• Oct. 25, 2007 - Go Red Sox!!
Hello!
Well, tomorrow is my birthday so I am starting early by not doing the dinner dishes and taking time to blog. The boys are playing (wrestling?) in their bedroom and the Red Sox come on in 8 minutes...Ooh, I'd better hurry up!
I find that I am not having time each day to blog as I would like to but I am going to make a concerted effort to. My computer is now in my "office" upstairs and not in the dining room, which makes it not as convenient.
Anyway, we have been very busy the last few days. Our homeschool group puts on a "workshop" twice a year. One in the fall and one in the spring. This fall was the Medieval Faire. It was great! The boys really enjoyed making arrows and lances, cutting stained glass, making candles and making hats- which were more like hoods- They looked very cool! They didn't eat much of the "feast" at the end but that's okay, they tried a few things. We made fryed beans, which consisted of white kidney beans, olive oil, garlic, onion and a seasoning mix which I made from fennel seed, anise seed and sugar-ground together. It actually came out pretty good. It was a little hard to eat with no utensils...
We are studying early civilization right now in history which is pretty interesting. We are on early Egyptians which includes the building of the great pyramids and mummification (my boys loved it!!) I found out that Bowdoin College has a museum of art that includes a couple fo relevant exhibits. And the best thing is that it's FREE! Yeah! Can you say field trip??
Our chiropractor had a little party on Wednesday at his office. He gave all of his "junior" patients a small pumpkin last week and everyone came last night with their decorated or carved pumpkins. We watched "It's the great pumpkin charlie brown" and ate pumpkin pie, sandwiches and spiced pumpkin soup. Dr. M even got a pie in the face from a lucky patient. It was a lot of fun!
Since tomorrow is my birthday (#38-oh my!) my brother in Alfred has invited us for dinner. I got to choose the meal - lasagna it is! I love it and NEVER have time to make it. I especially like vege lasagna!
I found something today that I have been looking for - an indoor grill that you can flip over and it has a griddle surface on the other side. I made our steak on it this evening for dinner and it came out great! I think we will have pancakes or bacon and eggs this weekend! I also have big plans for stuffed chicken breast, too! Mmm!
We had a nice visit from my Dad last weekend. he only came for the day, but it was a nice visit. We (my hubby and kids, my sister and brother-in-law and my Dad) went out for lunch at Bonanza. I had never been there and it was pretty good. My sister somehow smuggled a cake in without my knowledge and after we were done eating I was totally embarrassed as all of the staff at the restaurant sang happy birthday to me. It was a total surprise since my b-day was still a week away at that point and I was not expecting it! The cake was very yummy!
I also went to a banquet to benefit Alpha Pregnancy Resource, which is a local place which provides help to pregnant women. This is a cause close to my heart since I had a child, at age 17, which my sister adopted. (She is 20 now and was homeschooled through high school and is now at New Brunswick Bible Institute in Canada -God is sooo good!) Abortion was never an option to me, but for so many girls out there it seems to them to be their ONLY option. I am thankful for Alpha and their efforts to educate these women, sometimes girls, as to what their options REALLY are. I am planning on volunteering in some capacity in the very near future. I'll keep you posted.
Well, I hear the National Anthem being sung so you know what THAT means!!
God's blessings to all!
Jayne |
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• Oct. 26, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Blessings,
4sweetums