Alrighty, then--
We've been schooling at home since September, and have I bothered to update this blog? Well, no, I haven't.
So many times I've sat at my desk (really a table in the den, beside the kitchen) and said to myself, "Y'know, you really ought to write about what we did today! You really ought to post those pictures! You really ought to update everyone!" But the pics stay in the camera, the posts stay in my head, and my mind strays to other things.
So here's a mini-update, and then maybe I'll get the ball rolling and start posting weekly again. Maybe...
1. Sky came home in August, has started at the local school (transfer came in, no problem), and has...wait for it...All A's (
and 1 B+) for the first quarter! He has been working his tushy off. Sky passed his one year sobriety anniversary, also. Everyone who has been down on her knees for us can be assured, "The prayers of the righteous availeth much!" Thank you so much for your faithfulness--he's doing great! We recently visited several colleges, he did ok on his SAT's, and his attitude is very good.
2. We are tooling along with homeschooling. Nature Girl breezes thru most of her work--we do math and we read aloud every day, and we do grammar, spelling, history, and Bible about 4 days a week (once in a while we double up on grammar b/c we do most of it orally and I occasionally let it slide a bit). Keeping to the adage, small things done over time lead to great things. She is currently memorizing the Nativity story in Luke, for example--a couple of verses a week.
3. I am making enough $ to pay down debt and sometimes have enough for a tank of gas--Godly Man helps out with that. I've been babysitting for a dear family (1 year old) about once a week, and can take Nature Girl with me if I need to. I'm also walking dogs/pet sitting for a local company. I would like more hours, but am not ready to throw in the towel yet with hs'ing.
4. Film Buff is hoping to get into the cinema program at his college--he is having some adjustment problems and it's been pretty rough. I'm learning to keep offering up my children (to the Lord, of course) and that he is in charge.
5. Godly Man and I just celebrated the 26th year anni of our engagement--this July it'll be 25 years of marriage. We are thinking of going to the Holy Land, but are not sure at this point. With two in college (or nearly so), it will be tight, but 25 years is worth celebrating. When I told dh that Jerusalem didn't seem like an anniversary place, he said, "Why not? Marriage is sacred." Gotta love that man.
Well that's the update for now. Every day an adventure--Keeping my hands open by letting go of control and being open to God, waiting on him to fill them with all the Good he has for me and mine.
Look for more later in the week--pictures, weekly update, etc. etc.
Oh, and HI BETH!
Found this little creepy crawler in September--can't recall what we found out about it at the moment. Aaand that would be a good reason to actually make a nature notebook page when we find something interesting... We also found a 6-in, green and yellow caterpillar that was about as big around as my forefinger and had yellow-orange horns! Again, I can't remember much about it (we looked it up, for sure) other than it burrows into the ground and comes out in the Spring to make its cocoon (was a moth catty), so we let it go after admiring it for a good 3 hours. "Look at the SIZE of that thing!" and so on...
I'm sorry, I've forgotten how to turn pictures around...We are studying birds this fall (nearly done) so we dissected an owl pellet--pretty gross, pretty cool, depending on your perspective! We soaked it in water to make it easier to dissect. Got tons of bones, and yes, it was smelly. It is still sitting on the server in the dining room...
Here it is in the water--we used a paper clip and tweezers from the kit to pull it apart.
You can clearly see various bones--lots of jaws with tiny teeth! I printed a bone chart from the web, although one did come in the kit. We still have an undissected pellet--probably will send it to my niece.