Remotely Connected to Austen

A fun find I came across today:

http//www.pbs.org/nights/blog/2008/02/the_complete_jane_austen_pride_2.html

Be sure to look for all of the Complete Jane Austen guest blogs. Enjoy!

It's math, you see

Lately Sarah's math lessons have been creative to say the least.

Sarah: Did you know that chocolate and green leaf equals light leaf?
Lepidoptera: No, I did not know that.

For those who are familiar with Math-U-See's http://www.mathusee.com/ block colors, you may understand. For those who are not, chocolate is eight, dark leaf would be one; and light leaf - that's nine.

The home executive

In our studies today we learned about the life of Mina Miller Edison, Thomas Edison's second wife. In a 1930 interview in "The American Magazine", Mrs. Edison noted that "The term housewife is the worst misnomer we have in our language. A married woman should be known as the home executive . . . A girl goes out into the world of business and gains a definite title of some sort -- secretary, stenographer, cashier, or bookkeeper. Think how insignificant and remote are her possibilities for constructive effort as compared to those within the reach of the woman who manages the home!"

Furthermore " . . . a home woman, to make a thorough going job of her home duties, Mrs. Edison believes, cannot be too well informed beforehand. Women, she said, should be educated in history, music, and art, not necessarily to perform, but to understand - for they must mingle with their husband's friends and with their own children."

Agree or disagree?

Breakfast dull?

If you are stuck in a rut when it comes to breakfast, come on over to our house where you never know what breakfast will be when Sarah is in the kitchen. Lately she has taken a liking to fixing breakfast for the family. Our daughter has some interesting ideas of what a meal like that should be. One morning it was crackers and candy. On another crackers and cookies. Crackers seem to be a recurring theme for breakfast.

Now I know that there are some who would rejoice at the thought of such like, but I must admit that I am not one of them. Candy and cookies have their proper place, and breakfast is just not it. I am very thankful that she wants to help, and with guidance this week we even made one of her favorite breakfasts (NOT crackers) - cheese grits. Keep on cooking, Sarah. It is such a joy to watch you grow.

Roanoke Trip

Troy preached at Mt. Olive last Sunday in Roanoke, VA. We enjoyed our stay and got to sight-see a little on Saturday night. We did not know that our hosts were taking us to see the largest man-made star found only in their hometown.

The Mill Mountain star stands eighty-eight and a half feet tall. It uses 2000 feet of neon tubes and 17,500 watts of power. It's best appreciated at night, but before midnight, because that's when Roanoke goes to bed and turns the star off.

Medieval Times

For those who know Sarah, you know that she is into castles, princesses, and the like so for Christmas she was hoping to receive her very own castle. Thanks to the generosity and love of Grandpa and Grandma, she got one.




Lately she has been studying buildings for school, and that study included castles. We read a book on castles, looks at pictures of real castles around the world, learned about the different people that lived in castles, and to top it all off built and defended Castle Polly.

Courtesy of Klutz, we have been having a lot of fun (working catapult IS included).

Going to VA

Please keep our family in prayer as we are heading to Virginia tomorrow so that OBT can preach at Mt. Olive Church in Roanoke.