Trump nominated Duane Kees for US Attorney of the Western District of Arkansas. Kees is “an ethics and compliance director at Wal-Mart Stores Inc.” (Arkansas Democrat Gazette) Kees was in the military, as well as other government experience. Several people acclaimed him on the nomination. Kees could be one of the next US Attorneys.
Tag: day 4
Health Care? Or No Health Care?
by Vwala •
Trump hasn’t made up his mind whether to give money to health care agencies to help with the cost of making them have lower rates for lower class people or not. All the parties involved claim he is on their side. Trump said “I won’t do anything to enrich the insurance companies because right now the insurance companies are being enriched. They’ve been enriched by Obamacare like nothing anybody has ever seen before.” Trump also wrote on twitter that, “I am supportive of Lamar as a person & also of the process, but I can never support bailing out ins co’s who have made a fortune w/ O’Care.” So at the moment it looks like everything is up in the air as far as health care support goes.
Homeschool Journals 12/11-12/15/17
by Vwala •
12/11/17
In Bible we read about Pentacost, when the Holy Spirit came upon the disciples. I forgot what Pentacost was and I was going to ask mom what it was to see if there was a hidden meaning behind the Holy Spirit coming then. But when she told me I laughed so hard at myself. Ohh well, it was a good thought, it just didn’t turn out too well.
We read a poem by Edwaard Lear. He was one of the youngest of 21 children!!! He was lonely as an adult. Probably because he was used to so many siblings! His poems are lonely too.
12/12/17
We read about Sual becoming Paul in Bible. He barely escaped from people who tried to kill him several times. I am glad that God can change people so much, or else a lot of people wouldn’t be saved! I didn’t realize that Paul stayed about two years in the place where he got back his sight before they persacuted him, that explains how he had people to help him get out in a basket so soon!
We learned more about Napoleon in History. Today he won all of Austria’s land in Italy. I personally do not remember that Austria had any land in Italy. They probably won it in another war. We read about Waterloo too, the Battle of Waterloo is very famous.
12/13/17
Today we started watching our neighbor’s chickens. She has four hens and she asked us to watch them until Sunday. We get to keep the eggs that they lay during that time. I like the chickens, I am slightly afraid of them, but then again when I first met our cat, Lava I was afraid of him too. (And he is a ‘fraidy-cat)
12/14/17
In history we learned about South America becoming free. And then getting recaptured by the Spanish. And then getting it’s freedom. There are no more ups and downs, sorry. We learned about Simon Bolivar, he is who they named Bolivia after. They are spelled very differently, nevermind, that doesn’t matter very much. Bolivar wanted South America to be run like the US. Although he accomplished much in his lifetime, sadly, his dream was never a reality.
12/15/17
Today we stopped early to go to a thing at about 4:30. We fed the chickens today. They are loud. I am sad that we only have two days left. I hurt my back on Wednesday. It still hurts today. I didn’t get very much school done.
“Frrreezing?” “Not Us Bugs!”
by Vwala •
According to bug experts, bugs will be moving into your home to escape the cold weather. So seal all those doors and windows if you don’t want to share your home for the winter. They say that they can also be castaways on furniture, groceries and so on. So you might want to shake out blankets and other things from the garage before you bring them inside. Termites however can not be prevented by closing windows and doors, so you should really have an expert check your house for them so your walls don’t crumble next time you go to paint. Waiting too long makes it harder for the exterminators to deal with it. Because of weather predictions we are expecting more mosquitoes. Lots of excess rainwater plus a warm winter means more baby mosquitoes are born later. Experts are expecting more bugs in houses overall this winter because of the amount of rain, which displaces many bugs looking to stake out the cold underground. So keep an eye out for bugs, they might be staying in your warm house!
Homeschool and Sick Journals 11/13-11/17/17
by Vwala •
This week I was sick. It was not fun, I had a cold, a cough, a fever for some of it, and I missed most of parent observation week at ballet. I did some school though.
I think it must have been hard for Jesus to hang out with Judah all that time. He knew that Judah was going to betray Him, and that He was going to suffer from it. It must have been even harder the days before when He knew Judah was thinking about it, and when He made Judah a disciple. I mean, if I knew the future I might not have told Judah where I was going that night, I personally might have sent him on a loooooong errand that night until I was safe in hiding. Luckily, Jesus is not like me.
