Lovely Garden

I love to garden.  I love to watch the flowers burst into bloom. I love plants that attract butterflies and bees.  I know many folks are afraid of bees, but I love them.  I love to watch them dancing among the flowers. Right now my house smells of fresh cut lavender.  I cut lavender yesterday to press for my crafts and the scent is absolutely out of this world.  I think the scent of flowers makes the bees drunk!  I know if I were a bee, I'd be intoxicated by the sweet smells.

 

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Around the World!

We are having so much fun learning about other places through our Postcrossing experiment! We've received many post cards already. We sent a card to a lady in Serbia, who messaged me on Postcrossing that she was also Catholic and that she would like to send us post cards of her church.  Very intersting thing happened! She sent me a post card with a quote from my favorite saint. The quote is in Hungarian, but his name is clear! St. Josemaria is my favorite saint!  Another lady from Poltava sent a beautiful post card made with her drawing.  She has a blog where she shares her artwork with the world!  Viktoriia's Blog She has the most wonderful drawings of shoes!  The blog is all in another language, but the art is gorgeous! 

Here are the post cards we have received:

From Barcelona, Spain- the Basilica de la Sacrada Familia

Card from Poltava. Victoriia's art.

Card from Germany

Our new Serbian friend's Church

Inside the Serbian church -the parish church of St. Elisabeth

Card from our Serbian friend with St. Josemaria's quote in Hungarian

Card from England

 Postcrossing is so much fun!  Give it a whirl!

Under Repair

Typical homeschool days are hard to find. Always something, right? Doctor appointments, repair men, and life. Right now, I am hoping everyone finishes the 4th quarter by July 9th! Our middle son cannot get his driver's permit if he doesn't finish his research paper.  You'd think that would be motivation.....but alas, the repair man, an unusual sight in our house, was a huge distraction today! 

Better to do everything yourself, right?  Hubby couldn't because of his work schedule and the inability to get parts....the service company already had them.  They "fixed" the dishwasher on Friday, but damaged something in the process.  YIKES!  We have a Bosch.  I love my Bosch-- it turns off if it leaks from the inside.  We found its only flaw....... it doesn't stop if it leaks on the OUTSIDE!  Had to rip up flooring today.  Not really a big deal, I suppose, since we do have extra flooring in the basement.  The day we bought the house, I said, "It is a dumb idea to have wood in the kitchen."  Yep.... black mold... not too far back, but evidence that water was getting between the wood all these years.  We'd just never had a massive amount of water that caused it to buckle. Luckily, the damage wasn't too much and the mold was contained to one small area near the sink.  I see tile in my future! Here's what my boys watched today....other than watching the repairman fix the dishwasher.

 We haven't had a repairman here very often....I think 2 repairmen in 6 years.  Not bad.  I wanted to put a plug in for my Bosch.  It is quiet, cleans like no tomorrow and I have run it 2-3 times a day for 6 years.  The pump went.... but I figure with the amount of use (repair guy says the average family runs their dishwasher 3 times a week!) we put about 12 years on it.

Polish Postcard

Our first postcard arrived from Poland! We have had fun sending postcards around the world and are excited that ours will now start coming in!  Postcrossing is neat. The boys have enjoyed finding the cities where we've sent cards. Off to find Koszalin, Poland on the map! Happy postcrossing!