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Day 315 - A GREAT Day!
Monday, November 10, 2008
Today has been an AWESOME day. For some reason, I woke up about 2 hours earlier than usual, and I wasn't even tired! I had two hours of uninterrupted computer time to read my e-mails, catch up on some blogs that I follow, and check my normal homeschooling & freebie pages. The kids woke up and ate breakfast while I did a load of dishes and scrubbed the kitchen. Mondays are always cleaning days because I refuse to clean on our family days! After breakfast, Rachael did her Algebra with no questions asked. She even told me how much she liked her Algebra program! While she studied for and completed her Science test, Nick played educational games on the computer. Rachael got a 'B' on her test - excellent, considering she's really using some challenging curriculum this year and she flunked her last test! She really studied hard this time. I was proud of her. The good grade must have really motivated her because she completed all the rest of her homework by 3:00pm - including researching for her Geography test and practicing her piano - all with no complaints! Since she & Nick finished everything they were supposed to do, we took the rest of the afternoon off. We made some no-bake cookies, the kids built a 'tent' out of Nick's table and our comforter, we popped some popcorn, and watched the movie "Madagascar" that Heather loaned us. After the movie, the kids even made up some sort of ball-toss game with a little rubber ball and our popcorn bowls.
Jeff is working really late tonight. It's now after 10:00pm, and he's just now on his way home. Tomorrow is Veteran's Day, so he wanted to get everything finished so he could relax and take the day off tomorrow. The kids and I had Navy Bean Soup for supper. It turned out really yummy! Even Nick (who says he hates beans) ate 2 bowls, and Rachael ate 3! I just used a bag of dried navy beans, about 2-3 cups of water, a can of cream of chicken soup, a packet of onion soup mix, some parsley, some celery salt, and a package of cubed ham. I dumped it all into the crockpot and cooked it until the beans were soft. It's still warming, waiting for Jeff to get home. It was really odd eating without him. We ALWAYS eat together as a family. Even when he gets home at 8 or 9pm, we'll usually eat a light snack to hold us over until he gets home. Since we knew he'd be extra late tonight, we went ahead without him. It was eerily quiet. (which is probably funny for most people who know Jeff!) He's freakishly quiet when he's not at home, but he's truly the "life of the party" at home! We're used to all his goofiness at the dinner table. It was a stark reminder of how I'm just not the "fun" parent of this household!
Name: Amy Home: Indiana, United States About Me: I am a Homeschool Mom of 2 awesome children. This is my attempt at Project 365 - to chronicle our world through daily photos... See my complete profile
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Sounds like a great day!! Loving the recipes you are sharing here. :)