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Goat Pen Construction
To do a little catching up on what’s been happening around the farm, here are some pictures of the latest building added. There are quite a few pictures, so if your browser is slow you’ll have to be patient. After losing about 5 goats to mountain lion attacks, Russell decided to make them an enclosed building that we could lock them into at night. The shelter was built using the leftover wood from our barn. Russell and the boys felled the trees themselves a few years ago and milled them – thus making their own lumber. I love this rustic look. These girls just had to see it up close. So much more fun.…
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Artichokes or Archers?
I was reading The World of the Medieval Knight by Chrisopher Gravett to the younger ones the other day and I pointed to the arrow slits in the castle wall from where the archers would shoot their arrows. “Who used these windows?” I asked. Audrey piped up and said, “Artichokes.” 😀 What a goof 🙂
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Getting Organized with Schedules – Part 2
After I made my 12 week schedule for our Middle Ages unit study (see this post – Keeping Organized with Schedules – Part 1), I then did another spreadsheet that shows me what we should be doing at what time. I put the times in to help keep me on track. You could also do a schedule that showed general blocks of time, for instance: 8:30-12:00a.m. Unit Study, 1:00-3:00p.m. Independent Study. As I said, I did mine with specific times for each part of our unit study to help me to be able to just move from one thing to another without having to put any thought into what is next on the agenda. On my…
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Getting Organized with Schedules – Part 2
After I made my 12 week schedule for our Middle Ages unit study (see this post – Keeping Organized with Schedules – Part 1), I then did another spreadsheet that shows me what we should be doing at what time. I put the times in to help keep me on track. You could also do a schedule that showed general blocks of time, for instance: 8:30-12:00a.m. Unit Study, 1:00-3:00p.m. Independent Study. As I said, I did mine with specific times for each part of our unit study to help me to be able to just move from one thing to another without having to put any thought into what is next on the agenda. On my…
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Keeping Organized with Schedules – Part 1
I cannot function very well without a schedule. Oh, I manage to squeak by but inside I feel like I have nothing together. I do whatever task or distraction is at hand rather than doing what may be a higher priority. By the end of the day when I look back on what I have accomplished it amounts to very little. Did I do a load of laundry? Yes, but somehow I never did find the time to put it in the dryer, never-mind it being folded. The baskets start to overflow and the ironing piles up. The family eats well (most days) but what about the dishes that need to be hand-washed? …
