Hey folks! It's been quite awhile
since I've had a farm post. To be honest, we've majorly slacked on
the gardens this year. A lot of it got overran by weeds. Such is
life. That's a whole other story, perhaps for a different blog post.
I did want to share some photos with your today just for fun,
though. :)
Sunflowers are one of my favorites. I
got the idea for this sunflower circle at our nature school group. I
just got the darn thing weeded finally, so the kids have only played
in it once. :/ They seemed to enjoy it, though, and that's all that
matters.
I also got some pics of the sunflowers
before the goldfinches eat them all up. We planted a few rows in
hopes to use them in our chicken/bird feed this winter, but they are
already dead/dying! I was wondering what was wrong with them, but
upon further inspection, I think the sneaky birds just got to them
quickly!
We gave the piggies some extra love
over the weekend. I'll admit that I'm bad about giving them much
extra attention when it's hot or cold out. So they got some grass
clippings (which we've been getting into the habit of doing whenever
we mow anyways because we really need to move them!) and back
scratchins. ;) I had some little helpers too. (Don't worry. The fence
was turned off.)
Our regular raspberries and grapes are
just about ready! I checked on the peach trees the other day when I
was weed-eating and was super pissed to find that something had taken
off with the 4 peaches we had on one tree! I don't know why, but I
have been craving peaches really bad lately. I got my fix from a
roadside produce stand on my way home from the doctor, so I'm
planning on canning those tonight. Yum!
Homeschooling is hard, y'all.
Homeschooling a preschooler is ever harder than I thought too. It's
hard teaching a little person things that you take for granted
because you've been doing them so long and come as second nature to
you, such as telling time, counting, learning and writing letters.
Even writing that out it sounds so easy, but it's not!
Maybe it's just my student. In case I
haven't mentioned it a million times, she's very stubborn and
head-strong. (Can't imagine where she gets it from. We're both
guilty, John and I.) She seems to learn more like my husband, which
makes things infinitely harder on me. They like to know why and how
things work. I'm the type of person who could care less about that as
long as whatever it is works.
She's also like my husband in the
sense that she likes to “watch the world burn”. On more than one
occasion, she will choose the wrong answer (for example, if we're
working on our Reading Eggs program online) when I damn well know she
knows the right answer, just to see what happens. -_- Do you know how
insanely frustrating that is?! Especially in the instances where I'm
really not sure whether she knows the right answer or not!
Makes it very difficult to gauge what she really knows.
Wow...With that being said, we are
starting a (somewhat) more official school year this year. She won't
be 5 until October, so we're still doing preschool. Plus, in Indiana,
you don't have to have your child enrolled in any form of
kindergarten until they are 7, at the most. So really, I could give
myself TWO more free years, if I wanted to. But anyways...
With the new baby coming next
March-ish, I figured we really need to start getting into a routine,
both in general and for school. I've been meaning to do this for the
longest time, but I have put it off and put it off and put it off.
Why? Because I am not a routine person. I am a “fly by the
seat of my pants” type of person. I am hoping a routine will help
with Myka's attitude problems and, you know, the whole asking every
night, “What we doin' tomorrow?” issue. So yah. I am literally
just doing this for her. I hope I don't go insane!
The first day went better than
expected. I jotted down a rough idea of what I wanted to get done
when. For example, start off by reading some books in the morning,
feed the animals and play outside for a bit, eat and have “free
time”, and have music time. We, surprisingly, got through all that
before noon and there was only one meltdown when I turned the tv off
after we were finished eating breakfast.
In the afternoon, we ate lunch,
cleaned up the sunroom so we could use it for doing school stuff like
craft projects, and worked on said craft projects, which were letter
and theme related. (We're working on letter “T” and somewhat
still studying birds.) Oh. And I also managed to squeeze some letter
learning in there too, even though my husband got home early. I was a
little disappointed we didn't get to play outside more before the
mosquitoes got bad, but you can't win them all. I think playing
outside is just as important as learning the alphabet...Plus, I'm
pretty sure neither of my kids would stand for not having outdoor
time.
The second day got off to a bad start.
Nothing went like the first day. Myka had seen the tractor craft I
printed out the night before, so that was the first thing she wanted
to do. Letting her do craft projects in the morning was not a good
idea. I try to give her options, but in this case, it didn't end
well. After the tractor, she traced some numbers on a dry erase
board. Then she helped me cut out some pieces for a train craft we
were going to do...Then started getting an attitude and wanted me
to glue the whole thing together for her. Um, no. So, that was all
the school work we got done that day.
