something occasionally does happen here

So we have had a lot of non life threatening medical drama around here lately. The middle son had an ENT emergency the other day so we drove down to upstate New York. New York where when you call for a doctor's appointment they say comforting things like ' we can see you this afternoon' or 'what time is good for you?' A little different than my host country where maybe an ENT could have seen the middle son in late January for his ENT emergency. And I only know he had an ENT emergency because when the ENT looked in his ear he said, "You know, this IS an ENT emergency!" He is sort of a weird guy...

Anyway, on the drive back, I RAN OVER A BEAR. I did not hit and kill the bear, the mini van in front of me did. The children did not stop fighting or even notice, so they were not traumatized in the least. I however, could not believe my eyes, so I pulled over and yelled at the guy standing next to his wreaked mini-van, "Is that a BEAR?" He says, I kid you not, "It looks like it, EH?"
Okay then. I drive home. The middle one has choir, the husband is locked out of the house because he has forgotten how to carry his own keys and the night goes on.

The next morning I am driving the husband to work - because he is in a 15 lb adjustable cast for the next 3 months because he thinks he is still 20 years old - anyway, the car is making a noise. A noise so loud that we notice people looking at us. He says "What is that noise?" I say, "Oh, I forgot, last night I ran over a BEAR."

After he told his office buddies that his wife ran over a BEAR and then forgot to mention it, they made him tell EVERYONE. And the best part was always that part that I FORGOT to tell him I ran over a BEAR. One of his office buddies came down to look at the thing making the noise and he walks over to my side and I roll the window down, he says "So did you hit something?" This is especially funny because he has been making the husband retell the story all day long. I say, "Yes, a BEAR."

So things so sometimes happen here at the dullest post in the world.

next project


next project, as soon as the dog bed I found for $9.99 on amazon shows up. pattern from here.

the swing


Fall in Vermont at the oldest's boarding school. His brother was annoyed that the swings are for big kids and adults, but after thinking it over decided that was ok, as long as they were still there when he goes to the school. Only 2 more posts with this boy and then he will be old enough to go to the very same boarding school. Sob.

Home Cure

I have recently been very into Apartment Therapy's Home Cure 20/20. I have been enjoying doing some of the tasks and the videos are growing funnier by the day. I wish we had friends like the at couple.

A few days ago was the top 6 home projects task. Here are mine:

the basement. Get rid of all that stuff that appeared from Hagerstown. It is a pit down there and I hate it...

put pictures in the stair case frames and unearth all the unused frames and see what can be done with them

find coco straw carpet runner for front steps - asap

find my daughter a bedframe that matches her brothers and then paint them both really red

paint the crappy dresser white

get the curtains in order. they are all on awful plastic rods and falling off the wall in some rooms. also zero privacy and everyone who walks by looks in. hello neighbors!

There are my 6. I think I have a lead on the stair carpet, which is good because it is going to start snowing tomorrow and the whole point of the carpet is to cut down on the ice...so better order that quick!


if I homeschooled

if we pull the kids out of their private school I already know what I would teach them -

knitting
embriodery
lots of art
handwriting
Singapore math
some Kumon basics thrown in
probably some Montessori too
Puzzle maps
Pin maps
how to research Montessori style
how to plan
how to read for pleasure
musical instruments with lots more time to practice
I have a secret soft spot for the grammar boxes
how to plan and follow through
activities with the seasons
more time in nature
winter sports -all kinds
some basic American things - the pledge for example, the whole idea of states, the basics...

Good to keep track because 2nd grade is slowly going downhill I feel....

Halloween


We had a clone trooper of some sort, Orchid the flower and Little Red Riding Hood.


And here is a little preHalloween pumpkin shopping and no, sadly, the doggie did not get to pick out her own pumpkin....