So this afternoon around 3:30 we (our Corps officer, two other ladies and myself) left for Hershey, Pennsylvania for the Salvation Army's Eastern Territory's Dazzling Grace Women's Conference. We ate on the road at a Long John's Silver. When we arrived in Hershey at the lodge, we got registered and received a really nice little handbag with some goodies in it (basically each bag was different). Mine came with some bracelets and a pair of earrings. After registration, there was a reception. At this reception we were served s'mores. The marshmallows were toasted by a torch. It was really neat to see. They also had white and milk chocolate pretzels. It was pretty good.
From there we stopped at a gas station (the van was hungry) and everyone got some drinks and/or snacks. We then checked into our hotel. We all went to our rooms and basically called it a night. It is too quiet here. I am missing my husband and my children. However, I know they are fine.
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
The start of our week
On the home front all four children are well and doing school today. This is the first time this has happened in quite a while. Also, this is the first day in quite a while that everyone was up and downstairs before 8 am. So maybe there is hope for these children after all. Boo really seems to be enjoying Paths of Settlement. As one of her assignments, she has to go a dish from either Massachusetts or Connecticut. She has chosen to cook New England Clam chowder. I am having to make some modifications to this dish since Jacobp is Lactose-intolerant.
Using Monarch for some of our subjects for the boys seems to be really helping. They are doing well and it cuts down on the amount of grading I have to do, because a lot of the work is computer-graded. This makes life a lot easier. On the other hand, Monarch was a disaster for Boo. She did not do well with computerized work. With the oldest and youngest being sick recently, we have fallen behind on our Wisdom Books, but I am hoping to catch up on those activities. I plan on cutting out some of the projects I planned on doing and working towards covering the main topics instead.
I am going to a Womens' conference this weekend called Dazzling Grace along with several other ladies from our Salvation Army Corps - including our Corps officer. It is being held in Hershey, Pennsylvania. I am really looking forward to attending.
Using Monarch for some of our subjects for the boys seems to be really helping. They are doing well and it cuts down on the amount of grading I have to do, because a lot of the work is computer-graded. This makes life a lot easier. On the other hand, Monarch was a disaster for Boo. She did not do well with computerized work. With the oldest and youngest being sick recently, we have fallen behind on our Wisdom Books, but I am hoping to catch up on those activities. I plan on cutting out some of the projects I planned on doing and working towards covering the main topics instead.
I am going to a Womens' conference this weekend called Dazzling Grace along with several other ladies from our Salvation Army Corps - including our Corps officer. It is being held in Hershey, Pennsylvania. I am really looking forward to attending.
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