Did I ever tell ya'll that I love sushi?

Well, I do. And tonight I found out just how much I love it. Three of the home school moms from our group asked me to go to a great sushi place that I had never tried. I will try just about any kid of food, and I went way beyond my boundaries tonight. I tried raw sushi for the second time and loved it. I also at two different kinds with fish eggs on them, yum.

What is sad is that just last fall was my first venture into the world of sushi. I always wanted to try it, but never had the guts to do it on my own. My hubby was the one who got me to try it and now TT and I love it more than he does. If you haven't tried it but you love seafood, take a chance. There are so many different types you will soon find a few you love. If you have tried it and don't like it that's okay, at least you tried!

Tomorrow I go for my third root canal, so I saw tonight as my pre-root canal party! Not bad, Aye!

It's Friday!

Well, yesterday I kept busy. Too busy to post, in fact. It was my daughter's first soccer practice so we had to go to town to purchase the proper size soccer ball, most important for practice. And therefore, since I was leaving the house , I also had to take my mother to the grocery store. A ritual repeated everyother day! (I will not go there tonight) Anywho, my dd was so sweet at her first practice. She did exceptionally well, followed every thing the coach said. I stood there thinking now why won't she do that for me.

Now, I must say that not everything at practice went well. I, did something really stupid. I kneeled down to sit on my knees and feet. You know how you tuck you feel under you to sit. Well I did this and BAM I hurt my back again. It began hurting just like it did a few weeks ago. So this morning I called the doc. and went to see him. The sweet man showed me mercy and gave me some muscle relaxers and pain killers. I think he assessed my situation when I couldn't sit down in the examining room. The chairs just didn't allow for any comfort. So, I still hurt but not that blinding, take my breath away pain. He also suggested I take a few days to lay around and rest the muscles since they were really swollen. I almost laughed at him. With our home life that is like trying to get a mouse to pass on the cheese.

I don't have any help. My mom does little. Tonight she gave me a 35 minute break and took the kids out for a swim. But I had to spend 20 minutes of it standing in the kitchen cooking dinner for my little ones. You do the math. No, I don't want sympathy, just a place to gripe a little. Till later.

A Lazy Day

That is what this day turned out to be. We really didn't do "school". TT fixed some of his mistakes from yesterday, and is reviewing for some tests tomorrow. Poogie and I just finished her reading lesson and read a new story. That is about all we will officially do today. I guess we are a little stir crazy. It is so hot outside and we feel trapped inside. This is a small house to be all closed up in for days on end.

We have been enjoying a new series of videos from the library. I have been interested the Janette Oke series starting with Love Comes Softly. We have watched the first two and have really enjoyed them. They are good family movies and very clean, which is hard to find sometimes. Even my husband likes them. I will return the second one tomorrow and check out the third. I highly recommend them.

Tomorrow we are making two mummies, one from a plastic mummy kit and the other out of an apple. I will let you know how it goes.

I went to the movies to see Becoming Jane Sunday. My husband took me and sat through another British movie. I loved it. It really showed how Jane wrote using her own experiences. I brought a whole new meaning to Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice.

Well, I need to feed my hungary children and myself. Have a blessed day.

Write like an Egyptian!

Today we wrote in both Hieroglyphics and Cuneiform. The kids wrote their names in Heiroglyphics on a scroll and in Cuneiform on a clay tablet. I was fun. They really enjoyed it. Here are some photos of their work.

I Can't Believe it ...

My daughter read her first words today, heck her first Book today! First of all before I tell the whole story I must say I was so excited for her. I feel so blessed being there today.

Okay, we started school like every other day. The first two weeks have been trying with Poogie because she just isn't really interested in doing the phonics workbook I got her. So we started to today with a new sound and I could tell she really wasn't happy. We took a break read her Bible story and colored the picture that goes with it. Just on a whim I took out my How to Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Lessons and we tried the first lesson. Wow! She loved it and was so excited about actually saying words. So I took our her Bob Books and we began reading the first one together. Using the techniques in the 100 Lessons book she was able to sound out and read her first word on her own. We all cheered, she beamed like she was Miss America. Well, she didn't stop there the next thing I knew she read the whole book.

And to think just an hour before I was thinking maybe I should put the kids back in school next year. (TT and I were not having a good day). But all it took was that one word and I know I wouldn't have wanted to miss that for the world.

I am also excited that my family and I will also be moving toward a new lifestyle. I have been reading and researching the benefits of eating a whole food diet. I have been chronically sick for almost 9 years now. I have been to doctor after doctor for my chronic sinus, IBS, and overall feeling of constant fatigue. The give you some "wonder" drug and send you on the way. Well, the drugs aren't working so I'm going to try to heal my body by taking care of it naturally. My family is all for it, the miss the old me. So wish me luck, I'll need it to give up my caffeine and sugar!

