tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59735622011-09-01T05:40:36.763-07:00River's Edge Urban AcademyHomeschooling 4 kids ages 9, 6, 4 and baby while working as a postpartum nurse and lactation counselor.KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.comBlogger2271100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-34307660110008150892009-09-25T20:38:00.001-07:002009-09-25T20:38:50.620-07:00Don't die blog. I don't really care to post anymore but I am afraid if I don't post biannually or something you will disappear!KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-71757394456280510722007-10-18T23:58:00.000-07:002007-10-19T00:00:06.262-07:00K12I thought I wanted to write a blogpost about how much I love K12 and think J is learning so much with it, and I love how being accountable to the school district is making me get my ass out of bed on rainy days and do school but I am too tired.KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-24076136217617638992007-10-16T20:10:00.000-07:002007-10-16T20:14:03.023-07:00KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-5666247433581578942007-10-09T23:04:00.000-07:002007-10-09T23:19:26.288-07:00Warning: Birth story ahead...The Birth of Soleil Rain MillerAll day of the Summer Solstice (June 21st) I had occasional contractions and felt the baby moving down very low. I was 40.2 weeks and really hoped my baby would be born on the Solstice. We didn’t know if this, our fourth baby, was a boy or a girl and I was getting very anxious to find out for certain, though I was sure it was a boy. IKatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-90883432104452653362007-09-29T01:18:00.000-07:002007-09-29T01:21:32.406-07:00Okay, note to self: I no longer live by the river, therefore our school needs a new name. Maybe the kids can pick. But I definitely get veto power. Because my two boys can outvote my one (non-infant) daughter and I will not be headmistress at Lego Star Wars Academy! Nor Halo 3 Homeschool! My boys like xbox. Go to bed, Katy. Stop typing and go to bed.KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-28957760634700292622007-09-29T00:42:00.001-07:002007-09-29T01:11:58.319-07:00Wow, only 3.5 months since my last post! I'm becoming quite the frequent blogger. Well, quick update: we had our baby! We had a little girl named Soleil Rain, born three days after her due date. We had a fabulous home/water birth and she has been a wonderful baby.* The kids love her, though you can tell Keian gets a little jealous and sad sometimes. He really likes HER, he's just upset withKatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-48423326966818781292007-06-14T00:43:00.000-07:002007-06-14T00:50:49.436-07:00Went and saw "Knocked Up" tonight with my midwife (and friend). I thought that was a good movie choice at 39.1 weeks! Also got my birthing tub set up in my room this evening. Woohooo! C'mon any time now, baby! This was the most important day that I did not want the baby to come before. I would still really like to have my pre-baby pedicure and eyebrow wax on Saturday (39.4 weeks.) KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-91891355376956076532007-06-11T01:43:00.000-07:002007-06-11T01:52:13.810-07:00Update: I am 30! It is my B-day today, also my grandpa's 80th today. It would be quite auspicious if baby would choose to be born today (I am 38.6 weeks) but I doubt that will happen.Further update: planning homebirth!!!!!!!!!! I am so happy and peaceful with this choice. I had so many worries and concerns about another hospital birth; it feels so right to have this one at home. I am done KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1167814818461322932007-01-03T00:42:00.000-08:002007-01-03T01:00:19.250-08:001st post in almost 5 months...What's new? Well, lots.We got moved into our new house and have now been here for about 2 1/2 months.We moved about a week after we found out that I'm pregnant!So here, I sit, in my new house and 16 weeks pregnant! The new house is awesome, lots and lots of space and in a super-convenient neighborhood. We turned one of the bedrooms into a school room though we KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1156526882227176282006-08-25T10:10:00.000-07:002006-08-25T10:28:02.960-07:00YAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Got the house we wanted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Not uncrossing fingers till we move in but we are very happy and excited. It is almost three times the size of our current house with 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 fireplaces, a three season porch, a balcony off of my bedroom and a finished basement. It also has central air (which we don't) and actual closets! And doors that KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1155140370390361692006-08-09T09:18:00.000-07:002006-08-09T09:19:30.776-07:00It is very hard to sell and buy houses. I NEVER want to do this again for the rest of my life. Or longer. Not in my next life either.KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1151227553188383972006-06-25T02:08:00.000-07:002006-06-25T02:25:53.210-07:00Insomnia and a return to blogging....Had a patient tonight who has to decide whether or not to have surgery on her probably-going-to-die-anyway baby. Cried with her. Cried some more for her and me after I got home. I am on my second beer since 0300 since I am reasoning that it is far too late now at 4:15am to take a sleeping pill. But beer should be okay.I was thinking I was totally getting KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1150873038117568782006-06-20T20:23:00.000-07:002006-06-20T23:57:18.300-07:00Well the HCG was resoundingly negative so no repeat. Follow up with my dr's in 2 weeks. After I spoke with the nurse I was checking my email and voicemail obsessively till I figured out that I was hoping for a message telling me I am still pregnant after all. Back to work tomorrow. I was able to take three days off which was so helpful butI can't take any more time. I don't