I hope that in typing this I do not sound to cocky or pretentious as that is not my intention at all.
After speaking to my sister this afternoon in regards to SC's pediatrician appointment yesterday, I am baffled a bit. I remember reading books and hearing guidelines on when babies should be doing things, but KM always blew other babies out of the water. She was holding her head up literally the day after she was born, rolled over at 6 weeks, was sitting independently at 4.5 months, was RUNNING at 7 months, and was fully potty trained at 18 months. Not to brag or anything but all of those were early. SC is right on track without a doubt, but the thing that baffles me is how dependent most parents have become on what the doctor or book says their child should be doing. I honestly DO NOT remember being like this. Maybe it is because KM did things early that I never really thought about it from then on out because none of it pertained to her. I just wonder where in our evolution did we lose the natural instincts that we once had. Animals don't live by the book or wait til the vet tells them they can give their young solid foods, they just know. I did lose my instinctual way for a long time, beginning about when KM started preschool and was compared to other children on a daily basis, but I am trying to get back in touch with it now that she is home. When she was breastfeeding I never worried about how much she was getting, I knew that she was healthy because she was growing and thriving. Even when people said she was "skinny" I never questioned myself. I KNEW that she was healthy and for those of you who have seen her dad you know where the skinny comes from.
I really think that as a race we need to go with our gut more. As my favorite yoga instructor always says: "If something doesn't feel right today, don't do it." Why fight with your children to put on socks because the hardwood floor is cold? If they feel cold won't they put them on. Of course I am not saying that I am going to let my child run around outside in freezing weather in a tank top, but I think I am going to really TRY to let go a bit and let her make her own decisions with more things. I am going to choose my battles more wisely and try to ignore some of the bothersome traits that she has, these are the wonderful things that make her unique! I am going to try to provide her with an environment that allows her to trust her instincts and not become oblivious to them!
The trials and errors of a home educating family finding our own way and getting saner by the day!
Feb 28, 2008
Feb 25, 2008
New Milestone!
I think we are catching a groove over here. This new schedule is working really well. I think I am also starting to find the balance in things. There are so many opportunities for learning that do not involve sitting down, writing, doing workbooks, reading text, but actually are invoked by questions. KM has been so much more open to finding out why something is or how it got to be that way, then I ever remember her being before.
She did her first book report on her own this weekend and for the first one did an excellent job! I also had the teacher "punch out" on Friday. I just simply said you read this book this week and I would like you to use the outline that we used last week to do a book report on your own over the weekend. I did not mention it at all. Saturday I did not see anything going on and I said well we will see tomorrow. I woke up Sunday morning, a bit late, to find my daughter sitting at her table in the playroom doing the outline. I nearly fell over! She has never just done school work. She likes it and has always been eager to learn when it is hands on, but for her to actually pick the sheet up and put a pencil to it, on her own is HUGE!!! She then finished the outline and asked if she could have a play date. I said sure, in the back of my mind wondering when is she thinking she is going to finish this, but said nothing about the actual writing of the report. She went and had a great time sledding at her friends house all afternoon. She came home, got cuddly in pajamas after being cold all day, had dinner and then went into her playroom. I assumed she would be on the computer playing games as I had heard her turn it on. Of course we know what assuming makes... I went in to check on her and there she was typing away.
Her book report was not perfect, but for the first one she has ever done on her own it really was exceptional. Just the fact that she completed it without being reminded 900 times is incredible to me!
Everyday something new happens that reaffirms my decision. Spending the one on one time in areas that she really needs is leading to a more independent learner in the areas that she can be. I am sooooo HAPPY we are homeschooling, for her and our family!
Hope everyone has a great day and has a chance to appreciate a choice that has been in your life!
She did her first book report on her own this weekend and for the first one did an excellent job! I also had the teacher "punch out" on Friday. I just simply said you read this book this week and I would like you to use the outline that we used last week to do a book report on your own over the weekend. I did not mention it at all. Saturday I did not see anything going on and I said well we will see tomorrow. I woke up Sunday morning, a bit late, to find my daughter sitting at her table in the playroom doing the outline. I nearly fell over! She has never just done school work. She likes it and has always been eager to learn when it is hands on, but for her to actually pick the sheet up and put a pencil to it, on her own is HUGE!!! She then finished the outline and asked if she could have a play date. I said sure, in the back of my mind wondering when is she thinking she is going to finish this, but said nothing about the actual writing of the report. She went and had a great time sledding at her friends house all afternoon. She came home, got cuddly in pajamas after being cold all day, had dinner and then went into her playroom. I assumed she would be on the computer playing games as I had heard her turn it on. Of course we know what assuming makes... I went in to check on her and there she was typing away.
Her book report was not perfect, but for the first one she has ever done on her own it really was exceptional. Just the fact that she completed it without being reminded 900 times is incredible to me!
Everyday something new happens that reaffirms my decision. Spending the one on one time in areas that she really needs is leading to a more independent learner in the areas that she can be. I am sooooo HAPPY we are homeschooling, for her and our family!
