Well, we had a pretty good day yesterday.
Joanna got lots of painting done. I think she’s almost done other than the
closet. I made what the Polish call pierogies for supper (Paul’s recipe is
Lithuanian and he calls them kolaskis) which are similar to ravioli. They are a
filling of cottage cheese, egg, flour, chives, salt and pepper between two
layers of dough. They are somewhat time consuming but are very good. We also
had sliced cucumbers from the garden and sliced tomatoes and lettuce. Then, we
had Hoddeok for dessert which is a Korean food (and guaranteed to make a
missionary from Korea very happy). It is a yeast dough formed around a filling
of brown sugar and either rice or chopped nuts or cheese then cooked and
flattened in a frying pan. They’re also very good.
Seth got to spend a few hours with his
friend, Mason Whitcomb. Mason’s mom needed to go to Gardner and had a little
brainstorm and thought that maybe they could swing down and get Seth if I was
willing to pick him up in the afternoon. I think it is good for the kids
(ooops! Did I say that? I meant children, of course!) to get out and play with
friends upon occasion and I knew that Seth would like going. I should have
taken his glasses prescription with me when I went to pick him up because then
we could have stopped at the Walmart Vision Center in Lunenburg (just across
from the Xtapa Cantina where we went to lunch that one day, Grandma). However,
I didn’t and so missed that opportunity to save time and fuel. He had a lot of
fun and Jenny and I visited for a few minutes.
Paul and Laura left while I was
writing that last paragraph. It’s only 8:37. Wow. That’s early for them. Must
be so they can get back a little early for Laura to get to Institute this
evening.
I am looking at a bowl of plums that
are slowly being eaten and thinking that I should turn some of them into jam
although I’m not sure there are enough for that. I could make a plum coffee
cake; there are enough for that. I might check the forecast for today first
because I don’t want to heat up the house if it’s due to get too warm today.
Speaking of too warm, Paul has
always liked sleeping in a cool room. He usually has the fan going even in the
winter. Last night, I went upstairs to bed and turned on the AC to the ‘dry’
setting because it was warmer in our room than anywhere else in the house. It
felt sooooo gooood! I must have fallen asleep (which would make sense because I
was tired) but I usually wake up enough to at least have some consciousness of
Paul getting in bed and last night was no exception. He turned the AC to the ‘fan’
setting which means it’s just drawing in the air from outside. It wasn’t bad
until Joseph came in at 4:00 to tell me he’d accidently peed in bed. You know
how it is when you wake up and realize things? Well, I realized that I was hot
with just a sheet on and I went out and the rest of the house was cooler than
the bedroom.
Yesterday on my way to pick Seth up,
I stopped at Aubushon’s Hardware to get some fly strips and rat poison. Fly
strips for the house and rat poison for the chipmunks. I hope it works; if not,
I’ll get some gopher poison. The buggars are so darn cute that I feel bad but
so darn destructive that I don’t care. I’m not sure how the rat poison is doing
because I haven’t checked this morning but the fly strips are doing well. One
caught a fly before I even had it put up. I also stopped at Staples (I love
Staples—next to Joann’s and Costco, it’s my favorite store) for more black ink
which is a good thing since the black ran out while I was printing some
worksheets for Cedric this morning.
Having more black ink, I can now
print out the rest of my projects for Grandma. Speaking of which, I was going
to put the pages in page protectors for you, Grandma, but discovered that if I
do that, I will go through them rather quickly and they will quickly break the
bank. Therefore, I will just print them out and put them in a binder. Then, as
I send more, you can just add them.
Right now Joanna is up in the
bedroom. She is planning on taking Seth to lunch but if he doesn’t get a move
and get more work done, he won’t be going anywhere. Cedric is working on some
multiplication. The next page is division and he says they didn’t do that last
year. I’m not sure if I should teach him division or not. I think I decided to
go ahead and do it. We have peanut butter and chocolate chips for using for
math and they get to eat them when they’re done. It makes quick work of subtraction
and division. Seth, as you have probably guessed, is having difficulty getting
his work done. He is too easily distracted which is why he does not do as well
as I know he could at school. It is why I would like to keep him home and
homeschool him but also why I cannot. Amena is getting the dishes done that
should have been done yesterday. Joseph is working on patterns. He was playing
with a tangram earlier. His math is fun.
It is now approaching 10:00 and I
think it is high time that I bring this to a close for today (and get something
to eat as I haven’t had breakfast yet). I hope you all have a wonderful day!
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