Dissecting a liver and two hearts Nov 2015

Dissecting a liver and two hearts 

Nov 2015

Up first, the LUNG of a deer

If you are looking for some really good video's on dissecting-We were very lucky in finding a really great video, that I'd like to share:

"Deer Heart Dissection by Huschle" 14:03
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVo-fhMlTM0

Dd poured water into the main pipe of the lung and watched how it foamed out the big pores...really surprising how the water reacted to the lung.  I was glad she thought to see how that would effect the lung.

You can see the foam rising up by her fingertips

Dd got to see the two bucks "cleaned" and she got to take home two hearts and one liver.  Dh gave the other lung to a friend at work who wanted to eat it.  We eat the hearts, but Dh doesn't want to eat the lungs.

You can plainly see the difference in size of the two deer hears.

Dd put her thumbs in each chamber of the hearts to compare the diameter of each.

The Heart Strings are always fascinating to see

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Trip to Indiana farm Nov 13-15, 2015

Trip to Indiana farm 

Nov 13-15, 2015

Dh and Dd took a trip together to our family farm in Indiana.  Dh got to go hunting with his best friend while Dd got to spend some time with her Giz and Grampy.  Here are a few pictures she took:

Dh and Mark have hunted together for over 30 years!  This year like every year, Mark got two bucks and Dd got nothing!  Mark always has all the luck, and Dh is always so happy for him.  Am I awful for hoping Dh would get a deer too?

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House - Spruce Renovations Nov. 13-15th, 2015

House - Spruce Renovations 

Nov. 13-15th, 2015

Dh and Dd went hunting in Indiana, and I stayed home to 'keep moving forward'.  Here is some of the things I worked on:

The attic in the garage had zero insulation in it.  We bought a few bags of insulation for me to put in, but I didn't figure in the area under the walkway!  We still need a few more panels, but I got a good start.  Too bad I hadn't thought of the insulation BEFORE I put so much of our stuff up there!!!!!!!  Oh well...too late to worry about that now.  I got 27 1/2 panels down over the weekend.

First I moved all the stuff to the far side, then lifted up the doors the previous owner used as a floor and then put in the insulation, then replaced the first door and put some stuff on top of that and lifted up the next door...put in the insulation...until I ran out of panels.

I put all the blue/insulating blanket in the trash can, but then when the trash truck came it was so stuffed in there that it didn't drop out when the truck "emptied" it...still figuring out how to get in out...guess I stuffed it in the can too good!

I spent the most hours working on our pool last weekend.  The tarp had leaves and pine needles all over it, and around it.  I got a push broom and moved all the rocks off so I could sweep it clean.  I used the water pump to get most of the water off the top of it (but then it rained afterwards and replaced the water that I had sucked out!)

You can see how clear the water is in this picture---that is because of all the skimming I did in the tarp water.  Skimming the tarp was not an easy job!

This is literally our THIRD pump that we have bought, you wouldn't believe how hard it has been for us to just drain out the rain water!  You'd think it was something super complicated.  It really should not have been this complicated!

Now, to give God some credit---

So, we called the pool people back in September, to schedule when they would come and show us how to close down our pool.  They couldn't come until Oct.  The night before they came, Dh and I pulled out the winter cover and found it had a nest of mice living in it.  We hoped it would still be okay to use.  The pool guys said it would not do--we needed to order a new cover.  Getting in a new cover would take "2 weeks, at MOST 3 weeks" so we paid half of the cost of the pool cover and they left.  After waiting 5 weeks I called them and they said it still hadn't come in yet..(it is November now) but that they would call us when it did come in.  Then at 6 1/2 weeks of waiting it came in.  Dh and I worked night after night to keep pumping out the water and skimming out the leaves and needles.  Thursday night we were out in the freezing winds --we had to get OFF the tarp we had been using for all these weeks to keep our pool water clean.  We worked past 10 pm and got the tarp drained with the pump, and then we could pull it out of the pool.  Then on Friday we had the pool guys coming with our new cover.  Of course over the night more leaves fell into our clean pool and landed in the parts that I couldn't reach with the skimmer!  But, the guys came and put the new cover on.

So, what makes my story one that is amazing?  Literally 2 hours after the pool got it's cover on it started really snowing...and didn't stop until Sunday!  God's timing is just SO amazing!  We had prayed and prayed for the snow to stay away until we closed down our pool.  We prayed the PVC pipes wouldn't get frozen and break.  It is just amazing timing!  I am SO thankful to the Lord for working out every mini-second of the days of our lives!  So relieved that I can finally, finally, finally stop working on that pool!  I am sick, have laryngitis, and I know it is from all the hours I've been standing outside working on the pool--freezing.

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Apologia General Science Experiment 1.4 Eclipse

Apologia General Science Experiment: 1.4 Eclipse

Items needed: cardboard, push-pins (for the paper to be tacked down to the cardboard), pencil, 8 inches of yarn or string...Dd had fun wearing her science goggles, but that is just for fun!

The yarn is fully extended, the push pins are holding the yard down on the end of the yarn.  Dd is following the yard from one side to the other.