Two root canals down, Two to go!

Yes, today I got the first of two root canals. It went really well, I haven't had any real pain or anything. I have to say my new dentist is wonderful. The procedure was totally painless. After my next root canal I get to go through the process of whitening my teeth so that with my new crowns I will have a brilliant white smile. I can't wait. Now if I could just work on these few pesky pounds I will finally have my new improved body.

You know some days I just need to laugh, it makes you feel so much better sometimes just to have a good old fashion laugh fest. When I need this I just click on one of my favorite blogs Fish in My Hair, http://homeschoolblogger.com/TC/. She never fails to make me feel better. Check her out you will love it. I mean my hubby even reads her blog and he doesn't read mine! Guess I'm not funny enough.

First Day of School

Yesterday was our first official day of school. Both of the kids were excited, TT more than Poogie. All she wanted to do was to draw in her new notebooks. I was nervous about trying to teach two children so far apart in age, but it ended up working out just fine. TT really loves the Rod & Staff English and Math. The textbooks are well written and easy to understand. Poogie on the other hand wasn't too keen about working on phonics, but she ended up doing really well.

They were both excited about our unit on Egypt. We started making our lap book and I will post the results when we are finished. I do recommend the TOG free unit study to anyone it is excellent. You can order a free disk of the whole unit on the Tapestry of Grace website! I tried to upload some photos of our first day but I kept getting an error message saying that the site couldn't upload the photos at this time. So I will try again tomorrow!

Thank God for my Dentist!

I went to my dentist appointment today expecting bad news. My teeth are like a really bad train wreck. I have a space in my front teeth due to not having my two latteral incisors. I was born without them. I never had braces because in my teens it didn't really bother me. But as I have gotten older it has really began to make me self conscious.

So I go to my new dentist and he tells me what I already know, my teeth need a lot of work. Fillings, Root Canals, etc. But then when we discuss my front teeth he tells me that there are other options other than braces. I have seen these options on the Discovery Health channel but my former dentist didn't want to do it that way, he wanted to charge me $9500 dollars to fix it. So my new option cost one-third of it and will give me a much prettier smile. I can't wait. I am going to post my before and afters on the site.

I have to say it was a very emotional moment when he told me that my teeth were fixable. I had tears in my eyes. I really wanted to just jump out of the chair and hug him. I restrained myself, but I don't know if I will be able to do that when I see my new smile for the first time.

On another note, today was suppose to be our first day of school. That is what is so great about homeschool, you just go with the flow. Tomorrow will be the first day. I will let you know how we fair.

I am falling apart, literally!

Okay, I'm not that old, but some days I feel like I am falling apart. This past Wednesday morning I was making my bed and strained to pull our overly large comforter up from the foot of the bed and BAM I pinched a nerve in my back. I haven't been moving much since then. On top of that I have a tooth that is broken and has now decided to swell up and cause me even more pain.

I made a dentist appointment to take care of the tooth. I just dread it because my teeth need so much work and even with insurance I always hate to hear the total amount when they give it to me. As for my back the last time this happened my dh took me to a local acute care clinic and they gave me a sleep aide. The doc wouldn't give me anything for my pain just said to get a good night sleep and the pain would be gone. Well, I hate to tell him but it didn't go away. You could have knocked me out with a baseball bat and the pain would be there in the morning. The way it seems to work is it just goes away BAM like it comes.

Maybe tomorrow I will wake up and be put back together! Lets hope!

One of my greatest fears becomes real!

Tonight my mom called me during dinner to tell me about the bridge that collapsed in Minneapolis. I turned on CNN and was terrified by what I saw. I have had a great fear of bridges all my life. I grew up in the St. Louis area, actually across the river in Cahokia, IL. I had to cross a bridge a lot since all our family and my dads place of work was in St. Louis. As I child I always prayed before going across for safe passage. And now my worst fears seem to becoming true.

Just a week or so ago I took a small trip to northern IL with my husband and we crossed a long bridge so high it made my stomach turn. He always laughs at me when I close my eyes to pray (when I'm not driving). Well tonight he said he was sorry for always teasing me about that.

It just seems so weird, because yesterday while eating lunch at our favorite local Mexican restaurant we views the bridge collapse in California. And I was glad to hear the reporters say that there didn't seem to be any deaths. And now today another bridge collapses. This one much much worse.

Please pray with me for all those affected by these tragedies.