Unfortunately I ended up with a migraine and went to bed for a couple of hours in the middle of the day.  I got up and made meatloaf for the crockpot, with a little help from Kerenza (4 1/2 years old).   Despite my migraine I'm not too displeased with how things have gone today, Benjamin fussed over his math assignment but got on and did it (I haven't graded it yet though) and he did his handwriting.   Just a few minutes ago I had him start reading Farmer Boy by L I Wilder and  thought he initially said it was hard when he looked at it, I told him just to read a couple of paragraphs if that is all he could manage.  He got through almost the whole chapter!  So I am quite pleased at what he accomplished.  On other days I plan to "tag read" (I read some, he reads some) with him, as well as having him read a bit by himself. 

The older kids have done some of their work - my 15 year old son did less than his younger sister as he daydreamed too much but I'm OK with that for today.  I'm not OK with the fact that he couldn't find his Apologia Biology CD Rom. 

The little children did some pages of their workbooks and have played with Geomag, which is quite educational.  I found some at less than half price on Saturday so after calling David to ask if he wanted me to get some (I was having a "Mom gets to be by herself" afternoon in Oxford) I bought a few boxes.

It's not been as productive a day as I'd hoped, but not too bad given the fact that I'm a bit out of commission.

I'd appreciate your prayers about my migraines.  They seem to be getting more frequent and/or harder to get rid of.