Jen's Mental Scribblings

A clip from George Carlin's "Life is worth losing"




I love Carlin, I miss him greatly.

I wonder if I'm dealing with a low-level version of PPD? I had it seriously bad with both Ike and the girls (lots of thoughts of suicide and hurting infants), but I seem to have a case of the blahs I can't shake. I'm not feeling physically well, and just not happy...

This week's plans are a bit up in the air as Ike and I are still sick and we may just be recovering for a few days. But my basic plans

Keep up with the extended copy work project
Practice last weeks form drawing
Read/tell a Saint Martin Story, but a drawing into the MLB, narrate and summarize the next day.
Make Lanterns for Martinmas Lantern Walk on Thursday*
Make a trip to Goodwill to donate our extra clothes that we don't need anymore.
And if we don't get to any of it due to illness...that's okay.

*I had planned on doing a cool tissue paper and glue and balloon lanterns, but based on the way we are feeling, we may have to do something else. I've got a couple of ideas.

I'm a suspected case of H1N1!!! Yea

Called Kaiser this morning 'cause I woke up with the familiar "oh shit, I've got another sinus infection" headache. Got a phone appointment with a Doctor. He asked about the cold symptoms I've had and he says "I want you to come in, I think you've got H1N1"

Woo. Hoo.

Like I really want to leave the house to go to the clinic. The place is full of sick people! =)

Nasty cold going around here thanks to allanh . And I totally forgot what today was until after the grocery shopping and I noticed the date on the receipt.* I'm glad to say that after 11 years and 4 kids, I still am deeply in love with my best friend, and still eternally happy that he was standing at the altar when they opened the door. (And joedecker wasn't even holding him up)

Happy Anniversary Sweetheart.

Now, I'm off to find something hot to drink, my fever just broke and I'm FREEZING!!!!




* Which is fine, Joe forgot too until his parents reminded him.

I got something I've wanted for a long time from Amazon today! I got the dead tree version of the crockpot365 blog! W00t! Now I don't have to boot my computer when I want to look up a recipe! Yea!

Weekly
Verse Autumn Leaves ACT 48
Spanish Bi 420
Yoga AB 57
Music Twinkle Little Star
Handwork: Knitting

Monday:
Ike: Letter F, Next Part of Wise Sophia and The Little Fish (99), Draw F Fishes in MLB
E&G: Crumbs on the Table Earth, 382
Baking Day: GF Bread and something for dessert
Handwork Day (during Quiet time) Starting Ike on knitting

Tuesday:
Ike: Eurythmy class @ Morning Glory. Narrate and Summarize The Little Fish, put summary in MLB
E&G:  See Monday
Form Drawing: Castle form
Painting Day: Fish!

Wednesday
Ike: Letter H, Next Part of Wise Sophia and The Hut in the Forest (101), Draw H Huts in MLB
E&G: See Monday
Modeling Day: Huts
TKD: Ike @ 3:00 and Girls @ 3:30

Thursday
Ike:  Narrate and Summarize the Hut in the Forest, put summary in MLB
E&G: See Above
Form Drawing: Castles
Copywork Day: Autumn Leaves ACT 48

Friday
Ike: Forest Friday at Sanborn Park
E&G: MOPS with Me
Library Day
Kidspark for everyone after Library. Its Date Night.

So what did I accomplish on last weeks goals for me?
Knit some on Gwen's Hat
Read another chapter of "Power of Stories"
Cleaned Ike's room and made it easier for him to keep up.

Not on the list but accomplished
Practiced my Recorder twice.
Vacuumed and cleaned both bathrooms
Kept the girls room picked up
Didn't kill anybody.

I guess something is better than nothing.

This Week's Goals!
Knit some on Gwen's Hat (I'm on a time crunch. I need it finished by the Martinmas lantern walk (Nov 12)
Stitch some on Gray's Stocking
Read another chapter of "Power of Stories"
Finish current lecture in "Rhythms of Learning"
Practice Recorder at least twice this week.
Draw! I haven't worked on my drawing skills in awhile.

