Mt. Pleasant Classical Academy

Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not…..� Thomas Henry Huxley

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Brutus Update

Posted: Friday, November 2nd, 2007 @ 7:59 am in Pets, Family Stuff | No Comments »

Brutus was picked up from the vets at 4pm. He is doing well, sleepy, not interested in eating but quite interested in receiving affection. The vet spoke to us for a good 15min about the operation, sharing all the details with the boys, and how sweet a dog we have. We […]

Snip Snip

Posted: Thursday, November 1st, 2007 @ 11:05 am in Pets, Family Stuff | No Comments »

Brutus is getting the ol’ snip, snip, plop, plop done today. We waited until he was almost a year old since there’s an indication that for large/giant breed dogs you really should wait until their growth plates have closed. As the site states:
dogs spayed and neutered […]

Our hike at Elk Neck State Park

Posted: Wednesday, October 24th, 2007 @ 9:39 pm in Pets, Family Stuff | 1 Comment »

We classically school. Everyday. It is how we approach our school day. The framework and structure of a classical approach gives us that warm-fuzzy feeling that we are doing what we should be doing. Learning occurs all the time of course, and the kids are […]

Summer hiking

Posted: Monday, July 30th, 2007 @ 8:00 am in Pets, Family Stuff | 1 Comment »

Anyone who has visited my blog for a little while will know that we hike. We hike allot. Everywhere. All the time. Even when it is 95 degrees and most sane folks are at the pool.
We don’t have a pool although if we did we would be in it every day. […]

Brutus, knees, and walking

Posted: Tuesday, March 27th, 2007 @ 4:29 pm in Pets, Family Stuff | 4 Comments »

I’m UPSET!!
Back in January we pulled a tick off Brutus.
When we went to the vet back in January—-Animal Haven (cause so many folks on my local HS loop raved about them and how they were all Christians, and how wonderful they were with their dogs) I mentioned that I had pulled […]

How do you say RUDE?

Posted: Friday, February 2nd, 2007 @ 6:50 pm in Pets, Family Stuff | 2 Comments »

Ahh another Friday night, another week of school completed. Brutus is now close to 30 pounds! His coarse overcoat is starting to come in. Over the next few months his coat color will change but he should keep his black face mask.

He loves rolling in his blanket:

We’ve found that if we […]