WRAD Memories

I started a summer project. Oh yes, not like bringing home a puppy wasn't enough craziness for the summer- I've gone and added something else. I set a goal for myself- read through my bible in 90 days. At first I hummed and hawed about doing it. Would I really retain anything to make it worthwhile? Shouldn't I do a slow methodical study to get as much as possible out of it? Blah, blah, blah... Then I figured, anything that gets me at least reading my bible on a regular basis (whatever the outcome) would be a GOOD thing. So I started out with great enthusiasm and even got a day ahead of myself. Now, I'm behind (surprise, surprise). REALLY behind. Out of town visitors and a week of camping will do that, but I'm working on getting caught up again. Until then, I want to share a little nugget that I got from Ex. 36:2. "Then Moses summoned Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled person to whom the Lord had given ability and who was willing to come and ...

Leaving the hubby home and going camping with the kids and my parents for the week. Hopefully I can do a post or two while I'm gone, but if not- you'll now know why it's been quite around here. Relatively speaking anyway- things have NOT been dull. Or quite. Anyway, I should try and get packed since we leave in the morning. Keeping it real, by the grace of God... Tammy

Finally, the last semester. I really can't believe that we've FINISHED four years already!?!?! Where has the time gone? Anyway, while the year may have started out well, I mentally bailed out near the end of May. I. was. just. done! After talking with Jeremiah's speech therapist I understood why- our brains do best on a regular cycle of learning and rest (a maximum of 3 months learning and then time off to assimilate and process the information learned). Unfortunately the January - June model of schooling doesn't work into that properly and so she seemed to think it completely normal for my brain to have shut down then (based on how long it had been since the spring break). She actually advocated for year round schooling (three months on/one month off). I'm seriously considering it. Well, for final term. This spring was a bit odd for us, since my husband actually ended up being off for six weeks due to hernia surgery. Geocaching with daddy- his first...

By the time I get to the end of a semester and get the portfolio done, I need a break (or so I tell myself). This means that we usually loose a bit of momentum and have to get back into the grove of things. Unfortunately, I felt like I was still trying to find that groove again for most of the rest of the year. In term two, I also don't worry about how much we're getting done until at least February- when I need to start thinking about getting my portfolios together for the second semester. Then I begin to slightly panic. An interesting thing that happened this semester was finally getting Jeremiah in for testing for some possible learning issues. There never really was one glaring thing that made me go, 'he's got problems that we need to deal with'. It was more of a few dozen little things over the years that made me stop and go 'hm, that's odd, isn't it- do you think it might be something bigger or is it just a bad attitude that needs to be ove...