Hope everyone has a great day and has a chance to appreciate a choice that has been in your life!
Feb 22, 2008
snow covered everything
I know that most of you will think I am a bit crazy, but I absolutely love waking up to see everything snow covered!
I really do. There is something about winter that just makes me feel cozy! I couldn't imagine living somewhere without all four seasons. I don't like the cold when it is just cold for no reason, but when it is cold because the beautiful snow is falling, I really don't mind it at all.
Hope everyone has a great day, stay warm and get ready for the FOOT of snow we will be getting!
Feb 21, 2008
Interesting Article on Homeschooling
I got an email with this article attached. Unsure as too where it originated from other thatn the author. I have been trying to find out and authenticate but have not been successful yet, but it brings up some really good points. If I find out more about it I will post it.
Gordon Neufeld – Thoughts on Homeschooled
The prevailing assumption is that the greatest drawback to homeschooling is the loss of social interaction with peers. Times have changed however, making peer interaction more of a problem than an asset. Instead or peer interaction facilitating the process of socialization, it is now more likely to lead to the premature replacement of adults by peers in the life of a child. Such children become peer-oriented rather than adult-oriented and are more difficult to parent and teach. Furthermore, peer-oriented children fail to mature psychologically and their integration into adult society is compromised.Because of escalating peer orientation it is now the school that has become risky business. What was once the most powerful argument against homeschooling is now its most persuasive defense. Contrary to prevailing concerns, homeschooled children are showing evidence of being more mature psychologically, more socially adept, and more academically prepared for university. They have become the favored applicants of a number of major universities. If current trends in society continue, homeschooling may very well become a necessary antidote to escalating peer orientation. We may need to reclaim our children not only to preserve or recover the context in which to teach and parent them, but also for the sake of society at large and the transmission of culture.The developmental needs of children were never paramount in the arguments that led to the inception of compulsory education. Indeed, there was little that was even understood or known about child development at that time. It should not be surprising therefore to find that developmental science does not support school as the best context for children to learn, to mature, or to become socialized. Although the school has become a central institution in our society, it is not without risks to emotional health and development.There are a number of sound arguments that make homeschooling a child's best bet. The cultivation and preservation of the child-parent attachment is at the fore of these arguments. The attachment patterns of children are shifting, largely due to the loss of culture and the institutionalizatio n of education. This is sabotaging the context necessary for healthy development as well as eroding the natural power required for parents to do their job. Attachment is also the primary context and motivation for learning. When children are more attached to their peers than their parents and their teachers then peers become their true teachers. Attachment is also the primary mechanism of cultural transmission. We cannot inculcate our children with our values and beliefs if we are not the ones they get their bearings from or take their cues from.Another strong argument for homeschooling is the emotional health of the child. Developmental science is now putting emotion at the core of learning and behavior, including the development of the brain and the mind. Children need to have soft hearts, capable of being easily touched and moved by that which should affect them. When children are not in right relationship with their parents or are prematurely subjected to the wounding ways of peer interaction, the resulting flight from vulnerability desensitizes them. They lose their feelings, at least the more vulnerable ones. Homeschoolers, because of their strong relationships to those responsible for them are much more likely to have soft hearts and therefore much more likely to realize their full potential as human beings. Research bears this out.Yet another case for homeschooling is the individuation argument. The primary purpose of development is for children to become their own persons capable of functioning apart from attachments, knowing their own minds and having their own goals. It is no secret that unsupervised peer interaction crushes individuality and undermines the emergence of true selfhood. As Jean Jacque Rousseau said over 200 years ago, individuation is not only the prerequisite to true community but requires a long gestation time in the context of loving relationship with a parent. Personhood must be homegrown. The womb of individuation is warm and caring attachments to loving parents. If we desire our children to realize their true potential as human beings, we must hold on to them until they can hold on to themselves.
Gordon Neufeld, Ph.D. is a highly respected Vancouver-based clinical psychologist with over 30 years of experience with children and those responsible for them. A foremost authority on child development, he is an international speaker, a bestselling author (Hold On To Your Kids), and aleading interpreter of the developmental paradigm.
