Wednesday, October 21, 2009

New sister

Last Tuesday, Mom went to her midwife appointment. No big deal, that's something she did every Tuesday. What was the big deal, however, was that it was taking a long time for her to get back and the two younger children Vannan, K, and I had been left with were starting to wake up from their naps. Since I was the only one who had Mom's cell phone number memorized, I was the one to call.

Mom told me that things were not looking good and that they were talking about a C-section. (She also told me to give the littles clay to keep them busy.) I sent Vannan to make pudding for snack while I kept an eye on the littles. And started packing my school stuff.

Not long after, Aunt K, who had driven Mom to the appointment, called. We needed to pack fast because Uncle S would be there soon (along with themselves) and would take us to the hospital. I took V off the pudding (thinking K would stay on it) and onto packing. We never got our snack. V wanted to know how I could be so calm, I told her I wasn't. I just knew how to pull myself together.

The two cars soon got there, and we started packing. Then Dad got here so we played fruit basket upset. Then we went to the hospital.

The doctor decided that he would keep Mom over night and attempt a VBAC (since mom had a C-section once) in the morning. Vannan doesn't like hospitals, Dad had some lessons to take for his new job, so guess who got to stay over night at the hospital? (other than Mom)

Me.

The hospital is not the place to get a good night's sleep.

Dad arrived the next morning (Vannan was with Grandma and Grandpa). They got Mom into labor and a bit later, V and Gma showed up.

To make long story short, Mom yelled alot, and I buried myself in the book I am writing. Dad said I ought to become a news reporter. I told him that what I was writting was worlds away and a diversion, not a focus. It did make the yelling abit quieter. (for me any ways)

My new sister was born at 2:19 on October 14. She weighed 7lb. 12oz. and was 19.75 inches long. She is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO cute!