know that it is KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1150809366893978312006-06-20T06:09:00.000-07:002006-06-20T06:16:06.916-07:00Ugh, I hate to complain about something that is giving me a bit of hope, but I think it is destined to drive me psychotic.2 days before I miscarried I stopped feeling pregnant: the sore boobs, the nausea, all gone.In the middle of my grieving, wailing and crying two days ago I noticed I was slightly nauseated and that my previously superhuman olfactories had turned themselves back on. That, KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1150464300586056292006-06-16T06:24:00.000-07:002006-06-16T06:25:34.313-07:00Please disregard previous post. I have had a miscarriage. God, I hate typing that.KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1150007940986142392006-06-10T23:36:00.000-07:002006-06-10T23:39:01.006-07:00************Newsflash***********Expecting baby #4 sometime in late February.KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1140696485414978802006-02-23T04:01:00.000-08:002006-02-23T19:59:25.513-08:00Purple HairWell, if this isn't worth breaking blog-silence to share, then what is? Jossy and I are now the proud owners of newly dyed brilliant, rich dark purple hair. We just did the backs of our hair, like the bottom 1/5. My hair is up in a pony right now and I think it looks super cute. I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! I think we both look adorable. In related news, I am attending a Professional! KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1139355527350524952006-02-07T15:18:00.000-08:002006-02-09T23:18:35.546-08:00#210This is my 210th and final post for this blog. Life has been pretty nuts since my last post in early December. Shortly before Christmas my dad who is always really healthy and is only 62, was hospitalized for unexplained anemia (4.5g drop in 2 weeks). We still don't know the cause though the docs continue to work him up. Than in early January my grandma became very ill. My mom flew to KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1133458295745383662005-12-01T08:16:00.000-08:002005-12-01T09:31:35.806-08:00Proud of my girl...Since yesterday: she has read all of the library books she checked out yesterday, written two pages in her journal, used Word to plan her daily schedule (and followed it) and sent an email to her grandma. She chose to do all of this completely on her own. I honestly didn't even suggest she do any of them, though the schedule was inspired by our math book.Unschooling at its KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1129183065330405242005-10-12T22:31:00.000-07:002005-10-12T22:57:45.336-07:00UpdateSorry for the lack of recent posts. I am having a tough time this fall. Don't anyone worry, I am okay, it is just a little more of a struggle to do what I need to do each day, and blogging is just not a priority.I may follow a friend's lead and end my blog in dignity, rather than letting it sputter out. But not yet.I have had the privilege and honor of attending the most fascinating and KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1128152117411791802005-10-01T00:28:00.000-07:002005-10-01T00:35:17.416-07:00My Life On A RollercoasterWe went and saw THE HOUSE. It was indeed lovely and perfect and even better than we thought it would be. And on the market NOW, as opposed to in the FUTURE, which is when our house will be ready for the market. For forty-eight insane hours we actually thought we would madly finish all our projects over the next two weeks. HAHAHAHA! When we came to our senses we KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1126945760105911402005-09-17T01:09:00.000-07:002005-09-17T01:29:20.176-07:00Does it say anything about my current obsession that I am googling "homesteading" "raising chickens" and now know which hatchery I will order my day old chicks from and that they will be 6 Americauna pullets and 6 straight run Rhode Island Reds. We are going to look at a few more properties in WI next Sunday. One is very much looking like The House of Our Dreams, but of course might totally notKatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1126631788013096422005-09-13T10:15:00.000-07:002005-09-13T10:16:28.020-07:00Sorry for sparse postings of late. Blog obsession has been replaced by Western Wisconsin real estate listing obsession. Updates to follow as situations warrant.KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com49tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1124261596049076242005-08-16T23:38:00.000-07:002005-08-16T23:53:16.053-07:00Keian updateMy tiny little baby boy, who I refuse to believe is turning 2 next month has totally weaned himself! I guess I am glad it was so easy and completely self-led, but I was totally happy to let him nurse for a few more months at least. I noticed he was nursing less and less over the last couple months. I would occasionally offer him to nurse but more and more often he would shake his KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1124260669904931682005-08-16T23:24:00.000-07:002005-08-16T23:37:49.910-07:00Gulp!Today our neighbor came over. He is the one who started Ryan and I thinking about this moving to the country thing. Turns out he has a verbal agreement to buy the place he went to look at last week. They are hoping to move by mid September!And today we made appointments to go look at three places next weekend. All are within 100 miles of the city. All have over two acres of land. All KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1124075704285402472005-08-14T19:59:00.000-07:002005-08-14T20:15:04.290-07:00Heading for the hills!Well, not much going on here besides major life changes. R and I faced reality and decided that we really need to move. I love our neighborhood, I really like most aspects of our house and enjoy living in the city. But this house is small and getting smaller, as the kids get bigger. We originally had hoped to remodel some day but that is a very, very big project both in KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1123825982823187762005-08-11T22:48:00.000-07:002005-08-11T22:53:02.826-07:00First post in almost a month!And I am too tired to say much but... My work is going to send me to a week long breastfeeding education conference!!!!!!!!!! I am so thrilled! It is in town so I won't have to be gone overnight but will be very busy with the full days of speakers and other education and three hours of homework a night!!!I will get the credential of certified lactation counselor at KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1122950697466181792005-08-01T19:44:00.000-07:002005-08-01T19:44:57.473-07:00testKatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1121977673507746162005-07-21T13:27:00.000-07:002005-07-21T13:28:40.396-07:00This is the same kind of turtle that we found at the North Mississippi Regional Park. The one we found was a tiny baby, though.KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1121977410340303862005-07-21T13:16:00.000-07:002005-07-21T13:26:58.390-07:00BoxingI had the awesome experience of attending the intro boxing class at Uppercut Gym in Notheast Minneapolis. I went with a good friend who had done it before and it was one of the best times I have had in a while. I learned so much about how to hit and how to move my body to hit really hard. I am pretty much a meek person and have never punched another person for real so it was really KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1121580549401359632005-07-16T22:52:00.000-07:002005-07-16T23:09:09.406-07:00UpdateWe were gearing up for yet another camping trip, this time to DeSmet, SD. I went grocery shopping Thursday afternoon for our camping food. Two blocks from home the van died. I was so irritated, but thankful that we were at least ALMOST home and not stranded at the grocery store on a 97 degree day with frozen groceries! We left the food in the car and fortunately Ryan picked it up with 1KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1121237866613910562005-07-12T23:09:00.000-07:002005-07-12T23:57:46.630-07:00How to "Do School"????Well I have been having an awful time sleeping lately and I spend most of the time I am not sleeping debating my educational plans, mostly in regards to J. I have been re-reading all my hs books and re-researching hs info on the internet. That's not what is really bothering me, but it is more fun to think about.I have totally fallen out of love with Calvert aside from KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1120674054425108142005-07-06T11:17:00.000-07:002005-07-06T11:20:54.443-07:00Coolio find at No. Mississippi Regional Park!We were looking at waterbird tracks next to the Miss. River today when we spotted a swimming rock. When Malcolm grabbed it, it turned out to be a tiny little baby turtle with a flexible shell. We took it up to the nature center where they not only identified it as a spiny softshell turtle, but also adopted it and told us we could come back and name KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1120227340348187432005-07-01T06:51:00.000-07:002005-07-01T07:15:40.366-07:00Jossy-isms"Don't worry mom, I only spilled a tiny drop - but it's like a whole world to a microbe." I am so embarrassed - and I don't mean a town in Minnesota." She has said this many times, there is a town in MN named Embarass and she finds that fascinating. The kid cracks me up."We just have this strange feeling - like something is going to happen." Said by Jossy and her cousin Malcolm, KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1120136986495265372005-06-30T05:30:00.000-07:002005-06-30T06:13:19.240-07:00Science Museum Field TripSince I did not put 2+2 together to realize I was coming down with the PLAGUE yesterday, I took my eldest and 3 other kids her age to the science museum for the afternoon. My neighbor was kind enough to trade me her two oldest (5g, 7b) for my two boys (1.75 & 4). We also brought my cousin (8b) so it worked out very nicely for the girls to be partners and the boys to be KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1120134650462450832005-06-30T05:28:00.000-07:002005-06-30T05:30:50.466-07:00102.1Was my temperature yesterday afternoon. It is gone now, but my tonsils are still so swollen that they are touching. Waaahhh!KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1119417292599102842005-06-21T21:57:00.000-07:002005-06-27T10:52:47.703-07:00The Big Ol' South Dakota Vay-K!Well, we are home from our vacation to Custer State Park in the Black Hills of South Dakota. It was exhausting but totally worth it. We played outside in perfect weather everyday and the kids (and adults) slept hard every night. Day 1: We were supposed to leave at 3am but I was too excited to sleep so we just left at 1am and drove all day. We got to the park KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1118559481238818312005-06-11T23:36:00.000-07:002005-06-11T23:58:01.243-07:00Happy Birthday to Me!As usual, I worked on my birthday. This actually makes me very happy, because thanks to the fact that MN has one of the strongest nurse's unions in the US, I earned double time. That's right, union nurses get double time on their birthday. It is the most ridiculous thing, in my opinion, but I'm not turning it down!However, I have learned on previous birthdays that it alwaysKatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1118341708067933822005-06-09T11:12:00.000-07:002005-06-09T11:28:28.073-07:00Playdate & Camping PrepThe kids and I met a homeschooling family from our neighborhood at the last Classroom for a Day event that the Three Rivers Park District puts on. We thought it was a little ironic that we drove 30+ miles to Victoria, MN to meet a family who lives 6 blocks from us but we are glad to have found them.We had great fun with the 5 and 7 yr old boys and their 4 guinea pigs! KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1118035604215216022005-06-05T22:06:00.000-07:002005-06-05T22:26:44.223-07:00I've been tagged...3 names I go by: Katy, Kate, Katelyn3 