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I took the girls to the park today to alleviate some stress, but Bella wasn’t in the mood and it took a lot of effort to get her to play and then she fizzled right out.   

She has been extremely tired lately, unusually so, and I’m a bit worried.  I made an appointment with the doctor on Monday to have her checked.   I figure since she has been spending so much time in the woods, she may have been but by a tick that went unnoticed.  Stranger things have happened and I am always better airing on the side of caution.

Oh yeah, if you haven’t heard, Dawn at MyHomeSweetHome is giving away some Twisted Silver jewelry!  Hop on over to her blog and enter for a chance to win!

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This was taken at Elizabeth Park in Hartford, CT; one of the prettiest places around.  The grounds are covered roses of every variety. 

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I’m finally getting this posted after sitting in the dark for several hours last night when lightning hit a transformer.  Eventually, I gave up and went to sleep.  I really must invest in a battery operated lantern. 

Anyway, our extremely isolated and unsocialized homeschoolers got together yesterday for a sewing class given by Bible study friend Beta, otherwise known as the Italian seamstress.  Unfortunately, I was too busy snapping pictures to learn much, but I picked up a little along the way.

While I was busy capturing the class, there was much weeping and gnashing of teeth over a couple of unruly sewing machines.  I would say “broken,” but that may stir up round two of tears over the pretty red sewing machine pictured at the bottom.  Don’t worry Kimmie, God can fix sewing machines too.

Wednesday it’s off to cooking class, when Beta teaches them how to make Bolognese!  You can better believe I will be holding a fork and not the camera that day.

Project 365 – Day 71

I went to Collinsville Canoe and Kayak and bought two new kayaks to replace the two we had until last year. 

We took them out yesterday and had a really great family day.  It was tough loading them, due to Sarah’s small frame, but technique is key and she is learning quickly.  It takes near 40 minutes to load and unload, so it’s best if we go for the whole day, which is fine with me.  I need to look for someplace closer, but Bigelow is so big, you could get lost for hours.

I wish the photos had come out better, but I didn’t have my Nikon.  Most of them were a loss.