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Tuesday, October 23, 2007
This week's project
Last week Jared researched The Royal Game of Ur. He decided he could do a better job with the project than he had done. Yay - son! I challenged him to be a leader and get the little ones involved in the project. I encouraged him that he didn't have to have it done "on schedule" - that he could work on it in bits and pieces. I told him I'd go buy FINISHED wood and we could do it right.
I heard pounding....I looked. He found scrap wood and was busy working.
Before long he was joined by eager helpers.
Last week Jared researched The Royal Game of Ur. He decided he could do a better job with the project than he had done. Yay - son! I challenged him to be a leader and get the little ones involved in the project. I encouraged him that he didn't have to have it done "on schedule" - that he could work on it in bits and pieces. I told him I'd go buy FINISHED wood and we could do it right.
I heard pounding....I looked. He found scrap wood and was busy working.
Before long he was joined by eager helpers.
Mike came home and took the opportunity to begin teaching "guy things". Jared said he made some comment like, "I've been negligent". I guess Jared is going to learn some skills we hadn't
planned.
BTW we had a cold snap!!! I love it.
Monday
Considering the weekend, Monday went smashingly smooth!
We continued on with school.
We went to speech.
I cooked dinner (minestrone and cheese biscuits).
I went to Mom's Night Out with a friend. She drove. I took a bunch of things to put on the free table and 99% of them WENT. I've decided to follow a cyber friend's example. I'm not reselling used items. I'm giving them away in the hopes of blessing other homeschoolers. Thanks for the example, Karen.
Oh - I was on a panel at MNO and had a blast. I have been thinking we'd participate in the group's history fair but alas - it's on Tuesday night...BIBLE STUDY NIGHT. Maybe churches down here don't have ladies Bible Study on Tuesday Nights - our group seems to plan a lot of things on that night. I missed the first year of MNO because it was on Tuesday Night. Ah well.
Jamin has only one more week to wait before he can see the oral surgeon. This has been a trial for him and for me. Maybe more for my MOTHER'S heart than him. He's handling it well. I, on the other hand, am storming the military insurance provider....it is simply not right that a minor have to put up with this sort of pain, for this long, because none of the oral surgeons want to deal with the military insurance provider. I'm not a fan of the whole concept of nationalized healthcare having seen how the government handles military care. LOL We have some GREAT docs, pharmacists, nurses and techs in the military - but the insurance provider - Tri-Care and United Concordia sure muddle things up.
That's a day!
Considering the weekend, Monday went smashingly smooth!
We continued on with school.
We went to speech.
I cooked dinner (minestrone and cheese biscuits).
I went to Mom's Night Out with a friend. She drove. I took a bunch of things to put on the free table and 99% of them WENT. I've decided to follow a cyber friend's example. I'm not reselling used items. I'm giving them away in the hopes of blessing other homeschoolers. Thanks for the example, Karen.
Oh - I was on a panel at MNO and had a blast. I have been thinking we'd participate in the group's history fair but alas - it's on Tuesday night...BIBLE STUDY NIGHT. Maybe churches down here don't have ladies Bible Study on Tuesday Nights - our group seems to plan a lot of things on that night. I missed the first year of MNO because it was on Tuesday Night. Ah well.
Jamin has only one more week to wait before he can see the oral surgeon. This has been a trial for him and for me. Maybe more for my MOTHER'S heart than him. He's handling it well. I, on the other hand, am storming the military insurance provider....it is simply not right that a minor have to put up with this sort of pain, for this long, because none of the oral surgeons want to deal with the military insurance provider. I'm not a fan of the whole concept of nationalized healthcare having seen how the government handles military care. LOL We have some GREAT docs, pharmacists, nurses and techs in the military - but the insurance provider - Tri-Care and United Concordia sure muddle things up.
That's a day!
Sunday
I desperately wanted to be better by Sunday. Mike preached in three services. He and I team teach a Sunday School class. I was supposed to do Children's Church in one of the services. I wanted to pass out our new Bible study books on having God Confidence.
I did none of these things. I slept. Arielle stayed home with the younger two so that Mike wouldn't have to worry about them behaving in service while preaching. She did a great job. I slept on.
