Courageous Joy

Monday Recap

Well, dear Kelly posts “goals for the day” on her blog…but I’ve learned it’s best to wait and post what I accomplished…because it rarely matches what I set out to do. {bg}

We got school done today! This is big! We are on week 31/32 in our Tapestry of Grace. We are almost done with our second year of this curriculum and we are on TRACK. That in itself speaks highly for the curriculum. :::snort::: The younger 2 and I are going to double up this week and probably the following two weeks and finish even earlier. The older three are also picking up the pace where they can. The younger two and I will spend the summer working on phonics, writing and spelling (because we like to keep making forward progress). The older two will work, work out etc. Jamin and Jared are both writing books so they will have more time to work on that. I may join a Bible Study or two for the summer. {G}

I made bread. It was rising beautifully. It looked wonderful. I took a phone call – which was very important to take. When I came back it was flat. BUT I made Brenda’s 7 grain bread and it TASTES very yummy. I plan to watch very carefully next time and not to answer the phone. :::snort:::

I dried another 6 trays of apples for Mike to take to work.

Adrienne had borrowed year 1 of our TOG to take an up close look at it. She reacted like I did when Dody finally got a copy into my hand “Ah….this is doing what I’ve been doing and it would save me hours of time”. She came over and asked all her questions and had me talk her through exactly how I plan a week etc. That was fun.

I made tortillas and we had burritos (with home made refried beans) and rice and salad for dinner. Kelly, I used your recipe this time. I substituted olive oil for shortening and it worked well. I finally threw the tortilla press out and rolled my own. I could get them much thinner that way…and the interesting shapes were fun.

We signed up with Netflix last week because we want OLD movies and can’t find them locally. I watched Martin and Lewis on the Colgate hour with the younger 3 children (I wasn’t up to reading a chapter of Narnia – Zander has had a DAY). The commercials were as funny as the skits.

I worked on Bible study and have my notes and hand outs ready to go.


Mike still isn’t home so I decided to update the blog, and add some pictures from our dinner hour. She went directly from dinner to bath time.

Stacia was squealing and I was SHOVELING Brown Cow Vanilla Yogurt in her mouth. She reached over and grabbed a spare spoon for the person next to her and began to make havoc with what I thought was the empty container. Then she threw down the spoon and went for the container. She loves her yogurt!

Mike just got home - you guys are great and all - but I think I'll leave you now. {smirk}