tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21536123281787588432024-03-04T21:02:28.640-08:00Goose and BinkyHomeschooling by the BayLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03609273716040906966noreply@blogger.comBlogger379125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153612328178758843.post-74361016097663889382013-07-08T15:32:00.000-07:002013-07-08T15:32:45.932-07:00Time to say goodbye...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Well, after lots of thinking and agonizing I have finally decided to stop posting here on Goose and Binky. </div>
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I haven't posted regularly in at least a year.</div>
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And I really want to focus on my second blog, <a href="http://crochetcrowe.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Crochet Crowe</a>.</div>
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I am sad but I am looking forward to a new chapter in</div>
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Goose will be going to high school and Binky will be in the 7th grade.</div>
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The kids are busier than ever and this school year will be our busiest yet!</div>
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I have loved every minute of blogging here and will continue to follow all of my favorite blogs. I am so grateful to have met some wonderful people!!</div>
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Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03609273716040906966noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153612328178758843.post-92017027756532990622013-05-20T09:58:00.000-07:002013-05-20T09:58:33.381-07:00art and greek mythology<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Painting by Goose.</div>
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Reminds me of Georgia O'Keefe.</div>
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Greek mythological creatures by Binky.</div>
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We are studying Greece and Greek mythology right now.</div>
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Binky read the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Percy-Jackson-Olympians-Hardcover-Boxed/dp/142314189X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1369067316&sr=1-1&keywords=percy+jackson" target="_blank">Percy Jackson and The Olympians</a> series by </div>
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This week we will be listening to The Iliad and then The Odyssey on audiobook.</div>
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It is already warm and sunny at 10am.</div>
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I was hoping to take the kids to the pool, but </div>
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Don't they know we homeschoolers like to swim, too?!</div>
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I love this moss!</div>
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It looks so soft and inviting.</div>
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I am fascinated by these lichen podentia!</div>
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They are the fruiting bodies erected for spore dispersal.</div>
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My favorite shot of the day! I love fiddleheads!!</div>
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This guy was so quick! I was lucky to get this shot.</div>
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Binky drew this heart diagram for our human body study.</div>
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Goose was a beautiful and perfect Peaseblossom.</div>
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She studied the history of faeries and made this beautiful display, </div>
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If you don't know Margaret from <a href="http://webloomhere.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">We Bloom Here,</a> please check out</div>
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Her dolls are whimsical, fun and playful!</div>
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Margaret is having a blog tour and today's stop is <a href="http://www.artisaway.com/books/craft-book-giveaway/" target="_blank">Art is A Way.</a></div>
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This is a gorgeous blog, if you don't know it.</div>
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Just for today, I will not anger.</div>
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Wednesday afternoon was a good one!</div>
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Puccini's <a href="http://sfopera.com/Season-Tickets/2012-2013-Season/Tosca.aspx" target="_blank">Tosca</a>.</div>
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The San Francisco War Memorial Opera House is gorgeous!!</div>
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It takes us 15 minutes to get there from our house!</div>
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I am learning to really love the opera.</div>
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After seeing <a href="http://sfopera.com/Season-Tickets/2012-2013-Season/The-Capulets-and-the-Montagues.aspx" target="_blank">The Capulets and The Montagues</a> in September</div>
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My first Giveaway!</div>
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I am giving away a scarf of your choice from my Etsy shop, <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/CrochetCrowe?ref=shop_sugg" target="_blank">Crochet Crowe</a>!</div>
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know which is your favorite scarf!!</div>
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I can't wait to hear from you!!</div>
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Happy November!</div>
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Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03609273716040906966noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153612328178758843.post-15639824486421626422012-11-12T12:48:00.000-08:002012-11-12T12:48:28.724-08:00Antibubbles<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Have you ever heard of antibubbles?</div>
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I had not until last week when Binky came home from</div>
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An antibubble is a bubble underwater. So it is water surrounded</div>
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by a thin layer of air, which is surrounded by water.</div>
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A little confusing, I know.</div>
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He also practiced blowing bubbles inside of bubbles.</div>
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Both Goose and Binky had fun with this.</div>
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At one point, they could blow 4 bubbles inside of each other!</div>
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I was amazed at how much fun they both had blowing bubbles all weekend.</div>
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And whenever a friend or family member came over they had to show</div>
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Binky's teacher talked about antibubbles a little bit, but didn't</div>
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really get into it, so I found a great <a href="http://www.antibubble.org/page1.shtml" target="_blank">website</a> that</div>
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explains what they are and how to make them!</div>