Now Dd is moving the push pin farther into the yarn--going in about 1-2 inches

Now Dd is drawing the line from one side to the other, on the shorter yarn

Done!  We finished and did get two eclipses from this experiment.  This experiment was comparing this to how the planets also don't form a circle, but an eclipse as they travel.

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Core G.Early Middle Ages.Week 16 "A".Nov.9-13, 2015 (56th) King Arthur, Christianity begins, fall of Romans, Founding of Byzantine, rise of Russia a state

Core G.

Early Middle Ages.

Week 16 "A".

Nov.9-13, 2015

 (56th Week on Core G) 

King Arthur
 Christianity begins, fall of Romans, Founding of Byzantine, rise of Russia as a state

Hello Friends, one more week until our Thanksgiving week off from lessons.  Let's see--our big things from this week---well, last week Dd had a test in band, to figure out her "seat".  We got the results this week, and she got last place or last chair out of the beginner alto sax's.  You'd think that might be awful news, but she took it like a champ.  I always think we learn more through failure or "tough lessons" than we do from success.  She has only been playing for just over two months now, and is still figuring out what "tonguing" means---and I guess that has to do with where you place your tongue on the reed as you play?  This week she figured out how to play, "I'll Fly Away" by herself--by ear.  That is one of my **favorite** hymns, and it brings me such joy hearing her play it on the piano, and now on the sax!  I'm very pleased with how she is taking this news, and this will only inspire her to practice more often.  She already plans to "challenge" her fellow players in July, when they are allowed to try again.

We had two great 'lesson-days' on Monday and Tuesday, two semi-decent days on Wednesday and Thursday, but Friday was just bible and math b/c she had to pack her gear, and the van, to go with Pappa to the family farm in Indiana.  It takes at least seven hours to get there without traffic, accidents, or breaks...most likely eight or nine hours in practical terms.  This is opening weekend for deer hunting, and Dh is keen to provide our meat for the year.  It looked like we might get all our assignments done for the first bit of the week, but it didn't happen.  Part of the problem was that I got a migraine on Thursday and had to go to bed early.  

It snowed off and on Friday; which might be nice if we weren't still waiting for the company to finish closing up our pool for the winter!  We had to order a new cover....and it still hasn't come in, so here we wait!  I will enjoy the snow much more when that job is completed and we are out of danger of having our pool pipes bust due to the cold.

Agnes, Dd's new kitten, is doing well.  It is really neat to see Dd having to take care of her, and snuggle with her!  I can see how much love she has for that kitty!  The kitty is growing in leaps and bounds.  She is heavy to pick up now!  So glad she has a good appetite! 

We just have one last co-op day left, and then our schedule will be SO much easier.  It is very hard to get much done on our lessons after co-op!! More so than after band, for some reason.

King Arthur

Sonlight wanted us to read by Andrew Lang, but I also checked out the audio by Howard Pyle from our library.  I have to say, I am just about done with the SL book, and am listening to the audio with Dd.  The SL book (by Lang) gets the job done, but doesn't add any details or frills to the story; whereas the audio by Pyle is fantastic!  I am so glad I got that version, as it is so much the superior of the two versions.  Perhaps SL chose a more edited, more abbreviated version so the students could get through this story faster, but they are really missing so much that the Pyle version has.  We will be continuing to listen to the Pyle, probably all next week.  But, I feel like it is worth it.

This week Dd's reader was an "add-in"--not a Sonlight book--called Anna of Byzantium.  Dd is almost done with this book, though I scheduled it to take two weeks, but she has liked it SO much she has kept reading past each day's schedule.  She hasn't been this excited about a SL book in a while.  Here is what Rainbow Resource has to say about this book:  

This emotional story of Anna Comnena, a Byzantine princess who was betrayed by her family members and denied the throne, is a mix of history, mystery, and intrigue. Anna is trained and raised to be the empress, but instead spends most of her days exiled in various nunneries. Follow her as she develops as a woman and discovers who she really is and what is important in life. 212 pgs.

Bible:

Veritas Bible Chronicles-Malachi,Job HS Kit

Veritas Press Chronicles Through Malachi:

Card 95: passed

Malachi Prophesies To The Jews

433 BC

Believer's Bible Commentary   [BELIEVERS BIBLE COMMENTARY -SS] [Hardcover]

Mar 31, 1995

by MacDonald, W.(Author) ; MacDonald, William(Author); Farstad, Arthur L.(Editor)

Malachi 4: Bible & Believer's Bible Commentary

Survey of the Bible

Survey of the Bible: pg 278

(summary on Malachi)

Card 96: in process

Trials of Job

(Dd is very excited about us really getting to know this book better; as she says it is one of her favorite books in the bible.)

The Inspirational Study Bible: Life Lessons from the Inspired Word of God New Ce

1995
Our Max Lucado Study Bible is very nice, whenever we start a new book it has a page dedicated to giving us a review of the book ahead.  Plus, in the margins he has many "Life Lessons" that go along with many of the chapters we read...sort of like a mini-sermon that relates to that specific chapter.

