Animal update:
1. Baby chicks everywhere. Hens are not offering eggs to people, but rather hoarding them in nests in the grass, in a corner of a shed, under piles of wood. Lots of babies.
2. Dog-sitting my parent's dog, Moco. She is a good dog, but loves to sleep on the couch. She has no shame or embarrassment about it.
3. One calf died (three left) despite the best efforts of all involved (especially the kids). They were quite sad. Lots of digging to do after that one. #1 son measured the dead and then measured the hole - 5'x4'. We took turns using the shovel. Took the good part of an afternoon.
4. The sheep are good, very good. We loaned three out to a friend who wants them to mow down grass and play with her kids. We sent our three bottle lambs to her house. I think we could make some $ this way! :).
5. Hank, our dog, failed 4H dog class. This makes the third time he has failed the basic class. Everytime we see progress, but not enough to pass. Developing.
6. Barn cats, barn cats available. Choose your color. 25# of food disappears weekly.
8/24/2006
8/23/2006
Car 54 Where Are You?
Are you old enough to remember that one? The yearly list, put out by some helpful university, that details what the incoming college freshman have never heard of always depresses me. I used to laugh at what I knew that they didn't, but now....
What's up with us?
August has been crazy. I took a summer class - comp 2, complete with a full-blown research paper in one month. Loads of fun, incredibly intense. And, drumroll please - YES, an A! I am jazzed. After taking one, count it one, day of summer vacation on Monday (8/21), I rolled into fall classes. Human Anatomy and Physiology, Fundamentals of Public Speaking, Cultural Anthropology and Mental Health. Loads of fun to be had out there for sure. 13 credits. I would actually like to take more, but the university charges by the credit hour rather than a flat rate for full-time/part-time students. Must remember to call to complain about that. I called my congressmen last week to complain about fuel prices and the lack of alternatives. Maybe another call is due there. Lined up piano lessons for the girls on Tuesday afternoons. Son is in Civil Air Patrol Cadet Program - got to fly in the front seat of a Cessna two weeks ago with another flight scheduled for Sunday morning.
The kids have been going, going too. My favorite husband and #1 son just returned from a weekend event in the Boundary Waters on a canoe trip. They saw lots of wildlife, bathed infrequently (not at all), carried all of their belongings on their back and had a great male bonding time. This was with a church youth group.
The previous weekend I took the kids on a church campout - a significantly more sedate event compared to the one hubby and son took on. This consisted of tent camping Friday and Saturday nights. All went well until my camping comfort was tested - severely tested. Saturday evening the wind picked up and it started sprinkling. Someone drove by our camping spot and said there was a tornado watch along with damaging hail, high winds and torrential rain (a hurricane?). Well, that's all it took for me to pack EVERYTHING except the tents into my car and hustle the kids (5 - I had a few extras along) into the nearest building basement, which happened to be a boys dorm. No mind - off the laundry room where we spent the night on the floor. No complaints here. Nearly all campers headed back to their soggy digs, but not me (nor my charges). The line was drawn in the sand and I wasn't going to go back outside at the point. Again, a good time was had by all (as I was in the hallway that night trying to work on my research paper!). The kids had fun with others jamming on various stringed instruments and playing Pit in the hallway (next to me trying to read government reports re: avian flu).
Another cool family outing was to the Science Museum of Minnesota to view the Bodyworlds display (check www.bodyworlds.com). WOWIE, ZOWIE. The kids thought it was too cool as well. If it comes within 250 miles (that is how far we drove that day - one way), pack up the truck and go to see it. I highly recommend renting the little handsets for additional tour info. Absolutely incredible. Hubby, who is a nurse, thought it was really cool. 16 year old son said it was amazing. 12 year old daugher loved it. Even 8 year old daughter found it to be intriuging. PLUS, I got a project credit for A&P. It was an expensive day (we went with a homeschool field trip group), but so worth it.
