Back home but sick

We're back home, but unfortunately I got very sick (fever, aches, stuffed head, etc) on Thursday so I wasn't able to work productively, much less write posts. I'm starting to feel better, so I'll catch things up once my brain is functioning again. But generally, we had a very good week, got a lot accomplished…

Progress made

  In summary, here are some photos showing what we accomplished on Miss Janie's house during the week:   Outside – Monday On the outside of the house, we removed the old siding from around the bow window, wrapped and trimmed that whole wall and fixed the window, painted the new siding on the porch,…

Last day of work

Today when I woke up, I could see I wasn't feeling any better, and possibly worse, so I just stayed in bed. Nikki brought me hot tea and toast from the dining hall, and more Vitamin C packets to drink. It was kind of sad watching everyone go off to their work days, and I…

Taranto’s Boiler

Tarantos1 One of our household rules has always been that you can't play if you didn't work – meaning if you're too sick to go to school/work/whatever during the day, then you're too sick to play ball / go out / whatever later on. So since we'd been planning all week to go out to…

Thursday in a daze

Wow, when I woke up today I could barely move. Fever, chills, stabbing pains in my head. I was feeling perfectly fine even as late as 10:00 last night! I got up anyway and shuffled into the dining hall for some hot tea, which I drank in a semi-conscious state with my head in my…

Busy busy

Sorry I've only had time to post by phone today – we played card games all evening after dinner and shower, and I'm so tired I'm actually going to go to bed at "lights out" time tonight (10:00). Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Wednesday work

It rained last night, so there were little gnats out today – the kind that bite really HARD! So those of us who could, spent as much time as possible working inside. It started out as a damp day, too, but then the rain held off yet again, and it turned into a pretty day,…