What the Bible Is All About: NIV Bible Handbook, Revised and Updated

Henrietta C. Mears

What The Bible Is All About:

pg's: 197-203

(About Job)

Job 1 & 2:

 read in bible and Believer's Bible Commentary

Adding in a new bible supplement:

Christian Studies Book IV Student

Christian Studies IV by Memoria Press

page 4 & 5

Music:

Alto Sax: 30 minutes each day 

and Choir: 25 minutes each day

Piano: 

a few days this week, 2 hours

History: 

BiblioPlan: Medieval, Renaissance & Reformation Companion (2 Book Set)

BiblioPlan Companion: In Process 

a Text for Medieval History

pg's: 31-40

Peril and Peace Vol. 1: Chronicles of the Ancient Church

Peril and Peace: In Process

We will be reading this for a while, doing a few sections each week.

pg's: 71-86

Trial and Triumph: Stories from Church History

Richard M. Hannula

Trial and Triumph:  In Process

We will be reading this for a while, doing a few sections each week.
Key People:

Polycarp-Witness in the Arena(69-155), 

Blandina-Martyr of Lyons (155-177), 

Constantine--Defender of the Church (272-337),

pg's:11 -30

Audio:

The Story of King Arthur and His Knights - unabridged audiobook on CD

Howard Pyle

BLACKSTONE AUDIOBOOKS / 2002 / COMPACT DISC

King Arthur by Howard Pyle

(we are liking this very much! I'm reading the SL book by Lang, but am preferring the Pyle version.)

Drive Through History: Vol 3

Bethlehem to Caesarea, Miracles, Messiah, and the Roman Empire

IN PROCESS

We are liking this very much.  It doesn't seem as jumpy as the one's we watched a few years ago.  I don't know if WE have changed, or if this one was just not as fast-paced!  

Timeline/ Book of Time:

Adding in our Science personalities:

Robert Grosseteste

Dietrich Von Freiberg

Roger Bacon

Nicolas of Cusa

Thomas Brandwardine

and I've fit in a little extra on the history figures too--anyone else love doing the timeline?!!!  

We were *suppose to do*: SOTW: Ch. 2, but didn't get to it this week.

Some History Highlights this week:
Dead Sea Scrolls, Essenes (Jewish ascetics who dedicated their lives to writing and preserving the sacred tests), Jews lived in communes so they could eat and sleep in commons.  Jews made copies of the sacred texts.  First Jewish Revolt, AD 70, Jews revolted against the Romans.  Josephus asked the Jews not to fight but they did--and were massacred--though some fled to Masada, and were killed there.  Bar Kokba built a temple on the top of the spot of the Jewish temple that Solomon built. Bar Kokba was fiercely against the Jews, and ruled with extremely strict rules.  He claimed that he was the Messiah (as in, God's son).  Many people believed him, that he was the Messiah, instead of believing in Jesus, who had died 130 years earlier.  In the Second Revolt Bar Kokba was killed--along with hundreds of thousands of Jews and Romans.  The Jews fled to hide in caves, hiding from the Romans.  St. Valentine
Apostles Creed
Mayans were enjoying their Classical Period at this time.
St. Augustine of Hippo

Audio:

Mystery of History (MOH), Vol.II, The Early Church and the Middle Ages:

Lessons 8-13

Key Points/People: Dead Sea Scrolls, Bar Kochba, 1st Jewish Revolt, 2nd Jewish Revolt, St. Valentine, Apostles Creed, Mayans 350-900 BC, St. Augustine of Hippo...

Reader:

Anna of Byzantium

Anna of Byzantium by Tracy Barrett.  Dd has given this book very good reviews.  She is really liking this very much!!  She is reading way faster than I scheduled, and reading it during her free reading time.

Math:

Math U See: Algebra I:

passed test for 5,

6A, B, C, D (and some of H)

although she did all the pages, she still gets the graphing wrong some of the time.  So, we will do lesson 6 over again.

Science: 

(I have to admit, I had more pages assigned than we got accomplished this week, but we did our best.)

Exploring Creation with General Science Text Only

Apologia: General Science Text Book:

pg's 12-23

General Science Notebooking Journal

General Science Notebook:

pg's 16-21

Experiment 1.4

Completed: a drawing an eclipse

(I'll do a blog post on this alone)

khanacademy.org

Khan Academy:

watched video:

The Lungs and Pulmonary System: 20:32 minutes

Language Arts:

She has been working on her book, 3 hours this week

Literary Analysis:

For co-op class

2 hours

Busy Hands:

She made an omelet, and must have felt good about it b/c she took a picture of it!

Fun Book:

Hoot

Dec 27, 2005

by Carl Hiaasen

Hoot: Completed

she loves this movie too!  She watched it also.

not sure what else she read this week for fun.....I think the Anna of Byzantium was so good she read it a lot.

House:

Dh and I got a few things done this week: besides continuing to try to drain the pool and keep it clean of leaves!  We also bought a bunch of insulation to put in our attic above garage.

We *Finally* got my anniversary clock up!  This is the second thing we have got up so far!  

We got the curtain shelf back up above the master window.  I hung up some curtains in our room.  After 4 months, it is about time we get some curtains up!!!  The leaves are falling off all the trees around our house, and that made curtains suddenly important!

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