These are my new newest and greatest finds! Hubby and I were driving past a moving sale in our neighborhood and discovered this table. It is a beauty! We had been wanting to get a table/large desk upstairs for school and games, etc. This table was perfect for having friends over for co-op classes or sitting down for a family card game. It expands to an oval and came with six chairs, although it is currently set up as a circle with four chairs. The table is solid wood and originally came from Pottery Barn. It would have cost 1200.00 if we would have bought it new, but it was only...$200! We were so excited to get six wolid wood chairs and a pedestal table with leaf for $200! We expected to pay more than that for the desk so this was such an incredible blessing!
My newest toy is an overhead projector. I had wanted one for some time because we have several overhead sheets with maps and such but no projector. I wish I would have taken a before and after photo of it because when we picked it up a couple days ago for $35 with a working bulb (the bulbs alone are $20-25) it was a once-gray-now-dingy-yellow color with a sticker inside stating it was made in 1997. I don't think the thing was cleaned since then either because the dirt on it and in it was pretty thick! So, I took it apart, scoured it and spray painted it black. It's a GREAT little projector now! Well, it was before, but now it looks great too. :o) A new one would have cost me around $200 so I was so pleased!
In the time I have been away from blogging things have gotten pretty crazy. My hubby has picked up a teaching class at the church and a month ago I started a homeschool group in our neighborhood because I could not find one nearby and I didn't have the wheels to get to the one that is held at our church (one car family). SO, I started this group online and you wouldn't believe the response! I feel silly being the leader of a homeschool group/co-op since it is only my first year homeschooling, and to be honest I really DID NOT want to lead one up. However, I knew our girls needed the interaction so I prayed about it and followed the Lord's guidance. We now have over 30 families that are members and over 100 children within those families. Our first field trip is this week and there are over 60 children going to the local raw milk farm. We are currently trying to find a location near us that will house us in the summer (when it's 115 degrees - and there has been no measurable rain since the middle of Ocotober here so who knows what the heat will be like this year!).
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