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Thursday, July 17, 2008

Vacation!

Paul and I are celebrating our 13th wedding anniversary this week, and we are on vacation! We have a busy week planned including a camping trip to the beach, so I'm going to be taking a blogging break for awhile. See you later! Michelle

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Sunday, July 13, 2008

Ka - POW!!!!!!

Want to know what THE loudest noise I've ever heard in my whole entire life was? Our beautiful tree getting hit by lightening last night!   We were awakened from a sound sleep in the middle of the night last night by  rain blowing sideways through our window, and the trees whipping around in the wind outside.  I got out of bed to close all of the windows, and just when we thought the worst part of the storm was over Flash - BAM! It sounded like an explosion out in our yard! And here is the aftermath.... (This was the 'entry point'  - It's a little singed.) It peeled the bark off of the tree like a banana! But the worst part is...under the bark...the trunk appears to be split in two. (It's hard to se here, but there is a large crack from where it hit all the way to the ground.) We are having a 'tree guy' come over to see if he can save it. I sure hope so.  It's my favorite tree in our yard!

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Friday, July 11, 2008

Our curriculum plans for Fall are FINALLY coming together!!!

I've been mulling over choices this week, (plus we had a couple of 'box days',) so I think things are finally shaping up for Fall.   I've still got some 'tweaking' to do...but so far this is where we're at! Julie MFW-ECC  (Bible, geography/social studies, science, art, music) Math: Christian Light Education (CLE) Language Arts: CLE (includes grammar, spelling and penmanship), Writing Strands Foreign Language: Powerglide Spanish Health: Rod and Staff Other: The Memory Bible, Leading Little Ones to God, Pearables Kingdom Stories, Keepers of the Faith (work on badges together as a mother/daughter project) Plus: Piano lessons (and possibly swimming or ballet?) Joseph MFW-ECC  (Bible, geography/social studies, science, art, music) Math: Christian Light Education (CLE) Language Arts:   - English : Growing With Grammar   - Penmanship : Handwriting Without Tears - Cursive   - Spelling (??? - Probably either Rod and Staff or Christian Liberty Press)   - Writing : Spectrum Writing Health: Rod and Staff Foreign Language: Powerglide Spanish Other: The Memory Bible, Leading Little Ones to God, Pearables Kingdom Stories, possibly CLE Bible? Plus: Piano lessons (and possibly swimming?) Katie Little Hands to Heaven (LHTH) Rod and Staff ABC Series Bible Stories from A to Z  - (this will fit in perfectly with LHTH's alphabet theme!) The Memory Bible Handwriting Without Tears - Kindergarten level First Reader (when she's ready) Occasional units of B4FIAR Plus: Speech, occupational and physical therapies  (and possibly swimming or ballet?) Annabelle Little Hands to Heaven (at her level) Occasional units of B4FIAR _______________________________________________________ I have really struggled with finding the right language arts program for Julie and Joseph this year (and I'm still not convinced that what I chose for Joseph is the right fit for him.)  I ordered Growing with Grammar (GWG) off of a swap board, and I ordered two different sets (one for Julie and one for Joseph.) Julie's got lost in the mail.    I almost wish it had been the other way around.  Julie has mentioned before that she wishes spelling was a separate subject, because by adding it to grammar, it makes her lessons seem even longer.  she said that she would prefer to split it up in another book, because even if she is still doing 6 pages of work - it 'feels' shorter when they're not all lumped together. So I found a deal on a unused set of GWG  - and I bought it, knowing that if I didn't like it we already have the next level of CLE for her.  Then, I knew that if I switched her and not him, there would be complaining - so I bought him a set of GWG, too. (from a different seller.) His arrived - her's didn't, and now I'm worried about complaining the other way round! Plus - CLE was very strong in phonics - (something Joseph needs.)  GWG is nice, but it is just grammar.  If I switch to GWG, I will really need to find a spelling program that is strong in phonics to compliment it.   So - right now I am doing a lot of praying that God leads me to make the right choices for my kids.  (I certainly don't want to 'labor in vain' again!)

