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What a lovely few days we've had... the oppressive heat has gone (although it should return soon according to the forecast) and we've had the beautiful, ethereal diffused light that is only seen when midsummer sun shines through clouds. We even had about 5 minutes rain yesterday! Forgive my rhapsodizing, but a little variety in the weather is a rare treat here in the bone dry west; we usually pass the whole summer without so much as a drop! We've been doing summer school these past 6 weeks. This is our last week, then 2 weeks off! We still have piano lessons, assigned reading and karate to go today. I always feel as if we'll never get it all done, but somehow, we always do! Karate is fun for me (obviously I don't teach it myself!) because I get to sit around and chat with all the other moms! Our dog's infected feet are somewhat better-- we've been soaking and cleaning them several times a week, which is quite a chore with a dog who is 90 lbs. of muscle. My husband does most of the work-- the dog is stronger than I am! My Rainbow Resource box came a few days ago... Their service was very quick, very good. I got "Further Up and Further In," a middle-grades curriculum based on the Narnia books and it looks great. I also bought Classical Magic, the music appreciation books about which there was an article in TOS issue-before-last. It is another thing I think I will get a lot of use out of! When my kids did an entemology (bugs) unit a few years back I learned to recognized dozens of insects I had never noticed before. I'm hoping this Classical Magic series does the same for me, teaching me to recognize all those little bits of classical melodies I find myself humming without knowing what they are! |
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