lizardblog ( the blog of liz creech

July 05, 2008
Visit to old Haunts and friends

Yesterday I went back to my home town of Somerset, Kentucky. I had been trying to get back and visit for some time and finally, since I am on vacation, I took a day and went. It was better than I had hoped. I drove around for about an hour, past the house I lived in, past the church I went to, and in general was amazed by how much it had all grown. I am pretty sure that the houses in the neighborhood where I grew up have shrunk. My house had 3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 baths, living room, kitchen, dining room, and a den. I guess it was about 2000 square feet or so. When my mom and step-dad bought it they paid a whopping 13,000 for it in 1972 or 73. Crazy! I think that house now would sell for about 113,000.

I went to visit my friend Sheila, she does an awesome imitation of a chipmunk, which I did not ask her to do. She used to hate it because we asked her to do it soooo much!! We sat and talked for about 3 1/2 hours and could have sat for longer, but I had told other people I would meet them at specific times. It was very interesting how parallel our lives have actually been.

I visited Robert, my younger sisters father. I only stayed for about an hour, because there was really only so much we could talk about. It was good to see him though.

Then I went to eat with my childhood friend Rhonda. We grew up down the street from each other, and inevitably, if I was getting into trouble, it was with her. I always loved horses and she had one. It is a wonder I didn't die messing with that horse as much as we did. At one time, we were riding that horse, barebacked with a rope halter. I was on him and turned him back to where we had come from and he took off with me. I slid off and under him. His hoof hit my chest then caught my chin and I still have the scar from it!! Yeah, stupid I know. But we were dumb kids and I just wanted to ride.

It was a good time and I look forward to getting back together with them and trying to stay in touch. Good times to find out where and who people are now.

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July 02, 2008
Vacation

So, for the first time ever in my life I am off for a PAID vacation. Woo HOO!! I have lots of plans to get some things done around the house, things that just 2 regular days off won't allow you to accomplish.

1. Get the nasty carpet out of the dining room, which we have used as a school room. - DONE!!
2. Clean up and organize the garage - partly done and going to work on that more today.
3. Finish painting my master bathroom - that is for tomorrow - I have to climb a ladder so pray for me!!
4. Go visit friends in Somerset - that is for Friday.
5. Haul some compost to put in the garden and around some of the new beds, I think that will be Monday.
6. Just do nothing!! I am trying to do some of that everyday, it is kind of hard seeing as I don't really like to just sit around and watch tv for hours. But I might be able to just lay in my hammock for a couple of minutes.

It is nice to not have to go to "work" work, and I do enjoy doing work around the house. Goodness knows there is plenty to do around here. I am going to take Kenzie to see a movie tonight, probably Made of Honor or Forbidden Kingdom, or Spiderwick Chronicals. Not sure which. Puttering around the yard and pestering my flowers a bit. Did some tomato transplanting yesterday. So, now I need to go get on the garage. What I did yesterday really helped with the flow of getting the trash and recycling actually OUT of the house. I am going to gather up all my tools that my son has scattered all in the garage and lock them in my tool chest so he can't do that anymore. I wouldn't mind him using them if he put them away, which he doesn't . Any way - I gotta go get to it.

posted by Liz at 10:38 AM - permalink - -

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books i like

Here are some books I suggests if you are looking to homeschool or just for information. I gleaned a lot from them. Our church gets credit if you buy through these links.

In their Own Way
by Thomas Armstrong

Seven Times Smarter
by Laurel Schmidt

How to Talk So Kids Can Learn
by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

Teen Proofing
by John Rosemond