SL Core H Week 28 A Oct.1-7, 2017 Driver's Ed Part II Trip to Indy-Giz's surgery

SL Core H Week 28"A"  

Oct.1-7, 2017 

Driver's Ed Class- Segment Two 

Agnes, in comfort!

Hello Friends!

We are still plugging along and I'm trying to get Dd to get a bit more motivated to finish her remaining books in this core.  Part of the confusion I'm going through is scheduling some books that are in the current SL Core H, but aren't in either of the two versions of Core H that I have!  Sonlight sure makes things more complicated when they constantly change which books are in their cores!!!!  That has been a huge nightmare for me since Core K! (Kindergarten!)  I can't afford to buy a new core, so I pick up our books whenever and however I can and that means a mix-match of books.  Sometimes I see a new book that looks so fantastic that I add it in, even though it will throw our schedule a curve-ball, but I think it is usually worth it.  I am thinking we only have a handful of books left, and not sure if it will take us "8" weeks to finish them.  I'm hoping we can get those last books done in a month?  No harm hoping!

Driver's Education:

This week Dd completed her Segment Two for her Driver's Training.  She has over 40 hours of driving under her belt, and only needs 50 or 60 to take the official tests after she turns 16.  She will get her hours without much problem.  I'm getting a little tired of being carted around while she drives! Ha!  But, I've found I can read our RA while she drives and we can get more accomplished if we do it that way!  She had three classes this week, each class was two hours long.  She did fine!  

Prep for trip to Indy/Fall Cleaning:

Giz was rushed back to the hospital again this week, on Friday.  They are going to put her back on IV antibiotics and try to get her ready for her surgery.  We will be going down (Oct.8, 9, and 10th), staying in a hotel, in Indy, for her big surgery.  She wanted us there, so I've spent the week trying to pack up and clean our house for the chicken/duck/kitty sitter to not be lost in our clutter.  I just hate leaving my house messy b/c when you get home from after your trip there is nothing better than coming home to a clean, nice home!!!!  So, I've spent quite a lot of time this week scrubbing all our toilets, floors, walls, etc.

Goodbye Viola:

This week Dd decided she was stretched too thin and something had to go...she made the decision to exchange the viola we were renting and get a much better violin.  She is playing the violin in Intermediate Orchestra and as time goes by she is liking the violin/orchestra more and more.  Giz bought Dd her violin at a yard sale for $100, so it isn't a very good violin, but fine for a beginner.  She is wanting to see if using a better violin can help her to improve.  I'm happy to see Dd making some decisions on what isn't working so she can narrow down her musical instruments a bit.  She is thinking about possibly taking only orchestra or only band next year to make her life less complicated.  With band not moving her up to the next level, she wonders if perhaps God isn't slowly closing a door while opening another???  Anyway, we will continue our lessons with Christie, going back to her being Dd's violin tutor.  

After 2-3 days of stewing in the crockpot the tomato sauce turns dark and delicious!  

Canning:

With all the beautiful summer weather all the bugs are back in full force trying to eat all my kales and Brussel Sprout plants...UGH.  I don't use sprays and chemicals on my plants and at this point in the season, I'm getting tired of smushing worms for the year.  This week I gave it all I could and killed all the bugs I found.  I managed, on Monday, to can 5 Tomato Paste pints and 7 quarts of a tomato sauce with whole tomatoes (skins peeled off).  Wed, Thurs, and Fri, I stewed more tomatoes in my crockpot and canned 5 pints of tomato past on Saturday.  So 10 pints plus 7 quarts for the week.

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo:

We finished our long Read Aloud...finally!  It didn't take us as long as it did to read Great Expectations, but it did take a lot longer than I thought it would!  It was such a great book to add-in!  We highly recommend it!!!!

Kittens:

Honeysuckle and Dickens had their first visit to the vet this week!  They are a little over three pounds now!  We scheduled their return visit when they will be neutered/spayed.  They are growing so fast, this week seemed like they grew extra.  Agnes has been having more interactions with them in a non-hissing way!  Baby-steps!

I hadn't added any whole tomatoes to the sauce/paste I'd been making, so this batch I added the whole ones---which makes the base more watery.  The "Black Prince" heirlomb tomatoes are a wierd color, not red, but kinda blackish...you can see some odd color in there; which is that Black Prince variety.

Garden:

Still doing great in producing veg, but the buggies have returned with a vengeance.  The wonderful weather this week has really given us a bonus week!

Academic Progress:

Bible:
We are reading the New Testament in chronological order in our new "Integrated Bible."  It is going very well!
Judging Others; Ask, Seek, Knock; The Narrow and wide Gates; True and False Prophets; True and False Disciples: Matt 7:3-22 
Judging Others; A Tree and Its Fruit; The Wise and Foolish Builders: Luke 6:41-42, 31, 43-46
The Wise and Foolish Builders; Jesus Heals a Man With Leprosy: Matt 7:23-8:1
The Faith of the Centurion: Matt 8:5-8 and Luke 6:47-49
The Faith of the Centurion Luke 7:1-7 and John 4:46-49

Church, Sunday School, Youth Program, Volunteering on Olympian Wed nights

Read Aloud:

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo: Completed

Review: I was so surprised how this book deals with a sinner who, after crossing paths with a man of God has a complete transformation and spends the rest of his life on the right path.  It really is a story about good vs evil with a little love story on the side!  This isn't a book that is listed often in homeschooling 'reading' lists, but I definitely would recommend this wonderful story!

Math:

Saxon Geometry at Grace HS Academy: 

Test on Monday. Lessons: 13-16. Class with Grace teacher.

This class is still a big problem.  Dd and her two friends are video-chatting during the week to do some of their homework together.  All three girls are struggling and say the teacher is just reading the book aloud to them and not doing a good job with explaining.  In their words, they could do that at home by themselves.
We've done Math U See since first grade- Alpha- and I thought we would always stick with it, though we have used Teaching Textbooks to also help fill in the gaps from MUS, now that Dd has been using Saxon, she says she likes it best.  She says the textbook explains the material better than the other two!  Go figure!  I wish I would have tried Saxon before!!!!

Science:

Apologia Physical Science: Notebooking catch-up week.

Dd had not finished all the questions in her Student Notebook, so I had her go back and finish that up.

History:

The BiblioPlan Companion of Early Modern History:

Ch 13: China; The Covenanter Martyrs: Completed

Dickens is the black and white boy, the black only one is Honeysuckle.

Reader 1:
Escape From Warsaw by Ian Serraillier: Completed
I read this book too, and we both enjoyed reading it.  The original title was "The Silver Sword" and that seems like a better title than what they are using now.  

So many more figs than last year!!! Thanks for the tip, Heather!

Reader 2: 
Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan: In Process

Music Classes:
Violin Lesson with Christie: 30 min
Intermediate Band: Alto Sax 1:30 hours
Intermediate Orchestra: violin: 1:30 hours

(we had to miss Strings Group b/c of Driver's Education class)



Art:
Drawing: 2 hours
Painting Studio (Grace Class) 2:00 hours
Botany Art Class (Grace) 2:00 hours

Home Economics:
Dd made a big batch of Potato Salad from our garden potatoes and eggs
Dd also made Egg Salad for our meals on the road.  

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