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Archive for October, 2006

Travelling Again

Posted: Monday, October 23rd, 2006 @ 10:28 am in Journal | Comments Off

This has been a mileage month.   First up to Oregon, then home, then back up north again to pick up my teenage daughter and be at our friends’ birthday party.   Now I’m off again to visit my parents up in Alaska. So that’s why this blog has been so quiet lately….. I hope to [...]

Catholic Homeschooling Carnival #1 is Up

Posted: Sunday, October 15th, 2006 @ 9:35 pm in Journal | Comments Off

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Back from Oregon, with Books

Posted: Saturday, October 14th, 2006 @ 12:08 pm in Books, Early Childhood, Journal | 1 Comment »

We got back from our trip last Wednesday but the next day I woke up sick.  It only happens about once a year — where I am too sick to get out of bed — but this was one of those times.  Kevin went into high gear and picked up Frodo (the Aussie shepherd) from [...]

Progress

Posted: Wednesday, October 4th, 2006 @ 5:23 pm in Plans and Ideas, recordkeeping | 4 Comments »

Sean – near the end of book 5 Key to Algebra – started reading Story of the Church –read chapter 4 of Our Life in the Church – continues Latin vocabulary. – rereading Lord of the Ring trilogy, Outlaws of Ravenhurst and Father Finn books. Kieron – on chapter 8 in Saxon 65 – also [...]

Daily Lit

Posted: Wednesday, October 4th, 2006 @ 12:49 am in Links | 2 Comments »

This is neat — you can sign up to receive daily installments of book at your email address at Daily Lit.   I have signed up for “Famous Poems Every Child Should Know.”