Yet in Pain

Bummer! We wanted this done all in 2007.... yikes....

Hey- I'm looking for Dr. info.

It looks like we'll need to be heading to a specialist... I'm guessing Gastroenterology....



Hubbie is not yet feeling good... pain even yet.... we toyed w/ going to the ER on Friday :( but thankfully avoided it.... Monday we'll see his surgeon... but this seems to be outside the surgeon window. He's drinking lots of water and leaning toward a liquid diet... and struggling...



Anybody have Dr. recommendations??? (We're trying to check out the locals!!)



Thanks, ss

Knitting, Knitting

Knitting, knitting, one, two, three,

I knit socks for the girls and me.

I love sunshine and I love tea;

Knitting, knitting, one, two, three.

I'm on my thirld sock!!! Mom taught me this past Thanksgiving. I'm now a sock knitter! I cannot believe it! I'm enjoying taking my knitting wherever....

Bonus! Lovebug is knitting as I read in the morning. She's even picked it up on her own during the weekend! Daddy helped her when her needles pulled out. Wow! I've helped her with a horrible knot. She's not exactly eager but she's definately learning!

Ok, this does not take an expert! Before Thanksgiving I've knitted scarves. My hospital scarf looks like beads and as I worked on it I prayed for Hubbies recovery. I can knit & can remember how to purl. I dropped stitches!! Here's a great site on stitches.... http://www.knittinghelp.com/ Go there and watch a movie of the stitches.

Ok! My time is up!! I've put together my pattern for the circular needles! I can e it... and may post it.... another time!

God knits too!!! For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. Ps 139:13

Knitting by Grace! ss

Comments
Feb. 7, 2008 - Posted by Anonymous
How lovely !! I am currently learning to crochet, and knitting is next on my WISH I COULD DO list. Love the socks !! God Bless. MomToCherubs http://www.becksbounty.blogspot.com

It is a New Year!!

Well I guess I wanted to start this e-mail off by letting you knowthat there are 11 months until Christmas!! Have you started yourChristmas shopping yet?

I don't know about you but one month of the year just disappeared andI barely even saw it.
Things are going well in the S household. Wife-ie is doing great with the schooling of Lovebug and Ladybug, Lovebug enjoys reading, Ladybug I think will be the mathematician, and I am probably runningat about 7.9 out of 8.0 cylinders. I am still trying to eliminate the rest of the pain from the surgery but things are going well. The doctor told me at the very end of last year that if I still have a lot of pain they would begin doing some testing this year to try to pin point it... he said the testing would involve Barium... Huh!!! I didn't say I had any pain, I meant there is a stain... yeah, yeah stain!

I thought in this edition of my monthly reminder I would add a couple of photos and give you a little info about what I do with No. It is really pretty simple. I am told do this... and I do it. Actuallyfor the most part I am training for the big league when I have to handle a complete silo from start to finish. My main role up until now has been coordinating with the manufacturer of the silos themselves and I am in charge of making sure the drawings are correct for all the holes that are needed in the silo, and then I send the PO to the vendor and sign my name in blood stating that this is what we really want to buy.

It is kind of weird... these silos (just the shell) can cost well over $100k each. But by the time we have the silo on site we mayhave as much as an additional $60k tied up in just freight costs alone.




This photo is a shot of us loading the first of three silos we had to get out by the end of last year.

Photo on right shows an example of some of the holes that have to be planned andcoordinated with the customer and the vendor.

Lastly this shows one of our installers working inside the silo getting some of the internal electrical work completed prior to shipping.





Hey don't be a stranger... Let me know how things are going in your worlds too.
Regards, KjS.

Pileated Woodpecker

Wow! This morning the girs spotted a new woodpecker!! "He has red on top!!!"

He does!! I've seen this bird once before!! We have a Pileated Woodpecker!!! We have 2 and the pair are sending down wood chips as they look for breakfast!!

I wish a zoom lens would have caught him!!!

They look like a Woody Woodpecker for sure!!!

Also, we have icecicles already on the house!! It will be a cold day with a high of 37! And we are off to a book sale & a fresh milk run!! We need like 20 gallons for the milk co-op!!

Stay warm!! ss

Comments
Jan. 28, 2008 - Posted by Jilann
Love your picture! I saw your link on the AO list. I just recently started blogging, so I love finding fellow AOers that blog too. Sounds like things are going great!

All's Well That Ends Well

This week our AO2 trip took us to Tales from Shakespeare. We enjoyed making our clothes pin actors for our play All's Well That Ends Well! We are yet a few players short... mostly boys... Here's our troup!

Clothes Pin Dolls: We saw a video on our podcast from Everyday News and were inspired to make our dolls! We found the wooden clothes pins, pipe cleaner arms, some curley hair, googly eyes, and some scraps of fabric. For hair we used also some DMC thread. Our last gent wears his kingly crown!! We've used mostly hot glue & some white glue. Lately we've added some beads for decoration!!

Ladybug's doll is first with pigtales! Lovebugs's girl has long golden hair. Mama's doll has the flowered dress with a crop hair style. The others are extras :)

We've finally added our handicraft!! During our morning reading Lovebug is working on her knitting. She's not overly thrilled with it but she's doing quite well! We are working on consistency that rounds out in joy!

