Can You Smell The Smoke?

Ahhh, I can just hear the cracklin' and I can smell the smoke! I just love a good camp fire!! Where are those SUPERLINKS and marshmallows??

Ahhh, Summer! I miss it already. Although I must admit, I like Autumn better. Cooler nights for sitting around a fire, smelling the wood smoke. Crisp mornings, the smell of the leaves. I guess I like it better than Summer? I am waiting to get busy in the kitchen baking! I like anything with pumpkin or apples. I like to make applsauce, especially. It is so tasty when it's warm. And then there's the smell of homemade bread in the oven, can you just smell it now?
I like to wear sweaters, too. And courderoy, and jackets. I like to take walks along dirt roads, and take in all the trees showing off their new outfits that all too quickly fade away.
Camping in the fall is great! Perfect sleeping weather and the fires! m, m, m, and you can;t go camping without taking along homemade marshmallows! Toasted over the fire, placed ever so gently on a graham cracker fitted with a square of (dare i say it?) chocolate, then down the hatch! Followed by a warm mug of spiced cider. Oh, I better stop, before I get depressed and wish Summer to hurry along. I don't want the seasons to hurry, Hannah is growing too fast, and soon she will be out the door :o( I am a bit anxious about homeschooling her, excited too. It just seems like so much stuff to teacher. Her stuff came in the mail this week, and I can't believe it's kindergarten curriculum??? Imean, what happened to fingerpainting, and drawing, and playing!!! Those are the things I did in kindergarten for half the day I might add! Now it looks like it will be a whole day of stuff! They are even expecting the kid to learn to read!!!! C'mon! when can kids be kids???? There is plenty of time to learn to read!!! Oh, I guess I am getting up on my soap-box, sorry. I am looking into other avenues of homeschooling, in case I decide to continue with it. Like a Christian-based curriculum, instead of the public school kind. I really don't like the books they sent for her to read!!! Fairy Tales, etc. I don't wanna read untrue fantasy stuff to her. She likes real stories about animals, and people. NOw don't tell me she won't develop an imagination! She has a very healthy one right now! She seems to be fascinated with science, using a magnifying glass, and watching birds, and digging in the garden, stuff like that. She loves to look thru the binoculars, too.
Well, I have come to an end, if I don't stop now, I will run out of sleep time. Until we meet again, ta ta...

Time waits for NO ONE!

Well, sorry that I have been away from here for so long. I just can't believe that SUMMER is almost over! I am starting a new venture, I will be homeschooling my daughter this year in Kindergarten and I am quite nervous about it. Not just the fact that all my spare time will now be pushed to the back burner, which is going to be hard for me, but that I will be my little one's TEACHER! I am praying that I can make school fun for her. So far, she is excited about "doing school stuff". We started to do some "school papers" to wet her appetite, and she seems to enjoy it. We are planning a camping trip with some friends, and then school begins!!!
Well, I need to go, I have things to dooooo! I ask for your prayers!