We had an eventful weekend, and in a moment of insanity added to our furry posse. I made the trip up to Pomeroy, Ohio Friday to claim “Mav” (or Maverick) with the kiddos. He’s been quite the fun addition so far.
Finished some fencing around our garden, and had a truckload of mulch dropped off, so we’re beyond ready for some permanent spring weather.
Hate we missed the wedding and what looks like another memorable family gathering. The joys of working in a field that does not believe in days off. We did, at least, get to make the most of the game and hosted another fun watch party. Might have been a little on edge the first couple of quarters…but it worked out in the end.
Hope everybody had a great week, ready for some spring weather to start making its way here and think about getting the pool ready for another season.
It’s a frigid 0° here this morning. It was fun to play in Monday when it was a “reasonable” 32°. Now, not so much. Nice, or maybe not so nice sometimes, thing about homeschooling is it doesn’t matter what the weather is outside…we can still have school. Sorry kids…but if that gets them out in April…its worth it.
We had a fun week at Disney even with the rain. Started the week off with light saber builds (which was totally awesome) and ended, finally, with some sun and the pool on Saturday. Our timeshare down there is pretty awesome, the pool is probably the kid’s favorite part of it. Had a chance to see Aunt Pam and Uncle Dennis on Thursday; we were hoping to catch up with Pam in Animal Kingdom…but it decided to pour all day Thursday so we took a short road trip up to Deland for some cards and family time. Hopefully this link works; the music is copyrighted and Disney blocks it now on YouTube, but enjoy some Magic Kingdom fireworks:
Been a busy week here; Aria is well into Nutcracker practices for the Bristol Ballet and that has us (rephrase: Brittany) going three times a week to Bristol for a few hours. Aiden is busy with scouts. Both just finished up their first period in home school with flying colors. The public schools here still teach cursive, but not until 3rd grade. Abeka, on the other hand, teaches cursive starting in Kindergarten, so they’re having lots of fun catching up with that. So far its been a challenge, but fun, and just from listening to some of our other neighbors and some issues going on in the schools right now, we’re still confident it was the best choice.
Brit may be getting an opportunity to work from home more, while the kids are doing school. It’ll still be with the same independent pharmacy she’s working for now, but they’re just trying to expand their clinical model to keep up with the changing pharmacy times. Pharmacy is still the only business I know of that doesn’t get paid for the product we sell, and the government wonders why small pharmacies are going out of business at an alarming rate and we’re looking at a shortage of ~200,000 pharmacists within the next 10 years. To put that in perspective, there are currently 315,000 pharmacists currently employed in the US. In the next 10 years some estimates are expecting that for every 2 pharmacists leaving the workforce, only 1 will be replaced. With pharmacies (e.g., Walgreens and CVS, to start) already having issues keeping the doors open because no pharmacist is available, and pharmacists walking out because of the work environment, it will be interesting to see how this plays out…
Pictured is Dan the Man. Our re-homed rooster for the last few weeks. Probably not really liked by our neighbors, although I can’t really hear him in the house, but we took him to keep him out of the cook pot. We had a family in June that had 2 roosters a couple houses over that moved to Alaska, so I’ve enjoying hearing the crowing again. Just something about that sound…
Gearing up to shut the pool down unfortunately. Its that time of year, but on the upside Christmas is coming up. We’ve snagged a trip to Gordonsville in a few weeks, might have hit it right to see some color.
I did make the mistake of taking all 3 dogs to Aria’s ballet practice last week. They “insisted”. But I did get some funny looks with 3 dogs in the car, 1 in each window.
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Another uneventful, but cooler week for us. We had guests from PA this week; Brittany met them through her mindset/motivational coaching group. The lady that Brit knows was traveling from PA to Alabama, her daughter had finished up a training course in one of the service branches (Army, I think) before she starts with law enforcement in DC. They crashed here on their way back and enjoyed a few of the different things Abingdon has.
We’re in full flu shot mode at work; its unfortunately that time of year again. So…if you happen to be in the pharmacy…
We had a very calm weekend by the pool. I came off of a long stretch of a week and a half and ended up with a 6-day weekend, so it was nice to chill. Our pool at the moment looks like a float dock thanks to the kids (their brilliant idea to blow up and put all the floats they own in the pool). We also managed to crank out 2 more batches of salsa on Saturday, bringing us to 3 batches this year. Putting in a garden expansion really bumped our tomato crop, although we still had to buy some peppers from the farmer’s market.
Aiden and Aria have officially started homeschooling. They’re actually ahead of the game in a lot of things, but it’s nice to be able for them to be able to get their work done in half the time and still get to enjoy their day. We’re getting to teach (or, shall we say, “augment”) the science portion of the curriculum, they’ve got a microscope on the way and already have a list of what they want to look at.
It’s been an uneventful week in VA. We’re getting ready to start homeschooling the kiddos (with some great advice from Aunt Becky), and looking forward to a quiet Labor day weekend. I’ve been covering for my partner in the pharmacy while she is on PTO, so I’ve worked 8 days straight. Unfortunately, nobody wants to work any more, so finding help is a challenge…so it was a hard 8 days.
Aria auditioned for a part in an upcoming Barter Theater play. She made it through to the last round before she got cut; they ended up casting a kid from an in-house actor. Aiden is starting boy scouts, still TBA if he likes it.
We had our share of storms move through on Tuesday this week. Lots of lightning. We’ve also made a small decision to move kids to home school. It’ll be interesting but given that anymore most of the work has been done, even in school, on a Chromebook, we decided it would be a better choice at this point to give them some freedom back. School started a week ago for most other kids here, it just seems to get longer every year.
We had an eventful weekend, and in a moment of insanity added to our furry posse. I made the trip up to Pomeroy, Ohio Friday to claim “Mav” (or Maverick) with the kiddos. He’s been quite the fun addition so far.