Grace! ss

** Update: My Hubbie said I should put together a kit to make our clothes pin dolls!!! That sounds fun!! I have it for $10!!! Several picked one up at our HS business fair! Email me if you are interested :) shakespeare.dolls@gmail.com

Comments

Jan. 29, 2008 - Great Idea
Posted by Cheryl L
I love the idea about making the clothespin dolls for Shakespear!! I have wondered about ways to make the stories more concrete. I thought about making puppets. Callie loves to act out more than anything when she narrates and that would be fun!! Thanks!

Feb. 6, 2008 - Clothespin Shakespeare Puppets
Posted by FLORAandFAUNA
What a terrific idea! We have made and used paper dolls, but your clothespin characters are so cute! My family would enjoy providing dramatic narrations using these props. ...I guess you know what we're making tomorrow! LOL

Feb. 8, 2008 - Nice
Posted by Testimony
Great idea! Karen www.homeschoolblogger.com/testimony

Feb. 19, 2008 - Posted by lindafay
These are cute and a great way to share Shakespeare!

Feb. 19, 2008 - Posted by Anonymous
Oh, I love this idea! My daughter and I were just studying Mozart's The Magic Flute recently and used various stuffed animals for the characters to act it out. I'd LOVE to make some of these clothespin dolls. Or buy a kit! :-) Dana, www.alexml.blogspot.com

Feb. 21, 2008 - Posted by homeschoolhelp
This is such a good and creative idea, Stephanie! Congratulations on making it into the CM Carnival. I think a kit for these is a great idea! Blessings, Dianne

Feb. 21, 2008 - Posted by Anonymous
We love making clothespin dolls but I have not thought of making caracters from our literature. We just finished Romeo and Juliet...thanks for the great idea! Leila @Freedom Academy www.thecookfamilyzoo.blogspot.com

Mar. 2, 2008 - Posted by Jimmie
Quite clever! :-) We love crafts! I'd love to hear more about how you do Shakespeare.

Cocoa

For Christmas we've welcomed Cocoa to our family!! Well, we've often threatened to be rid of her! She's an ancle biter... she attaches especially to Ladybug... and we've had a most difficult time adjusting to her!!

We've just taken the plunge and started a Puppy class w/ Petco!! For now when the girls are out Cocoa is on her new dog line. This has allowed the girls to not run to get away from her!! They were looking for all heights to get out of Cocoa range!!

We are trying to keep Cocoa, but we've already looked at a replacement!!! Ooooo!!! Grace! ss

20 & Term II

Our new term is off to a great start! Our schedule is more intense..... and we've added a jewel too!!

20 Minutes!! (That's not a time out!!!) It is 20 minutes solo with mom!! We gather in my room with an array of books... these are the things we need solo time... body book, manners, anger... or Mother Goose, story books, Peter Rabbit, Pooh... This time has been precious!! Then after the girls Mama gets 20 minutes solo!! :)

Another add on is Lovebug is using 20 for independent reading... She's thilled with Heidi! We've had a bread and cheese and milk lunch, just like Heidi!

Here's our schedule!!

8a Reading with Mama, AO2 Additional reading by me or Heidi by her

9a Breakfast & Bible Devo & Psalm 8 (Daily read & btw memorize)

10a Window to the World- Praying for Chad this week

AO2 Her Pick A - Wind in the Willows

Poetry

MEP - Math

AO2 Her Pick B - Child's History of the World

And I've added a weekly check list to help us stay on track & catch up!! Right now we're doing 2 math lessons, poetry & handwriting daily.

I've also added our Hymns & Folk song on my MP3 player... and we play those at breakfast or in the afternoons!!

Right now I think we're doing more of the AO & CM that ever!!! We need focus on nature & time on Spanish. Also in the days to come we'lll add in our artist & composer!!!

That's our start to AO2 Term 2~~~

Grace! ss

Comments
Jan. 10, 2008 - Posted by JacciM
Thanks so much for commenting on my blog! :) I've enjoyed reading yours some tonight, too. Sounds like you all are well underway. Hope you have a terrific term!! Blessings, Jacci

Back to Climb the Mountain

This week we've started the climb into a new trimester!! We're in the middle of 2nd grade & K and enjoying the views in our AO journey!

Pagoo tears!! We'er appraoching the end of our hermit crab trip! Oh!! Lovebug does not want to finish this trip!! We've seen Pagoo grow from a pre-hermit crab... thru his fights for a shell of his own.... And today he pinched another hermit when Pagoo moved in first!! Just a month or so left!!

Math!! Oh this even yet needs more of me!! Math! Once a week is just not enough, humf!! So today we've ventured into double lessons!! In the midst of the lesson we enjoyed skip counting songs that are wonderful (The Skip Count Kid's Bible Heros)!! Also, the girls enjoyed the finger play with Thumbkin! We did number stuff to!! We are enjoying the MEP lessons!! Now mama needs to be consistent!!!

Ladybug enjoyed mama's favorite book... Miss Rumphius!! Maybe some day we too can live by the sea!!!

We are off to a great start!! These two days have been fabulous!!! Praise my Creator & Sustainer!! Tonight's pillow talk walked again the journey of the day!! Highlights were King Richard the Lionhearted & Robin Hood of Sherwood forrest from Our Island Story!

Grace!! ss

Hubbie- His biggest concern lately was a fall skating!!! (Roller, alas we're without ice!!) Praise nothing broke!! His wrist & a twist were feeling better after rest!! Pray for snow!!