Friday, October 9, 2009

Art Project 1 - Shading with a Colored Pencil


Homer



Tammy: Hello folks! Welcome to The Past Times. I’m your host, Tammy Turnback. Today, on our show, we have the best selling author Homer, writer of the Iliad and the Odyssey. Isn’t that right?
Homer: Oh, um yes, or at least according to tradition I am.
Tammy: Yes, two marvelously constructed poems, all about the superheroes of Greece, if only we had such talent today!
Homer: Well I wouldn’t exactly put it that way.
Tammy: And the most amazing thing is that you did it all without the help of your eyes!
Homer: Just because tradition claims that I’m blind doesn’t make me stupid.
Tammy: Well, it does make it harder for you to see where to put the pen down on the paper.
Homer: More like my fingers on my lyre. I’m just as illiterate as the next Greek over.
Tammy: How could you memorize such long poems?
Homer: The human brain is an amazing thing.
Tammy: oh isn’t it.
Homer: Besides, all you have to do is travel to Yugoslavia or Russia to see real live modern bards who recite poems that are as long or longer than my own.
Tammy: Really? And how do they do it?
Homer: It’s quite simple, they don’t memorize the words, they memorize the basic plot, characters, setting, etc. They always tell it slightly different at each recitation. Often they use and reuse many traditional phrases, lines or scenes. I did the same with the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Tammy: Amazing! But then there are the people who don’t believe you existed.
Homer: Oh the analysts. They seem to think that if it isn’t written down, you can’t remember it. They are right, though, about archeology not providing any proof for us Greeks having any alphabet in my day and age.
Tammy: I guess this would be a good time to ask, when did you live?
Homer: Somewhere between 800 and 700 BC.
Tammy: And what about those who do believe that you exist?
Homer: The unitarians say that my poems could have only of been written by one or maybe two people. They say that the unified plan of the poems and the consistent character portrayals point towards one author rather than many.
Tammy: But how did the poems get on paper?
Homer: Writing was introduced towards the end of my life. I then dictated my two poems to one of those new scribes. Historians find it hard to trace me, seeing as how I was a traveling bard and picked up a version of Greek that was not really native to any of the cities I traveled to.
Tammy: Interesting! What happened to the poems after your death?
Homer: They were recited as part of many great festivals. Copies became the basic textbooks that Greek children used to learn to read and to study the legends and myths. As a result the Greeks formed their religious views from my portrayals of the gods and goddesses. The poems also furnished characters and plots for the great tragic dramatists of the 400’s BC – Aeschylus, Euripides, and Sophocles.
Tammy: Did the poems ever change after you had them written down?
Homer: Plenty. If you wanted copies of the poems I wrote, you had to write them by hand. Mistakes were often made, and some people even made “improvements”. In 300 to 100 BC scholars at the great Alexandrian Library in Egypt tried to correct the errors and restore them to original form. This was when the idea that there were two different poets originated. The scholars who thought this, the separatists, thought that the language, point of view, and subject matter in the two poems were so different that just one person could not have created them both.
Tammy: Fascinating! And just what did you base your poems on?
Homer: I got them from other bards, who got them from other bards, who got them from other bards, who got them from other bards, etc. etc. I imagine that if you go far enough back you would find a bard who was there when the Trojan War took place.
Tammy: Which brings up the question “did Troy exist?”
Homer: There is very good archaeological evidence for it.
Tammy: Like what?
Homer: Hienrich Schleimen, one of my biggest fans, discovered several cities in the hill called Hissarlik. He though that what he called Troy 2 was the one I talked about, Henry Durthbelt, a later excavator, discovered Troy 6, which matches pretty well with the descriptions I put in the Iliad. Another excavator said that an earthquake had destroyed Troy 6, and what he called Troy 7a, which was a city of soup kitchens and shanties, had been the one that had been ransacked by the Greeks.
Tammy: What do you think?
Homer: I know that I had changed a few details, so I wouldn’t put it past the bards who gave it to me. Maybe the wooden horse had just been a mix-up. Poseidon was both Earth-Shaker and the creator of the horse.
Tammy: Is he?
Homer: Yes.Tammy: Well that’s all the time we have for today folks. Thank-you Homer for your insight into the poems you wrote. I’m your host, Tammy Turnback, and thank-you for joining us on The Past Times!

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My School Plans Until Christmas

KENDRA ---
4/21 PC – Research your Genealogy
5/14 Bible PC – Essay: What does the Bible say about being TRUSTWORTHY?
5/15 Bible PC – Essay: What does the Bible say about NOT being trustworthy?
6/17 Bible PC – I. Chap 20 Christian Character “Loyalty”
6/23 Bible PC – Write a Book Report about chosen book
7/22 Bible Study – p. 252
7/23
English – 101
Bible Study – p. 253
7/24 Bible Study – p. 254
7/27
English – 102 Class
Bible Study – Final Test
7/29 English – 102 Written
7/30 History – Report: Alexander the Great
7/31
History – Report: Achimedes
English – Chap 9 Test

