Monthly Archives: September 2008

HM Something New!

Planning your homeschool is a lot of fun, especially if you’re going to be trying something new. Just like finding a shiny new penny you’re excited to use it. Since we just started, everything we are using is new. For … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday – he’s so smart

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From a certain point of view…

I was struck today, while driving the two hours home from the hospital, how we can adapt so well. On Sunday, the words “no change” and “still sedated” were scary and had us all jumping at everything. Here we are … Continue reading

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Today’s update

We’re sitting at the hospital (yay for wireless). Dad is a bit worse today, still on the ventilator and sedated so he’ll rest. Looks like I’ll be here quite a lot this week. We brought Connor and his schoolwork and … Continue reading

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Weekly Report (late)

Life got busy last week. But here’s my weekly report. Math – he completed 3 lessons in Life of Fred. I can’t tell if he’s liking it or not yet Writing – he completed Assignment 3 in the IEW Ancient … Continue reading

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SITS Contest

I wanted to point out this contest on the SITS site. They know it takes some motivation to get us to get into the commenting habit. Check it out.

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Update on Dad

He’s still in ICU but breathing much better. Judy says he looks better today. She doesn’t know when they’ll move him out of ICU. They took him off the morphine (last time he saw bugs, he doesn’t do well with … Continue reading

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Book suggestion

Got this from Jen: “At no stage in my years of study had I been taught how to deal with 8-year-old victims of gang rape in a rural clinic without enough sutures to go around.” — Dr. Halima Bashir, a … Continue reading

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Whimsical Weekend

This looked fun. Go here to see more. Spender or saver? Frustrated saver, I do review the list of necessities, but I still have a suspicion we’re spenders What is your favorite type of ethnic food? Which dish? I really like … Continue reading

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Isn’t it funny…

Isn’t it funny how you don’t know the surge protector doesn’t work until you have a surge? Isn’t it funny when your surge protector doesn’t work on the laptop with no battery? … The good news is that I have … Continue reading

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