Screenames I've had: hucster63, katynurse, kmiller143 Physical Things I like about myself: My hair, my figure now that I've lost all the pre-babies weight, my hands.3 Parts of my heritage: German, Irish, Polish3 Things I'm wearing right now: Birkenstock clogs, scrub pants I actually paid for and my nursing assistant scrub shirt from when I KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1117953831503830172005-06-04T23:13:00.000-07:002005-06-04T23:43:51.510-07:00Fun Day at WorkI had a really fun day at work today. They called me in early so I got there at about noon. I took care of two recently delivered moms on Labor & Delivery and got them and their stuff and babies out to the post-partum floor and then spent the rest of day shift taking care of just them. This was great because I got to help both of them with their breastfeeding challenges (one hadKatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1117593533355463702005-05-31T19:18:00.000-07:002005-05-31T19:38:53.376-07:00Another great homeschooling day and an epiphany.Woke up very late and had a hard time getting going because I was coming off a four day stretch (am I the biggest baby about working 4 days in a row or what?)Since there wasn't enough coffee in the world to make me an effective preschooler entertainer/baby wrangler/1st grade teacher rolled into one we took a walk to the neighborhood garden store KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1117519724432341272005-05-30T22:34:00.000-07:002005-05-30T23:08:44.466-07:00Good unschooling day!We were over at our neighbors when Joss asked why she was so hot, even though she was wearing a T-shirt. I pointed out that it was black and that black clothes felt warmer. Her and the neighbor boy felt how his light colored shirt felt cooler to the touch than her black one. So I ran back to my house and grabbed sheets of black and white paper and a couple ice cubes and KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1116745898856871512005-05-21T23:54:00.000-07:002005-05-22T00:11:38.873-07:00Note to self...When you call the Y to sign up for a class and they tell you there is a Yoga class at 11:15, ASK IF IT IS LEVEL 1 or 2!!!!! Because level 1 is challenging and I can almost keep up. Level 2 was insane. I hurt all over. But I am kind of proud. And the pain reminded me to work it into conversation frequently (the real reason I work out) so that was good.I worked in the nursery KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1116056032409024622005-05-14T00:21:00.000-07:002005-05-14T00:33:52.416-07:00And now for something totally different...There are all kinds of posts in our workplace newsletter. The kind that invite you to be a part of this "fun" committee or head up this "important" initiative, but are really just more work and more time spent around the people I spend my time trying to avoid (managers,higherups,etc). But then I saw the one about "Anyone interested in becoming a KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1115303820427904222005-05-05T07:24:00.000-07:002005-05-05T07:37:00.546-07:00This Morning:Zeff is drawing a picture of a magic treehouse he is designing. Joss is helping him by labeling things such as the magnit and the midl room. They will have to give their "seerit nams" (secret names) to gain admittance. She is also teaching him to hold the marker the way she does instead of his dagger-death-grip. He is more receptive to her than to me on the topic so I'm glad KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1115265847935433262005-05-04T20:55:00.000-07:002005-05-04T21:05:51.076-07:00Urban Track n FieldWe ran over to the neighbor's to play for a few minutes last evening. The other two moms and I, and the total of 9 children were milling around the yard. Suddenly the moms and I noticed that the 8 big ones (not Keian) were all standing around SOMETHING in the yard in the kind of semi-circle that tells you they have found something nasty. Well, it wasn't a maggoty mouse or KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1115177997168031292005-05-03T20:28:00.000-07:002005-05-03T20:39:57.310-07:004th Post in One Day! Answers to my interview questions as posed by Anne BassoRules to the interview game posted below1) What is the most romantic thing your husband has ever done for you? Hmmm, he bought me a diamond ring once, but I made him take it back. When we were young and dirt poor and living in a crappy apartment in the 'hood he sold his bike, his only means of transportation to buy KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1115144019869902252005-05-03T11:11:00.000-07:002005-05-03T11:14:22.813-07:00Only a mom... can be picking up the living room quickly while everyone is occupied and feel guilty about it. Guilty that she's not including her kids and teaching them to pick up and feel involved, etc etc etc.I can't believe I just wasted energy feeling guilty about that. I'm cleaning for cripe's sake!Back to work...And BTW, what do you think of the three posts in one day? I better be careful KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1115130819185225722005-05-03T07:30:00.000-07:002005-05-03T07:33:39.186-07:00I am a good homeschooling mom.Read on for proof. We are having our 3yr old neighbor over this morning and he is a great friend of Zeff and Keian's. Zeff and Ben and I made pudding together, with each boy taking turns pouring milk and pudding mix, then each counting to 5 out loud for our turns stirring. After we got it in the fridge I presented each preschool boy with a plate of pudding mix andKatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1115125177046623442005-05-03T05:31:00.000-07:002005-05-03T05:59:37.050-07:00Wow! It's been a really long time since I posted. The biggest and best news I can share is that MY BROTHER IS HOME!!!!!! Well not quite home, but in Ft. Mc Coy Wisconsin, but he will be home by Wednesday!!!! Alleluia!!!!!!!!!We haven't done much that is new, but have just been coping without our minivan. To that end we have been riding our bikes