Saturday: Pasta with Red Sauce and Spinach
Sunday: Avegolemono
Monday: Crock Pot Pizza Soup (365 I've ordered the cookbook, I can't wait to get it!)
Tuesday: Tuna Noodle Cassarole
Wednesday: Leftovers
Thursday: Leftovers
Friday: Pizza


Things might get shifted around.

Gray just figured out how to get up and down the stair between the living room and dining room. Oy.

Weekly
Verse "Three Witches" ACT 49
Spanish Bi 113
Yoga AB 109
Music Jack o Lantern SAS 36
Handwork: Spool Knitting

Monday
Ike: The Witches Night before Halloween. Draw Witches and Cauldrons and Pumpkins in MLB.
E&G: See Above
Baking Day: GF Bread, Pumpkin Bread
Handwork Day (afternoon)
Playdate at our house with a total of something like 15 kids. Oy!


Tuesday
Ike: Eurythmy class @ Morning Glory. Field Trip to Beach with Out of Town Homeschooling Friends (oceanography. Yea.)
E&G:  See above about beach trip
Form Drawing: Waves (we went left to right last week, right to left this week)
Painting Day: Not this week

Wednesday:
Ike: Field Trip to Pumpkin Patch. Spend rest of day carving pumpkins and roasting seeds.
E&G: See above
Modeling Day: Pumpkins
TKD: Ike @ 3:00 and Girls @ 3:30


Thursday:
Ike: Baking. Lots and Lots of Baking! (Cupcakes, cookies, and maybe some candy)
E&G: See Above
Form Drawing: Not today
Copywork Day: Three Witches ACT 49
Star Trek Experience @ Tech with Joe and allanh, Randy, urbear and others at 3PM

Friday
Ike: Forest Friday at Sanborn Park
E&G: Kidspark for morning
Library Day

Busy Week! Last week during Quiet Time Ike came into my room and worked on his spool knitting. Worked out pretty well. In a couple of weeks I may use this time to teach him to two needle knit. Its quiet, just the two of us, and relaxing.

I also think I'm going to start including Weekly Goals for myself on this slot. So at least I get them written down.
Knit some on Gwen's Hat
Finish Knitting Gray's Dinosaur
Start another dinosaur or a baby gnome hat for Church Fundraiser
Read another chapter of "Power of Stories"
Finish current lecture in "Rhythms of Learning"
Draw! I haven't worked on my drawing skills in awhile.

Big accomplishment for the weekend? Shoveling out Ike's Room. I can see the floor again! Woot!
Big Woot? All four kids asleep tonight at 7:15

I out geeked Joe with a piece of random Pop-culture Trivia! Go Me! He had no idea that A.L.F. had a real name. And I know it. Muhahahaha!

Saturday: Leftovers! (Choice of Pork Roast and Fixin's or Steak and Fixin's)
Sunday: Chili
Monday: Chicken Tortilla Soup (ATK)
Tuesday: Leftovers
Wednesday: Autumn Sausage Cassarole (365)
Thursday: Pasta with Red Sauce and Spinach (Or leftovers if I'm feeling uninspired to cook)
Friday: Pizza (Not sure what's going on this friday. We'll either: A take the kids to the party at TKD or B Go to an adults only party at a friends house. I think we are going to have to be parents and choose option A)

Ever see stuff on Etsy that makes you think "What were they thinking?". Here's a new blog... I think its funny!

http://www.regretsy.com/

And the RSS feed link for those of us on LJ
http://syndicated.livejournal.com/regretsy/profile

Weekly
Verse "Scary" ACT 46
Spanish Bi 400
Yoga AB 119
Music Itsy Bitsy Spider
Handwork: Spool Knitting

