The Week, So Far

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We’ve been scurrying around like chickens, doing one thing after another and feeling very busy. 

Besides all the usual learning and home jobbies, we’ve

• done a few haircuts (Miss 16 Year-Old does a great job on my hair),
• ironed the Lord’s Supper linens (only have to do that a few times a year, thankfully),
• discovered that around here it’s difficult to find AP testing locations for homeschoolers, and started exploring our options  (Sigh!)
• had a doctor’s appointment (I’m still trying to get my energy and health back, and it’s going well but slowly)
• put snow tires on the cars (that was my husband’s effort, with some moral support from the children)
• fed and medicated the bees
• returned 34 library books
• started writing novels (two of the children are doing NaNoWriMo)
• finished the last of the lawn mowing for the year
• ordered more buckwheat grits (gluten-free, easy, and delicious)
• broken the microwave (Sigh!) (Some people say it’s healthier not to use one, so maybe this is good.)
• decided that the current schooling method just isn’t working for Littlest Miss, and started exploring options on that, too; (She can do phonics but when she’s reading she just says what ‘should’ be the next word; she can add and subtract, but can’t seem to remember what the ‘+’ and ‘-’ signs mean.  She’s smart, but things just don’t seem to get into her head through her eyes.  Sigh!) 
• struggled with sniffles and headaches

This morning we’re off to the orthodontist’s… We’re feeling a bit overwhelmed, but also thankful that we have such a wonderful, easy, luxurious life compared to most ot the people in the world.