aLOT. Joss can regularly do 3 miles and with KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1114219551993580482005-04-22T18:08:00.000-07:002005-04-22T18:25:51.996-07:00BikingWell, I am doing famously at my goal of only filling my van's gas tank every other week. Because said van is out off commission in our driveway. Wussy mom would have just said, "Oh well" and skipped Spanish this afternoon, but I am no wussy mom and I piled the 25 and 35 pound boys in the 40 pound trailer and Joss and I biked the 2.25 miles to Spanish class. We went a different way that KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1113920714550876042005-04-19T06:34:00.000-07:002005-04-19T07:25:14.550-07:00Follow up to Work Post and 80 in AprilMy last night at work turned out to be very nice. I heard that the sick baby I sent up on Friday was improving, though he was still sick. Also had the opportunity to observe the parents of the hold baby and their interactions with her. I was very glad to observe that they were very loving and responsive and also to know that their drug screens were all KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1113634741696654842005-04-15T23:36:00.000-07:002005-04-15T23:59:01.700-07:00Work PostTonight was tough. I was in the nursery and I started my shift with a sick baby and a brand new baby who was on a 72hour hold. These are both things that could keep you mildly busy on their own. But together, it was quite a lot to deal with.72hr hold babies usually need urine and meconium samples collected. The poo is no big thing but getting a urine sample is ridiculously difficult,KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1113295056484847042005-04-12T00:50:00.000-07:002005-04-12T01:37:36.486-07:00SPRINGWell it is fully spring here, or at least it has felt that way lately. It was in the high 70s for the last half of last week and we have been outside constantly. Sunday both kids actually cried because I hadn't let them watch any TV for a full week because everytime they would ask for it I would rant about how nice it was out and since we live in darn near the arctic circle we should be KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1112510812530777172005-04-02T22:29:00.000-08:002005-04-02T22:46:52.533-08:00BraggingWarning: There is no pretense of modesty in the following blog post. Only pure self-congratulatory bragging.My Girl: Today she started talking about going to circus school again. We discussed how she would have to earn $100 of the tuition as it is very expensive. She asked how she would get the money and I told her she could earn $1 extra per day by doing an additional job after her KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1112071477837522632005-03-28T20:35:00.000-08:002005-03-30T12:18:23.830-08:00HeavenIt was 65 today and we spent it almost entirely outside. Kids went outside right after breakfast. I cleaned up a little then took baby out to the backyard with them. Joss made ribbon/twine/stick things for the fairies in our yard who left a fairy ring and Zeff had me trace his outline with sidewalk chalk. I did two of him and one of Keian (who wasn't actually that into it). Zeff was soKatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1111676997994495582005-03-24T06:43:00.000-08:002005-03-24T07:09:57.996-08:00More SpringYesterday got up to 46 degrees and it was so clear and sunny it felt warmer. We played outside pretty much all day. In the AM kids and I rolled out our Mimenchiasaur string to see how long it would be in relation to our house and our block. Kids were impressed that it went to our next-to-next-door-neighbor's house. And it took them 4 seconds to run the distance and 54 Jossy foot KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1111592678779718912005-03-23T06:59:00.000-08:002005-03-23T07:48:12.136-08:00Well, Spring is here and we are having some lovely days.We got a big dumping of snow Friday evening, which caused us to be shortstaffed at work, so I stayed and worked a double in exchange for Saturday evening off. Sunday, Ry and the kids spent three hours in the back yard building a snow fort. At it's height (it's been shrinking everyday) it was probably 3.5 ft tall and is sort of circle KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1111040076352319712005-03-16T22:02:00.000-08:002005-03-16T22:57:20.476-08:00Cool Moments (Actually, many disjointed thoughts as I try to get everything down that I didn't blog about in the last week.) Headings added to make up for lack of coherent theme or graceful segues.Working out: I am back to working out everyday at the Y. We are all healthy again (knock on wood) so I am making up for lost time and doing the elliptical almost everyday and body flow at least 2-3 KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1110574998425344182005-03-11T12:56:00.000-08:002005-03-11T13:03:18.426-08:00We had such a nice morning at the Science Museum. Checked out the Chinasaurs again. The volunteers were just awesome today and spent a lot of time chatting with the kids about dinos. They are both becoming very expert on the subject and Joss thinks she may be a paleontologist as her "first job". She compared it to how I used to work at Burger King and a coffee shop before I started working at KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1110035562783551282005-03-05T07:10:00.000-08:002005-03-05T07:12:42.783-08:00Zeff came into our bed this morning and wanted to tell us about his dream. Apparently it was about a two-headed dragon who was his pet and goblins were trying to take it. He wasn't scared at all, this is the stuff he pretends and talks about alot. We asked him what his dragon's name was. He answered sweetly, "Strawberry, because he drinks blood."sighKatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1109774853088429622005-03-02T06:36:00.000-08:002005-03-05T07:22:29.170-08:00Flu continued....I have a fever and sore throat. I guess if I still have them tomorrow I will go to the doctor but frankly I feel too awful to go to the dr.s