My the wind is HOWLING tonight. The nurture nests just can't get warm enough...even with a roaring fire.  Retta has cold feet. Send warm thoughts.

Cocoa, tea, down blankets, fleece, fire, socks, gloves, warm sunny beaches.....love......snuggles.

Positive energy and change

Things are getting back to normal in the family. We have spent the last week re-connecting, lounging in nurture nests, laughing, crying, telling stories and just returning to the healing silence that is so important in our lives. Of course, the healing restful slience is interspursed with periods of crazy chasing, dancing, boondoogle work-outs and always for Retta...hanging upside down to make the world look normal.

We enjoyed our little snow...at least we have had one day of use for all the snow clothing and playthings that Santa delivered this year. I just made a warm fire as I can hear the wind beginning to howl and the sky looks a bit precarious. I hope we are not in for a bout of freezing rain. Ahh, well...a cup of warm ginger tea, the fire, and the love that permeates the house should warm us up nicely.

Musa has been working on his journal to calm his anxieties and has encorporated coloring mandelas. It seems to help. He is continuing his quest to read all of the Harry Potter books. He spends a lot of time with his dog Cooper. I think they really understand each other. Musa has also been expressing a great deal of interest in cooking and has decided to join a on-line cooking club. We also had a long discussion today about medicinal herbs and culinary herbs and he was very interested. We are talking of ways we can expand and "better" our natural vegetable and herb garden.

Retta busied herself with making lists of words in a old day planner I found. She also wanted to "learn everything I can about spiders, because I know everything about ants." I found an old workbook type thing (she LOVES worksheets) about spiders, so she went straight to work doing crossword puzzles and then onto drawing spiders.

I have received some wonderful recommendations for natural healing practitioners and am excited to get to work. I am also getting a little crazy looking at seeds. We are even thinking of terracing one of our hills to expand our growing space. Chickens? I am leaning that direction again.

Life is so full of wonderment. Makes me get a little weepy sometimes. As you have probably ascertained we are postponing our move to Idaho for a bit. I need healing time and the housing market could heal a little also.

So onward we go........

 

science, art, animal husbantry, lierature, psychology, cooking, writing, spelling

 

 

Tired

I am just home from the hospital and slowly starting back into the routine of things. The kids did very well in lieu of my absence and are just spending a lot of cuddle and quiet time.

 

Jeff Corwin

We treated ourselves to VIP tickets to meet Jeff Corwin, in November. This was held at the Baltimore Aquarium...I am sure many of you recognize the backdrop.

Jeff talked for about an hour, told stories of his many adventures, many of which were quiet humorous and he then wound down with some thoughts on conservation, his love of the Earth and family. We even learned he has a very FAT and lazy cat.

After the show the VIP folks (us!) were able to attend a book signing and reception. I thought Retta would faint when we saw him. (he is much more handsome in person) We each got his autograph on our neck badges.

Retta mustered up the courage to touch a snake, but Musa got up close and personal! It was very cool...something I think he will never forget.

 

science, social studies, history (story-telling) language arts, social skills, art

 

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Archives Explanation

I want to make one final apology for the recent confusion of this blog. As looking over the archives section, it appears that there are large blocks of time that are missing (when using the calendar)...I am sure this is because of the starting and stopping with this blog and by re-titling. If interested in any old entries it works best to scroll to the bottom of the page and click where it says.."Archives".....on that page, by-pass the calendar and go to the "First entry in the journal."  The hit counter is also wrong, it reset when I re-started the journal. The last counter was 3,456, when the blog was moved.

 Hope this clears up any confusion.

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