Finished some fencing around our garden, and had a truckload of mulch dropped off, so we’re beyond ready for some permanent spring weather.
Hate we missed the wedding and what looks like another memorable family gathering. The joys of working in a field that does not believe in days off. We did, at least, get to make the most of the game and hosted another fun watch party. Might have been a little on edge the first couple of quarters…but it worked out in the end.
Hope everybody had a great week, ready for some spring weather to start making its way here and think about getting the pool ready for another season.
It’s a frigid 0° here this morning. It was fun to play in Monday when it was a “reasonable” 32°. Now, not so much. Nice, or maybe not so nice sometimes, thing about homeschooling is it doesn’t matter what the weather is outside…we can still have school. Sorry kids…but if that gets them out in April…its worth it.
Everybody stay warm.
We had a fun week at Disney even with the rain. Started the week off with light saber builds (which was totally awesome) and ended, finally, with some sun and the pool on Saturday. Our timeshare down there is pretty awesome, the pool is probably the kid’s favorite part of it. Had a chance to see Aunt Pam and Uncle Dennis on Thursday; we were hoping to catch up with Pam in Animal Kingdom…but it decided to pour all day Thursday so we took a short road trip up to Deland for some cards and family time. Hopefully this link works; the music is copyrighted and Disney blocks it now on YouTube, but enjoy some Magic Kingdom fireworks:
https://synology.themays.me/vs/sharing/GPPbGXUq#!aG9tZV92aWRlby00OA==
Been a busy week here; Aria is well into Nutcracker practices for the Bristol Ballet and that has us (rephrase: Brittany) going three times a week to Bristol for a few hours. Aiden is busy with scouts. Both just finished up their first period in home school with flying colors. The public schools here still teach cursive, but not until 3rd grade. Abeka, on the other hand, teaches cursive starting in Kindergarten, so they’re having lots of fun catching up with that. So far its been a challenge, but fun, and just from listening to some of our other neighbors and some issues going on in the schools right now, we’re still confident it was the best choice.
Brit may be getting an opportunity to work from home more, while the kids are doing school. It’ll still be with the same independent pharmacy she’s working for now, but they’re just trying to expand their clinical model to keep up with the changing pharmacy times. Pharmacy is still the only business I know of that doesn’t get paid for the product we sell, and the government wonders why small pharmacies are going out of business at an alarming rate and we’re looking at a shortage of ~200,000 pharmacists within the next 10 years. To put that in perspective, there are currently 315,000 pharmacists currently employed in the US. In the next 10 years some estimates are expecting that for every 2 pharmacists leaving the workforce, only 1 will be replaced. With pharmacies (e.g., Walgreens and CVS, to start) already having issues keeping the doors open because no pharmacist is available, and pharmacists walking out because of the work environment, it will be interesting to see how this plays out…
Pictured is Dan the Man. Our re-homed rooster for the last few weeks. Probably not really liked by our neighbors, although I can’t really hear him in the house, but we took him to keep him out of the cook pot. We had a family in June that had 2 roosters a couple houses over that moved to Alaska, so I’ve enjoying hearing the crowing again. Just something about that sound…
Gearing up to shut the pool down unfortunately. Its that time of year, but on the upside Christmas is coming up. We’ve snagged a trip to Gordonsville in a few weeks, might have hit it right to see some color.
I did make the mistake of taking all 3 dogs to Aria’s ballet practice last week. They “insisted”. But I did get some funny looks with 3 dogs in the car, 1 in each window.
On a separate note, two items have been added on the homepage.
In both cases you’ll need to be logged in to access.
Another uneventful, but cooler week for us. We had guests from PA this week; Brittany met them through her mindset/motivational coaching group. The lady that Brit knows was traveling from PA to Alabama, her daughter had finished up a training course in one of the service branches (Army, I think) before she starts with law enforcement in DC. They crashed here on their way back and enjoyed a few of the different things Abingdon has.
We’re in full flu shot mode at work; its unfortunately that time of year again. So…if you happen to be in the pharmacy…
We had a very calm weekend by the pool. I came off of a long stretch of a week and a half and ended up with a 6-day weekend, so it was nice to chill. Our pool at the moment looks like a float dock thanks to the kids (their brilliant idea to blow up and put all the floats they own in the pool). We also managed to crank out 2 more batches of salsa on Saturday, bringing us to 3 batches this year. Putting in a garden expansion really bumped our tomato crop, although we still had to buy some peppers from the farmer’s market.
Aiden and Aria have officially started homeschooling. They’re actually ahead of the game in a lot of things, but it’s nice to be able for them to be able to get their work done in half the time and still get to enjoy their day. We’re getting to teach (or, shall we say, “augment”) the science portion of the curriculum, they’ve got a microscope on the way and already have a list of what they want to look at.
Have a great week
It’s been an uneventful week in VA. We’re getting ready to start homeschooling the kiddos (with some great advice from Aunt Becky), and looking forward to a quiet Labor day weekend. I’ve been covering for my partner in the pharmacy while she is on PTO, so I’ve worked 8 days straight. Unfortunately, nobody wants to work any more, so finding help is a challenge…so it was a hard 8 days.
Aria auditioned for a part in an upcoming Barter Theater play. She made it through to the last round before she got cut; they ended up casting a kid from an in-house actor. Aiden is starting boy scouts, still TBA if he likes it.
We had our share of storms move through on Tuesday this week. Lots of lightning. We’ve also made a small decision to move kids to home school. It’ll be interesting but given that anymore most of the work has been done, even in school, on a Chromebook, we decided it would be a better choice at this point to give them some freedom back. School started a week ago for most other kids here, it just seems to get longer every year.