I am late to the Friday Collage party but I wanted to post something!  We had a great week this past week.

Here is a quick collage.

* The pencil sharpener is something that has seriously always been a part of my life.  We moved here when I was little and Daddy put it on the wall.  When he put it there he and my Mother were young parents. I was a small child. Over the years I sharpened my pencils hundreds, if not thousands, of times. It heard the laughter and love that flowed through our house. Now, nearly 40 years later, it is a different time, my Mother and older brother have died, my Dad has remarried, my younger brother has his own family. Kei and I live in my childhood home and she sharpens HER pencils, turning the same handle I used so many, many years ago. But still it is a house full of laughter and love. The circle of life.
* Keilee got her pink guitar and decided to do a semi photo shoot for her edits.  She was wearing a headband she made!!  She saw it on Etsy for $25 and decided she could make it.  It is so cool and HIPPY, with yarn and beads and feathers.  She has already sold 2 and if anyone would like one they are $11 shipped.
*  I have restarted keeping a list of 1000 Gifts inspired by Jessica at Teachable Moments.  Every morning I list things I am thankful for and then I thumb through the bible until I find something I like.  I am using my Mom’s Bible and it has been amazing. Every day I find pieces of her; underlined passages, notes in the margins, old photos, little love notes from my Daddy, dried flowers and more.  It HAS been a HUGE 1000 Gift!
*  Seth introduced Keilee to Flappy Bird and she has been playing.  I hate that game.  It makes me crazy!!!  If you haven’t grabbed it for your iPhone you are out of luck.  It was announced yesterday that the developer demanded it be removed from the iTunes store.  He is from Vietnam and was reportedly making $50,000 a day from it!!!  But I read he was an introvert and could not handle the notoriety from it.
*  And we continue to play World of Warcraft.  Since Keilee is sharing an account of my brothers she has access to all his ‘modes of transportation’.  One is this motorcycle that 2 people can fit into.  I have cried laughing at her zooming us all over the place, paying no regard to little things like MOUNTAINS and LAKES!!!  Fun times.

Today we have SNOW with MORE expected tonight.  I am off to enjoy it.  Stay warm wherever you are!

Homeschool Rocks!
Karen

“Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.”  ~Abraham Lincoln