It Happened

I know I don't always make posts about what is going on with our family and I apologize. I  will try to post more often, not only to keep my readers, family, and friends up to date but also a place to collect my thoughts, think things out, rant, or even cry. We are going through quite a lot. I will start with today. 

Deanna and Dennis ventured out early this morning with medical transportation, to the Oral Surgeon where they did her evaluation and pulled her wisdom teeth all in the same visit. So she is being more quite then normal, giving us a break for a few days till she is back to herself. 

While they were gone Dorothy's worker did two drop offs for us. One from Walmart and the other the medication that Deanna needed for after her Surgery. Medical transportation doesn't take you to pick up medication so we have to depend on others to do this for us till we can either get our van fixed or buy a new one (which won't be anytime soon). 

I also made the girls appointments for their other appointments coming up. I have important tests to get done myself but have put them aside while we are dealing with other things going on. Will try to explain it all in another post soon. 

I ended up taking a nap ( I usually take one every day) Later in the day we had a visit from our oldest daughter as she had to travel all the way down here for her Doctor's appointment and get some tests as well. For a reminder Samantha deals with anorexia and bulimia  She is down to 93 from her last weigh in here and that was up from what it was before she said. It was also done with clothes on and she wears double of almost everything. 

We ended the day with dinner with easy to eat items for Deanna, a Disney+ movie called Clouds in which I cried. Then game time with my husband on Apex , a game we like to play together, while Deanna decorated the Christmas tree and wrapped a few presents we had gotten throughout the year. She also placed them under the tree since we are doing Christmas very different his year.

So far we have Christmas with Nesie, Jake, and Bean on Deanna's Birthday, then our Christmas, and then Christmas with my son and his family in January. Samantha and Shawn will try to do one of the two first choices or even another day all together depending on their schedule. 

2020-2021 Books read by my daughter

 With many other parents, we had to make a choice to home school, send our children to school, or to join a host of others in distance learning. We chose distance learning. Even though my daughter is in 8th grade her reading level is far behind those of her peers. A whole different realization about how the education system let not only me down but most importantly my daughter down. 

So we are reading as much as we can across a wide span of  reading levels. Some she can read with ease then we  move up in reading level, some are much to hard for her so I read those to her, while I try to keep the books a little above her reading level to give her a bit of a challenge, I don't want her to give up on reading all together. Reading should be enjoyed, and even though she is interested in books, she gets discouraged just trying to keep up with her school work and most days it is a struggle to get her to read. All in a days work for this mom who wants to see her daughter succeed. 

Below you will find the books she has read or I have read to her. 

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Reading Log 2020 for MarksvilleandMe

I wanted to keep a running log of everything I read and finish in 2020 this year as well. Mind you I have several books going at a time some for church, myself, and for reading with my children so there will be quite a mix here as well as with my local reading club. With the way things have changed this year my reading time has gone down while my teaching at home has been called forth. Below you will find what I have finished as well as where to find them if you are interested in adding them to your list. You can also check out what I read in 2019 here. I didn't read nearly as much as I wanted to. 2020 was really different for everyone. For me that meant reading many papers, books, and sites with the girls to keep them up with their school work remotely. On a good note we all learned together. We logged in many hours on the computer looking up things that were interesting and learning more indepthly on items we thought the kids should know more about. 

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Getting things back in order

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Since we have settled in our apartment, we have been slowly replacing furniture from all of the stuff that was lost or left behind before we became homeless due to my husband's accident. Most we have gotten free along side the road, like this desk from when our new neighbors moved and had this out for free. We snatched it up quickly but it has been sitting in our bedroom with things stacked on top of  it for sometime. 

Well the time has come to turn the desk  back into a useful piece of furniture and get more organized. With this being said I like to have a base for my computer so what when I move it around I don't scratch up the surface of my desk. I was able to find this 33'x14' PU Leather desk mat at Amazon. I had to look up PU Leather to find out what it meant as I had always heard it said but had never really knew what it was. Searching on the internet for things can sure be interesting to say the least. 

My desk still has a long way to go. The pictures were actually taken with my husband's laptop which is 15.6' as opposed to mine of a different brand but same size for those wondering how their computer may look on it. I will of course be adding my sorting baskets, stapler, etc to this desk to get the look I want to achieve and then it is all business, or lately mostly teaching school work, but that is a whole different kind of conversation. 

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Easter Basket Idea for Toddlers

Today I am talking about this set of toddler puzzles you see above. Isn't the lady bug puzzle adorable?  My grandsons are still quite young so these will be going into my oldest grandson's Easter basket this year with a few small treats. In a few years his little brother will be able to play with them too. He loves back packs so I was really excited to see that this set of 4 puzzles comes with a little draw string back pack so they can be toted along for fun on the go. 

My suggestion once opened as long as you are keeping an eye on your child is to put the puzzle pieces to each puzzle in a zip bag so when playtime is open you can hand the board and pieces and they can put the puzzle together and not worry about mixed up pieces. Also as they get quicker at doing the puzzles you can add two puzzles and their pieces to make it a bit harder and keep adding till they have all four empty puzzles, as well as all of the pieces to challenge them even more. 

These are rated for children three years of age, but my son who is my grand sons father was doing 25 piece puzzles by the time he was 18 months old, so depending on my grandson who seems to be following in his footsteps these may be too easy. I always say go with caution. A parent knows their child best, if using with younger children make sure to be watchful and not leave your child alone while playing with small toys. 

Each puzzle board is 5.8 inches by 5.8 inches. Perfect for toddlers and a great gift idea.

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