Pomegranate juice (which I saw in enoch’s post) and merlot. Yummy! Oh, and yes, of course, my relationship with Ted too…;-) even though my husband claims, based on my passion for this beverage combination, that he doesn’t know me…perhaps I should go spend more time with him….
Entries from October 2004
Marriage made in heaven
October 17th, 2004 · 3 Comments
Tags: food
Syrup weekend
October 17th, 2004 · Comments Off on Syrup weekend
Today was the annual Pancake Breakfast at the Fire Station. Yum! The past two years we missed this island event. Abigail read the firefighter signs standing in intersections around town and the girls asked if we could go. Due to athletic schedules we couldn’t stay for a truck ride, but it was enough time to […]
Tags: island
My kids can say it. Why can’t I?
October 17th, 2004 · 2 Comments
note: written 10/15 It’s been a busy week in an unusually busy season for our family. Between now and BloggerCon, our family calendar is crazy. (Posts may stop appearing for a while.) In an attempt to make life easier for myself in the days to come, and in a bit of illogic, I tried to […]
Tags: journal
Failing math
October 17th, 2004 · Comments Off on Failing math
A recent article in the Seattle Times reported that the state’s WASL math test may not be difficult enough according to an evaluation that compared Washington tests to other state’s math tests. In the past few weeks, out of curiousity, for practice, and to confirm my teaching method, I gave Abigail four different sample math […]
Tags: homeschool
How many grains of rice in this bowl?
October 17th, 2004 · 3 Comments
Earlier this month the girls and I read A Grain of Rice. In this story set in fifteenth century China, a poor but clever farmer’s son wants to marry the Emperor’s daughter. After he creates a potion that helps cure the Princess, he asks for his reward to be one grain of rice…at doubled each […]
Tags: homeschool
