Courageous Joy

Highlights of Wednesday

Quote of the Day: "Is the skuhpeddi ready yet?"

What we did today besides playing.....

Jamin was asked by his writing mentor, T. Suzanne Eller, to answer a few questions for an article she is writing on Roe vs. Wade. Her article will be in Focus on the Family. She was wanting perspective from "teens" (YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN) and will use their name and age in the article if she uses their answers. She specifically wanted to know how Roe vs. Wade has impacted their generation. She said she chose a few students who were "articulate and intelligent". Whooooo.....what a boost of confidence for Jamin.

Curves. I finally went back at my normal time (earlier). One sweet lady talked to me privately and said she was happy to see me back and looking energetic. She said she'd been very concerned about me the last time she saw me (before the wait to miscarry) and had been praying for me. This was quite a surprise blessing. What a joy to know that you never really know WHO God is asking to pray for you as you go through trials.

I tried to figure out what I need for TOG. So many new things to think about. I'll have to keep thinking.

Is anyone familiar with a course on making movies????? I had been thinking of Movies as Literature and was surprised when Jamin asked about a class on MAKING movies. I told him about the Movies as Lit and he thinks that sounds good, or something similar, but would still like to find one on making movies, the business, etc.

Our NARHS teacher called. This is the lady who noted that our paperwork is usually very organized and wondered what was going on in my life since I'd not gotten portfolios in yet. Let me tell you....ANYWAY, she has Josiah's diploma from THEM (he got the one from US in May) and his transcripts in the mail. She told me that I have until December to get Jamin's work in. I told her my goal is the end of August. LOL Her closing comment made my day, "Keep up the good work with TOG. That is an amazing curriculum. Your sons' work is always so excellent." Whew. Wow. Two years ago when I told her I was using TOG, I had to explain what it was and how it worked. We've not used the evaluation tools for our grades and now I'm wondering if I want to use those or keep doing what we are doing. LOL

I was feeling like a big failure earlier in the week because it appeared I'd missed an important deadline for college. LOL We talked to the college and they understood that those of us who have not been born and bred in TX, and who do not have a school guidance counselor, may not know of the TX tests required on TOP of the ACT/SAT. They scheduled Cy to take it. They said that he really doesn't need to.....but I told them he'd go ahead and take it anyway. LOL

Josiah and Jamin shampooed the carpet. This was needed as Stacia dumped a LOT of "Tapestry Wine" (RED) acrylic paint on the library carpet. I need to move the craft paint to the school closet now that we can tell where things are on the shelves. ::snort::

One of the boys appears to have literally climbed the walls in his sleep last night....he wouldn't believe it except for the testimony of his two brothers and the footprints above the light switch. Just for the record: I sometimes FEEL like climbing the walls, but I've never really done it. ::snort::