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This morning: Today will be our first day venturing out into the world after being out of commission for the past week. We were called yesterday to help with puppy transport from one temporary foster location to the next temporary foster location for a labrador rescue facility located downstate. The child is excited about this. I hope he does not get sick in the car.  :/ Later in the day: I did not have to worry about the child getting carsick...I got carsick. :( We picked up the puppy. She was so cute. My youngest held her and petted her all the way to her next stop. We really did not want to turn her over to the next stop...such a sweet, furry, little girl. I hope this girl is in her new foster bed tonight...warm and not scared. Tonight: We are nearing the end of a week of bland dieting due to the virus that swept through the household. Trying to ease our stomachs back into the world of solid foods (as they are still a bit queasy), we are sticking to mostly bland foo...

I saw this on a relative's facebook wall this morning and it occurred to me that when you view a person like this, you see the true nature of their being. We need to see people for what lies within them, rather than the visual component of the outer parts. T his is why it is beautiful when the soul of the person shines through bold and strong...

We have truly been too sick to move much in this household in almost a week. So, about all we can do is sit, sleep, and wait for the virus to pass its way through. The computer is a pass time we have welcomed. Laying around sick gives you a lot of time to think...too much...I have thought about the names I have been called in the past few months and how people really have no clue about things. I also think about all the good things the Lord has brought into our lives. 2011 - in review: My new names I have been called in recent months - to start this off with a giggle are: Earth Lover, tree-hugger, hibby, environmentalist, and others. I would have never associated those monikers to myself, but, oh well! My youngest child was removed from public school and started being homeschooled. He has finished the 7th grade in less than 6 months. My child's anxiety attacks have lessened. My child's therapy sessions have lessened as his sessions have helped to improve his skills and ...

we almost ran headlong into two elk tonight... no matter how often i encounter these creatures face to face and up-close, i cannot ever escape from the thought of how majestic they are. the elk closest to the vehicle ran past to the security of the brush and forest...he looked ethereal to me as he ran by. finally, in the safety of the warm house, we made our own 'houses'... good night, mr. elk; travel safely tonight. Jesus watches over you as well.

Today, I took the child to work with me at the homeschool office for awhile. In between work items, I oversaw the child completing over thirty some odd experiments in probability with dice, coins, and then a bag of M&Ms. He then changed all the ratios to decimals and percentages as well. He had most of the yearly educational assessment conducted this afternoon. On the way home, we made a short stop the library and went on to his Scout award ceremony. While in the car in transit...we discussed what we needed to finish up academically related this week. We discussed if we were going to read any tonight from the social studies text. He politely told me, "No!"  I knew he was serious and that was more than fine with me, as it had been a long day anyway, but I proceeded to question his remark anyway. He said he had done enough homeschool work for the day with the added part of the assessments and it was okay, because it would all still be there tomorrow. I remarked how la...

The child went flying today for the first time. When we were leaving the airfield, I made a wrong turn and we found an old hangar with a WW2 bomber in it. The fencing was so high, there was no way to make it in to the hangar to look in person, but why not pull over to see what you can?

In our homeschooling endeavors this year, I think I perhaps have learned as much from my child as he might have learned from me... When we were doing PreAlgebra tonight, I was teaching him/reviewing with him how to plot coordinate points. He likened his plotting the coordinate points on the graph to 'walking the line' in life and then going to Heaven or Hell. In other words, one would walk the X-line and then follow the Y line into the positive or negative. I love the way he looks at things. On another note...I am in appreciation to his resource teacher from last year who taught him something he calls "Dorito Math"...If it helps him do math to call it a Dorito, I am all for it.

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Our site view: Boating in the Bay! Partial Earth Eclipse: You can see the moon in the background. North Star to the left of the moon. FL Christmas Decorating!

Follow up to the homemade sterno we taught the child to make for use in emergency situations for cooking off the grid...these worked well on the camping trip. Dinner cooking with homemade sterno: Breakfast cooking with homemade sterno: The only issue we will have to learn to fix is the amount of soot it can create on the camp stove.

One week in paradise...makes you not want to return to reality! Day 2, after night 1...packing up the tent to head farther South!  I know why birds do this for the winter now! Thanksgiving Day was spent in Key West! Be-a-u-ti-ful day in the Keys!  I saw a fish and it was this big! Crab pots! Dome Home on the Water = way cool! Santa Claus in the Keys! End of Highway 1. Key West! And, finally...our cheeseburgers... These tasted awesome...