Weekly Preview and Review - Dec 2

Oops never posted this..... Here's December 2nd's post.
We all finished our NaNoWriMo novels! I will post more about that on Cornerstone. What will we do with all our free time? Oh yeah, Christmas prep. lol

I went with friends to see the new remake of Red Dawn and then came home and watched the old one with the older kids. The new one was pretty much what I thought it would be - so my expectations were met. The old one was cornier than I remembered and, at the same time, more poignant and stark than I'd remembered.

Emily's oral surgery consult was moved from last Wednesday to this Wednesday, so hopefully we can get that accomplished this week and move on to scheduling that surgery.

We were promoted to red belt in karate which marks HALFWAY to black belt! The work will get more challenging, which will be both difficult (while learning) and enjoyable (when mastered).

My writing classes are going well this fall. I have two weekly groups - middle school and high school. Currently, the middle schoolers are working on book summaries and book reviews and the high schoolers are mastering the basic essay. We meet this week and next week and then we are off until January 10th. Teaching these writing classes is paying for things like Christmas gifts and our new karate doboks (uniforms).

12/2 Sunday - church, Nutcracker ballet with Suzy and friends
Monday - Work 5, karate, Lessons
Tuesday - Work 5, Lessons, SOF Leadership dinner
Wednesday - Work 5, Lessons, Emily Oral Surgeon Consult
Thursday - Work 2, Writing Classes, Karate, Lessons
Friday - Work 3, SOF Christmas Party
Saturday - No plans?!

I am taking Suzy to see The Nutcracker on Sunday. We tried last year (or the year before?) but there was a ticket snafu and we ended up being turned away that day. A homeschool friend is dancing in this production. We are going with some good friends.

Wow, I have a Saturday with nothing planned?!

We are working on the "back room" to make it more of a usable space. I want to be able to practice karate back there and have the treadmill in a workable place. So we are moving things around and trying to get that set up. Yeah, it's ugly in there, but it can still be functional, right?