I desperately wanted to be better by Sunday. Mike preached in three services. He and I team teach a Sunday School class. I was supposed to do Children's Church in one of the services. I wanted to pass out our new Bible study books on having God Confidence.
I did none of these things. I slept. Arielle stayed home with the younger two so that Mike wouldn't have to worry about them behaving in service while preaching. She did a great job. I slept on.
Saturday
The day began with a dull headache. It quickly progressed to a roaring migraine. I wanted to attend a big used book sale - but instead - Mike told me to go back to bed. I did. I slept.
Mike took the younger 5 children out Geocaching. I even told him it would be a good day to be Disney Dad - so they headed to DQ after a couple of finds. ::snort::
Let the Caching Begin 
Prickly Hiking - lovely fall scenery????
It's got to be HERE
Arielle Found it First ::snort::
Not EVEN funny! Did I tell you the younger two put one of these in my BED when Mike was gone last month? 
Ah - Riding Beats Hiking ANY day! 
Jared - the photographer for this day's photos 
Second Find of the day! Pure Joy! 
Kiss it! A find cleverly disguised as a MOUSE! 
The day began with a dull headache. It quickly progressed to a roaring migraine. I wanted to attend a big used book sale - but instead - Mike told me to go back to bed. I did. I slept.
Mike took the younger 5 children out Geocaching. I even told him it would be a good day to be Disney Dad - so they headed to DQ after a couple of finds. ::snort::
Prickly Hiking - lovely fall scenery????
It's got to be HERE
Arielle Found it First ::snort::
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Jamin's writing
Jamin has posted part 3 of Unkoostika on his blog. You can read it here. A warning this story is NOT one that you want young children reading without first reading it yourself. Sorry. I hadn't a clue.
Last night at dinner Mike and the boys were talking about part 2 and goosebumps....I read part 2 and he posted part 3 this a.m. I'm not sure where he gets these ideas. He doesn't watch TV or anything over a PG at the movies.....anyway it isn't overly graphic but it does have a bit of a scare to it in part 2.
He says next week's story will be about mall shoppers. ::snort:: I guess I really don't need to worry about writing for this one. I wonder if I should continue to require him to do TOG writing. I figured it would make sure he was well-rounded and not just writing novels/short stories. What do you all think?
Also - how do I go about making sure no one lifts stories from his blog?
Jamin has posted part 3 of Unkoostika on his blog. You can read it here. A warning this story is NOT one that you want young children reading without first reading it yourself. Sorry. I hadn't a clue.
Last night at dinner Mike and the boys were talking about part 2 and goosebumps....I read part 2 and he posted part 3 this a.m. I'm not sure where he gets these ideas. He doesn't watch TV or anything over a PG at the movies.....anyway it isn't overly graphic but it does have a bit of a scare to it in part 2.
He says next week's story will be about mall shoppers. ::snort:: I guess I really don't need to worry about writing for this one. I wonder if I should continue to require him to do TOG writing. I figured it would make sure he was well-rounded and not just writing novels/short stories. What do you all think?
Also - how do I go about making sure no one lifts stories from his blog?
Pets
I know this is not a good photo, but I was in the throes of produce co-op when this happened.
They finally caught a lizard. First, they were mortified that his tail came off. I explained that it would grow back. I was really shocked they caught one. They were going to feed it crickets, we were headed to the pet store and noted that something was wrong with their little lizzard. It died. Next, they had a ceremony and buried it. THEN, they found it gone and a bird feather nearby. They are sure a bird ate it. I told them that maybe it wasn't dead and moved. They are sad.
I know this is not a good photo, but I was in the throes of produce co-op when this happened.
They finally caught a lizard. First, they were mortified that his tail came off. I explained that it would grow back. I was really shocked they caught one. They were going to feed it crickets, we were headed to the pet store and noted that something was wrong with their little lizzard. It died. Next, they had a ceremony and buried it. THEN, they found it gone and a bird feather nearby. They are sure a bird ate it. I told them that maybe it wasn't dead and moved. They are sad.
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