What I think

Not sure how this is really going to effect us.  I have read several books but they don't really say much.  Will tract down copies of our local districts common core requirements. I have found some math workbooks. They are put out by DK, www.dk.com . Math Made Easy Extra Math Practice and Math Made Easy 10 Minutes A Day Math, even comes with a timer.  The library has several grade levels. Scholastic has books called Writing Lessons to Meet the Common Core.  I got grades 3 and 4 from the library.  Hoping to get some ideas.  Maybe a writing journal.  He hates to write. I have let him dictate to me what he wants to say.  He has a blog that he can type his work on.  It takes a lot of effort to get him to do it. This morning he wrote a few lines himself while I sat with him. It I can make myself get up around 5 or 6 and play games with him first he is willing to sit and get school stuff done. He asked if we could add a cooking segment to sch...

27 years, just crazy.  Dinner out. The citron will be done tom. I was gonna try and make it bigger but there are already alot of stitches. I will be doing the felted mittens after that.  Lots of charity knitting coming up and 2 kal's I want to try.  One is a mystery sock. My spinning is a little better, thinner and hardly any unspun spots. Have a list of things to do this weekend and hopefully most of them will be crossed off by Mon. morning.

I am working on school stuff.  We homeschool year round but in Sept I try to come up with new things.  I have gotten a lot of books about Common Core.  We especially need to work on writing.  He doesn't want to.  We are also working out way throught 365 Simple Science Experiements with everyday materials.  There is some fun stuff in there and the book tells you why the experiment works. I have not wanted to knit.  I have been working on seed stitch afghan squares.  I started the Citron, ready to start the third section.  I am going to join some KALs in hopes that will inspire me. The garden is growing.  The heat did away with the peas before we really picked any.  I froze beans the other day.  Might still have blackberries so I can make jam.

What is with the over usage of the word awesome.  Is everything really awesome?  Isn't anything good, okay, shiny, brilliant?  No, just awesome. Is an awesome person equally as awesome as an awesome cup of coffee?  Really.

School starts 4 weeks from today.  I had such big plans for summer and I have accomplished none of them. The garden is growing nicely and we have eaten a lot of stuff from it.  I have made jam. Even got some raised beds built. I have knitted, 2 sweaters that fit. We have done some school.  I really need to focus on this. I have spun a little and have not sewn a thing. But there is still summer left.