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Thursday, July 10, 2008

A bit of summer school

I decided that Julie needed some review on her multiplication tables, (after asking her a question and getting that blank "uh-oh stare".) So we downloaded the (FREE!) game Timez Attack.... ...and soon EVERYONE was getting a math lesson! (*Note - although Julie enjoyed the game, I want to warn others that it is rather 'creepy.' It is set in a dark dungeon, and the main character is a lizard (I think?), and he battles giant ogres with multiplication facts on them.)

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Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Mmmmmmmm...shortcake!

Even though I will probably be eating this daily for the next six weeks, I don't think I will ever get tired of it.   (Then again...ask me in 6 weeks!)

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Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Nature notes (See how my garden grows....)

Our 'square foot' veggie garden is doing wonderfully! Our tomatoes, peas, sunflowers and beans are coming along nicely. The lettuce is ready for harvest, and the corn was "knee high by the 4th of July." ...and our squash and melons are starting to creep up their trellis! In other 'nature news'...we have 8 successful cocoons!   How's that for "hands on"  science?

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Monday, July 7, 2008

Independence Day weekend!

We had a wonderful "4th of July" weekend - and we packed a LOT into it! (It actually started on Thursday the 3rd, as our town has their fireworks display then.) Thursday afternoon we also met some friends at a local nature center.   The area nature centers are having a summer program (as part of the "No Child Left Inside" movement) and they have a Passport to Nature.  Every center we visit will earn one stamp/sticker, and if the children fill their passports, they earn a special pin.   Here we are at 1000 Islands Nature Center. Hiking with our friend along the river.Deer in the woods That evening we went to the fireworks. This year was really different...before the show, they passed out spectra-vision' glasses. They made the fireworks brilliant! (Paul held his glasses in front of the camera and took some photos!) We spent almost all of the 4th outdoors! In the morning we went strawberry picking! We found a great little berry farm where we even got a wagon-ride out to the strawberry fields. Julie and Joe in search of the perfect berry. I think Katie ate more than she picked! Mom and Dad's berries!   (We picked 15 lbs. !!!)And this is how Annabelle picks berries (on a 90 degree day!) (She said she didn't want to hear the bees buzzing!) We got pretty hot picking berries - so we figured we'd better go cool off at the beach! We didn't get there until late afternoon, and so we had the place almost all to ourselves! We closed out the day with some sparklers in the back yard. Annie loved them....Katie wasn't so sure.... Saturday we decided to go to another beach, (our favorite,) Kusel Lake. This beach was a little more crowded, but we still had fun: swimming & playing in the sand, collecting shells, and chasing dragonflies   and Sunday.....was our day of rest! I think God for our wonderful weekend!

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Wednesday, July 2, 2008

A few updates

A few people have inquired, so I just wanted to say that we still haven't heard any news yet about any of Katie's test results. She DID have he occupational therapy evaluation this week, and it was determined that she does need O.T., so we will be adding that to our schedule.   Next week she will have her physical therapy evaluation, and I am 99% certain she will need that too, as her neurologist has already stated she needs it to correct the damage done to her calves from her tip-toe walking. We were very blessed, as we found out that our insurance will cover PT and OT ( and we will not have to rely on the public school system!!!)  but we are a little disappointed because we found out that none of the hospitals in our town have pediatric PT and OT services, so we will need to drive to a ways to the Children's Hospital in the next town. With rising gas prices...I pray that they can schedule back-to-back appointments, so that we don't have to make several trips/week. I am starting to get rather nervous as to how I'm going to fit everything in this year. 2 sessions of speech, 45 minutes of OT,  and (?)  sessions/minutes of PT per week. Paul and I have discussed that 'something has to give', and unfortunately it's probably going to be co-op, dance, and other classes for the older kids.   We really want them to continue in piano, and I'll join our homeschool group for the field trips, but I'm not going to sign up for any other activities or else I'll be run ragged.  Who knows - we might find we like it better not rushing here & there for activities.

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Tuesday, July 1, 2008

It's that time of year again!

