Friday January 17. Half way through the school year!

I am creating a project for school. I am making a U.S History time-line. I am researching the history of the United States from the year 1600 to the year 2000. I am learning a lot of new facts. The project will probably take the rest of the year, but I am excited to make a time-line. My time-line is longer than our dining room table that seats twelve people. I will put all the wars, some pictures of the presidents, and other important facts. I might put the changing of technology on it too.
For Geography, I am learning the capitals of the states on the computer. For Math, I am working in my Math book, but it is hard. Today, I learned how to factor and metric measurements. We are so busy now that we have decided not to go to taekwondo anymore. We just don't have enough money and time right now. Also, we can't travel around the United States anymore to go to competitions because of our foster children. I am kind of sad, bu also I like having the extra time at night. If there was a daytime taekwondo class, we might still go, but there isn't and when we go to taekwondo our dinner gets to be too late at night. Instead, now we have time to watch a family movie at night. Last night we watched a movie (called April Morning) that was all about the battles of Lexington and Concord. A few years ago, we went to visit Lexington and Concord. We have a coffee cup with John Parker's famous saying, "Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here."  That was the beginning of the Revolutionary War. I feel that when I homeschool, we get to do many things that we didn't get to do in regular school. I miss my friends though. I hope that they are doing well. I hope that I can see them in the summer.