I'm planning on using Thursday as a
catch up day since sometimes we go to the library, sometimes we
don't, depending on whether they have any of their kids programs
going on that day. I will definitely be reinforcing the routine from
the first day because it seemed to have worked so well...Besides me
feeling like I didn't spend enough time with Ripley. :( I know we
will figure out what works for us eventually, but routines in general
are just hard for me to stick with and it's so easy to get
discouraged on bad days too, isn't it?
How long did it take you to find a
routine that worked for your family, whether just a general
day-to-day routine or homeschooling?
Hey folks! I really hadn't intended on
publishing one of these every week, but it's just sort of worked out
that way so far. BUT, don't be surprised if the trend doesn't
continue.
Sooo, crazy shit happening this week.
Even though this is my third pregnancy and I realize you tend to show
sooner with subsequent pregnancies, I hadn't expected to notice any
changes any time soon because, well, I'm fluffy. I didn't really feel
like I looked even remotely pregnant with Ripley until I was about 15
weeks. Needless to say, I was more than surprised to notice some
changes going on this week!
As of writing this, I am 11 weeks and
3 days pregnant. I am NOT going to say how tall (short, rather) I am
or how much I weigh, but again, I am fluffy (hear me roar). While I'm
still not showing, I did discover this week that when I am laying
down, my belly button is already starting to “flatten” out and I
can definitely feel the difference in firmness between where my
uterus is and the rest of my stomach/gut region. This just seems so
crazy to me! I hope this doesn't mean I'm going to be huge by the
end. :/ I don't remember my belly button disappearing until well over
halfway with Ripley!
In other news, I have my 1 hour
glucose test in a couple of weeks. Oh boy. Since I had gestational
diabetes last time, I have to take the standard test sooner. Lucky
me. I know I'm more lucky to have it this time, but I'm still really
hoping I won't. It's such a pain in the ass...And I didn't even have
to take insulin! I can't imagine being a full-time diabetic.
Ok. So I realize I'm a freak, but I
can't be the only one out there that actually kind of looks forward
to giving birth, can I? I have a tendency to scour the community
boards on Babycenter at the beginning and end of pregnancies. To be
honest, it's more for entertainment value than anything most of the
time. Anyways, I've noticed an inordinate amount of people already
posting about how they're, like, scared to death of giving birth.
Sorry, but that's part of it. Perhaps you should have thought the
whole “getting pregnant” thing out some more beforehand? I know,
I know, everyone is different, I just don't understand it.
I mean, if you're afraid of the pain,
medication is always an option. Plenty of women go for the epidural.
If you're afraid of something going wrong, well, I hate to tell you,
but that kind of thinking is literally just going to drive you nuts!
And if you're afraid of all the uncertainty, you gotta let that shit
go! Because thinking about all the what-ifs will drive you crazy
too...And there's not a damn thing you can do for unexpected
circumstances other than try to be prepared and knowledgeable about
your choices, if any.
Ok, sorry. I didn't mean to get on a
soapbox. Not sure where that came from! Take away message: There is
enough to worry about when you're pregnant. Don't make it harder on
yourself!
Hey folks! I think we can all agree
that the age of self-publishing has both advantages, but some major
disadvantages as well. Mostly for the reader. With so many books
floating out there now, it can be even harder to find one worth
reading!
Not that he is self-published, but you
don't have to worry about whether Brent Jones' books are worth
reading. I assure you they are. You will definitely want to check
them out and I'll tell you why!
I recently had the opportunity to
review both of Mr.Jones' books, more recently his brand new release
Fender. (Available today! Be sure to follow the links at the
end to purchase your own copy!) Let me tell you, it was an emotional
roller coaster from start to finish!
Nothing could have prepared Brennan Glover for the car crash that
claimed the lives of his wife and six-year-old daughter. Stricken
with grief, the only things that get him through each day are
breaking his sobriety and clinging to Fender—the family dog and the
sole survivor of the crash.
Desperate to distance Brennan from
tragedy, his two closest friends take him on the cross-country road
trip they had always talked about. But what begins as an effort to
mend his broken heart ends up unraveling a secret that changes
everything he thought he knew about his family. Can a journey of six
thousand miles lead Brennan to acceptance and new beginnings?
From
finding the good in an often cruel world to learning to say goodbye
to those we love most, this sophomore release from author Brent Jones
is sure to leave readers longing for home, wherever that may be.
