Hollywood Boys

This is a pic of the boys in Hollywood, CA when we went on the great road trip of 2005. This was a background for my cellphone but my cell phone broke and I had to get a new one. I wanted to save this picture though b/c it is one of my favorites :)

Sugar High!

Well, I think Mendel will do better with his Byetta in the morning. This morning before lunch his blood sugar was 171. Way too high! Especially considering he only had a PB sandwhich for snack, and an egg for breakfast. So we are definitely going back to morning shots. I remember those better anyway. Easy to do, easy to remember, gets it out of the way and we can go on with other stuffs.

Working on quitting

Today I have not had ONE cigarette! I'm not turning on the TV or radio either b/c everytime I try to quit, I do GREAT! for about a day and then I turn on the TV. And I am sitting there watching something fun. Then, inevitably, some commercial for the patch (which costs WAY too much!) comes on and starts out with "We know how hard it is to quit smoking..." Well, up til that point it was easy... A little Goody's powder, a cup of tea, a bit of yoga... but then I turn on the radio and they just HAVE to remind me that it's supposed to be hard to quit. WHY do they always have to remind me it's hard? I do fine with distracting myself. My goodness, we have done 3 days of homeschool in one trying to keep busy, I've been washing dishes and laundry like crazy... so WHY do they have to bring it up? It must be a marketing ploy. Wait until Dotchi is having a good quitting day and then play EVERY quit smoking, anti-smoking commercial THAT day! It's a conspiracy I tell you! Or maybe my nerves need another calming cup of coffee extract...

What a week

This week Mendel and Miles are getting sick. Mendel had a temp of 103.3 yesterday. He seems better today. Miles sounds like he is about to cough up a lung. We've been taking it easy the last few days. We took yesterday to rest and the house went downhill from it. But I felt bad and so did the boys so it was worth it. Today and tomorrow we'll get it back together.

OFFICIALLY UNEMPLOYED

As of yesterday, I am officially unemployed! It feels so good to be able to stay home with the boys, but kind of saddening that I no longer have a job. I'll try to ebay some things to try and make extra money on the side. I am also going to order catalogs and try to sell some of the items. I would like to try and start a business at the Flea Markets but I don't really have enough to start out. Hopefully soon I will.

Next week

This coming up week we'll be working on the house and yard again. I have our assignments printed out of what I would like to get done. I already printed out the science plans for next week. It's ecology week! I even have a fun experiment making a wacky water filter. I found an American History book that will go well with our Book of Centuries and I bought two books for natural Science. One is about TN birds and the other is about TN wildflowers. We'll start with the birds and then in spring we'll move to the flowers. Summertime will be insects. We're really excited about this and I can't wait to start!

The House

I am going to clear out the boys bedroom and re-do the walls. I think it will look great when we are finished. If I can't find wall paper and wall strips for the top, then I'll just paint it. They are wanting a cars theme. Race cars mostly. I guess that will be easy enough to find. They want the divider wall out of their room. I am hoping that in teh future I can find loft beds with desks underneath for them. But for now the walls getting done will help immensely.

Some more of what homeschoolers do

To add to the post from the other day about how we homeschoolers actually go out, a friend emailed me this:

To answer your question of what *do* homeschoolers do besides sit in the house all day.... Tuesday morning- dance 3 hours- 4 yo and Mom play at park or go home and readWed- karate 1 1/2 hoursThursday morning- dance 2 hoursFriday- HS meetings/playdatesSaturday- 2 hours dance- soccer for 4 yo-and that isn't including the trips to the Aquarium, museums, swimming, ect we do spur of the moment....
Monday is the only day we truly *do* school in the traditional sense. We used to have Saturdays, but since Spring is a big dance time, she now has practise then too... And both my kids are way ahead of school kids their age. So I guess I am doing something right! Plus my 8yo is getting to live her dreams of dancing....We will be in Atlanta all weekend because she is taking classes and performing at a big DanceFest down there...

Geez! You are busy! And all that while locked in your house LMAO! Sorry, I couldn't resist.

What a day!

After the walk to the creek and a misbehaving cat who thinks he owns and is entitled to all the food in the house, I am just wiped out! I get rid of him, but he eats mice! Sometimes he eats them in the livingroom in front of us *gag* which is how the boys know that cats can slurp mouse intestines like noodles. There's a graffic description for you HAHAHA!

From the desk of Miles:

HI! I'm having a good day. I'm reading a chapter book called "Don't Sit On My Lunch!". I'm on chapter 4. It's a good book. It's about a kid that goes to school with a bully. I've been working out to build up my muscles. It's really hard. But it can be fun when your brother isn't stepping all over your feet. I can't think of much else to say, because I am really tired after a day at the creek.