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Today, I am taking a few moments to take a time out to blog...Between working on a day others are holidaying and continuing to homeschool a bit and cleaning (some)...this is a reprieve. :)  And, yes... holidaying  is a word. I just made it up! The child is finishing the Antarctica unit today. For such a small continent, it has taken longer to complete this unit than I expected.  We   I  hope to get through chapter 4 and part of 5 of The Hiding Place  tonight with him. We were reading only this book, until the child decided he wanted to read a pentalogy. So, we made a compromise. He is independently reading the first book of the 5 in his new series. I agreed THP could be the 'car book'. Only, yesterday while driving to my mother's house to feed the dog while she was out of town, he took his book with him and read it in the car.   What am I do...??  I definitely do not want to tell him not to read something, when he is wanting to read it.  ...

I refuse to let a Japanese beetle beat me at the game of growing something.   Last week, I noticed that the grape vine we planted last year was doing quite well. We found some small grapes started on it as well. My grape leaves were vibrant and healthy...and whole. The other day when I went to check on the grape vine...I discovered the Japanese beetles are having a literal feast on my vine leaves. Where are the ladybugs? Where are the praying mantises? This will not do. Today, after viewing the destruction...I went unorganic. I hate this intensely. I think after I sprayed the leaves, I spent about a 1/2 hour squashing those pesky beetles.                     Although, my grapes are still growing...

your path is lit for you... sometimes you just have to look to the Lord to light the way of your path...     you are not a stepping stone. you are stepping through a path carved just for you, created just for you, meant for just you...   this is not meant to be in your time, but HIS... His time, for Him, by Him, through Him... for you...   and whether you know it or not... i have a daughter out there, picked just for you by Him, before i ever knew your name or thought of your existence...   she is prayed for daily... a hedge of protection is placed around her each night... her path is guarded and her tred is light... she is safe and sound waiting for you, chosen for you... though she may not know this...   it has to be in the Lord's time... this is the TRUTH...   know it, realize it... because you cannot escape it.   and mostly, you are loved.

Today we had a multitude of doctors appointments it seemed. We started out at the chiropractor, then went to my doctor, then went for my younger child's allergy tests. He was poked and pricked...and we are supposed to go back in about a week. On the way to the allergist for the child...I slowed down to show him where the security/retaining wall that used to enclose part of the old state mental hospital campus had collapsed in a recent storm . It revealed, obviously, parts of the campus we had never seen from the street. We were running about 1.5 hours ahead of schedule and it offered the perfect (??) detour til time to report to the doctor.   Now be mindful, that I have this streak in me at times...that my husband feels is troublesome at best. I feel it is adventurous...some of our best homeschool sudden field trips/moments have occurred due to this nature. It was this that led us to explore the grounds of the South Carolina State Hospital, formerly known as the Sout...

-We went to the county museum for a brief field trip this week. It was nice to get out of the house and be active. We pinched some rosemary and my son found some early cut nails and some that appear to be hand forged.  -We have finished reading the Hunger Games trilogy in less than two weeks. My son has devoured these books. My son, with significant learning disabilities, has begged to read. I am without words on this matter. I love to watch him read.  - We have almost finished the Antarctica unit. This will be the 3 continent of the seven. He has about 7 more research questions related to the unit and the mapping activity.  -We started reading the Hiding Place tonight. We got through most of the first chapter.  -In two weeks or before, we will be back to tackling the Latin curriculum, grammar, and Algebra I. I am hopeful to finish up Latin I, the Geography curriculum, and grammar with him this summer, so we can concentrate on the writing porti...

Last year we planted a grape vine. It grew well and we used some of the leaves to even make dolmades. This vine was supposed to take 3-5 years to produce plants...we are just in the 2nd year - we have baby grapes growing...                                                                                            

 We got a fart egg today. I have heard of these, but this was the first one we have gotten.  It is tiny in comparison to the others.