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It does take patience, but the results are worth it!</div>
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Life is a little crazy right now.</div>
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When isn't it, really?</div>
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My mother's husband has brain cancer.</div>
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He was diagnosed 2 years ago with stage 3<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligodendroglioma" target="_blank"> anaplastic </a></div>
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We knew it would eventually.</div>
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So he went in for surgery last Wednesday and his home now.</div>
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The surgery went very well at UCSF.</div>
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He had the best possible surgeon.</div>
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Joe, my step-father, is now scheduled to start brain radiation</div>
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I haven't even mentioned it here because then it becomes more real.</div>
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As for me, I am starting my chemo cream for my face today!</div>
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My insurance did not want to cover the prescription at first.</div>
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Binky only needs 2 more things and then both kids are all set.</div>
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Goose will be a gypsy and Binky will be Jester, a comic book character.</div>
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I can't believe how grown-up they both look in their costumes.</div>
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I am looking forward to the distraction.</div>
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Watching all the kids with happy faces and fun costumes.</div>
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Happy Halloween!</div>
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I created a new blog for my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/CrochetCrowe" target="_blank">Etsy</a> shop!</div>
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I am so excited to finally be doing this! Crochet Crowe is </div>
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my shop for handmade scarves. Crocheted cowls that are beautiful and cozy!</div>
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I will have some new scarves available later this week.</div>
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I hope you will stop by for peek!</div>
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Binky is up to his drawing again.</div>
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Goose's science group is studying Earth Science and I taught a class on </div>
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The kids labeled a world map with a variety of different volcanoes.</div>
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Goose decorated this lovely sarcophagus. </div>
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She is still studying Egypt.</div>
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She made herself a little pouch yesterday.</div>
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Every October the sun seems to sparkle. I can't find a better word </div>
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While sitting in my room the other evening I could see a pink glow </div>
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There were a lot of sailboats out there!</div>
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How I wanted to be on one of them.</div>
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This is the new kite!</div>
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Binky is so excited about it.</div>
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He is quite good, too.</div>
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We have been very busy.</div>
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Our lessons and groups and classes have begun</div>
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Goose is quite busy this fall. </div>
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US Constitution</div>
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Epidemics</div>
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We have been pretty busy lately with lessons </div>
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Binky has been busy, too!</div>
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There has been a lot of drawing going on.</div>
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I made a pot of soup that lasted 4 days.</div>
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warm scarves and the long shadows.</div>
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My <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/CrochetCrowe/" target="_blank">etsy</a> shop is now open!</div>
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The name is <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/CrochetCrowe/" target="_blank">Crochet Crowe</a>. I make crocheted scarves to </div>
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Autumn is on my mind!</div>
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My mother-in-law brought me a huge bag of apples</div>
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I visited my favorite Botanical Garden yesterday.</div>
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It was just so beautiful.</div>
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The sky was so blue!</div>
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When I saw these leaves in oranges and reds, it made me smile!</div>
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A carpet of autumn leaves. </div>
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The goldenrod is yellow;</div>
The corn is turning brown;<br />
The trees in apple orchards<br />
With fruit are bending down.<br />
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The gentian's bluest fringes<br />
Are curling in the sun;<br />
In dusky pods the milkweed<br />
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The sedges flaunt their harvest<br />
In every meadow-nook;<br />
And asters by the brookside<br />
Make asters in the brook.</div>
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From dewy lanes at morning<br />
The grapes' sweet odors rise;<br />
At noon the roads all flutter<br />
With yellow butterflies.</div>
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By all these lovely tokens<br />
September days are here,<br />
With summer's best of weather,<br />
And autumn's best of cheer.</div>
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My surgery went very well!</div>
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My scar is about an inch long.</div>
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But the doctor was able to sew me up, which isn't always the case.</div>
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So I was happy.</div>
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There was some swelling for the first several days, but</div>
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icing every hour really helped.</div>
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I still cannot exercise or do any lifting until next week.</div>
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I am having the stitches removed on Tuesday.</div>