office, today. The kids were really good yesterday. I dropped J off at Gym n Swim and one of my friends was kind enough to drive her home so I could have more than an hour to rest. What a lifesaver!I hope they can be as good today. Ryan KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1109642432566157722005-02-28T17:56:00.000-08:002005-02-28T18:00:32.566-08:00FLURyan and I are both down with it. The kids did a very nice job watching themselves today. Ryan and I attempted to take turns napping, but would often collapse before the other person would get up. So Jossy earned $2 watching the baby and Zeff played I-don't-want-to-know-how-many hours of his Tonka Construction computer game. I thought the TV would spontaneously combust after so many hours KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1109399474589236312005-02-25T22:30:00.000-08:002005-02-25T22:31:14.590-08:00TodayWas the saddest and most beautiful day of my life.KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1108880699454538232005-02-19T21:46:00.000-08:002005-02-19T22:24:59.460-08:00Update on my BrotherMy mom talked to him yesterday and he is doing fine and is on his way to Germany. Should be home in either May or June or July or August. (I'm serious, that's what my parents tell me.) The going to Germany thing is good for reasons I don't fully comprehend but have something to do with him becoming an officer I think.We have had a decent weekend. I worked last night and KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1108795146419533132005-02-18T22:31:00.000-08:002005-02-18T22:39:06.420-08:00Please Pray......for my friend Anne. She is going through one of the worst heartbreaks I can imagine. ...for my other friend Kate. Dealing with the loss of her mom and other horrible stressors. ...for me. I feel like the world is such a horrible, fuckedup place where awful things happen over and over. I am very scared about my brother lately. I had a vision when I was giving Zeff a bath theKatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1108670590387116312005-02-17T07:12:00.000-08:002005-02-17T12:03:10.390-08:00Zeff & More UnschoolingMy middle kid is such a special guy. It is not always easy to know what he is learning as he is completely unmotivated by external praise and encouragement. He is the opposite of me in this regard and it has taken a little more thought and observation to learn how to help this kid learn without turning him off. We have not begun formal school although I have given him KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1108488836901772222005-02-15T09:31:00.000-08:002005-02-15T13:50:36.966-08:00UnschoolingThroughout our homeschooling adventure I have always been attracted to the ideas and ideals of unschooling. I was always too uncomfortable with being so far out of the norm to try it. But... I think we are doing it now.I discussed the concept with Joss who thought it was awesome. I told her it meant the kids are responsible to tell me what is interesting to them and it is my KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1108284852315822332005-02-13T00:51:00.000-08:002005-02-13T00:54:12.316-08:00No EmailMy computer genius husband has destroyed our email and it is no longer the same address. It is now Ryktjoszefken@msn.com Yes, I know it is too long and the last part should be "kei" not "ken" but he did not consult me.Oh well, maybe now I can shake the people who send me stupid forwards and dumb pictures. Just kidding. Kinda.KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1108275234513015262005-02-12T22:05:00.000-08:002005-02-12T22:13:54.513-08:00A Good Night At WorkWow! I don't know the last time that happened. I liked and enjoyed all my patients. I had one really cute young married couple who were so thrilled with their baby and so determined to make breastfeeding work. They soaked up all the advice I had to share and even took my picture. The thing I loved about this mom is she really GOT how important breastfeeding is, and KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1107895698574159112005-02-08T13:43:00.000-08:002005-02-08T12:48:18.576-08:00Bambi's Revenge
Dang! I was searing a venison roast today when I got a major grease burn on my L hand. Right now I am still in near-unbearable pain despite taking 800mg ibuprofen and 2 tylenol #3s! Joss is heartbroken because she was looking forward to doing the climbing wall with her Gym N Swim class all week. She was so psyched to show off her ability to climb to the top. Baby is KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1107819376795868002005-02-07T15:30:00.000-08:002005-02-07T15:36:16.796-08:00Great Days
Yesterday Ryan, the kids, and I went to the Y. We all did the climbing wall. Joss got to the top for the first time, as did I! It was really fun. I was completely unaware of what a work-out I was getting as it was so exciting and scary. When I reached the top they told me to LET GO of the wall and grab onto my rope. It was weird that even though I intellectually knew that they KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1107672638383358602005-02-05T22:33:00.000-08:002005-02-05T22:50:38.383-08:00Updates on Ryan and Work
Ryan had a thyroid ultrasound this week and two days later the dr. called to tell us both that everything is normal and it may be that he is having minor changes that don't affect function but we are just more aware of it because he is so skinny. I was surprised by this because I was braced for the worst. I still am not at ease, though. I just looked at his neck this KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1107587043513874062005-02-04T22:47:00.000-08:002005-02-04T23:04:03.513-08:00I hate my F@@king job
Well, tonight anyway I really do.
This is my patient load:
1st post-op day patient with minimal English and crappy breastfeeding baby. Is of a culture where women are waited on hand and foot after giving birth and doesn't quite understand why I keep leaving her room? Aren't I gonna stay the whole time and hold the pump on her boobs for her?
