Category Archives: Family Life

Today we had lots of company….well, let me back up a bit.  Hubs and I were up very early to take J1 and J2 to the Boy Scout cabin for a 5 mile hike.  J1 was NOT happy to be going – so our morning was NOT fun.  But we finally got them off.

Then we arranged to meet some friends at our local Farmer’s Market where we had breakfast – a burrito for me, bagels for everyone else.  I was finally able to meet Deborah and her partner -who’s name currently escapes me 🙁 – from Nevermore Farm, our CSA. I picked up some garlic, purple onions, sourdough round for dinner tonight and 2 grapefruit (to juice – yummy!).

Then our friends came over here for knitting and chatting and we put Sissy down for a nap.  Then my in-laws showed up to show us some of their yard sale finds – a dress and PJs for Sissy and some crib sheets.  After they left then my nieces dropped by!  Annika was visiting from Oakland and she brought Mikaela.  Sissy might like you – but she LOVES Mikaela.  If you are unfortunate enough to be visiting when Mikaela is here, you are nobody!  Mikaela is her favorite!

While Sissy is saying more and more things, she could not say Mikaela’s name…so now she is “Miky” lol  I love it!  Here are some pictures from their visit:

Today I only seem to be able to think in bullet points….so here we go!

• Right now I’m looking for lapbook information for a geography study of the USA.  I’m finding some good resources and excited about what we might produce.
• Here are two sites for lapbooks about US Geography that are really helpful: http://www.homeschoolshare.com/united_states_geography_resources.php and http://www.homeschoolhelperonline.com/lapbooks/state.htm
• I’ve changed our homeschool schedule a bit.  We are now going year around with Mondays off.  This allows me a day for ‘office work’.  So far it is working great!
• For awhile it looked like #1 son was going to be enrolled at the local public high school.  I was not happy about this.  We think we found a solution that we all can all live with and I’m really relieved.  He will be doing a independent study program with a local charter school.
• Before we did all the work on our house, I had a box of curriculum I was going to sell….and now it’s missing! I suspect my Hubs sent it to Goodwill – if so I hope someone will be blessed by it.  Or I hope I find it soon!  There are only a couple of things I need for this coming school year – and one is $150 alone! Yikes!
• I’m excited that my family has been invited to have lunch with my friend Theresa’s family on Friday! Both of our hubby’s are teachers, so they get to join us! 😀
• Well, I have socks to finish and dinner to make!  Guess I’d better bring this to a close.  (I have been about 3 hours writing this due to so many interruptions! lol)

Yesterday was very hard in many ways.  We didn’t get to attend church due to sickness.  But being home allowed us to learn that a problem we have been addressing is actually getting worse than better.  It’s hard but we are confident we have some good resources in place to help our family.   However, right after the moment, we were pretty depressed.  In fact, I reached out to a good friend but just blubbered on the phone…poor friend! ;-)  But again, yeah for friends who will listen.

My mom came over for dinner and she was VERY encouraging and helpful.  It was nice to get a chance to share our worries and have someone who’s involved but yet experienced enough to recognize that ‘this too shall pass’.  After dinner we moved to our patio for our first marshmallow roast of the season.  The fire was pretty big but it was so nice!  Here are some pictures: