Random Things

Posted on | September 30, 2008 | No Comments

Hubby likes Warhammer a lot. We cancelled both WoW accounts.

Knitting mojo has disappeared. I tried to bring it back with another project but I left the needle hanging off my desk and puppeh chewed it into many little pieces. And then the mojo left me again.

Speaking of puppeh, the dog is firmly mama’s girl. I’ve said it before. I started watching Cesar Milan: the Dog Whisperer today. I wonder how much of what he says works. I do his “tsk” and tap at the dog but she bites back. I guess I have to do it more? Do it differently?

And what of a herding dog’s instincts? I remember from training our other dog that you walk and ignore the dog and make them pay attention to you by virtue of the length of the leash and your stride. But if a herding dog is kicked, the instict is to bite back the herded. Maybe the issue is still one of dominance and alpha position.

I caught hubby’s flu but I’m fighting it.

J caught it, I think, but he has tummy troubles. NM had tummy troubles today and he’s had a runny nose for a while. The nose thing could be because of going to bed with wet hair two nights in a row.

I won’t be going to bible study tomorrow night. It’s too easy to catch this bug.

The house ought to be decorated for Fall but I’m at a loss where to start. At our California house, we were decorated in Late Toddler style. Now we have slowly but surely adopted a “Who is the Lazy Librarian?” motif what with all the books piled all over. However:

Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading,
to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs,
is good for him. ~ Richard McKenna

Books do furnish a room. ~ Anthony Powell

Did I mention that J is reading? Yup! He’s reading three letter words with “a” and “i” in the middle. We’ll be working on the other three vowels soon, and he’s starting to catch on to Dolch words. “No” seems to be his favorite.

NM is back to spelling. We put it on hiatus for a good, long while and then he began to ask for it a while ago. We were working at writing a bit here and there and he really learned to miss it. I am going to try and figure out a way to remind him of spelling rules to be applied to phonetics because he still has trouble distinguishing between vowel sounds. It’s frustrating because as soon as he sees it on paper, he knows what he wrote is wrong. It’s hard but the Lord is going to use it to better him (or I).

Last Friday, during the homeschool group’s park day, they held a clothing/books/toys swap. I did get rid of quite a few clothes of mine and J’s that were no longer worn or were too small but still servicable. I found a denim button down shirt that I will cut up for fabric. I also got J a few books at NM a Star Wars book.

In spite of colds bothering them, the boys are so good about their studies lately. We’ve re-started our habit of daily writing down our prayer requests. Perhaps making them concrete like that helps. They have two consistent requests: that they finish quickly and that they have good attitudes. I ask that for myself, too, and make sure they know I do.

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