Day of delivery Nigerian KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1107545099915927052005-02-04T11:09:00.000-08:002005-02-04T11:24:59.916-08:00Warm Weather
It is 50 today and soooo beautiful. Birds are singing, kids both have scraped knees from riding bikes and scooters outside, and I even saw a bald eagle today!!!
Another school-cancellation-due-to-great-weather-day at our house. After stories with breakfast I was trying to rein Joss is for some reading work when she begged to be allowed to get her "energies out" first. I caved! KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1107455866490133262005-02-03T10:26:00.000-08:002005-02-03T10:37:46.490-08:00Reason #237 why homeschooling is great.
On the super snowy and cold days where public school is cancelled we are able to continue our studies. We therefore feel justified in taking off when it is, for example 40+ and sunny on February 3rd. No school today, though we laid on the sidewalk to examine frost crystals and Joss figured out for herself (with guidance) why it was frosty in the shade KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1107414590151567562005-02-02T22:57:00.000-08:002005-02-02T23:09:50.150-08:00Today started out tough, got great and ended tough. For the long version, keep reading.
Took Ry to the doctor this AM. We noticed two weeks ago that his thyroid is enlarged. He went in to the doctor who confirmed it was enlarged but "at least it is symmetrical" did some thyroid function and antibody tests which were normal and told Ryan to come back if it grew any more. Over this last weekendKatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1106953466079088952005-01-28T14:19:00.000-08:002005-01-30T10:10:13.283-08:00Well this is probably of zero interest to anyone besides me (and that's different from the rest of my blog's content how?) But I really want to record that I have worked up to doing 4 miles in 40 minutes on the elliptical cross-trainer in hill mode set at intensity level 6. I have increased the length of my workout from 25"-40" and gone from 12 minutes miles to 10 minutes miles. Now I am KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1106463457194188942005-01-22T22:39:00.000-08:002005-01-22T22:57:37.196-08:00Wow! I worked in the nursery last evening. We were fairly busy due to the storm. We were two nurses short and so I agreed to stay and work a double shift. I had a nice time on my night shift. I cared for a Labor and Delivery nurse and her twins. They were very sweet but very tiny and jaundiced. She is the third nurse from our department in the last two years to have twins! Another nurse KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1106026094233432002005-01-17T21:25:00.000-08:002005-01-17T21:28:14.233-08:00Things I did today:
Math and Reading with Jossy
Pudding School with Zeffy
Helped baby do umpteen hundred somersaults
Washed, folded and put away 4 loads of laundry
Sorted through all baby's clothes, pulled out everything too small, reorganized baby's drawers
Made venison chili
Cleaned kitchen
Swept and mopped floors
Drank all the water I was supposed to (in the form of green tea)
Took my whole KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1105903708139431232005-01-16T11:19:00.000-08:002005-01-16T11:28:28.140-08:00Nice Family Evening
We had such a great time at the YMCA yesterday! We dropped baby off in the childcare and took the big kids to the climbing wall. J and Z did great, each got about ten feet off the ground. Zeff is awesome at it as he practices being spiderman all the time in many less-appropriate circumstances.
Ryan did really well, too. I (such a wuss) said I would do it next time.
KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1105720583649833392005-01-14T08:35:00.000-08:002005-01-14T08:36:23.650-08:00An update regarding the bill in Virginia and commentary from the Well-Timed Period can be found here.
KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1105719696633743442005-01-14T08:18:00.000-08:002005-01-14T08:21:36.633-08:00And check THIS out. It is about a proposed law in Virginia where women would be required to report any "fetal death" even a first trimester miscarriage that takes place without a physician in attendance. And apparently it's not the threat to choice that I took it for initally, as women having an abortion meet the criteria of having a physician in attendance and thus do not have to report. StillKatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1105718902562473292005-01-14T08:04:00.000-08:002005-01-14T08:08:22.563-08:00I was appalled when I found out the politicians are trying to practice medicine again.
Check this out.
KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1105682854577315112005-01-13T22:04:00.000-08:002005-01-13T22:07:34.576-08:00Email Woes
We are apparently being affected by a virus? or something? Computer wiz (or at least maintenance man) husband is on the job, but if you have emailed me in the last few days and are wondering why I'm not responding, that's why!
If you have been trying to get in touch with me either put it in the comments or call me.KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1105110110233215502005-01-07T06:48:00.000-08:002005-01-07T07:01:50.233-08:00New Year's Resolutions.
Well, I never wrote down my resolutions cuz they are the same as every year.
Excercise more, drink more water, don't eat junk food, read more to kids, keep house clean, etc....
So far I am doing really good at exercising.
Terrible at drinking water, not eating junk food, keeping house clean. (clarification it is messy and disorganized, not dirty as in unsanitary)
Okay at KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1104983831380269242005-01-05T19:37:00.000-08:002005-01-05T20:07:17.763-08:00Busy Cool Day
Got up this AM and took the big kids to see Frog and Toad at the CTC. It was AWESOME! The music was great and the story was simple but engaging. The kids were good. The thing about three kids is... it makes two kids seems quite easy. So it felt very simple just to have two fairly obedient, English-speaking, potty-trained little people. (Why yes, baby is still a bit of a terror KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1104904512750465882005-01-04T21:44:00.000-08:002005-01-04T21:55:12.750-08:00I'm Not Dead..
