I attempted to start a weekly wrap-up last week but that didn't fly at all. The Weekly Barden didn't even get done! Not sure what was so different about last week but oh well; moving on.
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Sunday I was sick. Stuffed head, achy in my bones, just not well. Stayed home all day and finished a paper for the last week of my classes. Should have put it off until Monday perhaps because I reread it {after I turned it in...yeah...} and it isn't very clear. But it's done.
I did get some more reading in of The Living Page*, Praying for Boys*, and a review book that is a verse by verse study on the book of Hebrews {I don't care for the book I'm reviewing, so it's difficult to make myself read it}.
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Monday started well with Round Table and a chemistry experiment. We separated water. Fox had done it before at a homeschool co-op but Lee and I had not so that's what we did. Pretty neat! Fox suggested trying it with a car battery...I'm sure that would pretty awesome but it ain't happenin'.
It was fun to do this experiment. And super easy *wink*.
Oh, yes, and from reading in The Living Page, I was reminded that I've not put an entry in my Nature Journal in so long. This morning I could actually see some light in the window when I woke up so I decided to record that in the journal. I'd like to make it a habit {so many habits I'd like to make a habit *sigh*} each morning to record what I see and/or hear.
Tuesday has started... but I'm so very tired. I could not sleep last night, for whatever reason. I had heartburn which I've not had in a very long time, and a headache. I blame the Jelly Belly jelly beans I ate earlier in the day along with the peppermint patties around bed time... I do learn from my mistakes; I just don't always apply what I've learned.
I put an entry in the Nature Journal. I wanted to add a drawing but I'm just so tired, it wouldn't come out right to be sure.
Today is Friday of sorts because tomorrow there is no school. Well, we are going on a field trip so there still is school but no book work. We are going to the Auto Show that runs March 1-9 this year.
Wednesday we did what we planned. It was fun and exciting but I didn't find my car. LOL I'm on the lookout for my "next" car and was hoping for "the" car at the auto show. Last year we went and I really liked the Toyota Venza. This year, not so much. It's bigger and smaller at the same time, with much too much going on inside of it. Dh likes the Toyota Highlander which is way too big imho.
I had a GoPro* for taking videos and photos. Perhaps dh will let me share the compilation video he makes of mine and his footage. He does great work with video stuffs.
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I finished up the last bits for my two college classes. I am officially done for this term; just waiting for the grade the instructors will give. I already have registered for Summer term and ordered my books. It's funny; there are the same number of classes but more books for half the cost as last term. Eh well. The courses are titled Foundations of Exceptionality and Foundations of Education. I'm looking forward to them. I feel I've learned a lot in the two I just finished. Although what I learned was pretty much that Charlotte Mason hit the nail on the head way back before many. Also I learned that technology is crazy and being seen as the magic bullet for education.
Thursday I woke up at 5:55 am but refused to get out of bed until 6:30 am. I think that I should actually get up every morning that I wake early; but I rarely do it. Even though I got up at the same time as most mornings, it felt like there was more accomplished. Coffee was made (I put Redmond clay and FCLO in my bulletproof coffee {coconut oil and butter} this morning for added nutritional value- wasn't too bad), discussion boards for classes checked, email checked, AO forum checked, and The Living Page read. It was a good morning. And I even got a shower in before the kids were up. That's an accomplishment!
Reading Bestvater's book made me realize- again- that I need to supply my kiddos with the materials they need. Not cheap ones that I myself would not want. I've done this before, often, because I *know* that they will not take as good care as I would. Perhaps, though, they do not because I give the impression that that is what I expect to happen, rather than trusting them to care for the things as I would want them to. I bought a set of woodless colored pencils* for Fox today. A set all his own. He generally shares my Prismacolor* or Lee's set that she got for a birthday gift. And we are usually harping on him to be careful; don't drop them; don't sharpen them too roughly; etc. I don't know how good of quality the pencils I chose are but the description sounds nice and the reviews are favorable. I want him to have nice things that he will cherish and treasure. And use of course.
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Tonight for dinner it's going to be a whole chicken cooked in the crockpot. I've never cooked one in the crockpot like this so I'm a little nervous. I started it at 10:00 am to be done by 6:00 pm. It was mostly thawed when I put it in the pot. I can smell it starting to cook now. Yum. If it doesn't get done by 6:00 pm that is fine; we usually eat dinner a little before 7:00 pm.
{Edited: It's done by 5:00 pm! Now I have to figure what goes with it. Uh, I need to figure out what to do with it. I stripped the meat off and put all the 'sludge' and bones back in the crockpot with some more water and some apple cider vinegar to make chicken broth. When it's done, I'll strain all the bits out and mash them for the cat's food.}
This morning after Round Table I all of a sudden decided next week will be Term 2 exam week. I don't recall us ever having a Term 2 exam. Lee asked if I had enough time to prepare and if the term was actually over yet. We've been a bit behind 'schedule' all year. I answered yes to both.