School Year 2009 – 2010

Day 1 (8/24)
History – Report: 1 Great Greek Philosopher of Your Choice (300+ words)
English – 103 (ALWAYS: Read teacher notes and do class work orally)
Spelling - 1A
Bible – Far Above Rubies: Read Contents and Introduction
Day 2
Memory – Prov. 10:19
Science – WOS p. 144 – 147 + SE
History – Short Story: Setting Ancient Greece
Math – 1.1
English – ws 39
Reading – 41 EX
Spelling – 1 B
Bible – 01B27C
DAY 3
PC – D. Following Instructions: Repeat Back
Memory – Prov. 17:28
Science – LB
History – All Through the Ages p. 38 – 45
Math – 1.2
English – Start Notebook for English (go back and put all boxed information into notebook)
Spelling – 1C
Bible – Memorize Genesis 1 and 2 (chapters) – 01W31.C
DAY 4
Memory – Prov. 18:2
Science – LB
History – ATA Timeline
Math – 1.3
English – 104
Reading – 42 Planting Time
Spelling – 1D
DAY 5
PC – E. Following Instructions: Do It
Memory – Prov. 18:13
Science – LB
Math – p. 14 - 15
English – ws 40
Reading – 42 Ex
Spelling – Test 1
DAY 6 (8/31)
PC – F. Listen for Key Words
Memory – Prov. 20:5
Science – Lapbook: old maps
ART - 2
Math – 1.4
English – 105
Reading – 43 Of Pots and Potters
Spelling – 2A
Bible – 01B40.D
DAY 7
PC – Read an article or book about listening skills
Memory – Prov. 29:20
Science – Lapbook: Satellite
Math – 1.5
English – 106
Reading – 43 Ex
Spelling – 2B
DAY 8
PC – Essay: Listening Skills
Memory – Ecc. 3:1
Science – Lapbook: James Hutton
Math – 1.6
English – ws 41
Spelling –2C
Bible – 01C25.C
DAY 9
PC – N. Find 25 verses that teach about listening
Memory – Ecc. 3:7
Science – Lapbook: erosion
Math – p. 30 – 31 Report: Euclid
English – 107
Reading – 44 Observing Judge
Spelling – 2D
DAY 10
PC – K. Sermon Notes: Do Every Week
Memory – Ecc. 5:2-3
Science – Magic School Bus: Erosion
Math – 1.7
English – 108
Reading – 44 EX
Spelling – Test 2
Bible – 01C29.C
DAY 11 (Labor Day Goal)
PC – O. Short Story: Poor Listening Habits
Memory – 1 Timothy 2: 9 - 11
Science – Lapbook: layers of earth
History – GreenLeaf Greece: Read Famous Men of Greece – include introduction – worksheets will be spaced out
ART - 3
Math – p. 36 - 37
English – written work
Reading – 45 Little and Great
Spelling – 3A
Bible – 01C30.C
DAY 12
PC – Read: How to Win Friends and Influence People
Memory – James 1:19
Science – Lapbook: highest mountains
History – Greenleaf workbook: p. 5 – 7
History – Blue Maps Book p. 222
Math – p. 38 - 39 as Test
English – 109
Reading – 45 EX
Spelling – 3B
Bible – 01C31.C
DAY 13
PC – Essay: How can I be a better listener?
Memory – Poem of Your Choice on listening
Science – Lapbook: lowest / deepest trenches
History – GGW p. 9 - 12
Math – p. 40 – 41 (2.1)
English – 110
Spelling – 3 C
DAY 14
PC – Y. 25 Verses about talking too much
Science – Research: Continental Drift
History – GGW p. 13 - 16
Math – 2.2
English – ws 42
Reading – 46 We’ll Let Them Borrow
Spelling – 3D
DAY 15
PC – Read: Shepherding A Child’s Heart
History – GGW p. 17 - 21
Math – 2.3
English – 111
Reading – 46 EX
Spelling – Test 3
DAY 16 (9/14)
PC – p. 93 A Loving Woman: C. FIIR’s Hatred
Memory – Prov. 15:17
Science – Lapbook: volcano
History – GGW p. 22 - 25
ART - 4
