Lost and Found

(LOST) I absolutely hate loosing things. Unfortunately, I loose an amazing amount of things. This time it was my wallet. Not the one I was currently using, but the one I really liked. (It perfectly matched my purse that I want to now use.) I have turned the house upside-down looking for it...no where to be found. SO, in the meantime, I actually cleaned up my room...and several other rooms, but no wallet. I am at a loss...and very sad.

(AND FOUND) In preparation for the wallet/purse switch, I was cleaning out my current wallet...and lo and behold I found....a squished spider. YEP - was totally in my purse like I thought, but somewhere along the way it got squished in my wallet. I don't know how and don't particularly care when, just glad it is dead and not in my car somewhere!

I wanted to also share one of my homeschooling highlights...me at my finest hour...

Scene: Bible Drill (Sin)
-I read a short section to the kids about the current topic, this week is sin, and ask them questions about what I read, hence, Bible Drills...

Me: What is sin? (All hands raised, and I pick Kd)
Kd: Blood.
Me: Ummm, not quite (Go for the sure answer and pick Ky)
Ky: All the bad things we do.
Me: Great! Next question, What is an example of sin? (Again, all hands raised, since you can't really get this one wrong, I go with Kb)
Kb: Ummmm, laaaaaa, laaaaaaa, Ummmmmmmm, when you pinch someone???
Me: (FINALLY!) Yes, anyone else?
(Everyone's hand is raised and we go through the whole category of what you are not allowed to do to each other...Kd's answer is still blood)
Me: OK, Who sins? (Everyone's hand is up, and it is another easy one, so I pick Kp)
Kp: Everyone!
Me: Great!!! Ok, IF everyone sins, does Ky sin? (Ky shakes head yes)
Does Kp sin? (Kp thinks and shakes head yes too)
Does Kd sin? (Everyone shouts yes)
Does Kb sin? (Kb yells yes)
Well what about Grandma, does Grandma sin? (Hands raised, pick Ky)
Ky: No.
Me: Does Pa sin?
Kp: No.
Me: Does Mommy sin?
ALL in unison: YES!!! (huh, guess they are aware Mommy sins!)
Me: Well, the Bible says that everyone sins, SO does Grandma sin? Does Pa sin?
(We actually went downstairs to ask Grandma because they didn't believe me at first that Grandma sinned...but I finally got the point across. I should've just stuck with, Does Mommy sin? they totally got that one!)

They always seem to have a question in every section to try to trick the kids. The last section was, "Is all the Bible true?" I can now ask that question every which way, and the kids finally will answer, "YES!" That's why we spend at least one week per drill. It takes them that long to "get" each question!

Countdown to my panic: 8 days...planes. Oh, well - at least I know my companion, Fred, will be with me!!! Ahhhh, hahahaha!