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• May 10, 2009 - My Weekly Wrap Up
Posted By Cathy in My Week
My Weekly Wrapup May 3-May 9, 2009
Faith
I'm just desiring to get well and wanting to get into my Bible reading and have daily prayer and worship with the girls. I feel pretty weak right now, but you know...when I'm weak He is strong. :)
Our Farm
I planted some tomatoes in my greenhouse this week and I've been researching planting strategies for all the vegies. I lost my melon starts on Saturday when it got quite warm and we left for the morning and early afternoon and I forgot to uncover those starts.
Our little calf is doing great and all the calves are cute as can be. We have a bull here too. His owner said he is real mellow, but he's medium on the scale to us. He looks at us nervously when we go in the field with him and circles his girls, but leaves us alone and doesn't signal us in any agressive way. Still, the Pinzgauer bull we had was as mellow as a pet. I like that mellow trait of the Pinzgauers. This bull is a Black Angus.
Our Home & Health
Well, I originally thought this cold I had was a mild cold. But, it's a doozy. It's pretty much affected me in all the common ways - sore throat, sneezing, coughing, tired, etc. Anytime a cold goes in my chest, it's a big deal to me since I've got asthma. I just want to be well and this thing is dragging on.
The kids still seem a little run down, but are a lot better this week.
In The Schoolroom
Ah, well, Rachey is moving ahead reading and understanding reading rules and math concepts. Natalie just finished Saxon Math 2 and I'm thinking of starting Saxon Math 3 or starting some kind of hands-on math. She's been continuing with science. We've been studying birds and plants and she's been reading her Human Body textbook - learning about skin most recently. She's been re-reading the Trumpeter Swan book this week. Also, we finished Carry On, Mr. Bowditch. We've had a chapter left to read on that for some time now. We've read Trial and Triumph, the Education of Patience Goodspeed, and Fifty Famous Stories Retold. She's continued her copywork from the Bible and from the Handbook Of Nature Study. I feel like I'm treading water with school right now. But, there will be better days ahead I know.
Here is a cute picture of my littlest cutie for you:
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May 11, 2009 - Hi
Sorry to hear that you aren't feeling well.
I'm embarrassed to admit how long we've been trying to finish Carry On Mr. Bodwich too. I hate "just leaving" a book, but I'm starting to consider it. Ha!
May 11, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Cathy, I hope you get back up to snuff soon. I have to check out your reading list--a couple of these books I've not heard of (Patience Goodspeed, etc.)
God bless you--the baby is simply too precious!
May 11, 2009 - I'm sorry to hear
That you've been under the weather and that the melon starts didn't make it. That must be frustrating.
I've been really struggling about what curriculum to use next year. My thoughts are swinging more wildly than a rope swing in a tall tree! I really am feeling the need to make Bible a bigger part of our school, but not really feeling too drawn to any of the curriculi that I've tried before. I've been thinking more about Heart of Wisdom, but I think it will take a lot of energy and money to make a go of it. I'm praying a lot and trying not to let it stress me out too much. This year we tried My Father's World, but we made a wrong choice about the year that we did because it was too hard for us. I ended up cutting out a lot of books. The Bible in it was to narrowly focused too. My 11 year old knows almost the entire book of James by heart, but her heart is not in it, and I think it may have burned her out. We've tried one year on our own and three years of Sonlight. I love the book choices of Sonlight, and the language arts was okay, but I don't know that the kids really learned that much. Too much reading aloud, I think.
What are your plans for next year, and how do you make your curriculum choices?
Looking forward to hearing and praying for your health.
Carol
May 12, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Hi Cathy! I'm so sorry you're under the weather. I've got a pretty bad cold myself.
I wanted to ask you if you had tried the Blurb make your own photo album thing. I'm thinking about making one but wanted to check whether or not you had made one and get your opinion on the whole thing.
I hope you get to feeling better soon!
Blessings, Julie
May 16, 2009 - Untitled Comment
What a sweet picture. You will treasure this picture in years to come!
Antoinette
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