Happy Retirement Mr. Lynn!! My kids think I know everything, too. Mostly about things I know nothing about. For example: we go to visit my dad yesterday. The door to his room is closed, so we leave. "Mom, why can't we go in?" "His door is closed." "Why is it closed?" "I don't know. I guess they don't want us to come in?" "What are they doing in there?" "I have no idea?" "Why can't we go in there?" " I really have no idea, I know exactly as much as you do, the door is closed, I don't know what they are doing! Now leave me alone!" I do think Renai knows everything, though!! I liked Apologia Atronomy least of the ones we've done so far. And honestly, I think they're (All the Young Explorer books) are geared for mid to older elementary aged kids. We've done the first 2 Zoology ones and loved them. We'll be doing #3 next year. The Junior notebooks are meh. I'll be getting all three of my girls the regular notebooks.

Good Morning!!! COFFEE!!☕ï¸â˜•ï¸â˜•ï¸â˜•ï¸â˜•ï¸â˜•ï¸â˜•ï¸â˜•ï¸â˜•ï¸â˜•ï¸â˜•ï¸â˜•ï¸â˜•ï¸ This is the beginning of a much too busy weekend. Today - School, Costco, Awana T&T Girls cookout tonight (at the place where our new kittens live, DD is hoping and praying they are big enough to come home with us tonight) Tomorrow- post-poned birthday party for 3 of our children is happening at lunch-time with grandparents, then mid-afternoon I go with my mom to a fancy schmancy wedding for my cousin's kid who doesn't even know me, that we weren't planning on attending, but my aunt strong-armed my mom at another wedding, "you and K ARE coming to the wedding, AREN'T YOU?" Well, Dad obviously can't come and the kids aren't invited and we don't have babysitting, so DH will stay home with them and Mom and I will go to this wedding.

I don't know if it made it to the cookbook, but I did post it here once.

She would get along beautifully in my house!!

Oh my!!

That is the sweetest dog!! I love beagles.

Hi JJM!! How's it going up there in floody mudslide country??

Like banshees? Or like wolves?

Well, I guess I should get up and go do something productive. I feel like I got hit by a truck. AF always does this to me. And I that I was done with all that. Got a 6 month reprieve and thought I was in menopause, but...no! Surprise.😡

There, there, Spud. We all know they're a bunch of morons!! Don't pay any attention to them.

Oh dear. This does not bode well...

Yay for Mr. Lynn!!

I am currently texting my BFF. She's in Copenhagen. Lol. Her DH is on business and she and DD are tagging along. It is a little after 5:00pm there. I love modern technology.

Good Morning!! COFFEE!!☕ï¸â˜•ï¸â˜•ï¸â˜•ï¸â˜•ï¸ It's Friday Eve!!ðŸ‘

Hah!! She's gone. We came home from Awana and she had dug a hole under the fence and escaped. I am so glad. I so didn't want a dog. I feel sorry for her. I hope she doesn't fall back into the clutches of those horrible people who chained the wood on her neck, but.... She had her chance and she left. We fed her and gave her water and the kids brushed her and loved on her, but she decided to go. So, it wasn't meant to be.

'Fraid so, Babe!!

I'll say! Although if she has the longevity of my elderly cat... I'll be taking her to the retirement home with me. I have no idea how old she is. She's not a puppy. She already seems pretty affectionate and she's definitely grateful to me for saving her life.

Sigh, why do these things happen to me?? So, I'm driving home from taking DDs to piano lessons. I turn on the street that goes into our subdivision and there's a little dog right in the middle of the road. I honk, and she doesn't move too fast and so I parked and got out and then I noticed some horrible person has chained a good sized block of wood to her neck. By this time another woman has stopped and we're kind of assessing the situation and then this man pulls up behind me and gets out. He doesn't dilly dally. Goes right up to her and unhooks the chain and wood. As soon as that little gal is free she runs to my car (I had left the door open) and jumps in and sits in my seat and wouldn't budge. So, I brought her home. Sigh. I don't want a dog. She's small, blonde and seems pretty mellow. The kids, of course, are in love with her. They named her Gracie.

That's what I thought. The competition is stiff.

Warning: educational content ahead!! So, I accidentally skipped the chapter about the Punic Wars in SOTW with my 2nd grader and kindergartener. Do y'all think this will affect their chances to get into Stanford?

((Dawn)). The others gave you some good advice. PrayIng for you, my friend.

JJM, she sounds like my nephew. He is a total Math-head. They're looking at colleges now for him, and he and his dad visited one and everything was great except nephew's one comment was, "They don't take math seriously enough."

Boy, Angi, we could sure have fun analyzing your psyche with those dreams!!😜

I love that!!! Cannot have too much Christopher Walkin!!

Aaack!! Stay safe. Don't drive in treacherous roads. Don't go swimming in the sea!!