Joys of Homeschooling

You just never know who (or what) is going to show up to class in the morning.

Love it!

From the Archives 1/15/06

From the other room I hear: Beep. Beep. Peels of laughter. Repeat. I had to investigate. I found our two mischievous girls thoroughly enjoying the air purifier. Hey, it makes a neat beeping noise and then blows air up your nose. What more could you ask for? BTW, this is our second purifier. Sis ruined the first one at Mudge's age, enjoying this exact pasttime. Sigh.

Ewwwww.

This past week I made real mashed potatoes to accompany the baked chicken. For added flavor I threw in a couple of tablespoons of Ranch Chip Dip, you know, a little extra zing. Spices with itty bitty chunks of carrot.

Well, Mudge wouldn't even touch her potatoes. We encouraged her to eat them, but she'd have nothing to do with them. This from the girl who normally devours mashed potatoes.

When we asked her why she didn't like them, she answered, "Cuz there's deer poop in them."

?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

I may have my family try new things, but deer poop is NOT one of them.

Honest!

2 Words

Warm. Up.



It's on the way!!!!

Big Men Fall Hard

How's that for a catchy title?

We arrived home from our whirlwind trip to Florida just as a snowstorm was pounding on our county. We safely made it home, broke through a huge drift in the driveway, and parked the car.

As we were all heading to the house, eager to get out of the weather, Steve fell on the patio. Apparently there was a couple inches of ice under that 10 inches of snow.

Right down he went, trying to catch himself he heard his elbow go POP! I was sure he broke it.

So off we went to the ER 15 miles away, in a driving snowstorm, with no sleep for 29 hours. We were both a little out of it at the hospital, but once they were done with x-rays, slings, and meds they sent us home, and again we made it safely.

Thankfully, Steve's arm doesn't appear to be broken. They may do an MIR in a week to see if he's torn any ligaments, which could mean surgery.

This is where you come in. Please, please, please pray that there is no need for surgery, and that Steve will heal quickly. Thankfully he's in very little pain, but I suspect he's going a little stir crazy. It's his right arm, and he's right-handed. That means no work for over a week.

We are both very concerned that this could negatively impact the Colorado job. I can't even think about that right now. ugh.

He just needs rest for healing. Pray that he will rest, heal, and not go nuts in the meantime.

Or drive me nuts.

Yeah, pray for me too : )