We're Reading and Writing but no 'Rithmetic

We're definitely hooked. We may just finish up the entire series today. The great thing is that episodes are short and we can listen while washing clothes, dishes, cooking, etc. Also, it is better than what is on television right now.

Our listening today:

Tape 3
The Model School Teacher 29:33
Sunnydale Finishing School 29:25

Tape 4
Old Clothes 29:47
The Heating System 30:12

Tape 5
Student Government Day 30:30
English Dept. Chief 30:06


Tape 6
Custodian of Student Funds 30:12
Stockroom Work 29:58

Brave Men in Desperate Times (The Lives of Civil War Soldiers) - John McKay

Well our 2nd CD player only got through track 8 (out of 25) before it decided it would take a rest so we're sticking with the Our Miss Brooks radio shows. We're really enjoying it.

Yesterday we listened to Tape 2. The episodes were

The Workhouse (which I really thought would be Workhorse) 29:20
Babysitting for Three 29:40

Eve Arden is doing a great job. I'm loving the cast and the good, clean, but actually funny -
fun.

-Love2Read (who may have to change to Love2Listen)

How do you like the new look? Guess I was having a Winnie the Pooh moment and since I'm the one at the computer I get to make the change and hope others who contribute to this blog like it.

-Love2Read

So far we're still on the first series. We finished the 5th CD yesterday. Unfortunately, our CD player seemed to be finish with us - no matter what it reads that there is "no disc" inside. I did get to order another one from Circuit City yesterday since I had a gift card. Fortunately this morning I did get notification that it has been shipped. That's great news since I don't want to mess up our routine and a portable one works for us since we can utilize it in various rooms. Hope to be able to get back to our routine by the end of the week.

One other option is another portable player we had but that one tends to be moody. Sometimes it just chooses to stop playing a CD after 3 or 4 tracks.

Last night we started listening to OUR MISS BROOKS COLLECTION. We are still listening to the Left Behind series too (finished 5th CD yesterday) but our CD player decided that it was ready to stop working so now we are listening to this cassette collection

I've never heard an Our Miss Brooks broadcast but I'm really enjoying it. It is nice hearing old radio shows because they also include the old commercials. I am not sure what search we did at the library to get this series but I am glad we did.

So far we've listened to 2 episodes - 1 last night and 1 this morning:

The Surprise Party 30:00
The Football Game 29:50

-OldSchool

Can't think of anything more important to do today. Can you?

What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Today we finished the 4th CD. We plan on listening to one CD a day (excluding weekends) I think it is a nice pace for us. There is still reading going on but this series we will listen to as a family.

I'm enjoying the story as much as I did the first time and it is also something that we can discuss later.

Lately one author that has been read a lot is R. A. Salvatore. This past week alone two books were read (by one person) - Homeland and The Legacy. They were both part of the Legend of Drizzt series.

We started (or maybe I should say re-started) the series again. We are working off of BOCD since it fits better with our time. We hope to do 1 CD each day. So it should take about 2 weeks. Right now this is review. I believe we left off at the 4th or 5th installment in the series.

It was recently announced that the next book in the author Christopher Paolini's Inheritance tetralogy will be named Brisingr one of the ancient words in the main charter,Eragon's world. Originally planned to be a trilogy now there is just one more left after Brisingr's release. Can't wait for it!

-NewWave