I learned a lesson this week. It’s taken about eight years too learn it in a tangible way.
Eight years ago we began our homeschool journey. During that first year, I learned the importance of keeping good quality musical instruments on hand for our budding virtuosos children. I was no different than any [...]
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Posted in Family, Sports on Sunday, 27 April 2008 | 2 Comments »
Hard at work:
This game is REALLY hard work:
Okay… Here I am! Come on down…
Now THIS is why we’re here!
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Posted in Country Life, Sports on Friday, 14 March 2008 | No Comments »
So much water… soccer fields are still closed. This should have been the third week of the season, but because they’ve yet to play a single game.
Who would have thought we’d be in this place last October when everyone was praying for rain? My prayer now is that the precipitation continues throughout the summer and [...]
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Have you ever salted your food and then wondered if anything actually came out of the end of the salt shaker? Have you ever watched someone else vigorously shake the shaker and deluge their food with a snowstorm of salt, thinking nothing is coming out? Do you hate trying to pour a stream of salt [...]
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Posted in Country Life, Homeschooling, Sports on Monday, 14 January 2008 | No Comments »
I woke up this morning to a small blizzard raging outside. Whoo-hoo! (I thought.) No yearbook, no basketball… stay home and do school.
By the time I got out of the shower, it was flurries. By the time we finished breakfast the sun was shining.
So now I sit here at my computer in this sort of [...]
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Posted in Homeschooling, Sports on Monday, 5 November 2007 | 1 Comment »
I was given the gift of one of THOSE mommy moments today. You know, one of those that sends shivers down your spine and goosebumps all the way to your toes.
I have the dubious misfortune honor of keeping the statistics for the girl’s basketball team. This allows me to sit at center court, with full [...]
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