Time for butterflies! We decided to try ordering from a different company this year. we have always ordered from Insect Lore, and they have been great, but DH found another company called Butterflies and Blueberries, so we decided to give them a try.   They were a dollar less and we actually got MORE caterpillars - (8 vs. the 4 or 5 we typically got from Insect Lore.) The larvae arrived yesterday! This company does things a little differently. With Insect Lore's kit, you get one jar and all of the food is already inside. The caterpillars eat, grow, make their chrysalis, and then you move them to the butterfly garden. With this kit, you must transfer the caterpillars to a bigger cup and give them more food before they make their big change.  There are also instructions on what temperature to keep the larvae at, (as it affects how long it takes them to grow/change,) and how you should 'mist' their chrysalises with a spray bottle.  Hmmm...very interesting! We are excited to watch our Painted Ladies grow!

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Monday, June 30, 2008

MY rummage sale find!

I almost forgot! On Saturday there was another rummage sale being held just across the way. Of course, I had to go and 'check out the competition' and LOOK what I got!    An autoharp! Boy does that bring back memories of elementary school music class! (Now all I have to do is figure out how to tune it....and play it! )

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Monday, June 30, 2008

It feels SO good...

...to get rid of clutter!!! We had a rummage sale this past weekend and we 'cleaned out' big time! We made a decent profit, but that was only 'icing on the cake' compared to our real purpose - getting rid of clutter! We sold our old aluminum swingset and Little Tykes sandbox that were too small for the kids, THREE double strollers (how on earth did I end up with 3 of them?!), bikes, our old dog house, and tons of toys, kid's clothes, books, and old records. About the records...I had to laugh... Most of them belonged to Paul's late mother, and they were mostly "classic country" (Patsy Klein, George Jones, etc.,)   So imagine how shocked I was when one shopper brought me a handful of records by artists such as Prince, Madonna, and Weird Al Yankovic!  (Yeah...Paul had sneaked a few of his old albums in there too.)   So...out of curiosity, (to see what sort of music my DH had listened to as a 'youngster' ) I had to dig through the stack...only to be shocked that he had also included some of MY old records!  (And by the end of the day - I was a little "hurt" that people bought all of his "Billy Joels"....and no one bought my soundtracks to "The Great Muppet Caper", and "The Never Ending Story." )    We also laughed that we had 'doubles' of Footloose, Cindy Lauper, and Wham. Ah yes....we are definitely children of the 80's! After the sale we loaded our van FULL and drove all of the 'leftovers' to Goodwill. It feels wonderful to have less clutter!

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Sunday, June 29, 2008

Something exciting for MFW users....

I just got a catalog from Carson-Dellosa this weekend, and look at what they have! I am really excited about this because if you look at the cover, it says it includes Norway!  It should fit in perfectly with ECC!

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Friday, June 27, 2008

VBS

The kids are having a great time at VBS this week! The theme of VBS this year was hot air balloons/ "Soaring High." I have to be honest, at first I was a little 'skeptical' when I heard that. I thought... hot air balloons?   Really?  They were able to revolve a whole week of Bible lessons around a 'hot air balloon' theme?  But I have to admit I have been VERY impressed! Every day the kids 'fly' somewhere new, (along with the help of our pastor - a.k.a "Tad Venture") This week they have traveled to : 1. California's Gold Country...... in search of treasure. But they discovered that the greatest treasure came to earth in the form of a tiny baby born in Bethlehem many years ago. 2. Brazil / the Amazon rainforest.... full of life. They learned that God made not only all of the wonderful animals there, but God made our wonderful world and everything in it. 3.  Yellowstone National Park.   (This was an 'emergency' flight.) The kids had to help 'rescue' some stranded hikers, and in doing so - they learned that God wants us to be kind and compassionate, and to help others in need 4. Lake Michigan  - (This adventure took them over a campfire on the beach where they hear people singing campfire songs. ) They learned that just as we gather around campfires to sing with joy,  we can sing joyfully to praise God for all he has done for us. 5. Hawaii  - 'paradise.' The kids learned that even though Hawaii may seem like paradise on earth...that there is a true paradise that awaits us with God.   Because of Jesus, we will live in the perfect homes that he has made ready for us in heaven. But .... the VBS leaders had a huge surprise for the kids today on the final day. We all went out to the church lawn and.....look what was waiting for them! As we watched the balloon being filled, they gave the wonderful analogy.... "Just like we cannot see the hot air that lifts the balloon up into the sky, we cannot see God's love. But it is there... lifting us... and carrying us heavenward." WOW!  I LOVE that!

