– we traveled twice to St. Lou/Cape and back
– I read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle; The Omnivore’s Dilemma; Persuasion; Northanger Abbey; finishing up Mansfield Park today
– tried out Door-to-Door Organics and didn’t like it
– wintersowed roughly 46 seeds, with at least 4x more coming in the next few weeks
– changed our phone plan to something $10 cheaper and has an additional phone
– got classic clothes for the boys (yay!) — no logos, no printing, no rude language, etc.
– the boys finished 15+ chapter books between themselves, mostly older editions (gotta love Michael O’Brien!)
– was invited to help moderate a couple of forums at 4Real, and said yes
– placed my last seed order of the season
– am now looking into trellises and vegetable ladders for the warm-weather crops
– scored 200000 on Zuma 🙂
– reorganized a BUNCH of files and folders on my actual desk — the desktop and laptop are next
– figured out which car is giving off the gassy smell in the garage 🙁
– implemented a new and improved chore chart at home
– started a fitness chart (water, veggies and exercise) for everyone, that hasn’t caught on yet, but we have hope
– had our parish vicar over for dinner and counseling
– had 3 separate allergy attacks from exposure to cats, which can’t be helped
– requested 30 more books today
– put up our “photography studio” in the basement for annual portraits and such
– the boys both placed second at Pinewood Derby
– went on our second month of Daily Rosaries, hopefully establishing a habit that we won’t be deviating from
all in all, a productive month…
Hello! I was doing a search for Minimus flashcards and come upon one of your posts about Latin (andthesethygifts.com/category/homeschooling-temporary-category/latin ). You mentioned a Yahoo group called MinimusHS that “offers the Teacher’s Resource Manual (with permission from Barbara Bell) in their files” I have searched for this yahoo group and cannot find it. Could you help me out? And save me $70? I just can’t swing the expense! thanks so much and you have a beautiful family!
Heather
Hi Heather, the group probably doesn’t exist anymore. Barbara Bell did give permission, but as I understand it several months later she realized (or someone told her) that the manual was being shared through an Internet group and I guess her “advisers” didn’t think it was a good idea (there was speculation on motivation, but nothing conclusive, so I won’t repeat here) — the list owners thought they were very clear about how the manual was to be “shared” but there must have been some miscommunication along the way. In short, they had to take it offline. Many people complained but the decision was final. I was disappointed too, but what can you do…
Anyway, thanks for commenting. I’m glad you did, as I had forgotten that I posted about this and must now amend the post.