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And we will talk about when to begin </div>
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treatment for the precancerous cells.</div>
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Which will include chemotherapy cream.</div>
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All in all, I am happy with the results of the surgery!</div>
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Now if only people would stop staring at me in public.</div>
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One guy even asked me what happened while I was with my husband.</div>
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He looked at me with a "likely story" look on his face.</div>
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I get so many stares! What do they think happened, I wonder?</div>
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Thanks, Nicola for your concern!!</div>
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This is me at 40.</div>
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Yep, I turned 40 on Sunday.</div>
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At 7:55pm to be exact.</div>
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It wasn't how I thought I would spend my</div>
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40th birthday. </div>
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But it was still nice.</div>
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It was hard to enjoy the day when my son is in pain and</div>
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can't really do anything.</div>
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His concussion is VERY slowly getting better.</div>
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But oh, so slowly.</div>
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AND, we found out yesterday that his horrible back pain</div>
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is caused by a fractured vertebrae!</div>
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Before he hit his head at the gym he was jumping</div>
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on the trampoline and landed on his feet right onto the hard platform </div>
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surrounding the trampoline. And he said he was jumping quite high.</div>
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Which is probably why he had such a hard time </div>
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getting over the small fence and hit is head.</div>
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But after he hit his head he was so </div>
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disoriented for a couple of days that he couldn't really remember all that happened.</div>
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So it took a week for me to get all the details.</div>
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Which is when I took him for an xray and visit with the orthopaedic doctor.</div>
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So we are looking at about 2 months healing time.</div>
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And to top it all off, I am having my skin cancer surgery(mohs surgery) on my face</div>
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in 3 weeks. The round spot under my eye is the scar left from the biopsy.</div>
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That is where the surgery will take place.</div>
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I am getting nervous.</div>
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I did have a dream last night that the surgery went really well</div>
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and there was hardly any scar after it healed.</div>
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It was a nice dream!</div>
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My daughter is leaving for Catalina Island on Saturday.</div>
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She is so excited!</div>
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She and her best friend are sailing from Long Beach to Catalina Island</div>
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for a week long summer camp.</div>
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She is already packed and ready to go!</div>
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So... I am 40.</div>
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I made it!</div>
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Hoping the next 40 are filled with love and laughter!!</div>
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Goose turned 12 yesterday!</div>
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This is a photo from her first birthday.</div>
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Such sweet memories!</div>
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This is my latest creation. I am in love with the colors! </div>
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I can't wait to wear it this fall.</div>
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I have been crocheting like crazy and hope to show you what</div>
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I have been up to soon!</div>
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Now on to concussions.</div>
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On Saturday, Binky was on a metal fence with metal bars, like jail bars, and fell while still holding</div>
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onto the railing and slammed his face up against the bars.</div>
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His brow bones and the bones under his eyes hit the bars on both sides!</div>
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He was disoriented, terrible headache, seeing colors and dizzy when he walked.</div>
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He is still dizzy, has a headache and his face hurts!</div>
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And some bruising is starting to show.</div>
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We went to ER yesterday just to be safe. </div>
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Now we are home trying to rest and avoid stimulation.</div>
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Do you know how hard that is for a 10 year old boy?</div>
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If friends come over they always end up wrestling at some point.</div>
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So none of that for this first week!</div>
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No TV, video games, computer, wii, physical activity of any kind or reading!</div>
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Focusing his eyes at all hurts.</div>
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That is for the first week.</div>
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Next week we can ease into reading for short periods of time.</div>
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So I am reading to him now.</div>
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Which I do anyway.</div>
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And he is playing with is action figures.</div>
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Clone troopers, mostly.</div>
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Thank goodness for Star Wars!</div>
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