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Monday, June 23, 2008

Poor Joseph!

Ah....the perils of having three sisters.....

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Saturday, June 21, 2008

Laboring in vain

Psalm 127 1 Unless the LORD builds the house,        its builders labor in vain.        Unless the LORD watches over the city,        the watchmen stand guard in vain.  2 In vain you rise early        and stay up late,        toiling for food to eat—        for he grants sleep to those he loves.  3 Sons are a heritage from the LORD,        children a reward from him.  4 Like arrows in the hands of a warrior        are sons born in one's youth.  5 Blessed is the man        whose quiver is full of them.        They will not be put to shame        when they contend with their enemies in the gate. Well, guess what?  I've been "laboring in vain" again.   (Rolling my eyes!) I have been so concerned about meeting Katie's medical needs, (and God has been so faithful there, ) that I have only been praying half-heartedly about what to do for school for her. I just charged ahead with my own plan, without giving much prayer to it. And then I became frustrated when I met obstacles.  (Go figure!) I am blessed with a 'quiver-full', and so I have been worried about adding a third child (and one with 'difficulties', no less) to our homeschooling schedule for this fall.  I needed something 'easy' and I had planned on using B4FIAR  for Katie, but I was having the hardest time finding all of the books for it.  (We are on a budget, and so I am limited to what I can find at the library/ Goodwill/ Ebay/etc.)   I just wasn't finding what I needed to make my plan work.    (Notice I said MY plan!)  ;-) I was literally laying awake at night /losing sleep over what I was going to do if I couldn't find all of the books I needed.  (Notice verse 2!) One night as I was tossing and turning, Paul turns over and says..."Just pray about it!" Well I lost a little more sleep that night - but it was well worth it.  I cried out to the Lord to help me to know His will for Katie regarding school. And my loving, faithful, Heavenly Father answered my prayers. As I mentioned before, our local homeschool group's used-book sale was last weekend, and as I was browsing through the tables I spied a brand new copy of  "Little Hands to Heaven".      Truthfully, this was a program that I hadn't really even considered.  I have heard other people say how much they love HOD (Heart Of Dakota) curriculum, but I hadn't really looked in-depth at it because I had my heart set on FIAR.   But God, in His wisdom, led me to the perfect program for Katie! Not only is it a nice, gentle approach for Katie, (since I will have to make sure Katie has time for all of her therapies that she needs.)  But best of all, unlike FIAR,  it is 100% Christ centered!   I no longer have to 'labor in vain' to find the FIAR books, and when I went to the HOD website to ask a question about if this was the right 'level' of HOD for Katie...the author herself wrote me back and assured me that she thinks this is exactly the right level of HOD for Katie!  I have such peace about using this for her, and the Lord has 'granted me sleep' once again! I cannot thank the Lord enough! For leading me to this program, For answering my prayers, (for Katie's sake,) and most importantly... for forgiving me for foolishly trying to do things my way.

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Friday, June 20, 2008

You know you're a homeschooler when....

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Another test for Katie

Today is the day of Katie's 24 hour EEG. We went to the hospital early this morning and they applied the electrodes (with superglue!... I'm rather dreading tomorrow! ) She's all wrapped up like a human Q-tip, but even so she's still so happy and cute! We 'dressed her up' a little as she was feeling a little self conscious about the bandages She's being such a good girl about it, (and I pray that we get some answers from this test.)

