A weekly list of things accomplished, enjoyed, learned, tried and remembered. 1. All done with school! The 2nd quarter of school has officially ended and my boys are on Christmas break. Both of them are VERY happy to be done with all their work. For their last week Grayson finished a science project–a diorama of…
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Coffee Break–Volume 79
A weekly list of things accomplished, enjoyed, learned, tried and remembered. 1. Snow and SLEDDING! We had a few fun things happen this week: my parents came for a visit, it snowed and we got to go sledding. It wasn’t much snow and it was SO cold, but my Mom, the boys and I to…
Coffee Break–Volume 78
A weekly list of things accomplished, enjoyed, learned, tried and remembered. 1. Is it a cold or is it Covid? I honestly don’t know if the illness we have passed around this past week has been just a regular ole every day cold or if it’s the virus that’s all the rage right now–COVID-19. To…
Coffee Break–Volume 77
A weekly list of things accomplished, enjoyed, learned, tried and remembered. 1. The outside décor. Every year there is a battle in the Glenn household and every year it results in the same outcome. Super Rockstar declares that this is THE LAST YEAR he will be putting up Christmas lights on our house. There is…
Coffee Break–Volume 76
A weekly list of things accomplished, enjoyed, learned, tried and remembered. 1.A construction snafu. We have been working on re-doing our backyard this whole year and putting a deck in has been the final frontier. Because of Covid –we have found that everyone in the construction business is extremely busy and it’s taking A LOT…
Coffee Break–Volume 75
A weekly list of things accomplished, enjoyed, learned, tried and remembered. 1. Physical Education–E-Learning Style. Doing P.E. online has not been very effective in helping my boys get their wiggles out, so this past week I sent them outside for the lulls in between their classes. I’m pretty sure trampoline pillow fights are not an…
Coffee Break–Volume 74
A weekly list of things accomplished, enjoyed, learned, tried and remembered. 1. The truck. While everyone else in our nation was glued to their TV’s anxiously awaiting election results, we were up in Denver buying a new-to-us truck for Super Rockstar. Anyone who knows Super Rockstar knows how much he loved his last truck. I…
Coffee Break–Volume 73
A weekly list of things accomplished, enjoyed, learned, tried and remembered. 1. It’s Sweater Weather and Barney is NOT Okay. My dog, Barney is pretty happy most of the time–except when it comes to wearing a doggie sweater. Nothing brings him to a pit of despair faster than when I pull out one of his…
Coffee Break–Volume 72
A weekly list of things accomplished, enjoyed, learned, tried and remembered. 1. We finished it! Long, long ago (back in May), we decided that it would be a “fun idea” to do a puzzle as a family (you can read that here). Oh. Have. Mercy. We were so young and naïve then. How could we…
Coffee Break–Volume 71
A weekly list of things accomplished, enjoyed, learned, tried and remembered. 1. The Zoo. It’s our school’s fall break and even though a lot of our favorite places to go are closed due to Covid–our zoo, thankfully, is open. We had to make reservations and wear masks inside the buildings, but other than that it…