Upcoming plans? Well, one of Favorite Husband's brothers and wife are visiting in September - can't wait! School for the kids starts at the beginning of September - yes we are still homeschooling. Some of my classes meet on-line, I'm in classroom from 11-2 three days a week, hs early and late along with hubby doing it. It can be done. I'm learning the bones in the skull for a quiz on 8/29 (so is everyone else in the house!). Let's see, frontal, zygomatic, temporal, lactimal, mandible, maxillary, mastoid process, stylus process, occipital, coronal suture, etc. You get the idea.
Back into the fray. If you are still out there reading - drop me an e-mail.
What's up with us?
August has been crazy. I took a summer class - comp 2, complete with a full-blown research paper in one month. Loads of fun, incredibly intense. And, drumroll please - YES, an A! I am jazzed. After taking one, count it one, day of summer vacation on Monday (8/21), I rolled into fall classes. Human Anatomy and Physiology, Fundamentals of Public Speaking, Cultural Anthropology and Mental Health. Loads of fun to be had out there for sure. 13 credits. I would actually like to take more, but the university charges by the credit hour rather than a flat rate for full-time/part-time students. Must remember to call to complain about that. I called my congressmen last week to complain about fuel prices and the lack of alternatives. Maybe another call is due there. Lined up piano lessons for the girls on Tuesday afternoons. Son is in Civil Air Patrol Cadet Program - got to fly in the front seat of a Cessna two weeks ago with another flight scheduled for Sunday morning.
The kids have been going, going too. My favorite husband and #1 son just returned from a weekend event in the Boundary Waters on a canoe trip. They saw lots of wildlife, bathed infrequently (not at all), carried all of their belongings on their back and had a great male bonding time. This was with a church youth group.
The previous weekend I took the kids on a church campout - a significantly more sedate event compared to the one hubby and son took on. This consisted of tent camping Friday and Saturday nights. All went well until my camping comfort was tested - severely tested. Saturday evening the wind picked up and it started sprinkling. Someone drove by our camping spot and said there was a tornado watch along with damaging hail, high winds and torrential rain (a hurricane?). Well, that's all it took for me to pack EVERYTHING except the tents into my car and hustle the kids (5 - I had a few extras along) into the nearest building basement, which happened to be a boys dorm. No mind - off the laundry room where we spent the night on the floor. No complaints here. Nearly all campers headed back to their soggy digs, but not me (nor my charges). The line was drawn in the sand and I wasn't going to go back outside at the point. Again, a good time was had by all (as I was in the hallway that night trying to work on my research paper!). The kids had fun with others jamming on various stringed instruments and playing Pit in the hallway (next to me trying to read government reports re: avian flu).
Another cool family outing was to the Science Museum of Minnesota to view the Bodyworlds display (check www.bodyworlds.com). WOWIE, ZOWIE. The kids thought it was too cool as well. If it comes within 250 miles (that is how far we drove that day - one way), pack up the truck and go to see it. I highly recommend renting the little handsets for additional tour info. Absolutely incredible. Hubby, who is a nurse, thought it was really cool. 16 year old son said it was amazing. 12 year old daugher loved it. Even 8 year old daughter found it to be intriuging. PLUS, I got a project credit for A&P. It was an expensive day (we went with a homeschool field trip group), but so worth it.
Upcoming plans? Well, one of Favorite Husband's brothers and wife are visiting in September - can't wait! School for the kids starts at the beginning of September - yes we are still homeschooling. Some of my classes meet on-line, I'm in classroom from 11-2 three days a week, hs early and late along with hubby doing it. It can be done. I'm learning the bones in the skull for a quiz on 8/29 (so is everyone else in the house!). Let's see, frontal, zygomatic, temporal, lactimal, mandible, maxillary, mastoid process, stylus process, occipital, coronal suture, etc. You get the idea.
Back into the fray. If you are still out there reading - drop me an e-mail.
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