A Brave Writer's Life in Brief

CheyenneJoeyTeaTime

Our Tea Time

We saw your previous post that showed Nunnymollers. After I cleaned up the drool from my computer keys after reading your blog, I decided that this would be a great project to do with my son for fun, and it would fulfill a Boy Scout requirement for him.
As we made them, the process became, “one raspberry in the mouth, one raspberry for the recipe.” Yum! Making them was as scrumptious as eating them. Although they didn’t look exactly like yours, they were melt in your mouth good.

We read some silly poetry by Shel Silverstein and our current read aloud about the Civil War, The Perilous Road. Of course I left at a great cliff-hanger making them eager for more tomorrow.

As you can see in our photo, we are family with two children and two dogs (and too many other animals to count!). We love to do read aloud and Tea Time with our family animals around as they are such a large part of our family.

You can often find my daughter reading a book with her laying her head on a dog. What better than a dog for a homeschooling reading partner? Using Brave Writer and a relaxed style of homeschooling integrates all that is important to us, learning in a comfortable environment, loving what you are doing and being flexible.

I enjoy your blogs very much as they keep me baking (my husband loves you for that!) and it keeps me inspired. Thank you!

Bravewriter Mom,
Casey Lee

Rocky chills
Originally uploaded by juliecinci

Rocky is convalescing. He’s back home and looks a bit like a cartoon dog recovering from an anvil dropped on his head. Poor thing!

So far he’s peed on two couches, has hobbled out to the back yard only to tuck his tail under and limp back to the glass door with plaintive eyes that seem to say, “Are you kidding me? I’m supposed to pee out there?”

I negotiated the vet hospital bill. Scratch that: I browbeat the poor receptionist who has little to do with setting the terms of the bill when she notified me that they had raised the total $300 past the high-end estimate. Once I unloaded both personal financial woes as well as meticulous analysis of the pre-approved items, she called me back to let me know I was “right” and that they had over-charged me. Ha! Cheaters.

Still, can’t complain now that our sweet dog is home. I slept last night. That helped me recover. Now we’re all about spoiling him with cheese covered pain killers, pee pads, soft blankets and love.

Earlier, Rocky limped into the living room to find me, heroically jumped (lurched, more like) onto the cushions and then laid his chin and the coffee filter head gear surrounding it onto my shoulder. He closed his eyes and sighed a deep doggie sigh. I stroked his back and whispered sweet somethings into his ear. He relaxed against me and dozed. It was the most tender offer of forgiveness I’ve ever received. And during Lent. How appropriate.
I’ll post a teatime photo later.

Our dog got hit by a car yesterday. I spent much of the day at the hospital with him and then back and forth on phone calls. He’s going to make it (no broken bones, no internal organ damage), but he has a de-gloved paw which is tricky to repair and heal. He comes home later today. It was a horrible experience as I watched the whole thing happen. I seriously thought he was dead. After the car slammed him, it drove on and Rocky only lay still for 5 seconds. Then his head popped up, he tested his paws, stumbled a bit and then took off into the house, up the stairs and leapt onto Caitrin’s bed. Blood everywhere.

We took him to the ER and he has been there since yesterday.

I will write a new post once I come out from under this trauma.

Thanks for understanding. It’s been a rough day and night.