Month: May 2007

We are hearing from Dani most every day.  Sometimes I have a chance for a lengthy phone conversation, and other times it’s just a couple of minutes.  She is having a wonderful time, and she is homesick.  And, yes, those two things can co-exist in one twenty-something young woman who loves home!  Dani is spending […]

Lots of kid-friendly dishes on the menu this week!  Copper is back to his normal work schedule and will only be home Monday and Tuesday.  Wednesday should be a day off, but he has asked for an overtime shift that day.  Tacos, which he loves, are on the menu for Wednesday, so I’m set either […]

     The Saturday Review of Books is up over at Semicolon.  Be sure and click on over there and browse through the book reviews posted.  You’ll find reviews on books for your children and well as books for yourself.  Check out something new.  Broaden your horizons and try something really different!  Remember that I think […]

     Corin and I were VERY silly this morning.  We were instant meassaging one another and then noticed that Dani was on line and reading our blogs!  (Xanga has a “footprints” feature that allows you to see who is reading your blog, etc.).  We cyberstalked poor Dani for about 15 minutes and then we all landed smack […]

Every few months I introduce a new artist to my children. This summer our artist is Henri Matisse. While I do use living books almost exclusively in my homeschooling, I am not a Charlotte Mason homeschooler.  We do not do “picture studies”, nor do we keep notebooks and such.  We simply read.  We sometimes discuss, […]

Though Dani still has about half an hour left in flight on her way to D.C., Will wasted no time in taking over her bed.  He decided that in her bed, windows wide open and under the covers, was the perfect place to do his math this morning.  As a matter of fact, he’s decided […]

     to Washington, D.C!!  Dani’s plane is en route, even as we speak, er, I type.  We dropped a very excited, yet tearful, Dani off at our friends’ home last night.  They booked a limousine (!!!) to take the family to the airport a few hours away.  How fun!  I’m so excited for my daughter, […]

     Corin likes to quote me.  In fact she recently did a blog post on things that either she or I or both of us have been known to say.  Today I’ll quote myself, “If you don’t laugh at yourself, you’ll end up crying (and then your eyes will get all puffy and your nose […]

     Mondays are usually such a good day.  We’re usually refreshed and relaxed from our Sunday, and ready for the new week.  My husband’s days off continue through Tuesday (and sometimes Wednesday) so he’s always home on Monday.  It’s good to get back to homeschooling, my normal homemaking routine, etc.  This week is shaping up […]