Today was a reasonably good day. I haven't been anywhere!  No errands, no outside classes, no working outside the home.  And it feels so good to just stay home!  I babysat for the neighbor for a couple of hours (friends who are headed to Mongolia to live in about 5 weeks) but we had managed to get most of our schoolwork done before they came over.

We are continuing to do a modified version of workboxes around here.  It's allowed me to have the kids work through a few boxes while I'm at work, so that not everything is on hold until I get home.  I still need to be more intentional about including fun boxes and hopefully this will come with practice. My creativity has been a bit slow in recent months!

We went to the State Fair on Monday. Dh and my mother were able to go with us. Here they let homeschoolers choose a day to attend, notify them ahead of time, and admission is free. Yay!! I forgot to take the camera and it's been so long since I've included photos in a post.  Add that to my "must do soon" list. Then on Tues & Wed I worked a few hours at the office.  Not many, but combined with all the remodel errands, it seems like there's never enough time to do everything I want us to do for school. So though I had planned to work a few hours today, it seemed more beneficial to stay home and have a real school day.

K's workboxes for the day included Bible study (a review of Deuteronomy with me), spelling test on the computer (100%!), journaling, exercise in Writing Strands (his writing skills are below where they should be), Saxon math 5/4 using DIVE CD (day 2 of this. So far, so good, but I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop), reading Ralph S. Mouse, UTAWG (Uninterrupted time alone with God), handwriting (learning cursive), our first ever hymn study and P.E. (trampoline time). We still have a couple of things on the agenda for this evening while Dh is at church teaching.

C's workboxes also included Deutronomy,  spelling and phonics worksheets, journaling, her first lesson in MUS Beta (attitude issues with this today), reading alone and with me, sequencing events in a series of pictures, UTAWG (she wrote out a really sweet prayer!) and a couple of lessons from Ordinary Parents Guide to Teaching Reading.

I plan to have them both work on latchhook projects they have in progress while I watch  Survivor tonight. Yes, now you know one of my main vices. There's very few redeeming attributes to the show, though I understand there is a Christian in the cast. Not sure which one she is or how her beliefs will play out.

Dh brought home our annual sack of green chile. I think he got 20 pounds already roasted.  We then just freeze it in smaller bags so it will be ready when needed throughout the year.  The smell of roasted green chile is heavenly to this NM gal.  Wonder what smells we'll have in heaven?

And can someone clue me in?  I'm pretty technologically illiterate. What is an ipod vs  an mp3 player? Which one is the most beneficial to the homeschooling mom and family?

Thanks for your input

Robin