Mt. Pleasant Classical Academy

We took off the last 2 days and traveled to visit my Dad. He’s looking much better and the new chemo treatment is not affecting his daily life. No one is sure if this drug will affect the cancer either. One thing is for sure, he has dramatically […]

Our homeschool support group had their family night tonight and the event was “Career Night” The request had gone out several weeks ago for parents to submit professions their kids were interested in. I requested a Pharmaceutical Researcher, preferable a drug research scientist. Since the beginning of time […]

The boys and I headed to the National Aquarium for a quiet day looking at fish; or so we thought. The first clue I had that things were not to be quiet was the sudden appearance of so many families. Seeing a few families would have been normal but this […]

I woke before 7am and hit the road for a walk through the sleepy neighborhood. Lovely how the trees are popping with greenery, the flowers are well in bloom, and oh my were the fighting Robins everywhere.
Yes, those sweet birds that just a few weeks ago flocked in my yard by the dozens were […]

I took MilitaryKid to St Mark’s High School for his Elementary Science Olympiad competition. First I registered our Home School teams, one for each grade; 4th, 5th, 6th, passed the schedule to the other parents, waited for a few late arrivals, and then waited outside MilitaryKid’s classroom while he took his […]

I am sitting on my new patio, a 30×30′ patio built last summer as a family affair, the half-moon is overhead, the birds are calling to each other, but the stars have not yet appeared.
What a LIFE!!! A Pleasant Life!!!!!
The boys have just finished eating Hot Chicken Nuggets we picked up at BJ’s today […]

Before leaving for Panera Bread I gave ScienceKid instructions that there was hamburger thawed so his Dad could make hamburgers for dinner. The kitchen was spotless. I was really looking forward to my Moms’ Night Out with my fellow Classical Homeschool Moms.
I walked in my home and was greeted by an […]

I was fixing dinner and dh asked:
“What’s on the calendar the first week of (a month far in the future)?”
“Nothing, Why?” I replied
“Yes, there is.”
“What?”
“We’re going to St John’s. If that’s OK with you?”
Seems at work they were chatting about cool vacation spots and one guy mentioned St John’s—a place I’ve been to […]

YOUR AGE BY CHOCOLATE MATH
This is pretty neat.
DON’T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST!
It takes less than a minute .
Work this out as you read …
Be sure you don’t read the bottom until you’ve worked it out!
This is not one of those waste of time things, it’s fun.
1. First of all, pick the […]