I know what I will be doing when we are not doing school. {Edited: I'm going almost exclusively off of the AO exams for Y8 and Y10. How easy is that? *smile*}
I went grocery shopping by myself today. Normally the kids go with me and are a big help. They still had quite a bit of school to get done with so I opted for them to stay behind. The cost for the "week's" groceries was over $100. That's the highest it's been for quite awhile. I did get a double size of fish though, which will run into next week. And since I'm trying to get everyone on the THM plan, I had to buy more of what I'd consider "special" food {by that I mostly mean things like cottage cheese and greek yogurt}, and a lot more fresh veggies! That's something I've been trying to do for awhile. I actually purchased a bag of kale. At some point I am going to attempt to make kale chips.
Later in the day, since it was so nice, being in the low 30s, Ibegged bribed convinced the kids to go out on a bike ride with me. It is much colder riding a bike but it was nice and fun. I want to take my camera out now and shoot some stills of nature. {Edited: I did take my camera out to the backyard. I posted my photos in this post.}
Friday Yay! It's not like the week has been long though. We had two days on, one day off, and the last two days on. It's been a good week. And Friday has tea-time, pizza and a movie. It's a great way to end the week.
This morning the radio weather forecast says it will be 40s today. That means o.u.t.d.o.o.r. weather! We'll see how it goes. Also this morning for some strange reason, I remembered someone close mentioning that in the municipality that I live in we are allowed to have chickens. That makes me so very happy. I just need to convince hubby...well, just as soon as I figure out the rules. There really don't appear to be many. Keep them on your property, don't let them destroy others' property, keep them sanitary and keep the noxious odors down. Sound doable.
We had tea-time, and then Fox and I had a quick bike ride. For tea-time I made shortbread cookies. Normal recipe {uh, well, I used honey in place of sugar- not so normal?} and a gluten free recipe for me {yes, I shared}. We read from Eragon* again.
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Gluten-free spiced shortbread {here's the original recipe}
1 1/2 TBS coconut flour*
1 1/2 TBS almond meal*
2 TBS butter
1/2 TBS honey & 1 stevia packet
cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, cloves {or 1/2 TBS cocoa powder for chocolate shortbread}
*affiliate link
Preheat oven to 365F. Mix all well and separate into 8 balls. Cover cookie sheet with parchment paper and space the 8 dough balls on the paper. Press them down into whatever shape you'd like.
Cook for 9 minutes. Watch them 2 minutes til the end; they brown {burn} quickly. Remove from oven but let cool completely before removing from the cookie sheet.
They were good. Next time I will either not use the stevia and even less of the honey or...well, I'm not sure. I like my shortbread to be butter more than sweet.
Then we had to run an errand. Uh, the errand was to buy a new bookcase. I have books stacked too many places and books stacked on books on the existing bookshelves.
And now the day is just about done as it's almost 9:00 pm. Dh and I watched an episode of Ancient Aliens* {Amazon Instant Video link; affiliate}, while the kids watched some of Batman* {the old tv series; affiliate}. It was a night for laughter apparently *wink*. I have some reading I'd like to get done before heading to bed so off I go. Have a great weekend!
I put an entry in the Nature Journal. I wanted to add a drawing but I'm just so tired, it wouldn't come out right to be sure.
Today is Friday of sorts because tomorrow there is no school. Well, we are going on a field trip so there still is school but no book work. We are going to the Auto Show that runs March 1-9 this year.
Wednesday we did what we planned. It was fun and exciting but I didn't find my car. LOL I'm on the lookout for my "next" car and was hoping for "the" car at the auto show. Last year we went and I really liked the Toyota Venza. This year, not so much. It's bigger and smaller at the same time, with much too much going on inside of it. Dh likes the Toyota Highlander which is way too big imho.
I had a GoPro* for taking videos and photos. Perhaps dh will let me share the compilation video he makes of mine and his footage. He does great work with video stuffs.
*affiliate link
I finished up the last bits for my two college classes. I am officially done for this term; just waiting for the grade the instructors will give. I already have registered for Summer term and ordered my books. It's funny; there are the same number of classes but more books for half the cost as last term. Eh well. The courses are titled Foundations of Exceptionality and Foundations of Education. I'm looking forward to them. I feel I've learned a lot in the two I just finished. Although what I learned was pretty much that Charlotte Mason hit the nail on the head way back before many. Also I learned that technology is crazy and being seen as the magic bullet for education.
Thursday I woke up at 5:55 am but refused to get out of bed until 6:30 am. I think that I should actually get up every morning that I wake early; but I rarely do it. Even though I got up at the same time as most mornings, it felt like there was more accomplished. Coffee was made (I put Redmond clay and FCLO in my bulletproof coffee {coconut oil and butter} this morning for added nutritional value- wasn't too bad), discussion boards for classes checked, email checked, AO forum checked, and The Living Page read. It was a good morning. And I even got a shower in before the kids were up. That's an accomplishment!