... Just too busy living to blog about it. We got a Science Museum membership and a Y membership for Christmas and between the two are having a great time. We have been swimming 2 out of the last 3 days and have been to the Y everyday. I walked 1.5 miles on the treadmill yesterday and 2.2 today.
Tomorrow we are going to see Frog and Toad at the Children's Theatre. Should be KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1104427800772022792004-12-30T09:23:00.000-08:002004-12-30T09:30:00.773-08:00CONFESSION
It's official. I am certifiably the worst mom in the world. The tooth fairy never came last night to trade money for my daughter's third lost tooth. The baby had a fever and J was kind of difficult about bedtime and Ry had gone out and I just forgot! I told her it was because it was so icy out and that she was still tired from helping Santa. She thought it was because I had KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1104344616244848872004-12-29T10:21:00.000-08:002004-12-29T10:23:36.243-08:00Overheard after watching dinosaur movies, reading dinosaur books and visiting the Chinasaur exhibit at the Science Museum of Minnesota.
Jossy: I want to be a paleontologist when I grow up.
Zeff: I want to be T. Rex.
KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1104179274950425492004-12-27T13:08:00.000-08:002004-12-27T12:27:54.950-08:00Chistmas
We had a lovely Christmas. I was lucky enough to get cancelled from work on Christmas eve day (no holiday pay for that shift anyway). We went to my mother-in-law's on Christmas evening. Ryan's sister and her husband and kids were there along with our grandma (great-grandma to the kids). Zeff's 4yo boy cousin is one of his best friends. They kiss and hug when they see each other and KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1103960842953450622004-12-24T23:44:00.000-08:002004-12-24T23:47:22.953-08:00I recently had a Catholic Pro-Choice website brought to my attention. I didn't have too long to look it over, but was impressed by the level of accuracy and the sources cited. I plan to peruse it more, though I don't identify as Catholic anymore. Check it out if you are interested.
http://www.catholicsforchoice.org
KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1103851210033777302004-12-23T16:51:00.000-08:002004-12-23T17:20:10.086-08:00Today was wonderful. Ryan stayed home with the boys (Zeff has a moderately severe cold and baby just likes to run) while I took Joss to a nursing home to Christmas Carol with her homeschool group. After we sang, Joss handed out three Christmas cards that she had made for the residents. Before we left, one of the moms handed out the most incredible cookies I have ever had! It was a wonderful KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1103667621165078562004-12-21T13:48:00.000-08:002004-12-21T14:20:21.166-08:00Arts n Crafts with the Neighbors
We had such a nice day today. My neighbor's 7 yr old boy, 5 yr old girl and 2.75 yr old boy came over. The kids played great together. I actually had quite a lot of crafts planned and they went really well. I bought or had on hand: red, green and white doilies, white marabou feathers, sparkly pipe cleaners, white puffy chenille pipe cleaners, gold, silber and KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1103606042246932052004-12-20T21:02:00.000-08:002004-12-20T21:14:02.246-08:00Wow! We have been really busy lately.
Joss was in a performance of the Nutcracker. It was such a great production! I only went to see my little girl dance, but ended up being completely caught up in the beauty of the ballet. She did wonderfully and is completely starstruck and certain she wants to be a ballerina and take ballet lessons next year instead of gymnastics as planned. :) We'll KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1103164588812097502004-12-15T18:34:00.000-08:002004-12-15T18:36:28.813-08:00Interesting Article About Legislation Change in Texas
As if Texas wasn't all ready one of the scariest states.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/495465?src=mpKatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1102619602766828092004-12-09T11:04:00.000-08:002004-12-09T11:13:22.766-08:00Awesome moment:
We are home sick today with our cousin, Malcolm who is also sick. It has been a challenge keeping the kids in resting mode. We have only watched one Magic Schoolbus video and one educational TV show. The big kids also did a lesson apiece in Math and Reading. I got Malcolm's work off this website www.learningpage.com it is an awesome resource, once you sign up for membership (KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1102398772790474032004-12-06T21:33:00.000-08:002004-12-07T06:47:13.783-08:00Wow! We have been really busy lately. Saturday evening I took Joss and her friend, Maggie (daughter of good friend, Kate http://katesandwiched.blogspot.com/)
to see the Christmas Carol, presented by Theatrix. It was alot of fun. The girls sat on a carpet up front so they could see the actors, including one of Jossy's friends, very close-up. The play was put on entirely by homeschooled kids, KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973562.post-1102146094387251862004-12-03T22:44:00.000-08:002004-12-03T23:41:34.386-08:00Funnies
#1 I had a pt last night with pretty severe hemmorrhoids. If you have never seen hemmorrhoids they look like little flesh colored grapes or balloons. She had two rather large flesh bubbles about 3-4cm. I told her they weren't the worst I had ever seen (Yeah, cuz they were the second worst!) and gave her some Tucks pads. When I stopped back into her room she told me she had looked at KatyMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.com4