Homeschool Journal 10/23-10/26/17
by Vwala •
I was supposed to be taking notes for this week. But I didn’t. It is too late now, and I don’t remember what happened, so I can’t write a journal. I will try harder to take notes from now on. I am going to work on getting my school done on time too. I am sorry.
Vella
Homeschool Journals 10/31-11/3/17
by Vwala •
This week I finished my alone reader about Japanese ports opening up. It was historical fiction. I liked it a lot. I can’t wait to start my next reader! I wonder if it will be historical fiction too, it’s my favorite genre.
We have hit the semester mark. Yay! I am a quarter of the way done with school for the year! Wow, if only the rest of the year would go this fast I would be done with the school year in no time! It is almost holiday time too, so much to look forward to.
During electives this week I finished an online course I was taking on how to make your headlines better. It was a very in-depth course and it even covered search engines and key words. It has majorly improved my headlines and I found the course interesting as well. For an example of my newly acquired skills see “Row Row Row your Boat… Democracy Down the Stream” an article I wrote about the possible new trend of diplomats row boating with each other while on business.
Book Reveiw
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Book: Mr. Lemoncello’s Great Library Race by Chris Grabenstein
Reveiw
I think that Mr. Lemoncello’s Great Library Race is another amazing book by Chris Grabenstein. I plan on adding this to my personal shelves right next to the rest of the series. It is a three book series starting with Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library followed by Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olimpics and now making it a terrific trio, Mr. Lemoncello’s Great Library Race! I hope a fourth one is coming soon! Mr. Lemoncello’s Great Library Race is about a third challenge for the team, this time all the players are coming from the board of trustees, and there may be a problem from the past to fix! As mysteries arise from the past about Mr. Lemoncello’s start as a gamemaker it may turn out that Mr. Lemoncello didn’t play fair. It is up to Kyle and friends to find the truth lurking behind the surface. But what they know may ruin Mr. Lemoncello, forever!
Homeschool Journal 10/18/17
by Vwala •
Today we went on a field trip to Adi’s gymnastics and then to a store that was closing so everything was on a 25% off sale. We got some really good candy there. We also got a ton of gluten free cake, brownie, pancake, and muffin mixes. We also got a lot of frosting. After we got home and put all of that away and had lunch ect ect, a homeschooling neighbor came over and did school with us. We did 15 minutes of work and then five minutes of playing. It was so much more efficient! I was more focused and got a lot more done, and we also got to play! I think it will be awesome for school if we do 30 minutes of work, five of play tomorrow! I am 1/4 of the way done with math for the year already!! It is going by so fast!
I had to do a Review for “lessons” one through four in Wordly Wise today. I was hard, I had to do a two and a half page hidden word with my vocabulary words and sometimes other random “common knowledge.” I learned what mono means in vocabulary today. Mono means one, or single.
Homeschool Journal 10/18/17
by Vwala •
Today I did only half a math lesson before ballet. So tomorrow I am going to have to do two and a half lessons. So I had better have a lot of mind power tomorrow. I didn’t get to do reading today because I read it yesterday. In LA I started with brainstorming for my newspaper article about something in one of my school readers this year. I think this will be pretty fun! I did Wordly Wise in English today. I had to read an article/short story with my vocabulary words in it and then answer some questions about it using some vocabulary words. It takes a while and is one of the harder ones I have to do for it, but the stories are usually interesting and it is not super hard… So it is okay.
Puerto Rico? That’s a Vacay No No!
by Vwala •
Trump and the mayor of San Juan had an argument over whether enough responders are being sent to Puerto Rico from the government. The mayor thinks that they need more help while Trump thinks that the enforcements he sent are good, but the islands aren’t doing enough. He said the problems were caused by “poor leadership” and that they are depending too much on the federal government. Trump is planning a date to go out to Puerto Rico himself soon, so the question to whether or not reinforcements are needed will soon be apparent. So if you are planning a vacation to Puerto Rico soon, you may need to post-pone.