First off,
although I greatly enjoyed his first novel, The Fifteenth of June, I wasn't sure I would be as into this story. I mean, 3
dudes on a cross-country road trip, with a central focus on a dog? (A
“yappy” breed at that. Have I ever mentioned I don't care for
small dogs much? Hate me all you want.) But, as with the first novel,
I took a chance and was pleasantly surprised!
It was much
more...emotional, than I had expected. Let's just say I cried at
least once in the first 60 pages. At first I thought maybe it was
just my crazy pregnancy hormones talking, but evidently I was not
alone in this thinking! As you can read on Mr.Jones' blog post,
several other reviewers got “the feels” too.
With that being
said, I think this is one of those rare books that a man or
woman would enjoy. Sure, it has plenty of sad moments, but there are
a lot of life lessons and wisdom to be gained from it as well. Plus,
who doesn't love a good “bro-mance” story?
As with his first
novel, I found this to be a very easy read (because it's so good!)
and very engaging. It will be a great vacation read or a “the kids
are back in school and I actually have some free time!” read. I
think it will appeal to a broad age-range too.
You can purchase
your own copy of Fender on Amazon. If you enjoy it, I'm
sure Mr.Jones would greatly appreciate your feedback on both Amazon
and Goodreads. Happy reading!
I received an ARC of this book in
order to facilitate my review. No other compensation was received.
All opinions are my own.
Hey folks! I felt like writing another
preggo update since it's been a few weeks, but wasn't really sure
what to write about. At first, I had intended on talking about old
wives tales for “predicting” the gender of baby...Then I realized
I had already talked about that some in my previous post. Lol (That's
what I get for writing posts so far ahead of times sometimes, huh?)
So, I decided to share my pregnancy announcements.
I may have went a little
overboard with them. It's our last kid and it's kind of a big deal,
ok?! I saw and thought of several cute things, so I just went with
all of them!
I saw something like this on Pinterest
and thought it was cute. Easier said than done to get a decent
picture, of course. Because naturally, even though they both love
balloons, Ripley was more interested in pushing her bubble mower
around the yard at the moment.
I thought this would be cute. I mean,
I'm sure I'm not the first person who's thought of this, but still.
I made chalk paint for the kids one day
and I'm pretty sure I was enjoying it more than either one of them
were. They went ape shit once they realized (and I let them) it was a
lot of fun just sticking their hands in it and splashing it all over
themselves. Whatevs. Anyways...
This idea popped in my head. I probably
got it from those godforsaken stick figure families on the backs of
mini-vans. This is way cuter, though, right?
We also made a rather big decision
after my first doctor's appointment. Deciding where to give birth to
this one at has been a way more convoluted endeavor than it really
should have been. At first, I was going to give the place I had my
annual exam done at in Terre Haute a chance...Then I started getting
bills for said exam that had already been paid for by my insurance.
(We actually are very lucky and have awesome health insurance.) On
top of that (right before the bill issues even started), I called to
schedule an appointment and the lady told me I had to have a positive
blood test from an outside agency, like the crisis pregnancy center,
sent over to their office before I could schedule an appointment. Um,
no. Isn't that your job? And furthermore, I don't even live in
flippin' Terre Haute and I'm sure as hell not making extra freakin'
appointments!
So, since I wanted to get in as soon
as possible and I know my old office is always so busy, I went ahead
and scheduled an appointment with the doctors I had Ripley with. With
intentions of finding a doctor in Bloomington since it would be way
closer. Well, hubby and I got to talking about it and I had been
thinking about it some more, and something just didn't sit right with
us about going to Bloomington. Although there are supposedly
VBAC-friendly doctors there, I hadn't really heard reassuring things
when it came to that from my mom group friends who had gone for a
VBAC there.
So, although all the driving sucks at the end (our
hospital of choice is over an hour away!), we're just going to stick
with the same hospital we had Ripley at. To be honest, I had a great
stay there and I like the familiarity. Kind of ironic, though, now
that I think about it. With Myka (when we lived in Arkansas), the
hospital was literally, like, 5 minutes down the street. Now we cross
through several Indiana counties to have babies. ;)
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It's always fun and interesting learning about animal habits, isn't
it? This book, written by Diane Lang and illustrated by Andrea
Gabriel, takes a look at all kinds of creatures, from eagles to
spiders, snails to lizards. Each page covers a different month of the
year, with an animal that comes out during the day and another that
is nocturnal.
