tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84529453973366202142024-03-13T07:49:57.823-04:00What Rivers KnowRivers know this: there is no hurry. We will get there someday.bafleyannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02512006999519081304noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452945397336620214.post-59361535052390746862009-11-14T12:20:00.001-05:002009-11-14T12:21:41.801-05:00Our trip, part 1This is going to be long, and it may very well end up being in two parts. We'll just have to see. :)We left here early in the morning on Tuesday, October 13th. We had a pleasant drive down to Williamsburg, VA. I would highly recommend going down 301 rather than taking 95--there was virtually no traffic, and it was a much nicer drive. Jamie really enjoyed going over the Bay Bridge--he was bafleyannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02512006999519081304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452945397336620214.post-52487576187676059702009-09-14T13:51:00.004-04:002009-09-14T14:22:13.460-04:00Weekly Wrapup: Week 3 (a bit late!)Here it is, Monday morning, and it just occurred to me that I never did my weekly wrap-up for last week. So here we go. :)Latin: We are continuing to love it. We just finished our second review lesson. So far Jamie is still having a blast learning.Math: We are still reviewing in Horizons. Not much to report--we had a week just about the same as last week. I'm hoping we will get into some newbafleyannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02512006999519081304noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452945397336620214.post-10693907645198001822009-09-05T00:19:00.002-04:002009-09-05T00:34:06.345-04:00Weekly Wrapup: Week 2Here we are at the end of another week of homeschool. Some successes and some frustration this week, as usual. :)Latin: I think I have already gushed about how much I love SongSchool Latin. I had been trying to keep Latin to 2 lessons a week--this week Jamie begged to do Latin every day except Tuesday! The 31 lessons in the book are not going to last long at this rate. :)Math: Things were bafleyannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02512006999519081304noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452945397336620214.post-69873730680787670462009-09-02T14:58:00.002-04:002009-09-02T22:40:05.435-04:00LatinI honestly just wish we could do Latin all day long right now. Jamie and I are both enjoying SongSchool Latin SO much. It is a really fun program. I was thinking about going from it to Prima Latina at the end of the SongSchool program, but I was looking at the website for the SongSchool program and I noticed that they have an older kid program that starts at 3rd grade level, so that would be bafleyannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02512006999519081304noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452945397336620214.post-77904998769725792472009-08-31T11:07:00.002-04:002009-08-31T11:12:52.473-04:00Menu Plan MondayTrying to get back in the swing of things with menu planning. It's hard when your garbage disposal is broken and your sink is leaking! Hopefully that will be fixed soon.We're trying a couple of new things this week. First up is the recipe for tonight--I hope it will be good!Monday: Crock-Pot Peppercorn SteakTuesday: Buttermilk Chicken Tenders with french friesWednesday: Chicken Fajita bafleyannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02512006999519081304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452945397336620214.post-73875432888915065222009-08-29T00:19:00.003-04:002009-08-29T01:08:34.192-04:00Weekly Wrapup: Week 1I have decided to try and write a little bit about our schoolwork for the week at the end of each week. Even if it's short I think it will still be good to have a record of what we've done at the end of the year. So, without further ado...This was our first week of homeschooling for 3rd grade! Both Jamie and I were excited to get going. We are using Sonlight Core 2 this year with Sonlight 2 bafleyannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02512006999519081304noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452945397336620214.post-16834059576595115702009-04-13T15:11:00.004-04:002009-04-13T15:29:30.913-04:00Long time with no posts, I know! I've been sort of addicted to Facebook recently so I have been doing a lot of my writing over there in tiny little bits. :) That said, we've been doing some fun stuff lately. Jamie is continuing to enjoy his classes at the Delaware Museum of Natural History. The class this month was called "What's Humming?", and it was about birds/insects of spring. Fun stuff!bafleyannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02512006999519081304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452945397336620214.post-72497024356388774682008-09-16T17:12:00.002-04:002008-09-16T17:12:48.848-04:00How Racism WorksA friend of mine posted this on her blog today. Regardless of who you are planning to vote for, I find it thought provoking.