Math – p. 52 – 53 Create a “rug” on graph paper
English – make a plan
Reading – 47 Meditation
Spelling – 4A
Bible – 01R45.D
DAY 17
PC – Essay: Acting with Hatred
Memory – John 15:9-13
Science – Lapbook: earthquake
History – GGW p. 26 - 28
Math – 2.4
English – 112
Reading – 47 Ex
Spelling – 4B
DAY 18
PC – Essay: How can I avoid hatred in my life?
History – GGW p. 33 - 36
Math – p. 60
English – written work
Spelling – 4C
Bible – 01W36.C
DAY 19
PC – FIIR: selfishness
Science – Lapbook: Alfred Wegener
History – GGW p. 33 - 36
Math – 2.5
English – correct paper
Reading – 48 Great Possessions
Spelling – 4D
DAY 20
PC – Essay: Acting with selfishness
History – GGW p. 37 - 40
Math – 2.6
English – 113 Oral A - D
Reading – 25 WB
Spelling – Test 4
Bible – 01W45.D
DAY 21 (9/21)
PC – Essay: How can I avoid selfishness?
Memory – Rom 13:10
Science – WOS p. 148 - 151
History – GGW p. 41 - 44
ART - 5
Math – 2.7
English – 113 Oral E - I
Reading – 49 Landing of Pilgrim Fathers
Spelling – 5A
Bible – 01W56.D
DAY 22
PC – D. Find 25 Proverbs About Friendship
Memory – 1 Cor. 13 : 1 - 8
Science – WOS p. 152 - 155
History – GGW p. 45 - 48
Math – p. 78 - 79
English – 113 Written A - E
Reading – 49 Ex
Spelling – 5B
Bible – 01P36.D
DAY 23
PC – E. Using the love Chapter – write list of actions about love pertaining to your life
Science – chart weather for 1 month, Predictions, actual and expected rainfall, etc.
History – GGW p. 49 - 53
Math – Test ( p. 80 – 81)
English – 113: written F - G
Spelling – 5C
Bible – 01A17.C
DAY 24
PC – F. Now write list of how to show love to parents
Science – LB
History – GGW Timeline p. 51 - 53
Math – p. 83 + 3.1
English – Test 10
Reading – 50 Gift and Giver
Spelling – K D
DAY 25
PC – H. write your own Love Chapter
Science – LB
History – Usborne: The Greeks p. 3 – 13 + Timeline
Math – 3.2
English – Notebook Check
Reading – 50 Ex
Spelling – Test 5
Bible – 01A19.C
DAY 26 (9/28)
PC – Book Evaluation: Watch how friendships develop
Memory – 1 Cor. 16:14
Science – LB
History – UWHTGreeks p. 14 – 25 + Timeline
ART - 6
Math – 3.3
English – 114
Reading – 51 Born to Fly
Spelling – 6 A
Bible – 03B24. C
DAY 27
PC – Essay: What hatred was shown in this book?
Memory – Col. 3: 12 - 14
Science – LB
History – watch movie about Troy
Math – 3.4
English – 115
Reading – 51Ex
Spelling – 6B
Bible – 03B25.C
DAY 28
PC – Essay: Selfishness in the book
Science – LB
History – UWHT Greeks p. 26 – 39 + Timeline
Math – p. 93
English – 116
DAY 29
PC – Essay: Love shown in the book
Science – LB
History – UWHT Greeks p. 40 – 53 + Timeline
Math – p. 102 – 103 Report: Archimedes
English – 117
Reading – 52 My Struggle for Education
Spelling – 6D
Bible – 03C31.D
DAY 30
PC – Evaluate: using Phil 4:8, Was this book useful to develop a Godly character? What did you learn?
Memory – 1 Peter 4:8
Science – LB
History – UWHT Greeks p. 54 – 67 + Timeline
Math – 3.5
English – 118
Reading – 52 Ex
Bible – 03R08.B Read to Sibs
DAY 31 (Oct. 5)
PC – Read 5 Love Languages of Children
Memory – 1 John 4:7 - 11
Science – Lapbook: types of rocks
History – UWHT Greeks: p. 68 – 80 + Timeline
ART - 7
Math – 3.6
English – 119
Reading – 53 Destruction of Sennacherib
Spelling – 7A
Bible – 03R11.B