I thought this book was really neat because it covers such a diverse
array of animals and critters: mammals, amphibians, insects, etc. It
includes critters from all over the country, too, not just, say, the
Midwest. Like I said, it's always fun learning about animals,
especially for kids, and this is a lovely book to introduce some
basic facts about many animals that young children are probably
already familiar with. The illustrations and pleasantly flowing rhyme
make this book even more engaging.
“There's
a world teeming with life that very few people ever see! Take a peek
at the animals that make their home in a tall, tall redwood tree.”
Not
that I didn't enjoy the first book, but I have to admit I was a bit
biased towards liking this one more because I would LOVE to go visit
the redwood forests some day! I just can't even fathom how big these
trees truly are in person. Anyways...
Aside
from learning about all of the creatures that have made their unique
home in the redwood trees, this is a great counting book as well for
younger kids. The rhyming flows well in this book as well, helping
children remember what they're learning from the book better. It
really was interesting to learn what kinds of creatures live up in
these tall, tall trees and the beautiful illustrations from Chad
Wallace really add to the book!
As
always, there are more learning resources, about the animals, and
more in the back of each book. Dawn Pub has a wide range
of nature-related books for children, so be sure to see what all they
have to offer for the little explorer in your life!
All photos courtesy of Dawn Pub. I received these books in exchange for an honest review. No other compensation was received.
So...This pregnancy is totally kicking
my ass so far. I have never felt this bad, this early. I have still
not been to the doctor yet, but, according to my calculations, I
should be 6 weeks and 5 days today. I guess I shouldn't complain too
much because I know a lot of women have it way worse. But, I have
been super tired and nauseous half the time. I haven't gotten
physically sick, but food just does not sound good...Even though I'm
hungry all the time, it feels like. It's not right!
I
think I mentioned it in another post, but my doctors' office is
always busy. So, it's a good thing I called when I did, otherwise my
appointment wouldn't have been until even later! It is set for July
31st.
Today is July 10th.
I made the appointment a week ago...
I'm
not too worried about it. I am much more laid back this time. It's
nice! (Third time's a charm, right?) With Myka, I was so worried
about every little thing. With Ripley, I was worried about whether I
would be able to have a VBAC. Knock on wood, I know what to expect,
in general, now, so yah. I'm not really anxiously awaiting my first
appointment. (Not that I'm not
looking forward to it either.) Besides, I already know my due date
and how far along I am. It's not rocket science.
As I've mentioned
before, I had been keeping track of my cycles for several months.
Needless to say, it made it real easy to pinpoint when it happened
this time. This information actually comes in really handy. My cycles
are so much longer than “normal” ones, that I found that I
actually ovulated about a week later! Why is that handy to know? Now
I can give the doctor a more accurate date and my due date won't be
for a week earlier than it really should be! This is especially
important to me as a VBAC patient. I don't expect the doctor to
believe me when I tell her that I know the exact date “everything
went down”, so now I'm able to calculate what day to tell her I
started my last period. Sure, it's kind of lying, which I hate to do,
but I would rather “stretch the truth” some now than end up
having a baby born earlier than he should have been just because of
some silly arbitrary date!
Hmm...What else
was I going to talk about? Oh yah! I came across a thread on
Babycenter about an old wives tale to tell you what gender of baby
you're going to have. (You can also do it to where it shows you the
order and gender of all of your kids, including miscarriages.) I had
come across this a long time ago before I even had kids, but
completely forgot about it until now. I love stuff like that, so I
had to give it a try, of course. For me, it showed girl boy girl boy.
Well, I have two girls, so perhaps I had a miscarriage I didn't know
about between them. More importantly, I should be having a boy this
time, according to it! I still don't think I want to find out the
gender until the birth, but I am letting myself get my hopes up for a
boy a little more now. ;) The test was actually creepily accurate for
a lot of people, old wives tale or not!
So far, not that
we've told many people, we haven't had too many Debbie Downers. I get
that a third kid changes a lot more than a second or first does. I
don't think our family realizes that we actually put thought into it
before having another kid. And while it seems like most people have
their 3rd+ kid by “accident”, we put even more thought into it
than the first two. If you can believe it, we have planned ALL of our
kids. But, I'm getting somewhat off topic...Yes, dear family, we may
or may not need bigger cars. Yes, we need a bigger house or re-do
some pre-existing rooms in the house. Absolutely NO, we are not
moving! Like, ever. At least until the kids move out. So, in the
words of Fry from Futurama...
