Sickness pervaded our home this week. Little Man got sick over the past weekend. It was NOT a pretty sight. He’s better although it did take him a few days to be back to himself. In the meantime, Beloved came down with something entirely different. He slept for 21 hours on Monday with the exception of bathroom breaks. He was down and out for a good 3 days, not feeling good. I had a couple of days of just that blah feeling. Tired and overall no energy. I seem to also be feeling better after a couple of days.So with all the sickness, homeschool took a back seat. We did…

The crest of the mountain in whose shadow I grew up. Love to write? Me too! That’s why on Friday’s I join in with the flash mob over at Lisa-Jo Baker’s The Gypsy Mama Blog to spend 5 glorious moments writing freestyle. Unencumbered by silly things like grammar and editing, well not much editing anyway. Funny how the 5-Minute prompt this week goes along with my 30 Days to Give Thanks Link also. I wrote that one first then popped over to Lisa-Jo’s blog to see what the prompt was. Today’s: Roots Go.This past year a dear friend allowed me to use her Ancestry.com account to do a little family root…

Since starting school I have a new school planner. I love it. It’s the The Ultimate Homeschool Planner by Debra Bell and published by Apologia Press. In the front there is a page for setting family priorities for the year. One of the goals I set this year as a family priority (with my husbands approval of course) was to try and have a family night. This is sometimes difficult with various activities but we are trying. Last night was a spur of the moment family night. We usually intend to try to do this on Thursday, but at dinner we started talking about a new game that Little Man got for…