8am- Thankfully we were able to sleep in! I checked on the kids when I got up. Stubby was reading The Black Stallion in bed: he was very confused because, “I’m not even halfway through the book and he’s already home! What can the rest of the book be about?” Smiley was drawing on the…

I love reading other people’s day-in-the-life posts (especially other homeschool moms or money diaries). And I love having a record of what a “typical” day looked like for us at a certain point in time. I’m just really terrible at creating that type of post! But here’s a random Tuesday in October. 7am- I’m the…

The summer has come and gone. Somehow. Many plans were made and few were accomplished. We had an unusually cool and wet summer which means we are not choking on wildfire smoke here at the end of summer but it didn’t feel like summer. Still, I think we had a good summer filled with slower…

“The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men…” turn into unintelligible Scots’ speech. Oh, and also go awry. So is this poor neglected blog a blight on my good intentions. Forgive me dear reader (if there be one) and take this photo-heavy family update post as compensation. Birthdays and connected events April, May, and June…

6:45a- I hear Stubby’s door creak open. Who needs an alarm with kids? I read (Marmion & Toward a Philosophy of Education) for a few minutes and check my email on my phone. 7:15a- I head downstairs and join Stubby on the couch. He’s just finishing The Last Collier, the 9th in the Guardians of…

I don’t have a day-in-the-life to share this week because we were sick a lot of this week. Instead, I have a lot of pictures to share of the past month or so with some brief comments so you have an idea of what we’ve been up to. Skiing We started the year off with…

5:30am- My alarm scares me awake. I don’t want to be awake. I take off the arm/thumb braces I slept in last night and update my app with my overnight temperature. I also check some emails and fill out the RapidPass questionnaire for my blood donation before actually getting up at 6:15. I feed the…

This was our first day trying to get back to our normal routine after a trip to Michigan to visit family for Mrs. McGoozle and the kids and a 12-day work trip for Mr. McGoozle. 7:00 am: Everyone woke up and gradually made their way downstairs to get ready for the day. The kids played…