It has been quite sometime since my last post.  Still working hard with school and doing just fine.  Reading has improved and going very well.  I have started including a book report so that she can get more out of her reading.

Had a nice Christmas.  We were not able to get much for Christmas, but managed very well.  Our daughter did not ask for much.  She mainly wanted us to be together.

Now I get to the reason for that.  My husband, her daddy, will be leaving for another tour in Iraq in May.  We have been spending as much time as we can together.  It will be hard for us to deal with again, but we will manage. 

My son comes back from Iraq at the end of this month from his second tour.  At least he will be stationed a little closer to home this time.  It will be 6 hours from home but it is better than what it has been.

Our Beagle dog had 6 puppies on December 15th and they have been a handful as they get older.  2 boys and 3 girls all little butter balls.  Pictures are posted at www.oakleafphoto.smugmug.com  I am trying to keep up weekly on the pictures.  I need to get this weeks posted.  The puppies are full blooded, just not registered.

Well that is about all happening in our world.

The elections are over and I am so glad.  I was so tired of all the campaign stuff on TV.  I am glad we have channels that don't have campaign commercials.  So now we look forward to two birthdays and Thanksgiving.  I like this time of year.  It is getting cooler outside and the leaves are falling.  I like the cold weather, not too fond of the hot and humid weather.  I know the dogs are not too fond of the cold weather.  We have been enjoying the nice 70's, I just wish the bugs would go away.  Suppose to be in the 60's starting tomorrow.  That is my kind of weather and enjoying every minute of it. 

Well that is about all for now.  Will check in later.

School is going OK for now.  I have added an online curriculum that my dd has really enjoyed so far.  She begs me to let her do on-line curriculum.  Time4Learning and Pokemon Learning League.  These is to reinforce the book work that she does. 

We lost one of our pets last week.  One of our ferrets.  You can see pictures in my dd picture gallery on her site, http://www.alexandriamaria.com/photos.htm .  I have also put links to web safe sites for her. 

Well that is all from North MS.  We are going through some warm weather for it being fall.  Oh well not unusual.

Later to all.

I have been a Florida Gator fan all my life.  I got the chance to go to a game yesterday and took my daughter with me.  She had so much fun.  Two F-16's did a fly by.  The Air Force paratroopers did a drop onto the 50 yard line and we sat on the edge of our seats as the game went through 4 quarters.  My daughter said I yelled a lot at home watching the games but boy did I get to hollar at the game.  We had a blast and she got a chance to be at a live football game.  Florida only plays Ole Miss every 2-3 years, so this was a real treat for us.  This was a good experience for her.

Florida 30   Rebels 24

We have been pretty busy with school and other projects the past few weeks.  We did finish our art project and have been working on some other things.  We've had to really work hard at reading.  I have allowed her to do Pokemon League Training for her classes.  She has a blast with it and learns so much.  She loves doing subjects online.  I found a really cute typing program online that is from England.  She likes the way the character talks.  So she is getting keyboarding in her curriculm.  She wants to learn how to type without looking.  She sees how fast I type and it just amazes her.

Well that is all from Mississippi.  Will post again soon.