Reading Bestvater's book made me realize- again- that I need to supply my kiddos with the materials they need. Not cheap ones that I myself would not want. I've done this before, often, because I *know* that they will not take as good care as I would. Perhaps, though, they do not because I give the impression that that is what I expect to happen, rather than trusting them to care for the things as I would want them to. I bought a set of woodless colored pencils* for Fox today. A set all his own. He generally shares my Prismacolor* or Lee's set that she got for a birthday gift. And we are usually harping on him to be careful; don't drop them; don't sharpen them too roughly; etc. I don't know how good of quality the pencils I chose are but the description sounds nice and the reviews are favorable. I want him to have nice things that he will cherish and treasure. And use of course.
*affiliate link
Tonight for dinner it's going to be a whole chicken cooked in the crockpot. I've never cooked one in the crockpot like this so I'm a little nervous. I started it at 10:00 am to be done by 6:00 pm. It was mostly thawed when I put it in the pot. I can smell it starting to cook now. Yum. If it doesn't get done by 6:00 pm that is fine; we usually eat dinner a little before 7:00 pm.
{Edited: It's done by 5:00 pm! Now I have to figure what goes with it. Uh, I need to figure out what to do with it. I stripped the meat off and put all the 'sludge' and bones back in the crockpot with some more water and some apple cider vinegar to make chicken broth. When it's done, I'll strain all the bits out and mash them for the cat's food.}
This morning after Round Table I all of a sudden decided next week will be Term 2 exam week. I don't recall us ever having a Term 2 exam. Lee asked if I had enough time to prepare and if the term was actually over yet. We've been a bit behind 'schedule' all year. I answered yes to both.
I know what I will be doing when we are not doing school. {Edited: I'm going almost exclusively off of the AO exams for Y8 and Y10. How easy is that? *smile*}
I went grocery shopping by myself today. Normally the kids go with me and are a big help. They still had quite a bit of school to get done with so I opted for them to stay behind. The cost for the "week's" groceries was over $100. That's the highest it's been for quite awhile. I did get a double size of fish though, which will run into next week. And since I'm trying to get everyone on the THM plan, I had to buy more of what I'd consider "special" food {by that I mostly mean things like cottage cheese and greek yogurt}, and a lot more fresh veggies! That's something I've been trying to do for awhile. I actually purchased a bag of kale. At some point I am going to attempt to make kale chips.
Later in the day, since it was so nice, being in the low 30s, I
Friday Yay! It's not like the week has been long though. We had two days on, one day off, and the last two days on. It's been a good week. And Friday has tea-time, pizza and a movie. It's a great way to end the week.
This morning the radio weather forecast says it will be 40s today. That means o.u.t.d.o.o.r. weather! We'll see how it goes. Also this morning for some strange reason, I remembered someone close mentioning that in the municipality that I live in we are allowed to have chickens. That makes me so very happy. I just need to convince hubby...well, just as soon as I figure out the rules. There really don't appear to be many. Keep them on your property, don't let them destroy others' property, keep them sanitary and keep the noxious odors down. Sound doable.
We had tea-time, and then Fox and I had a quick bike ride. For tea-time I made shortbread cookies. Normal recipe {uh, well, I used honey in place of sugar- not so normal?} and a gluten free recipe for me {yes, I shared}. We read from Eragon* again.
*affiliate link
Gluten-free spiced shortbread {here's the original recipe}
1 1/2 TBS coconut flour*
1 1/2 TBS almond meal*
2 TBS butter
1/2 TBS honey & 1 stevia packet
cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, cloves {or 1/2 TBS cocoa powder for chocolate shortbread}
*affiliate link
Preheat oven to 365F. Mix all well and separate into 8 balls. Cover cookie sheet with parchment paper and space the 8 dough balls on the paper. Press them down into whatever shape you'd like.
Cook for 9 minutes. Watch them 2 minutes til the end; they brown {burn} quickly. Remove from oven but let cool completely before removing from the cookie sheet.
They were good. Next time I will either not use the stevia and even less of the honey or...well, I'm not sure. I like my shortbread to be butter more than sweet.
Then we had to run an errand. Uh, the errand was to buy a new bookcase. I have books stacked too many places and books stacked on books on the existing bookshelves.
And now the day is just about done as it's almost 9:00 pm. Dh and I watched an episode of Ancient Aliens* {Amazon Instant Video link; affiliate}, while the kids watched some of Batman* {the old tv series; affiliate}. It was a night for laughter apparently *wink*. I have some reading I'd like to get done before heading to bed so off I go. Have a great weekend!
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