Sep. 3, 2008 - Buried
On Monday, Crystal, over at Biblical Womanhood, mentioned that her daughter, Kathrynne, loves dirt. It reminded me of these pictures.
We took these shots of Jacob this time last year. Now that is a boy who LOVES dirt!
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Sep. 1, 2008 - Pirates...
On Saturday, we made our first trip down to the Detroit Science Center. We had a blast!
We purchased the membership, of course. After all, with a family this size it's cheaper. Plus, now we can go back again. We plan to go back several times this year to see the Imax films they play, as well as to visit the planetarium. This ties in with our science curriculum this year-astronomy.
First, we went through Odyssey's Shipwreck! Pirates & Treasure exhibit. The artifacts are from a Civil War era ship, the SS Republic, that sunk off the coast of Georgia, during a hurricane.
After that, we walked around and played with some of the hands-on stuff. We all know that these are the things that make science museums so much fun.
We also watched the Imax film, Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs. This was a perfect tie-in with our history studies.
We look forward to going back and enjoying many more days at the Detroit Science Center. Just watch out for pirates!
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Aug. 29, 2008 - Summer Book Blast
The kids all enjoy the Clubhouse magazines from Focus on the Family. Jackie has a subscription to ClubHouse, and in the June issue they promoted a Summer Book Blast! The mission was to read 2,500 pages between June 1 and August 31. Jackie decided she wanted to participate and she has been happily reading away all summer. We sat down today to tally up her reading and this is the list she will be sending in to Focus on the Family.
1. Elsie’s Endless Wait by
2. Elsie’s Impossible Choice by
3. Elsie’s New Life by
4. Elsie’s Stolen Heart by
5. Elsie’s True Love by
6. Elsie’s Troubled Times by
7. The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare 249 pages
8. The Strange Case of Baby H by Kathryn Reiss 163 pages
9. Growing Up Super Average by Bob Smiley 218 pages
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11. George Muller The Guardian of Bristol’s Orphans by Janet Benge 205 pages
12. Mystery at
13. Young Believers Case Files by Stephen Arterburn 168 pages
14. Amy Carmichael Rescuer of Precious Gems by Janet Benge 203 pages
15. Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder 238 pages
16. The Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler 208 pages
17. Emily Windsnap and the Monster from the Deep by Liz Kessler 219 pages
18. Emily Windsnap and the Castle in the Mist by Liz Kessler 204 pages
19. I Walk in Dread by Lisa Rowe Fraustino 205 pages
20. Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder 307 pages
21. The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis 95 pages
22. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis 86 pages
23. The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis 105 pages
24. Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis 100 pages
25. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis 115 pages
26. The New Testament 184 pages
That is a total of 4,844 pages!
I do believe I have an avid reader on my hands.
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Aug. 28, 2008 - Cancer
I am a cancer survivor.
I had thyroid cancer in 2005. It's truly an amazing story of God's provision in how that cancer was found. Would you like hear my story?
I awoke one morning to realize that the peripheral vision in one eye was gone. It didn't worry me too much, I've had similar things happen before and I was told it is an ocular migraine. Whatever that is. So anyway, the day went on and it never came back. Another day passed, and I was starting to get anxious now. In the past this has never lasted for longer than an hour or two. On day 2, I called the eye doctor. I've had a retinal tear in the past also, so I wanted to make sure that hadn't happened again. It hadn't.
Well, I still couldn't see and I was getting worried. The eye doctor could find no reason for my (hopefully) temporary peripheral blindness. So I went to my family practitioner. I had been in for my yearly physical already and everything was fine. But since I was there he decided to do a quick check-up. While he was checking my neck, he stated that he felt "something", but not to worry about it. It's probably nothing, but I need to come back so he can check it out. But we wanted to figure out the vision thing first. He recommended I see a neurologist. I did, again everything was normal. There was no known physical reason for my vision to be impaired. After a week or two, my vision returned and things went back to normal.
That is, until I returned to my physician to check out the thing in my neck. He sent me for an ultrasound. That came back suspicious, so we scheduled a biopsy. (Talk about an unpleasant experience. Having tiny needles stuck in your throat. I can go the rest of my life without experiencing that again, thank you.) Obviously, that came back positive for thyroid cancer.
We then, set about making plans for surgery, I had a total thyroidectomy on April 15, 2005. In June, I underwent Radioactive Iodine treatment. That was interesting-I got to spend several days in a lead-lined hospital room where everything was covered in plastic and they came in with a geiger counter several times a day to measure my level of radio-activity. It was actually a quiet and restful couple of days. I spent a lot of time alone-just me and God.
I got to fully appreciate how He had His hand on this entire journey. I got to thank Him and worship Him, and acknowledge how He was in control. I realized that my losing my eyesight, was what God used to get me to the doctor. I had no other reason to go. He knew it would freak me out enough to do something. God knew all along that this cancer would come, and He knew all along how we were going to defeat it. I am thrilled to know that He takes such good care of me.
I know that He will take care of me this time too.
I found out on Monday that I have malignant melanoma.
I will be going on Thursday, September 4th for an excision. My prayer is that it has been found early and it will be successfully removed.
Again, I know God is in control. He and I have walked a similar road together in the past. We will walk this road together also. I'm going to enjoy the journey, I couldn't ask for a better traveling companion.
Again, I will thank Him, I will worship Him and I will acknowledge that He is in control.
I learned so much through my last cancer experience, and I welcome the lessons God has for me through this one. I know the Great Physician is handling my case and there is no one more qualified.
I began this post by saying that, "I am a cancer survivor."
I'll end by saying, "I will be a cancer survivor, again."
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Aug. 25, 2008 - First Day of School
Today was the first day of our new school year. I think it went really well. We had the "major" stuff finished before lunchtime. We would have had plenty of time for history and science, except I had a last minute Dr. appt come up. ( I had to go in and receive a biopsy result. We all know it's not good news when they bring you in.)
The kids worked hard and I think they had a good day. Hannah and Joel used Math U See for the first time today, and I think they are going to like it. We decided to review some basic facts with them and when they saw how easy today was going to be the complaining stopped. Now I hope this continues and they get up to speed quickly. Even Jacob sat in on the lessons and completed a worksheet. It would be great if he'd just pick it up along with them!
So, I would say our first day was a success. I'm looking forward to tomorrow.
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