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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Twaddle

Merriam-Webster defines twaddle as as 1  a: silly idle talk : drivel      b: something insignificant or worthless : nonsense Twaddle is also a term often used in the Charlotte Mason educational philosophy and she uses it to mean "dumbed down literature." There is a LOT of twaddle out there! Sometimes Twaddle is easy to spot.  It is often found in the 'fad' chapter book series (Mary-Kate & Ashley books, Goosebumps, Captain Underpants, etc.) But other times it is much harder to discern if what our children are reading is twaddle or not. For instance, lately we have attempted to read a couple of books from popular historical fiction series for young readers. The first one was a book from the "Dear America" series put out by Scholastic. As a parent I thought, "Oh good - My child is reading about history - Pilgrims even!"  I was happy because it seemed like a much better choice than Captain Underpants. Then, after Julie had read a few chapters, she brought it to me and said... "I don't think I want to read any more of this book, Mom."  I said "Why not honey?"  (expecting to hear... "It's too boring.") But instead I heard, "It's really scary and the pilgrim girl is mean!" She opened the book to show me and I was horrified what I read. *Warning The content below is graphic - Please do not let young children read it!!!* (Excerpt from Dear America - A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple) "And..." He spoke slowly.  " Just when they had a few breaths of life still in them, they were cut down.  Their bellies were cut open, their guts drawn out and burning coals put in their bowels!  That is what the bishops do.  Mere killing is not enough." Well, Mam who had been sitting still as a stone, suddenly jumped up with Blessing in her arms. "Elder Brewster."  She spoke through clenched teeth.  "This is not a conversation for children nor for anyone sitting at the table of the Lord partaking in the nourishment that He hath provided.  We do not want our children's sleep to be troubled with nightmares." So...the 'mother' in the story had enough common sense to know that those thoughts/images would be terrifying to children...and yet the author (and the editors at Scholastic) did not?!! After all...the children in the book are fictional, but the targeted audience of these books are real children...with real fears...and those careless words really will give them nightmares! The main character of this story ( for supposedly being a godly Pilgrim girl) was selfish and mean.  In one instance she spoke of another shipmate saying, "I am praying very hard not to ever speak out loud the following thought, but I must say it or I shall explode.  So I shall write it very very small:  I hope Mary Chilton almost dies a long and painful death and then recovers but is left just slightly crippled.   I wish I could say that was our only experience with awful children's literature recently, but it was not. Once again we chose a series of 'historical fiction' (hmmmm...perhaps we should try another genre? )  We Picked up the first few books from the Time Warp Trio from the library. The first book, "Knights of the Kitchen Table," was actually pretty funny and we all enjoyed it a bit. There were a few 'off color' jokes about a giant with bad breath and gas... but nothing horrible. The next book was about pirates, and this one was much 'darker.'   For instance;  Blackbeard watches two pirates dig a hole and then he shoots them dead and throws them in the hole (so they can't tell anyone where his treasure is buried.) The kids in the book were terrified that he would shoot them next, (and Julie was, too.) We managed to finish the book, though, and all ended well, so Julie seemed alright. We should have stopped. In the next book (about cowboys/the Wild West) they talk about Indians scalping people and cutting them open and taking their guts out. We stopped right there!  (I didn't even read the 'guts' line, but I had already read the scalping part, and Julie was terrified.....She's very sensitive.)    Julie was in tears and she had a hard time falling asleep that night.  She doesn't even want to look at the cover of the book, and I promised never to read one of those books to her ever again! I was also very disappointed about the language used in the Time Warp books! Aside from the main characters calling each other names like 'stupid' and 'dummy,' the one boy tells another "If we make it out alive I'm gonna' kill you." There were much more offensive words, too,  like "D_mnation and h_llfire!" (used as a curse by the pirates,) and in the cowboy book the trail boss says "What the H___!" I know a lot of other parents are probably being 'duped' thinking,  "These books are about history...they're educational." But they're not....they're awful, and they are twaddle!  One last word about twaddle.....Twaddle can even come in the form of highly recommended books.  (Some are even on the 'recommended reading lists' of some well known /well trusted companies -as my good friend Daisy recently found out.   She has also written an excellent post on this subject here!) And I completely agree with her that we, as parents, need to pre-read the books that we give our children.  We need to guard their hearts and minds. Daisy also quoted these verses, but I wanted to add them here as well, because I feel they are so important. Philippians 4:8-9 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable— if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.