---What if John McCain were a former president of the Harvard Law Review? What if Barack Obama finished fifth from the bottom of his graduating class? What if McCain were still married to the first woman he said “I do” to? What if Obama were the candidate who left his firstbafleyannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02512006999519081304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452945397336620214.post-28295989836072181462008-09-15T06:44:00.001-04:002008-09-15T06:51:27.406-04:00Menu Plan MondayAnd wow, I'm up way too early! I guess this is what I get for taking a nap yesterday afternoon and then going to bed before 11! :)Getting back into the swing of things on Menu Plan Monday. :) This week's menus are pretty simple, I'm not trying too many new things.Monday: fajita quesadillas (a perennial favorite around here)Tuesday: chicken cutlets with french fries/mashed potatoes (we have bafleyannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02512006999519081304noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452945397336620214.post-49510953952165960572008-09-14T21:58:00.001-04:002008-09-17T18:21:11.428-04:00Bullet point updates!I know it's been a while and I have a lot to update about so bear with me. :) Gonna try to do it in a coherent form.Health: Had an ultrasound on Monday of last week. The tech was awesome and she pretty much said that everything looked normal with the exception of a couple of small areas on my right ovary which could be either very small cysts (the largest was 1.7 cm and she said they don't even bafleyannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02512006999519081304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452945397336620214.post-71186532650571338892008-08-04T23:36:00.000-04:002008-08-05T00:32:25.438-04:00Long time no see!Has it really been almost a month since I posted? I've had a lot of stuff going on.In mid-July I had to undergo an overnight hospital stay. I was having an irregular heartbeat, very fast, that wouldn't go away. We went to the emergency room. I'll cut and paste what I wrote on July 20th in my other blog.On Friday night, we went out to dinner because the air conditioner is broken in our bafleyannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02512006999519081304noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452945397336620214.post-46635724315398596532008-07-09T11:38:00.000-04:002008-07-09T11:52:16.041-04:00Best Laid PlansSo my menu plan has fallen by the wayside this week I think, at least partially. I've been having some stomach problems--well, I have had them off and on for a while, but lately they've been almost continuous and so finally yesterday I caved in and went to the doctor. She decided to do some testing for (among other things) H. Pylori to see if that's what is causing my problem, and in the bafleyannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02512006999519081304noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452945397336620214.post-29710047494493090522008-07-07T11:35:00.000-04:002008-07-07T11:42:34.855-04:00Menu Plan MondayIt's that time again! :) The Rachael Ray chicken is making another appearance on the list and I am going to actually try to COOK it this week. We had to reschedule our beach trip and we are hoping to go down on Saturday so I have no meal scheduled for Saturday night. :)Monday: fajita quesadillasTuesday: Rachael Ray Parmesan Crusted Chicken Wednesday: Bobby's Goulash with garlic bread and salad.bafleyannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02512006999519081304noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452945397336620214.post-91780053696050084262008-07-05T17:55:00.000-04:002008-07-05T18:24:44.233-04:00A StoryOnce upon a time in 2000, these two people got married.Time went on and in July of 2001, July 5th to be precise, this happened:He got cuter. :)His birth was somewhat sudden for us. Having had no complications throughout my pregnancy, I was astonished to be diagnosed with pre-eclampsia at my 36 week appointment and sent to the hospital right away. Two days later Jamie was coming into the world bafleyannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02512006999519081304noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452945397336620214.post-83098993124667513862008-07-02T23:40:00.001-04:002008-07-02T23:43:06.348-04:00Solar System by JamieSolar System by JamieOriginally uploaded by bafleyanneJamie really, really amazes me sometimes. He's so interested in space. I went into the bedroom to fold clothes a few minutes ago and found this (amazingly detailed) drawing on the floor. Notice how Uranus' rings are even going the correct way! He's a pretty awesome kid. :)In case you're not sure, the labels are Sun (with solar flares!), M(bafleyannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02512006999519081304noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452945397336620214.post-11417003702823224472008-07-02T10:53:00.000-04:002008-07-02T18:36:09.103-04:00Chicken KaraageWell the Chicken Karaage turned out really nicely last night. Even Jamie ate it with no complaints! I thought it was really good. Next time we have it, I'm going to try adding some garlic to the marinade...I think that will be even better! Just....remind me next time to NOT make something that is involved and has a pan full of oil in the recipe when my garbage disposal is broken. Ugh, bafleyannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02512006999519081304noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452945397336620214.post-65539323809816007952008-06-30T09:38:00.000-04:002008-06-30T09:45:55.811-04:00Menu Plan MondayIt's Menu Plan Monday, so time for me to share what we're cooking up around here this week! Last week's menus were a success overall except