DAY 32
PC – Essay: My love language is... (500 words)
Science – Lapbook: hardness scale
History – UWHT Greeks p. 81 (copy map to notebooks) p. 82 – 87 + Timeline
Math – Test 3 p. 114 - 115
English – 120
Reading – 53 EX
Spelling – 7B
Bible – 03R18.C
DAY 33
PC – Essay: My parents show love by ... (500 words)
Science – Research Report: Rocks forming a time table?
History – Timeline: The Greeks p. 88 – 89, p. 90 - 91
Math – p. 112 - 113
English – Visit LeTourneau Library physical card catalog (if still exists)
Spelling – 7 C
Bible – 03R20.C Movie
DAY 34
PC – Essay: I show love to my parents by...
History – Read: Favorite Greek Myths by Mary Pope Osborne
Math – p. 117 + 4.1
English – 121
Reading – 54 Treasure in the Cave
Spelling – 7D
Bible – 03W11.B
DAY 35
PC – Essay: I can show love to my siblings by...
History – Ancient Greece Timeline Chart/work
Math – 4.2
English – Oral Report
Reading – 54 Ex
Spelling – Test 7
Bible – 03W11.B
DAY 36 (10/12)
PC – p. 103 A Submissive Woman
Memory – Prov. 31:12
Science – Lapbook: relationship between volcanoes and earthquakes
History – Read “Classical Greece”
ART - 8
Math – 4.3
English – 122 Oral A - C
Reading – 55 A More Excellent Way
Spelling – 8A
DAY 37
PC – D. Memorize Assigned Questions of Larger Catechism
Memory – Exodus 20:12
Science – Report: Volcanoes
Math – 4.4
English – 122 Oral D - F
Reading – 55 EX
Spelling – 8B
Bible – 03W25.C
DAY 38
Memory – Psalm 131
Math – p. 127 - 128
English – 122 Written A - C
Spelling – 8C
DAY 39
PC – E. List other authorities in your life and 3 ways to show respect to each
Memory – Psalm 143: 10
History – Read: “Wondrous Realms of the Aegean”
Math – p. 142 - 143
English – 122 Written D - F
Reading – 56 Memory of Redwoods
Spelling – 8D
Bible – 03H17.D
DAY 40
PC – F. Duet. 28: List Blessings and Cursings
Memory – Ecc. 12:13
Math – 4.5
English – Test 11
Reading – 56 Ex
Spelling – Test 8
DAY 41 (10/19)
PC – H. FIIR: Disobedience
Memory – Lam. 3:27
Science – Lapbook: Atmosphere layers
History – Plato: Trial of Socrates
ART - 9
Math – 4.6
English – 123 Oral
Reading – 32 WB
Spelling – 9.1
Bible – 05B28.C
DAY 42
PC – H. FIIR: Stubbornness
Memory – John 13: 13 - 17
Science – Report: Global Warming and Carbon Footprint – Separate the Truth from the Media Hype
History – Read: Children’s Homer
Math – Test 4 – p. 156 - 157
English – 123 Written
Reading – 57 EX
Spelling – 9B
DAY 43
PC – FIIR: Scoffer
Math – p. 154 - 155
Spelling – 9C
Bible – 05C40.C
DAY 44
PC – FIIR: Defiance
Math – p. 159 – 5.1
English – 124 oral
Reading – 58 Cries in Cabin
Spelling – 9D
DAY 45
PC – Essay Report: How can I be more submissive like Christ?
Memory – Romans 13: 1-2
Math – 5.2
English – 124 Written
Reading – 58 EX
Spelling – Test 9
Bible – 05W32.C
DAY 46 (Oct. 26)
PC – K. Christian Character: Obedience
Memory – 1 Cor. 11:3
Science – Research: Average rainfall, average temp, each month in your area.
History – Read: The Greek Gods
ART - 10
Math – 5.3
Reading – 59 Walk in Graveyard
Spelling – 10 A
Bible – 07B01.A
DAY 47
Memory – Eph. 5: 21 - 24
Science – Lapbook: Avg. Temp and Rain Chart
History – (2 weeks – Ancient Greece Activity Book with Joel and Marriana)
Math – 5.4