Monday
Ike: Letter W, Wise Sophia and The Fisherman's Wife AJTW Pg. 90. Come up with a list of W Words. Draw a picture of a W Water in MLB.
E&G: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Baking Day: GF Bread, Something for Desert Night
Handwork Day (afternoon)
Outrageous Outgrowns Pickup

Tuesday
Ike: Eurythmy class @ Morning Glory . Narrate and Summarize story from day before. Put summary in MLB.
E&G: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Form Drawing: Waves
Painting Day: Boat on Wavy Water

Wednesday:
Ike: Letter C, Wise Sophia and Poor Miller's Boy AJTW Pg. 97. Come up with a list of C Words. Draw a picture of a C Cat in MLB.
E&G: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Modeling Day: More basic play. Try and make a cat.
TKD: Ike @ 3:00 and Girls @ 3:30


Thursday:
Ike: Narrate and Summarize story from day before. Put summary in MLB.
E&G: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Form Drawing: Review of previous forms
Copywork Day: Scary ACT Pg 46

Friday
Ike: Forest Friday at Sanborn Park
E&G: Kidspark for morning
Library Day

I've gotten involved in yet another research project.

Lesson Plans for Grade 2!

Using Melisa's plan I need 18 fables and folk tales. I also need a total of 12 saints/Heroes.  With them I need to cover Grammar, Social Studies, Language Arts, and Science. Woo Hoo!

I checked out 9 books from the library today with subjects ranging from: Celtic Fairy Tales, Jataka tales, Hindu Saint Stories, Nature Fables, American Indian tales, African Tales, and a couple of catholic saints. At home in my own collection I have Aesops Fables, American Tall Tales,  and Just So Stories.

I've got a lot of reading to do over the next few months.

Wheee!

Weekly
Verse "Seasons" JTT 167
Spanish
Yoga AB 111
Music I'm a nut, Wee Sing Silly Songs 61
Handwork: Spool Knitting

Monday
Ike: Letter S, Wise Sophia and Six Swan AJTW Pg. 83, Draw a picture of a S Swan in MLB.
E&G: Sweet Porridge (Grimm 103)
Baking Day: GF Bread, Something for Desert Night
Park Day (Playdate with other homeschooling family)
Handwork Day (afternoon)

Tuesday
Ike: No Eurythmy class (school is on a field trip). Narrate and Summarize story from day before. Put summary in MLB.
E&G: Sweet Porridge (Grimm 103)
Form Drawing: Zig Zag!
Painting Day: Ponds

Wednesday:
Ike: Letter t, Wise Sophia and Six Swan AJTW Pg. 86, Draw a picture of a T Tree in MLB.
E&G: Sweet Porridge (Grimm 103)
Modeling Day: More basic play.
TKD: Ike @ 3:00 and Girls @ 3:30
Playset delivered and installed today

Thursday:
Ike: Narrate and Summarize story from day before. Put summary in MLB.
E&G: Sweet Porridge (Grimm 103)
Form Drawing: 9's and 0's
Copywork Day: "Seasons" October Verse, JTT 167

Friday
Ike: Forest Friday at Sanborn Park
E&G: MOPS with me
Library Day
Kids to KidsPark so we can have date night!

I promise, I'll post some pictures soon. They are in my camera and I just need some time to upload them. =)

My Freezer in the garage is full! I don't think I could even fit in a kleenex, its so stuffed. I got a 1/4 of a steer and a 1/4 of a hog. I got 3 things I don't know what to do with

• pig trotter
• skin-on pork belly bacon (I bet allanh 's husband Randy can think of something to do with this!)
• beef tounge

I'll figure something out with the pig bits...I'm not so sure about the tounge...I object to eating something that can taste me back. I've never had it before...might be time to try something new.

Just a touch. =)

After catching the kids throwing the DVD's at each other (again). I packed them all up and put them away.

I have crying kids.

They'll live.

It must be shared.

Barbie Jewelery

I'm actually trying to clean my house. I only do that when I feel well. I think I'm happy now that I'm back on my thyroid meds.

I hate tidying...

But I hate a dirty house more.