Tuesday, August 03, 2010. What can I say? Life keeps me very busy! It has been months since I have blogged, but we are still here. DD 16 attended the NC State University Summer Engineering Camp and had a great time. It was a week long program where she stayed on campus and focused on civil and constructional engineering. She also attended a 3 week day engineering program at a local university.

First, I had to get my brain back.

Meanderings, musings and material concerning classical education, homeschooling, books, homemaking and the Christian life. Monday, May 12, 2014. Monday, October 29, 2012. although I may have to work up to this number of reps! Links to this post. Monday, July 23, 2012. Sunday, July 08, 2012.

Monday, June 27, 2011. There is yet another nerdy reading choice to report. I loved Packing for Mars. Monday, June 13, 2011. Happy Birthday, Dorothy Sayers! .

How and Why We Homeschool. Monday, April 22, 2013. This was the view out my window this morning. We rarely get mist here, but all the rain has brought it in. I love the silent covering mists give to the earth. Sunday, April 21, 2013. The grey and green look of another wet day, and the scary thought is that for the moment we are enjoying it.

The blog title tells the most important things in my life. I love reading, gardening, thinking and living in the rural Midwest. Did I mention I love God, my family, and baseball? View my complete profile. Confessions of a Pioneer Woman.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008. I am here, but very busy. To see what I have been up to. I promise a post later today, with regular posts coming again soon. Thursday, July 10, 2008. Girl is grumpy, Boy is a noisemaker. But at least he has a willing heart. I can put up with the noise for that. Tuesday, July 08, 2008. Work between assigning him tasks. This transcript writing is tough work! I am using the model Jean.

Have a cup of tea and pet a few felines. Last year Shawn made a ghillie suit. The suit is really amazing. So, what does one do with a ghillie suit if one is not a sniper? One feeds the birds of course! Shawn and Julia put his suit to the test during Christmas break. Julia gave it a go too. The only way to tell it is her now is that bunch of hair sticking out the bottom of the head covering. It was really a special day.

Saturday, May 02, 2015. I came across Bee Season. In one of those if-you-liked-this-then-you-will-probably-like-this suggestions from either Amazon or PaperBackSwap. Since I like things associated with spelling bees and a small share of juvenile fiction, I mentally grouped this book into an Akeelah the Bee. Consonants are the camels of language,. Proudly carrying their lingual loads. Vowels, however, are a different species,.

Patch is a nod to the CiRCE Institute, Wendell Berry, the Southern Agrarians, the Inklings, and Frodo Baggins and the Shire, and refers to rootedness, covenant community, and our own little patch of ground. The yellow line on the graph represents the new.