I don't know what is up with AOL (what isn't up with it, truly?), but I cannot post using it. Using Internet Explorer for now ( Read more... )

Go McCain and Sarah Palin!

The kids are doing lessons and they don't need me for the next several minutes, so here is the( hubbey meme )

Another successful lesson day ( Read more... )

 I woke up at 3:30 AM with a sore throat. Maggie just got over strep and Bill had some weird throat, sinus thing just last week. I was not thrilled. I was able to get back to sleep until 6:30. Since Bill was up and getting ready for work, I asked him to turn off the kid's alarm. I switched off mine too and slept until 8:30 when the sun doesn't ( Read more... )

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 Another mostly successful lesson day. There were a few incidents of children attempting to buck the system, but they both were able to get all their work completely done. Maggie even practiced her piano/singing lessons and taught Roo C, D, E & F on the piano. Go Maggie!
The kids really wanted to go swimming after lessons, but I protested that it ( Read more... )

 Lessons are mostly done. Yay!
I am forever changing how I do lessons in an attempt to find what works best for all of us. I think I have found the formula, I think. Everyone did what they needed to and I heard almost no whining. 
A couple of weeks ago, I gave them a table with the hours sectioned off from 8 AM until 2 PM, then gave them the list of ( Read more... )

I am not: a genius ( Read more... )

 Here is a story I found about Wal-Mart trying to build next to a civil war battlefield. Another drop in the bucket as to why I think we should all boycott Wal-Mart.