A Loose Page from my journal box

Perhaps Daughtie Susan can help me pinpoint the year. The month must have been September:

Classes started today. Dana's Shurley Grammar class and Covenant College convocation. Sisi arrived at 8 to begin homeschooling with us and we'd slept in and were not quite ready. But doggedly plunged in, doing what we could. Explained to the children how long it takes a ship to turn at sea amd hoped they would understand --especially Sisi--that each day this week would not reflect what our days ought to be. It will take time to get curriculum and shelves sorted out. But yesterday we got farther than I could have guessed we could. Joe Thacker and Bryan Walker came for spaghetti before they helped Cal and David move the church organ. While they were gone, Susan and I worked to get the living room stripped and washed. Then Joe and Bryan stayed till after 10 helping us reorganize the furniture--finally working out a good solution by moving out the Andreves' bookcase. Went to bed with living room and dining room a mess. But by mid-morning today everyone was working quietly and both rooms were clean and organized. Today I played an animal identification game with the little kids while Dana taught. Am considering teaching the little kids alphabet and phonics during grammar class if I can pick up from kids what they're learning from Dana. More to write but Cal's come to bed.