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Monday, June 16, 2008

Father's Day weekend

We had a lovely weekend! Saturday, Paul and I got to go on sort-of a 'date.'  Our local homeschool group had a used-book sale, and they requested that no small children attend, so we got a sitter.  ( Hmmmm....time alone with my hubby and curriculum shopping....what more could a girl ask for!)   I found lots of great deals, too!I got the Five In A Row holiday book, some Cusenaire rods, Pearables character stories, a Writing Strands workbook for both Julie and Joseph, Power Glide Spanish (Latin didn't work so well for us...we'll see if Spanish is a better fit,) and Rod and Staff English ( I'm not sure this will be a good fit for us after reviewing it further - but  we'll see...).  we also got some 'fun books' to read including the Elsie Dinsmore series. The thing that I was most excited about though, was a copy of Little Hands to Heaven by Heart of Dakota.  It is a Christian preschool curriculum for ages 2-5, and so I am hoping that maybe it is something fun I can do with Annabelle, (and perhaps some of the activities would even work well for Kindergarten for Katie, too!)   I have heard such great things about it! On Saturday afternoon, a BIG event happened here in our home...... Our little girl is no longer sleeping in a crib!   (Well...okay - technically it IS still her crib, but we converted it to 'toddler bed mode.' ) She was SO excited - (although she has fallen out of bed both nights since then.) In other 'big girl news' - she now prefers this bike to her tricycle: My 'baby' is growing up....sigh! And Sunday was Father's Day!!!  Paul enjoyed his gifts: a digital photo keychain (so he always can have lots of pictures of the kids with him,)  and an "Empty 3" player (as Annabelle calls an MP3.) We went for a nice long bike ride along a local bike trail, and later we had a picnic lunch at the park. It was a beautiful day, and a beautiful way to celebrate the wonderful man that God has chosen to be the father of my children!    He's such a GREAT daddy!!!

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Friday, June 13, 2008

Baseball, tornadoes, floods, and our garden.

How's that for a random title - LOL! We took the kids to their first baseball game of the season. We have a local minor-league team, and the kids were really excited to be able to go to a game. We even had great seats  - two rows up , and right along 1st base. Unfortunately, as this is Wisconsin (and the weather is so horribly unpredictable,) we only got to see 3 innings before the torrential downpour began and the lightening/hail caused everyone to run for cover. We tried to 'wait it out' under the (metal-roofed ) shelter of the picnic area, but after an hour the storm only seemed to be picking-up so they 'called' the game.  Amidst all of the lightning, we made a mad dash for the car and went home.   Hopefully we'll get a rain-check and be able to go to another game later this season. This has been just a horrible weather week.   We have had one storm after another, and last night the tornado sirens went off (again) and so we all spent the evening in the basement.  Luckily we have a TV and radio down there, so we could keep up with the weather reports.  There was a funnel cloud only 2 miles from our house!  (It didn't touch down - but it was still pretty scary!) (In the basement) Poor Joseph is so frightened of storms/thunder, and this was very hard on him.  He decided to make the best of it though, and he put on his Bathrobe Coat of Many Colors while we waited out the storm. As for the flooding, we are just fine here, but the town where I grew up (Portage, WI) is just downstream from Wisconsin Dells/Lake Delton.  I'm sure many of you have heard about the tragedy there, (the dam broke, and the whole lake drained within hours - taking houses, boats, etc. and flooded the surrounding area.)   Now the Wisconsin River is rising (and the extra water from Lake Delton has pushed it to the limits.)  I have several relatives that still live in Portage, and they said they are praying that the levee holds.    (Thankfully, none of my relatives live close to the river, but it would still be a tragedy for the town to be flooded.)   And lastly - something happy - an update on our garden. We have all sorts of fun things happening!  Unfortunately, we have a lot of debris in there, too because of the storms, but most of the little sprouts have remained unharmed (we did have a little squash sprout get uprooted, but we think we were able to save it in time.) We have: Tomatoes & peppers, beans and sunflowers Lettuce and carrots- Corn and summer squash We need to do some 'thinning' - but overall I think we're in good shape!  :-)

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