I already knew about it, but will give it a try today. 

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God bless, be Joyful and don't forget to Pray! 

What's For Dinner? Box

OK, this is too Funny it is a tradition now to be asked What's for Dinner? by my friends. So I was asked  by one of my readers to do something were I will try to daily tell what we are having for dinner. In the morning check here at my blog and find the little box that says What's For Dinner? to find out. It might seem weird but it is something we laugh about. 

Also listen up here is a big announcement I have to make, it surely will go down in history. Veronica is not one for eating mushrooms but she surprised us by saying she Likes Them Now so there you have it oh and why did i forget? we had... 

"Mexican Chicken and Salad" 

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God Bless, be Joyful and don't forget to Pray! 

Dressing Modestly Blog Post 3: Tweleve Personal Rules for Me to Follow

I try to look over the body and try to imagine what would be modest

1. I try to make sure my hair is clean and brushed it usually depends on my mood for how I fix it.

2. I wear no makeup the only thing that might come close to it is “Lip Balm” that looks like “Lip Gloss”  

3. The shoulders must be covered.

4. The lowest the neckline can be two widths of the finger.

5. I prefer my sleeves to be to the pit of the elbow but that is hard to do so in between the shoulder and elbow would do if I were desperate for a shirt.

6. The shirt must not be too thin in that case; I should not see my straps to my undergarments.

7. The shirt must not be to tight fitting or not too baggy. In addition, it must cover my bottom. When I bend over it must not show any excessive skin.   

8. My skirt must ride on my natural waistline, which is usually where the belly button is.

9. The skirt should not be a see through one and unless necessary a slip can be added.  

10. The shortest my skirt can be is calf-length or when I sit down it must cover my knees.

11. The skirt can have no slit on the side or back.

12. My shoes must have no heels.

This is just a list of rules on my personal standards for me to follow.

Try an Experiment: make a list of rules for you to follow they can be of your personal standards. Who knows your list might give me a few ides to add to mine. 

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying, God bless, be Joyful and don’t forget to Pray!             

Dressing Modestly Blog Post 2: Shopping for Clothing/Sewing My Clothing

Shopping For Clothing

This might be shocking, but I HATE shopping for Clothes. Yep, it is true

Five Reasons why I HATE Shopping

1. It is very time consuming.
2. You have to go to several stores.
3. When I try them on, I cringe and think who wore this last (even with store bought clothing).
4. They are always pricey except for sales, which usually has a catch.
5. Most of the time they do not even carry what are up to my standards.

Now there are times… (Gulp) when I have to… like Shirts…. Nevertheless, I Live.

Sewing My Clothing

I have been waiting to do a blog post on sewing. Why, because I LOVE to sew!

For about a 1 1/2 I have been sewing. I have made various pieces of clothing.

My first article of clothing was a pair of shorts I have only wore them a few times.

My next one was a shirt.

Followed by six skirts, three with zippers, and three with elastic.

I have also made my Confirmation dress, which is the nicest piece of clothing I own.

I am in the process of making another shirt.

I try to sew as much of my clothing as I can.

In the Future, I will be making

My own PATTERNS… soon enough.

That way I can design clothing to my liking and standards.

My next blog post will be titled “Twelve Rules on how I Dress Modestly”

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying, God bless, be Joyful, and don’t forget to Pray!

Dressing Modestly: Blog Post 1 How I came to Dress this Way

 I would have gotten this posted sooner today, but we had the air conditioner people come over. I think they did a good job they had to put a intake vent in near my bedroom door so I was trapped for a little bit. The two young men who did it were in their early twenties and very polite when they were done one of them even offered to do my chores ha ha what I mean is he offered to vacuum up the mess for me, but mommy said that I supposed to do it. Over all they did a good job and now whenever I type, my hands will not get cold. So onto the post for today.

Those of you who know me well know I have strict and high standards Modesty wise (I actually have high standards in pretty much everything). I will be doing a series of Blog Posts on Dressing Modestly.

How I came to Dress this way

I dressed in pants and shorts from birth to ten years, but once I was exposed to other people who dressed modestly and I started to do research about modest dress according to church teachings. I started to think about it. I looked at the way Our Lady dressed. I strived to dress as her. I went into a length of two years to try to change my dress I slowly changed from pants and shorts to skirts and dresses.

