Monthly Archives: April 2008

Home again

We’re back. I feel like doo. I still have that cold/flu/thing I got on my birthday. Top it off with allergies. Gah. Want to crawl into bed and be unconscious for a looooooong time. Woke up at 3am trying to cough up my spleen. I think I succeeded. Must go wake up kids now. More [...]

Posted in Life

NESOB progress

Still knitting on these Never Ending Socks Of Blue. But I can feel the end is getting close. Maybe it is my excitement that is makeing the rounds go faster. LOL! I mean I’m adding stitches… but it is going faster. Man! I can’t wait to wear these. They are sooooooo comfy! So far, I’ve [...]

Posted in Fiber Arts, Knitting

Garden Journal: Sprouting Continues

strawberry popcorn –not yet orange tomatoes –not yet purple tomatoes –one sprouted two didn’t sunflower –one sprouted one didn’t catnip –not yet chamomile –all 4 sprouted basil –not yet thyme –all but one sproued oregano –both sprouted majoram –both sprouted deer-tongue lettuce — sprouted lemon cucumber –not yet sugar-snap peas –not yet cucumber — not [...]

Posted in Garden Journal, Homeschooling

Garden Journal: First Sprouts!

The deer’s tongue sprouted very fast; some of the seeds that i dropped anonymously sprouted out of the soil pod. Purslane sprouted. The end of it is red. Looks like the chamomile is sprouting too. Hard to tell because it is so small.

Posted in Garden Journal, Homeschooling

Running with a friend

Distance: 4.4 mi Time: 47 minutes Roughly 11 min miles Not bad. I hurt… but in a good way. Got up at 6am to run with Mama N at 7. She is faster, lighter… and younger. Much. Younger. However, she is a mom (of 4) and a homeschooling mom at that. Made for some great [...]

Posted in Running

Friday Freewrite: Signs ‘o Spring

Well… I seeing a lot of greens, there are a lot of budding plants like: dandelions, wild rose, crabgrass, and gooseberry. The grass is getting A LOT greener, my mom found a odd yellow flower. The animals that are only here in the spring are coming back like cedar wax-wings, rabbits and other animals of [...]

Posted in Friday Freewrite, Homeschooling

Back to School Blast 2008

One of my favorite online resources, Homeschool Share, is having a contest for new material. This place has got a lot of great unit studies, lapbook plans, notebooking pages FOR FREE. Really nice stuff. We’re doing their poetry unit starting tomorrow. Anyhoo, the’re looking for more great lessons! If I had time….

Posted in Homeschooling

Garden Journal: First Sprouts!

This has got to be a record! The Deer Tongue Lettuce (Lactuca Sativa) has sprouted already. It is so tiny I can’t get a good picture. We bought the seeds from the Amish late last year.

Posted in Garden Journal, Homeschooling

Tuesday Tea Time

Been wanting to do this for a while. Today, since we were going to start our poetry unit for National Poetry month, I made the time. This idea comes from Bravewriter. The “table cloth” is fleece yardage that was originally meant for a jacket… got pilfered for a blanket and now has been used for [...]

Posted in Homeschooling, Poetry

You know you need help when

Breakfast leftovers become fodder for bento ideas. DH did eat it afterwards. Coincidence?

Posted in Bento
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