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Just finished this little gem in between the endless piles of laundry. It's amazing to me how much filth accumulates in the midst of the stomach flu. Let's just say it will take the greater part of this week to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
I was reading Jacqueline Moses' blog a few days ago and what she said resonates with me.. it's something I say and I feel almost every day : "I kind of feel myself growing dumber.." Homeschooling has helped. I'm learning to add single digits again and Hooked on Phonics is working for me.  But I miss reading. I LOVE to read. I love the classics and I miss them. I find something new and inspirational almost every time I re-read a work. It's undoubtedly because I'm in a different stage of life each time I revisit a classic. The Catcher in the Rye meant something entirely different to me in my teenage years than it does now. I found this little nugget from Tennessee WIlliams that I must have overlooked before.. Probably because I wasn't chasing after time, desperately pleading with it to slow down for me…
    "In the time of your life- Live!  That time is short and it doesn't return again. It is slipping away while I write this and you read it, and the monosyllable of the clock is loss, loss, loss unless you devote your heart to it's opposition."

And here's another little pearl for you. I've always thought this, but listen to how eloquently he writes it.  Speaking of Memory, he explains.
    "Memory takes a lot of poetic license. It omits some details; others are exaggerated, according to emotional value of the articles it touches, for memory is seated predominantly in the heart."

Ahhh. I feel a little smarter today. Time to clean the toilets 🙂

Trying to figure something out.

Lately my photos have looked REALLY pixel-y on this blog. Do you think so? I'm not doing anything different, but it's been really noticable to me. I'm loading this photo in a different way. Let me know if you think you can see the pixels in my photos. Especially the last post- the photo of Cade playing solitaire- you can see the lines on his nose! very annoying. anyhoo…..

Halloweeen

The Stomach Flu is not my friend!

Sorry for the LONG delay in posting, but we've been a little "under the weather" as of late. We had a very eventful October so get ready for a long post! The first photos are from the UCLA game- this is the 2nd year we've gone & I think it will be a tradition for us. We LOVE it so much! Sorry the pictures are so bad but these first few were taken with James' camera.

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I taught Cade how to play Solitaire on my computer- such a great game of strategy, sequencing, patterns… very educational. And very addicting! 

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Then… we went to Vegas for a week. We had a great time- we went hiking at Red Rock Canyon, we went bowling, the boys went golfing a few times, we went swimming, we did a puzzle (one of my favorite things to do), and we just enjoyed our time away. Oh! and we got our faces painted- all of us!

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And..this is what happens when daddy packs for vacation 🙂 But who cares? He packed every single thing for this vacation (well, except for my stuff)- such a good man.

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Next time I'll post photos from our annual "Harvest Party." I haven't even downloaded them from my camera. And you want to hear my rookie move? We went to Lombardi Ranch last Tuesday and guess who forgot her memory card? I think the memory card from my brain is missing, too!

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