Summer Fun

Summer has begun...or at least will officially be here in a few more days!  We took two weeks off from school and projects.  Now, we start getting into more of a routine for the summer months. 

We are doing our own homemade reading program this summer.  I've challenged the kiddos to read 10 books this summer...books that are at their reading level.  They'll earn a prize after book 3, 6 and then after the 10th book!  Basically, they are hoping to read a book each week.  Their first goal is to earn a trip to Dairy Queen. ;-)

I'm also sneaking in some more history lessons with some fun audio books by Rush Limbaugh - his Rush Revere books are excellent and so much fun!

The girls have opted to continue doing math this summer.  They want to get ahead in school, so I'm more than happy to help them!

House News:  We are still in the negotiation stage with the new construction realtor.  We finalized the major construction choices, but haven't agreed to everything in the contract yet.  The contract is written mainly to protect the builder because he is constructing a home built to our specifications and we won't officially own it until closing.  Some of it we want to tweak to also protect ourselves in case something doesn't go well during the process.  We've seen it happen before where a builder took short cuts and the quality of the home suffered, although so far, this builder seems to be a reputable builder.

Health News:  The illness my hubby has had for months now, has been determined as a staph infection, not MRSA, but a difficult to resolve one.  After an initial misdiagnosis of an allergic ID reaction, he completed two separate rounds of antibiotics which have helped, but not removed the infection.  Currently he is going through phototherapy for 12 weeks.  Two or three times per week he goes in and stands in a special room to expose his body to special lights that are known to kill staph.  According to the internet, staph doesn't have resistance to light.  Although his doctor said that the treatment may only put it into remission...yay.  Only God knows.  We are praying this kills the infection so he doesn't have to live with it anymore.

Last night we were discussing healthcare and what happens when we move, whether he would switch to closer doctors or keep going to his current doctors.  Then it dawned on me that for most people it is unusual to have 6+ healthcare professionals that you see on a regular basis.  One of those things that just become normal when you live with chronic illness, I guess.  On the positive side, his new diet seems to really be making a difference.  He's having less pain and fewer flare-ups, and he hasn't needed his cane for a few weeks now!