November 3, 2009

• Bit o' Blog

  Homeschool was long and arduous, yesterday.  Won't go into the details.  I know I walked away from the table twice shaking my head and asking myself, "Why do I do this?  Why do I put myself through this?"

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  The second opinion of the orthopedic appointment yesterday agreed with the first, regarding Rissy.  Her spine doesn't have a curve and x-rays don't lie.  She toes in a bit, but not enough to merit wearing leg braces.  HOWEVER, he wrote down on a piece of paper the names of two surgeries we could put Rissy through.  Cutting the calf ligaments was one.  The other was cutting through the knee to untwist the muscles that go to the thigh.  Pretty extensive surgeries for someone who has nothing wrong with them!  I guess we won't continue physical therapy and just do stretches at home to keep her limber.  I still say a chiropractor would do the best job - but we can't afford one right now.  Insurance won't cover a chiropractic visit.

                                        

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  We had nachos for dinner last night.  There was some ground turkey that needed to be cooked and we turned it into seasoned taco meat.  Since we had no lettuce or tomatoes, we covered chips with cheese, pinto beans, meat, and black olives (then, MORE cheese!) and called it, "Super Nachos"!!!!!

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  I was in a panic yesterday.  I couldn't find my friend's (Emily) banana bread recipe.  I looked everywhere in my recipe box.  I even looked in Rissy's recipe box to see if she had a copy.  I was very alarmed.  I have bananas ready for baking and no recipe!  No other recipe I've tried comes close to being as good as hers!  I left word on Emily's answering machine to call ASAP!!!!  But, determinedly sat down after dinner and went through EVERY card in my recipe box and found the banana bread card in the casserole section???!!!

                                   
  

  I can't bake today.  I have to teach "some school" this morning and then take a bath and get ready for my afternoon appointments.

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  I have a breast MRI scheduled and then, 1 1/2 hours later, an appointment with the surgeon.  Just a check up to be sure things are still not growing.  In three months, I'll have a mammogram and three months after that another ultrasound.  Tests will be alternating every 3 months - Jesse's request - for a while.

                                
  

  The weather remains beautiful and should be the same for close to 3 weeks.  I hope the forecasters are correct!  I'm enjoying the opened windows and fresh air in the house . . .  before the inevitable cold of winter arrives!

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  Well, I made it through the 1960's with my photo sorting job!  These are all the loose photos I had sorted several years ago.  The ones already in file folders and filed by decades.  I still haven't touched those 3 boxes of photos I put on here a few days back!  I'm pretty sure that won't be as cumbersome as it looks.  Many of the photos in those 3 huge boxes are of other people's family/children.  Some are vacation trips.  I mean, do we really need 5 packets of our trip to California?  Stephanie didn't even go.  She stayed home and babysat Luci and her daughter, JanaLyn, was just a newborn. 

  But, I have a huge box on my closet shelf that needs to be labeled and put into a book.  I don't think many of those will go in Stephanie's gift book, but probably in our own immediate (living in this house, right now) family album.  Stephanie's is the one I want to finish first.  But, I might as well put together one for our immediate family while I'm at it!  One more album won't make any more of a mess, you know???!!!!

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  As you can see, Sushi and Little Bit continue to hang out together.  She is so happy since we got him.  She hasn't pulled out one shoe or stuffed animal to chew on.  I think she was bored before we got him!  Chirper and Little Bit played together yesterday.  The cat looks HUGE next to the little bitty dog. 

  Jesse gave him a bath this weekend and his 3 pounds shrunk to something more like 1 pound!  He's truly a "Little Bit" of dog!

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  I must get on with teaching.  We'll do the short version today.  Go over homework and then teach history/geography, science, and health.  I'll leave the reading, writing, and 'rithmetic for tomorrow!  We're progressing through this year's curriculum nicely, so I'm not worried about dropping those basic subjects for a day, here and there!

  Be Blessed  ~

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