And The Changes Keep On Coming

T went to practice his forms with Master Amy one last time today before she leaves to go to Norfolk Virginia. He has been with her since he started TKD at age 4 or 5 at our home Dojang. We also found out that another Master from our home Dojang has left as well and moved to Idaho. T is saddened by all these changes but also understands and is taking it like a man. Although he will miss Master Amy she’s only going to be 3 hours away so he knows he can go visit her anytime. 

Master Amy may be moving on but T will never forget her. She has been so incredibly awesome in teaching him. She’s always been dubbed “The Poomsae Queen” since I’ve known her (Poomsae = forms). She has helped T be so much sharper in his forms. She has really worked wonders with him and he has appreciated it so very much. We wish her well as she ventures out on her own. 

New Books

New books that arrived today. Can you tell what we are going to be studying in homeschool. T’s been asking a ton of questions recently so even though we’ve explained the truth to him I want him to also study it for himself as well. This is going to be a family learning experience because we are going to study it with him to refresh our memories of all we’ve learned and I’m sure we’ll learn something new as well. Looking forward to our journey as we study history together. Next up will be Hitler and the Concentration Camps because we saw an episode of 7th Heaven recently that brought up a ton of questions about all that as well. Plus there’s been a ton of memes in social media using Hitler/Trump recently and we want him to the know truth so he can make an informed decision on how the media/government is trying to brainwash the people to believe things their way. Then he’ll know where the lies are coming from and what’s true. Wenalso have other history books to study as well. We have one on The Declaration of Independence. One on Ben Franklin. And of course the list goes on and on. With a certain political party trying to erase history we are trying to get our hands on all we can to teach T about the truth of history. “A society that erases history is doomed to repeat it!”  

1st Stormdoor

We went and bought a storm door for the backdoor today. We looked and looked and found a clearance storm door that they are no longer making. It was the last one in stock. It’s regular price was $362.00 and we got it for $200. Quite the deal. Scot is installing it now. Hoping we can find another one like at one of the other Lowe’s Home Improvement Centers around town for the front door. I’ll go looking tomorrow while Scot works. It won’t actually be in their system so you have to go and physically look for it. 

Deck Boards On ✅

The boys are done with the deck boards. They did such an AWESOME job!!!

The new stair cases:

Deck

Last couple of pieces going in. Both pieces have to be notched and T is watching and learning how to do it.

Growing, Growing, Growing!

Since the end of January our boy has grown 2” and he’s still going through a growth spurt right now. He’s wanting to eat everything that’s not nailed down and he’s sleeping longer hours too. He has always done that when he’s in a growth spurt. Since May 2019 he’s grown 3 1/2”. If we can get another 2” growth by the end of January 2021 that will be so totally AWESOME!!!  It will mean he’s grown 4” in a years time. It will put him in a much different weight category for sparring competitions but the height gains would make it worth it. We’ve been waiting for the 4” growth year to happen and this very well could end up being that year. He’s definitely overdue for it.

Nan check out where he’s at.  I think he’s going to owe you a dollar tree gift trip when we come to visit...LOL!  

All the grandkids when they get to be Nan’s height have to take her to the dollar tree for a dollar tree gift trip. Although with the pandemic 😷 they may forego the trip this time and he’ll just give her a dollar...LOL! 

Extra Support Boards

Old deck boards are off and new support boards are going in so that we can start putting the new deck boards on. This deck is so much more solid than it was. Makes you feel good to know that it’s getting done and done right. 

Scot was grinding off the rusty 24 year old screws. 

Extra support boards are almost all in. Looking forward to getting the deck boards on. Tomorrow we will work on the second stair case to the deck as well as finish anything we don’t get done on the deck boards. 

Rain Rain Go Away, We Wanna Work On The Deck Today!

Currently it’s looking like we won’t get to do any work on the deck today😕. This is our current situation:

Praying that it tappers off and we can get back to working on the deck over the weekend. There’s still much to get done. 

Plus we are putting two new storm doors on as well. After what we dealt with when we changed out our backdoor because of water damage we realize how much storm doors really door protect the doors to the home. A learning experience we will not soon forget. 

Last Official Training w/CK

T has his last official training with the Carolina Kick’s Team via Zoom tonight. Moving forward he will be following his coach to WOW TaeKwonDo and being on their team. We promised Grand Master Cann before she passed away that we’d keep T with Master Wasiu. He is such a great coach and we are so thankful to have him as T’s coach. T is looking forward to when we can officially train with the new team at WOW TaeKwonDo with Master Wasiu.  

Deck

We are getting closer to being done with the deck boards. Check out the new vs. the old.