Here is our August shown as #1secondeveryday.
Category: Our Life
National Dog Day
So apparently it is National Dog Day today, so I guess I’ll take this opportunity to post about our much-loved Moose (AKA Mooshka.) She is well-loved and doted on! It just feels so right to have a dachshund in the house again.
Cooling off in Coal Creek
We decided to take the afternoon off from school to spend some time outdoors (in spite of the smoky haze from all the fires.) First, I had a bunch of plastic bags and styrofoam blocks that I needed to drop off at a local recycling place that takes hard-to-recycle items. And it was free to […]
Happy Birthday to Me!
Today was a great day, in spite of being stuck at home due to the Coronavirus. Greg and the girls spoiled me with their thoughtfulness. Greg grilled delicious bacon-wrapped filet mignon for dinner (thanks to Dave and Marilyn for the meat from Omaha Steaks!), Adrianna made me a delicious chocolate cake, and Bree and Cate […]
Catching Up on Medical Appointments
Today we had three different medical appointments, two of which were overdue appointments that we rescheduled because of the pandemic. But we decided they were important and couldn’t be put off any longer. Orthodontics First up was Adrianna’s orthodontic appointment. Due to Coronavirus restrictions, I can’t go in with her, so I waited in the […]
Grocery Trade
In today’s COVID-19 adventures, a neighbor and I did a grocery trade. The neighbor posted on Nextdoor that they’d received a substituted item that they didn’t want and couldn’t return – Caffeine-Free Diet Coke. We’ve been trying for WEEKS to get more Caffeine-Free Diet Coke but three different stores that we tried haven’t had it. […]
July 2020 – 1 Second Every Day
Here is our July in 1 Second Every Day.
Books – 2020 (Jan-June)
Got through 17 books in the first half of 2020. Not quite as many as I’d hoped for, but close. Fiction: 13Non-Fiction: 4 My favorites would probably have to be The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates (I recommend the audio book, which was fantastic!) and Becoming (also on audio book, read by Michelle Obama herself.) […]
Homeschool Curriculum
I’ve finally received all of the curriculum that we are planning on using next year. I’m excited to get started! Here’s what we are considering for this year: 2ND GRADE: Math: Saxon Reading: All About Reading Spelling: All About Spelling Language Arts: Write Away (new to us this year – we’ll see how it goes!) […]
Our Swallows
Every spring, we have a couple of swallows that return to a mud nest on our front porch. We enjoy watching them rear their young; they usually raise two batches of baby birds each year. This year, in keeping with the 2020 theme, both nests failed! (There’s been nestling deaths in the past, but never […]