So there I was, minding my own business, when I got a text... From my cousin Abby... demanding a new blogpost! So, I guess it's that time. I don't have any picture to post, so I'll do my best to draw a picture with words.
(Don't get your hopes up. I am no great writer.)
So, since I last chatted into the blogosphere, we have sold a dog (Cowboy - went to a big farm where he can run free!) and gotten a new dog "Tasha", a 5 yr old chocolate lab, that is kinda like Mary Poppins . . . Practically perfect in every way! She doesn't chew, jump on furniture, she is housebroken, and she doesn't run off from the house! She's lazy and loving and sweet, and did I mention she is housebroken?!?!?! It's fantastic! She's fantastic! She is also extremely overweight! She is the fattest lab I've ever seen! But she is getting tons of exercise here with the kids, and we have been rationing her food intake. I think she has already lost a couple pounds! Anyhow, we'll get her in tip top shape here real' soon.
Bacon, is now officially bacon! Actually, we pick him up from the butcher this coming Friday, so we are all excited for our first homegrown meat meal! When we took Bacon to the farm that was doing the slaughtering, they showed us their feeder pigs, and let me tell you . . . they are the cutest little pigs ever! There are pink ones and black ones and red ones and my personal favorites, the spotted ones! I think we'll be headed back to the farm to pick one (or maybe two) up in a couple weeks! It's fun to have a pig, and as much as I am looking forward to eating "Bacon", I miss going out there and watching the silly "dances" he did for attention and food! :)
Our guineas have decided that one of the four isn't allowed in the group anymore. Actually, we see the lone guinea every now and again, only once or twice a day, but we hear her all day in the woods behind the house, so we are thinking that instead of having been excommunicated from the group, we now think she may be sitting on a nest! Wouldn't that be fun! I guess it's time to google how long guineas brood. At any rate, we may just have some little ones running around the place before too long!
School! Yup, school is back in session. For the public schools in our area, today is the first day. For our kids, it was last Monday! We've been in school for over a week now, and while the first day left me wondering if there was still time to get them into the public schools, the last few have been pretty smooth sailing. We have our moments, but all in all, it's going well. We are studying Rome through the Reformation this year and the boys are eating up all the wars and heroes and whatnot, so that is great. Our main curriculum is called My Father's World. Same thing we've used the last two years, and we really enjoy it. We changed up our math curriculum this year to Teaching Textbooks. It is the best thing ever! All three of the older kids can do their math on the computer, and it grades itself! Less work for me, and they love it! Katy is 6th grade this year! Junior High! I can hardly believe it! Yikes, where has the time gone??? Hunter is in 5th grade, and I can't believe that in one more year, he'll be in junior high as well! Andrew is in the 3rd grade. He is in a growth spurt right now - eating like a monster! And then there is Josiah . . . my baby boy is in KINDERGARTEN!!! I can not even believe it! He is such a big boy, and loves school. We are currently studying the days of creation, and he loves being read to from the Bible, coloring, and singing. The hymn for the year for his curriculum is "This is My Father's World". And, you guessed it! We are using the My Father's World kindergarten curriculum as well.
The kids are excited for our homeschool fellowship to get back started up, and I am too. I love the support and friendship I get from all the moms there.
Some, or maybe all of you know that I had an endoscopy last week for abdominal pain that I've been having since early July. I just heard from the Doc this morning, and there is nothing wrong with my stomach. Which is good news, except for the fact that I still have the pain, and I have developed new pain since the procedure. He's going to reorder some labs just to double check, and put me on a new med to see if it will help/eliminate the pain. So, we're in a holding pattern for now. Thank you to everyone who prayed for me, and continues to pray for me.
Again, some of you may have heard that Karl hurt his back about 2 1/2 weeks ago . . . he has been in an insane amount of pain, and the meds they have given him hadn't seemed to help. He FINALLY had an MRI last Friday, and it seems he may have bulging disks from his L4 down. Not great news. They gave him some new meds (yesterday) that seem to be helping, but he can't take them and drive, so he is limited to the evening time to take them.
We have been extremely busy, and kindof broken the past couple of weeks, but hopefully, we'll be on the mend very soon! For anyone who reads this, please keep us in your prayers, and we will you.
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