we had some issues in the middle of the week and didn't end up making Wednesday or Thursday's meal. Wednesday we got a craving for pizza from our local pizza place so we had that, and on Thursday Jamie and I were out all day so we ended up just stopping forbafleyannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02512006999519081304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452945397336620214.post-4498082840503644022008-06-29T21:53:00.000-04:002008-06-29T23:15:18.287-04:00Chicken CacciatoreWell, I made Giada's Chicken Cacciatore tonight and I think the verdict was a thumbs up from everyone. I was expecting Jamie not to eat it at all but he came into the kitchen while I was cooking it and really surprised me by agreeing to try the chicken without the veggies. So I served him chicken with plain pasta with butter and cheese. I was happy because I didn't have to cook anything extra.bafleyannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02512006999519081304noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452945397336620214.post-60695187472273664292008-06-27T19:11:00.001-04:002008-06-27T19:18:15.871-04:00Homeschool wrapup, 6/23-6/27Reading: James Herriot's Treasury for Children. We've really enjoyed the stories in this book this week, even though some of them are a little sad.Language Arts: Finished up Little Bear.History: Hero Tales. Neither Jamie nor I like the book at all, so we're not reading it anymore when it is scheduled. This week was David Livingstone and Harriet Tubman, both of whom he found interesting, but thebafleyannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02512006999519081304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452945397336620214.post-78530162137334199192008-06-26T23:35:00.000-04:002008-06-26T23:49:25.759-04:00Tagged!Ok Angela, I'll bite. :)What was I doing 10 years ago?10 years ago in 1998, I was living in Winston-Salem, NC having just finished my first year of graduate school. My dad had died in March followed by my (maternal) grandmother in May, so yes, kind of a rough year. Little did I know that just one year later I would have completely uprooted my life and be living in Delaware. :)Five snacks I bafleyannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02512006999519081304noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452945397336620214.post-83121776449758169442008-06-26T23:24:00.000-04:002008-06-26T23:34:02.573-04:00Taking a breakJamie has been increasingly frustrated with school this week and in turn of course that has made me frustrated. So we've decided that we're going to take next week off from doing schoolwork. (Or rather I decided, I haven't told him yet.) I got to thinking about it and realized he hasn't had a break from school for quite a while. So next week is it, then I am going to try and condense the restbafleyannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02512006999519081304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452945397336620214.post-48738041805524038052008-06-23T10:54:00.000-04:002008-06-23T11:06:51.278-04:00Monday, MondayGood morning!A couple of things to note. First, I was really sad to hear that George Carlin had died. He was a brilliant comedian and he will definitely be missed. I feel like watching that very first episode of Saturday Night Live just because he hosted it. As awkward as that episode was overall, Carlin's standup made it shine.Second: Ok so I don't normally do this sort of thing, but this isbafleyannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02512006999519081304noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452945397336620214.post-87444876199016302012008-06-20T22:08:00.000-04:002008-06-20T22:16:26.998-04:00Messing AroundOk, I think I'm finally done messing around with the website--at least for tonight! I have added a couple of things and I think I'm going to leave it alone for a while, because tweaking it is a lot of work. ;)Tonight's dinner was Pioneer Woman's Linguine with Chicken Thighs. That link is going to break but she doesn't have it on her recipe index yet. I'll try to remember to fix it when she bafleyannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02512006999519081304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452945397336620214.post-46547812010511360492008-06-20T16:16:00.001-04:002008-06-20T16:16:18.038-04:00Jamie recyclingJamie recyclingOriginally uploaded by bafleyanneThis was part of our errands today; dropping off the recycling. Not quite as convenient as curbside, but still easy enough to do it. We also had to go to the library and the grocery store--getting our menu together for next week!bafleyannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02512006999519081304noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452945397336620214.post-69008702254520545922008-06-20T13:04:00.000-04:002008-06-20T13:14:34.610-04:00Homeschooling Wrap-up 6/16-6/20Here's what we did for schoolwork this week.Reading: finished up "Green Eggs and Ham", started "Little Bear" (grammar worksheets go with these) Yes, these are way below his reading level--the point is more the grammar really.Read-Alouds: finished up "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (my favorite book this year!)History/Geography: Wild Places: Deserts continues; this week we learned about nomadic bafleyannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02512006999519081304noreply@blogger.com0