Thoughts, Adventures, & Daily Life of a Home-Schooled High-Schooler

On Monday I cleaned up my desk and put away all my school books. All of the sudden, it hit me that I don't need this stash of favorite notebooks and mechanical pens - there is no "next year of school - I'll use it then". * * * * * * * * * * * * This spring, several of us have different projects. Most of the projects involve animals - ranging in side from tiny bunnies to full grown dogs. Dad has pigs - 3 of them. The idea is to raise and butcher them this fall, with possibly a greased pig contest before then.   They have been given the names of Pinky, Black Tail, and Spoty. **Please be informed that these pigs were named by the younger children** Mom decided she wants to plant beans. Dad made her the raised beds, relocated the tea beds, and several scoops of mushroom soil later, they are ready to be used. Brian and I have our puppies, which went to the vet on Wednesday. Trenton wants chickens, but we have yet to find laying hens. Martina's project is helping Mom wi...

My Father's World Exploring Countries and Cultures has lots of crafts and activities, in addition to the bookwork. A few weeks ago we were to make New England Primers. They are glad that this is not their normal "reader". * * * * * * * * * Mom decided that we should observe different National Holidays. Green Juice and Peanut Butter Day! Sticker Day! I will try to post some more photos of us observing a few more holidays at a later date.

         . . . I do much, much more studying than I ever remember doing during High-School. But why am I writing a post about studying for a test???           Because it makes another blog post😉, and I have my Mid-Term EMT test tonight. This photo is from another study time several weeks ago. It appears that I'm studying the brain? Maybe it was the stroke chapter. When I showed the photo to my aunt, she told me that she only likes the top 1/3 of the picture: the laptop and food. All for now! Back to the land of textbooks, big, hard-to-pronounce-words, and brain hemorrhages.* *Note:*      I'm not experiencing a brain hemorrhage, only studying how to provide care to a patient experiencing one!

        This week the 1st and 2nd graders were learning about George Washington, and the curriculum suggested making tricorn hats as an additional activity. I dutifully complied, and now we have tricorn hats. It would appear as if wearing the hat for school makes you wiser. * *  * * * Last week, Martina took step-by-step photos of me making meatloaf. I was surprised to see this photo! The egg is in mid-air, between the shell and the bowl! . . .mixing everything together. . . . . .ready for the oven!

    This year I am teaching the younger children's history and science subjects. We have been learning about the Indians, and suggested making wigwams one day, and tepees the following.       I dutifully complied with the teachers manual and Tuesday morning found us making wigwams outside. (Mainly 'cuz I thought a flour-and-water paste would be easier to clean up on a driveway, than on a kitchen floor!)           Our neighbor's lab thinks life is too great to be taken in at a slow pace. When a toddler opened his porch door, he took advantage of the opportunity for adventure.         I didn't let him join our class, but rather took a brief "recess" and returned him to his owners.  Construction continues. . .   The wigwam village. . . . . .and the Indian tepees from the Plains.

This year I didn't take many pictures during retreat like I have some other years, but I do have a few to show.    My team was in the Sr. High "C" division.  Our first quiz on Thursday we won by position; something our team has been trying to do all year long I have a few more videos, but they didn't want upload properly, so no more videos for today. Watch my YouTube channel, they will eventually make their way on there. The MACSA Bible Quizzing Facebook page had a few pictures which I have posted below.   The passage for next year is Matthew 1:18 - 10:42, almost 300 verses.