Weekly update - September 8, 23

I honestly don't know what happened to this week or what I did to fill it, but it felt a little to hectic.
  • And now that I think about it some more, I'm realizing we started school and went to a museum, so we did do something. It still feels a bit of a blur, though.
  • Today was our first real day of school. It went well and everyone seemed to fall back into our rhythm. 
  • We also had orientation for our co-op this week. It officially starts next week. I also spent some time (quite a bit of time, actually) finalizing lesson plans for the classes I'm teaching. And finishing up organizing the volunteers which is my board position. The volunteer portion still has a few to-do items, but the lesson plans are completely done.
  • Those well child visits also happened today. J. actually took everyone because after the various extended phone conversations I was feel far outside my margin of tolerance. (See? Not amazing just pretty average and I'm not always at the top of my game.) So J. broke in the new doctor this time. A job I was happy to give away in this instance.
  • I think we all need a cute animal picture right about now, don't you?

This is Nefertiti sleeping on Kyle, L.'s new stuffed dinosaur from the museum. Kyle joined us at the table for school this morning.
  • The weather is definitely changing. It was in the high 60's today which is just about my favorite temperature.
  • This morning when I went out there was an enormous flock of starlings (I think they were starlings) in the pastures. My guess is that many of the birds are getting ready to migrate because they are definitely flying about in larger groups now.
  • R. also got back into a school schedule this morning after a very long hiatus. On the whole, she did well, being able to identify and count out buttons to the number 2 for the first time. But she is so jagged. Most children have good days and tough days as far as how their learning goes. R. seems to have good minutes and tough minutes. She could do something then absolutely couldn't even begin to wrap her head around it, then could do it. It's like educational whiplash.
  • I'm hoping this next week is calmer and doesn't feel quite so hectic. I dislike hectic. I don't function well and I do my darndest to keep my schedule clear enough so hectic doesn't happen. I am not always successful.
And I think that's about it for this week. I hope your weekends are restful.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Making bias tape... otherwise known as the Sew, Mama, Sew! Giveaway

Image
( Sorry, the contest is now closed .... though you're welcome to leave a comment if you like.) [This picture has absolutely nothing to do with this post, but is here solely to give Blogger a different photo to post in the thumbnail.] It's Sew, Mama, Sew Giveaway time again.  I love bias tape.  It is so useful and so easy to use... finishing edges ... finishing seams ...  And while the pre-packaged stuff has it's place and I use it often, I really like to have patterned bias tape as well.  Enter one of my favorite little tools: the bias tape maker.  This one make 3/4 inch bias tape and I will be giving one away at the end of this post.  But first, I thought some of you might like to see what it does if you've never used one before. I don't have a rotary cutter, nice cutting mats, or even a proper cutting table (I cut-out things on my floor), so if I can do this, so can you.  Here is my admittedly quirky method. Step 1:  Lay out the fabric and fold a corner ove
Read more

An uncomfortable post

I hope it comes as no surprise to my readers that when I vote early next week I will be casting my ballot for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. Being in a blue state this feels as though it is a very little thing in the effort to bring our country back past the brink of no return . I'll be honest and say that I am feeling such stress and fear about this election that I can't listen to any news or look at social media for very long. The radio is pretty firmly set on our classical music station even though they are in the middle of a pledge drive. The pledge drive is preferable.  But for those of you who are supporting the other side, if there are any of you left who continue to visit my blog, here is what I need to say. When I drive around and see signs in people's yards supporting that man, I treat it as an early warning system. The people who live in this house are not safe for my family to be around. This is far more than a difference of opinion. That worked for all the preside
Read more

Sew, Mama, Sew! Giveaway

Image
Sew, Mama, Sew! is hosting another giveaway day , the day where many bloggers giveaway things they have made or supplies to make things or both.  It is great fun to visit a lot of blogs and try to win cool stuff.  So fun that I thought I would participate this year. I had great hopes of making a set of coordinating mother/daughter aprons.  But reality reared its ugly head and I came to terms with the fact that my time is not limitless.Instead of aprons,  I must continue to spend quality time with yards and yards of red plaid flannel.  What am I making?  Well, as I tell my children, it is the season not to ask questions... I will be able to let you know sometime after the 25th. Instead of making something, I went to my favorite thrift store and found some supplies in the form of sheets and pillowcases (some of my favorite raw material).  I'm giving away three pillowcases and one twin flat sheet. I decided to go with bright, springy colors, because if you are anything like
Read more