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Hey folks! As I mentioned in one of my
previous Peaceable Kingdom game review posts, I just love
playing board games. I'm sure anyone with young children will agree,
though, it's damn near impossible to play any with kids around! Other
than the wonderful games from Peaceable Kingdom that we've had the
pleasure to try out, we also recently discovered another one that
even our 4 year old is able to play with us! (With some help, of
course.)
John and I have been wanting to buy
Wildcraft for several years, when we first came across it.
It's a bit more expensive than most board games, though, and we just
couldn't justify spending the money on it. (I actually just checked
on Amazon and it is only $29.99, which isn't bad. I could have sworn
it used to be almost $40.) But, I thought it was a pretty unique game
and you actually learn from it, so the extra cost is
justified, in a way.
“Wildcraft!
An Herbal Adventure Game is a cooperative board game
that explores healing herbs. Wildcraft
teaches 25 important edible and medicinal plants and their uses in
mostly first aid situations. (Wildcrafting is the harvesting of wild
plants.)” Obviously, it has a
pretty specific target audience, but believe it or not, they actually
run out of copies quite frequently!
Wildcrafting
is just one of many things I would like to learn more about, but just
never seem to have or make the time for it. While this game is very
basic in what you learn as far as what herbs are good for what types
of first aid situations, it's still fun and gives you a jumping off
point for looking up further information. I do
wish it had more detailed information on the herbs in
the game, but I understand that it would probably be against FDA
regulations or something.
John,
Myka, and I all played together the first time and the rules were
easy enough to follow. I was happy to see when we got it that it's
actually recommended for ages 4+, so Myka was able to play with us
too. She had to have some help, of course, but she loves being able
to play games with us. I also like that this is a cooperative game,
so instead of competing against each other, we all work together to
make it to the huckleberry patch and back before the sun goes down!
I
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but with the three of us, it actually went pretty quickly. It
probably helps too that there are certain cards you can keep to help
catch your friends up to where you are on the board. They come in
especially handy if you slip down the streams!
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I forgot to mention at the beginning that we actually bought our game
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So...If you didn't see my post earlier this week...I'm pregnant again! It feels weird even announcing that on the
internet to people I don't even know. Makes me that much more nervous
about announcing it to our friends and family. But, I'll get to that
in a minute.
It's so funny how different all of my
pregnancies, and the circumstances leading up to them, have been so
far. With Myka, it took us over 3 years and I was barely sick with
her. In fact, I only physically got sick once with her...the morning
of the first day of my 2nd trimester! How's that for
irony? Ha ha
It took us a “normal” amount of
time with Ripley (several months). I was a lot more nauseous with
her. I think I may have gotten physically sick with her a few times,
but mostly only when I had the stomach flu with her. Let me tell you,
having things coming out of both ends while you're pregnant is not
fun!
With this one, it is super early (I
just found out last Saturday, June 24th) and already I've
had to take my papaya extract for nausea! And, wouldn't you have it,
we weren't exactly trying, but not NOT trying either this time. Like,
I could tell you the exact date that it happened because I've been
keeping track of my cycles and all that. So yah, I've become one of
those women I used to hate that gets pregnant at the drop of a hat,
it seems. Go figure, right?
This is DEFINITELY our last baby. (I
really want one of those shirts that says “Seriously, This is the
Last One!”) John and I decided a long time ago that three was
definitely the max on what we thought we could handle. I'm still not
completely convinced we can handle this many, but it's too late now.
It's all I can do to survive the day with the 4 year old most of the
time. Ha ha Not to mention the thought of three girls, especially
once puberty hits, is ****ing frightening!
I'm really nervous about telling our
family. Well, not so much my husband's as mine...Which is ironic
because I come from a larger family than him. I'm sure at least his
mom will be excited because ever since we found out we were having
another girl with Ripley, his family likes to go on about how we need
to keep trying until we have a boy to “carry on the name”. You
know. Because we can obviously control that. I could care less about
that (probably because it's not my maiden name, huh? Lol), but we are
really hoping for a boy this time.
My mom only had me and my step-dad
only had one kid as well, so I'm sure they're probably going to think
we're crazy! I'm sure we'll get some snarky comments from certain,
more distant relatives, but that's ok. I don't care. It's none of
their business. I'm sure most of them will be happy for us.
I think that's all for now! I could
write more, but I'm really trying to get better about not writing you
guys books for each post. ;) Have any of you experienced any
negativity with any of your pregnancies? How did you handle it?
