Fleur de Lis Homeschool Blog: Feb. 16-22nd, 2020 Cold, Snow, Stairwell, Movie Theatre, Dryer

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Feb. 16-22nd, 2020 Cold, Snow, Stairwell, Movie Theatre, Dryer

Feb. 16-22nd, 2020

Cold, Snow, Stairwell, Movie Theater, Dryer

Henry's lip got stuck on his tooth and he looks like a mad dog...which is the opposite of his true big heart!

Hello, Friends!

This week Dh and I went to the movies for a special date night for us. With Dd spending so much time with her boyfriend now, we are getting more time together...just the two of us! Dh and I saw the movie "1917" a World War II movie. I'd been wanting to Knives Out, but Dd's boyfriend is wanting to buy it soon, so I'll be able to see it soon. Dh loves war movies, so we made him happy. For the first time, in my movie theater experience, the father and son sitting on the right of me were texting through the movie and the husband and wife on the other side of me were also on their phones. The bright lights were very distracting!!! I really missed the old days when only the sounds of crackling candy wrappers were the most distracting! Now, I have to try and block out all the phone use lights catching my attention in my peripheral vision.

Friday Dinner:

Like last week, Dd said she and her boyfriend would be coming over for dinner so I spent hours cooking for them. I made baked Haddock, baked sweet potatoes and baked russet potatoes, brownies from scratch. Eventually, they turned up at 7:30 with their bags of take-out from Arby's. I was yet again disappointed that I spent hours trying to prepare a real meal for them only to have it not happen.

Dryer:

The repair parts arrived and Dh was able to fix our broken dryer! I was so glad to have it finally working well. I had a double the amount of laundry to do this week, but thankful I could do it at home and not have to drive to a laundromat.

Van:

Our van is STILL broken---Dh tried to fix it again, but now the front wheel is acting up and he doesn't know what to do. He is exasperated with the van! It is really hard for me having to share a car with Dd----she needs it every day and I'm stuck high and dry! I've asked Dh to look for a new-used car so we can each have our own car.

Bible Studies:

Bible Study Fellowship: Acts and the Letters of the Apostles

I skipped my BSF Bible Study this week, the one on Wednesday mornings, but went to the Thrive class on Monday night. I am still a bit upset about the comments people made two weeks ago that were very judgmental and in my opinion not very nice. I still really struggle with how accepted it is for people to be judgmental in church settings. By the end of the week I had finally put this event to rest, but I sure did struggle for two weeks about this event. Sometimes I just have chew on things for a while and sort out my feelings until I feel resolved about it. I'll go back next week.

Thrive Bible Study:

My Thrive class went really well and I'm learning so much. We finished Erica Wiggenhorn's Unexplainable Life: Recovering the Wonder and Devotion of the Early Church: Acts 1-12 and now we are doing the follow-up book: The Unexplainable Church: Reigniting the Mission of the Early Believers: A Study of Acts 13-28

Weather:

Snow and Shoveling Snow Still!

Stairwell:

Dh has been working on fixing the stairs. I don't really understand it all, but we put down new hardwood flooring in the living room and dining room. Now we want to put it down in the hallway, but the height of the new floor has to be flush with the stairs and that is a problem. So, Dh has to redo all the stairs? He is taking apart each of the steps and bought new wood to replace the 'treads' on each step. It's really turned into a huge ordeal...huge.

Chainsawing:

Dh had bought me a electric chainsaw recently, but the battery was not working right and he had to take it back. Now that we've had a few warmer days I had the chance to go out and chainsaw a few hours on Saturday while Dh was working on the stairs. I do *try* to only chainsaw when someone else is home for safety's sake. The chainsaw is working GREAT!!! I had a great day!!

Migraines:

I only had two migraines this week---one was an all day on the sofa kind of migraine. All-in-all, this month has been very good though. I am thankful for the blessing of a good migraine month.

Knee/ Physical Therapy:

I somehow hurt my right knee this month. I'm really limping. The new knee brace I ordered is really helping; I've even worn it sleeping. I've called my doctor and had to go in to get referred to the Physical Therapy department. I have an appointment next week with Erin to look at my knee. The x-ray didn't show any bone problems, but I actually need a MRI but the doctor said she couldn't order it because my insurance company wouldn't cover the expense. I plan on asking my PT about my carpal tunnel problem hand to see what she thinks about that.