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52 weeks of daily life in pictures: trials and celebrations,  

the extraordinary and mundane -- 
whatever is unique to the week. 
Join me if you like.

Technical difficulties prevented me from posting the latest editions of 52 Weeks. iPhoto has decided to get all weird on me and each time I was downloading photos, it was deleting the most recent batch of downloaded photos. I lost several batches before I noticed. That just makes me sick because I always delete the photos from my camera when I download them to the computer. Sigh. 

If anyone out there knows why iPhoto started doing this, I'd appreciate your advice.

Fortunately I took some pics on my phone, which are just awful quality, but at least they are something.

A really awful iPhone pic of the basement carpet tiles. I wanted to show you that the floor is done, however. In fact, almost all of it is done. Last weekend the boys hauled a sofa down and this weekend Doug sanded down the table top (on the left of the photo) and we refinished it and painted the legs black. I think the only thing left to do it put doors on the bedroom and hang some art.

 First day of school for Faith, August 29 -- fourth grade. I already mentioned how pleasant it is to have one little fourth grader at home, but I'll tell you again -- it's really nice. I can't believe how fast we can get school done (when we are both focused, that is).







I am using Teaching Textbooks this year for Faith's math. She is very much enjoying the computer-based program and the feedback she receives during the lesson. I am enjoying having "someone else" teach math. I have noticed I have to sit right next to her, however, and focus on her lesson, or I don't know which problems she gets and doesn't get. I can see how this program would fail if I just sent her to the computer by herself and didn't stay on top of it.

 Labor Day -- a gorgeous sunset. Noah said it looked like the gates of hell because the sky was the color of fire, but I deny the gates of hell could be so beautiful.

 Our Blessed Mother's birthday last week. I was very much under the weather, but we had to drive past the bakery and the car just stopped automatically so I could go in a buy a cake.
 ;-)





 More skies -- this time very dark and scary. 
Noah took this shot on our way home from school.

 September 11 apple pie. Comfort food.

 Old Glory on 9/11.

 Faith's bean experiment. After studying Jack and the Beanstalk during the first week, we used a bag of dry mixed bean soup to see which beans were magic. Well, none were magic, obviously, but the kidney bean grew tallest so far.


If you want to join me in 52 Weeks of Photos, just leave a comment in the com box and I'll come and visit. Thanks.