Reading – 59 Ex
Spelling – 10B
Bible – 07B02.A
DAY 48
PC – M. Beautiful Girlhood: Chap 5 and 18
Science – Lapbook: Drought
History – LB
Math – p. 174 – 175 Report
English – Final Test
Spelling – 10 C
Bible – 07B04.A
DAY 49
PC – Short Story: Value of Obedience Vs. Disobedience
Science – Lapbook: Storm
History – LB
Math – 5.5
English – Notebook Check
Reading – 60 John Wycliff
Spelling – 10 D
DAY 50
Memory – Eph. 6:1-3
Science – Lapbook: Flood
History – LB
Math – 5.6
Reading – 60 Ex
Spelling – Test 10
Bible – 07B05.A
DAY 51 – (11-2)
PC – W. Essay: How can I prepare now to be a submissive wife.
Memory – Phil. 2: 3 -11
Science – Lapbook: hurricane
History – LB
ART - 11
Math – 5.7
English – 1 Continue you notebook
Reading – 9th Grade Rod Staff Reader: 1
Spelling – 11A
Bible – 07B06.A
DAY 52
PC – X. Promises Verses Project
Science – Lapbook: Tornado
History – LB
Math – p. 202 - 203
English – 2
Reading – 1EX
Spelling – 11B
Bible – 07B09.B
DAY 53
PC – Y. Warnings Verses Project
Science – Lapbook: Blizzard
History – LB
Math – p. 196
English – 3
Spelling – 11C
DAY 54
PC – AA. word study: Quiet Spirit
Science – LB
History – LB
Math – p. 204 – 205 Test
English – 3 Corrections
Reading – 2
Spelling – 11.4
Bible – 07B10.B
DAY 55
PC – Word study: honor
Memory – Col. 3: 18 - 20
Science – LB
History – LB
Math – p. 207 + 6.1
Reading – 2 EX
Spelling – Test 11
Bible – 07B16.C
DAY 56 – 11/9
PC – word study - reverence
Memory – 1 Tim. 6:1
Science – WOS p. 156 - 159
History – Usborne World History Dates p. 16 – 19 + Timeline
ART - 12
Math – 6.2
English – 4
Reading – 3
Spelling – 12 A
Bible – 07B19.C
DAY 57
PC – word study: submit
Memory – Titus 2: 9 - 10
Science – LB
History – UWHD p. 20 – 23 + Timeline
Math – 6.3
English – 5
Reading – 3 EX
Spelling – 12 B
DAY 58
Science – LB
History – History of the World (Green Book) – p. 3 – 119 (Read)
Math – p. 232
Bible – 07B23.D
DAY 59
PC – word study: subject – TO submit
Memory – Heb. 13:17
Science – LB
Math – 6.4
English – 6
Reading – 4
Spelling – 12D
DAY 60
Memory – 1 Peter 2: 13 - 17
Science – LB
History – HOTW Read p. 123 - 151
Math – 6.5
English – 7
Reading – 4 EX
Bible – 07B26.D
DAY 61 – 11/16
PC – From next 2 months: Keep a journal daily about your efforts to be submissive to your parents – write in a daily devotion and prayer and goal and how you did each day
Science – Lapbook: Types of Mountains
History – THOTW p. 153 - 187
ART - 13
Math – 6.6
English – 8
Reading – 5
Spelling – 13 A
Bible – 07B28.D
DAY 62
Science – Lapbook: Glaciers
History – THOTW: p. 189 - 211
Math – 6.7
Reading – 56 EX
Spelling – 13 B
DAY 63
Memory – 1 Peter 3: 1-2
Science – Research: 25 Longest Rivers + 25 Largest Lakes
Math – p. 256 - 257
Spelling – 13C
Bible – 07C11.B
DAY 64
History – Old World History & Geography Skill Sheets 42 and 32
Math – 6.8
English – Test 1
Reading – 6
Spelling – 13 D
DAY 65
Memory – 1 Peter 5:5
Science – Lapbook: List largest lakes and Rivers in the World
History – LB’s Keep List over Christmas Break of everything read in History and Science
Math – p. 258 – 259 Test 6
English – Notebook Check
Reading – 6 EX
Spelling – Test 13
Bible – 17C12.B

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