It was not until one day I went up the street with my mother for a few last minute things at the grocery store. I was wearing a very tight fitting top with no under garment underneath my shirt and short shorts. One of the employees a man in his twenties I suppose gave me a dirty look and walked off. It scared me, made me think twice about my dress and made me want to dress modestly even the more.

Increasing my Standards

By the age of twelve, I was wearing skirts and dresses all the time I began to raise my standards longer skirts and dresses, no slits. For shirts, not as tight and if I could help it longer sleeves. Actually, I increase my standards every year.

Making a Promise to our Lady

I made a promise to our Lady that I would not ever wear a pair of pants again. To me, they feel weird and they seem to not give me room to move. I do not own a single pair of pants. I do own a pair of shorts, but do not wear them.

What I Believe

I have always been taught that men are Visual and that if we show too much skin they will sin. Something women do not want to be held accountable. In addition, we need to focus on a woman’s heart and soul rather less her body.

My next blog Post will be on “Shopping for Clothing and Sewing Clothing”

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God Bless, be Joyful and don’t forget to Pray!

Homeschooling Blog Post 5# Making Changes in School

School is starting to pick up now meaning new stuff  is coming in for me to do.  First of all I have a test on the Egyptian "Queen Hatsheput" on Monday so prayers are appreciated.

I will try to do a bigger blog post soon. A few of them are in the pending stage. One of them will be about a big change in my life to come. So stay tuned for it next week!

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God bless, Be Joyful and don't forget to Pray!    

Are we ready for the coming of the Lord?

OK, this is too good to be true. Either God is sending me a message here or Fr.Flynn has the book “A Year with the Church Fathers.” Is he playing with me, but then he was serious during yesterday’s homily, a very hard-hitting homily to be exact. That actually made me think. He was talking about his stay in the army and how he trained to do things when he went to war. It just happened to be he intertwined it with the gospel about the ten bridesmaids that came to meet the groom. Five did not bring enough oil to keep their lamps burning. The other five brought extra oil for themselves. Fr.Flynn asked us the question “Are we ready for the coming of the Lord? I am still questioning myself long and hard about that. Today I opened up my book of meditations titled “A Year with the Church Fathers” this is what it said…

Keep on Your Toes

I’ve said all these things, not to exempt the devil from blame, but to free you from slothfulness. For he really wants us to attribute all our sins to him, so that, nourished by those hopes, and going ahead with all kinds of evil, we may increase our own punishment, and find no pardon because we transferred the cause to him-just as Eve found none.

But let us not do this. Let us know ourselves. Let us know our wounds. Then we can apply the medicines. For whoever does not know his disease will not take care of his weakness.

We have sinned much: I know this well. We all deserve the penalties. But we are not without pardon. We shall not fall away from repentance. For we still stand in the arena, and we are in the struggles of repentance.

Are you old and in the last stage of life? Don’t think that even now you have fallen from repentance. Don’t despair of your own salvation. Think of the robber who was freed on the cross. What was briefer than the moment he was crowned? Yet even so, this was enough for his salvation.

Are you young? Don’t be confident in your youth, or think that you have a long life ahead of you. “The day the Lord will come like a thief in the night” (1 Thessalonians 5:2). This is why he has made our end invisible: so that we might make diligence and our forethought plain.   

           -St.John Chrysostom, Homily 2 on the Power of Demons, 5 

In God’s Presence Consider… 

If the day of the Lord came right now, would I be ready?

Closing Prayer 

Lord, you accepted the repentance of David; accept also my repentance for all my transgressions and my errors.

Now back to what I was saying. Yesterday’s homily ties into today’s mediation, which also sums up a few questions that I have been pondering for some time now. Am I ready for the coming of the Lord? I will have to pray on that one for sure. Also, I have been looking on into the future trying to accept that I will not know what my calling will be. Again, This is why he has made our end invisible: so that we might make diligence and our forethought plain.

Today at breakfast, Mommy mentioned that she wanted us to go to mass on Thursday mornings and add an extra hour of adoration in. She said that Fr.Flynn’s homily really made her think too.

So there you have it! Now you know what I will be Praying on today.

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God bless, be Joyful and don’t forget to Pray!