Wrapping up week #5 here today. I cannot believe we are almost half way through our first term! We are slowly finding a flexible enough routine that works for us...I think. Now I'm just beginning to wonder when I will ever have time to get term two planned and on paper?! ~ I ~ Monday, … Continue reading Tidbits from Week 5
Does this not look like the most regal dog on the planet? Well, let me introduce you to Lancelot. He is a monster...a nipping, barking, food stealing, garbage rummaging, pushy monster of a standard poodle who has been threatened with rehoming more times than I care to count. After three torturous years, he is slowly … Continue reading Dismounting My Charlotte Mason High Horse (behind the scenes at “my hows”)
You know that kind of day. That day where everything between waking up and going to sleep again is a struggle. The bright afternoon sun is beating on my back. It's a sunny, happy day out there, but inside (of me) it's a different story. We struggled in math this morning. We struggled with some … Continue reading A Day Like Today
Okay, so Latin isn't the root of all English. After all, we can't forget to thank Shakespeare who single-handedly coined more than 1,700 of the common English words we use today. But, seriously, English is a Germanic language in its origin with later Norse influence from the Viking invasions and still later Latin and Greek … Continue reading On The Love of Latin and the Root of All English
So it's Friday. Around here that means Family Night and a date with Buck Denver and his friends as we settle in to watch an episode of "What's in the Bible? with Buck Denver." Here I sit with my ice packs, swollen face, and fuzzy brain wishing I could have had some of that … Continue reading Family Night and My Favourite Post-Op Snack
My Peace in the Puzzle 