Psalm 40

Psalm 40 is highly recommended if you are in fear (especially those in fear from this pandemic), trials or need security. The LORD will bring you up, set your feet on the solid rock, establish your steps and put a new song in your mouth.  Place your trust in Him.  Amen!

The Flexibility of This Kiddo😳

He did a ton of stretching today. His coach is having him do a ton of stretching to help his leg/groin area heal up much faster. T is ready to be kicking again because it feels good but his coach wants him to wait until Monday. I wish my body could still move like that...LOL! 

Deck is L👀king Goooood!!!

Second coat of color stain is on the deck and now we let it cure. Scot and I work well together😁. Love having a husband who knows how to do so much and is willing to let me work along side him. #projectbuddies #geterdone 

I also color stained the posts as well. 

I’ll have to do the under side tomorrow. Letting this cure. I stained these first thing this morning. Then I took to getting the second coat on the deck with Scot’s help. It’s all coming together so nicely. 

This Happened Today

So we finished the deck sanding, blew off all the debris, and color stained the deck. 

Living in the country you can’t do work of this nature without some visitors as you’ll see in the pic below. I’m sure he has a gray belly now...LOL! 


I actually did stain the deck as well even though there are no pictures to prove it...LOL!  I’m the photographer in the family so any pictures that get taken are done by me. So glad to be to this stage with the deck. Praying it doesn’t get too cool too fast and the deck gets dry before dew starts trying to set in. It really looks fantastic though. Hoping we don’t need to do a second coat. We’ll see tomorrow once it’s had some time to cure. 

T’s Right Leg

Well T had a chiropractor appointment today. He has been limping after he tweaked his leg on Saturday while kicking Bob. His right hip was out. The Chiropractor had to do laser treatment on his hip, groin, low back, and QL muscles in his back. He wants him to do no training tomorrow and to do training without kicking Bob on Wednesday.  Then he wants him to ease back into kicking with Bob again on Thursday. And as long as he doesn’t reinjure it he can do a little more with Bob each day. T is scheduled for another laser treatment on Tuesday, October 13th to see how he is healing. The things we do for our elite athletes in training. He should bounce back quickly though.

Remediation Team is Here

Remediation team is here and they are getting’er done!

Lots of 1st

Lots of firsts for this kiddo this year. He’s learned how to properly use a chain saw, chop saw, circular saw, power drill, and now a belt sander. Lots of learning going on with this pandemic. #2020theyearofpower #chachachachanges #growingup #becomingmoreofaman

Unfortunately I didn’t get pictures of him using them all but I almost did😁. 

Deck Cleaning

Scot is cleaning the deck and getting it ready for color staining.  Cleaning has been more of a challenge on the older wood (the framing wood) than Scot expected. Can’t wait to post pictures once we get it all stained. After staining we will start on the rails but those will be installed one kit at a time. The aluminum kits are pricey so it may be one kit a week until it’s all installed. 

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!”