Gordon Neufeld – Thoughts on Homeschooled
The prevailing assumption is that the greatest drawback to homeschooling is the loss of social interaction with peers. Times have changed however, making peer interaction more of a problem than an asset. Instead or peer interaction facilitating the process of socialization, it is now more likely to lead to the premature replacement of adults by peers in the life of a child. Such children become peer-oriented rather than adult-oriented and are more difficult to parent and teach. Furthermore, peer-oriented children fail to mature psychologically and their integration into adult society is compromised.Because of escalating peer orientation it is now the school that has become risky business. What was once the most powerful argument against homeschooling is now its most persuasive defense. Contrary to prevailing concerns, homeschooled children are showing evidence of being more mature psychologically, more socially adept, and more academically prepared for university. They have become the favored applicants of a number of major universities. If current trends in society continue, homeschooling may very well become a necessary antidote to escalating peer orientation. We may need to reclaim our children not only to preserve or recover the context in which to teach and parent them, but also for the sake of society at large and the transmission of culture.The developmental needs of children were never paramount in the arguments that led to the inception of compulsory education. Indeed, there was little that was even understood or known about child development at that time. It should not be surprising therefore to find that developmental science does not support school as the best context for children to learn, to mature, or to become socialized. Although the school has become a central institution in our society, it is not without risks to emotional health and development.There are a number of sound arguments that make homeschooling a child's best bet. The cultivation and preservation of the child-parent attachment is at the fore of these arguments. The attachment patterns of children are shifting, largely due to the loss of culture and the institutionalizatio n of education. This is sabotaging the context necessary for healthy development as well as eroding the natural power required for parents to do their job. Attachment is also the primary context and motivation for learning. When children are more attached to their peers than their parents and their teachers then peers become their true teachers. Attachment is also the primary mechanism of cultural transmission. We cannot inculcate our children with our values and beliefs if we are not the ones they get their bearings from or take their cues from.Another strong argument for homeschooling is the emotional health of the child. Developmental science is now putting emotion at the core of learning and behavior, including the development of the brain and the mind. Children need to have soft hearts, capable of being easily touched and moved by that which should affect them. When children are not in right relationship with their parents or are prematurely subjected to the wounding ways of peer interaction, the resulting flight from vulnerability desensitizes them. They lose their feelings, at least the more vulnerable ones. Homeschoolers, because of their strong relationships to those responsible for them are much more likely to have soft hearts and therefore much more likely to realize their full potential as human beings. Research bears this out.Yet another case for homeschooling is the individuation argument. The primary purpose of development is for children to become their own persons capable of functioning apart from attachments, knowing their own minds and having their own goals. It is no secret that unsupervised peer interaction crushes individuality and undermines the emergence of true selfhood. As Jean Jacque Rousseau said over 200 years ago, individuation is not only the prerequisite to true community but requires a long gestation time in the context of loving relationship with a parent. Personhood must be homegrown. The womb of individuation is warm and caring attachments to loving parents. If we desire our children to realize their true potential as human beings, we must hold on to them until they can hold on to themselves.
Gordon Neufeld, Ph.D. is a highly respected Vancouver-based clinical psychologist with over 30 years of experience with children and those responsible for them. A foremost authority on child development, he is an international speaker, a bestselling author (Hold On To Your Kids), and aleading interpreter of the developmental paradigm.
Feb 20, 2008
Boxed or Not: The Great Curriculum Debate
I just started homeschooling in January and I have been piecing things together, it is a LOT of work, but the boxed sets scare me. As one mom mentioned they seem to teach to one particular learning style, what do you do if one part of the "BOX" is where your child is suppose to be and another is not.
KM seems to do really well with visual and interactive learning for Math, needs a lot of auditory for social studies, memorizes nearly everything for ELA and needs total hands on for Science.
Is there a box that is going to include all those?I wish I could take the easy route and get the boxed curriculum, but if I was the easy route type of person my daughter would probably still be in PS!
We have been using the Time4Learning site and I like how it is set so that you can follow it straight through or jump around. Math of course we follow straight through, but the sites gives a good variety with games, text reading, videos, and exercises with full explanations played out so that it is VERY interactive. We supplement with workbooks or printed worksheets and online games when we get to an area that seems to be stumping her. ELA is pretty much the same scenario. Science we are doing pieces here and there with LOTS of projects along the way. This seems to really be intergrating the information for KM. Social Studies & History is where the problem lies right now. We are trying to figure out something that will keep her engaged. She is very good at memorizing (freakishly really), but retaining and connecting in this area is something different. She is not a read the book and answer questions type of child. Mind you she will do it and as i mentioned with the memorization will give you the right answer, but she won't remember 90% of it in a month. I am thinking we will go a different route with it right now and focus on current events, with the presidential election around the corner we can focus on democracies and governments.
KM seems to do really well with visual and interactive learning for Math, needs a lot of auditory for social studies, memorizes nearly everything for ELA and needs total hands on for Science.
Is there a box that is going to include all those?I wish I could take the easy route and get the boxed curriculum, but if I was the easy route type of person my daughter would probably still be in PS!
We have been using the Time4Learning site and I like how it is set so that you can follow it straight through or jump around. Math of course we follow straight through, but the sites gives a good variety with games, text reading, videos, and exercises with full explanations played out so that it is VERY interactive. We supplement with workbooks or printed worksheets and online games when we get to an area that seems to be stumping her. ELA is pretty much the same scenario. Science we are doing pieces here and there with LOTS of projects along the way. This seems to really be intergrating the information for KM. Social Studies & History is where the problem lies right now. We are trying to figure out something that will keep her engaged. She is very good at memorizing (freakishly really), but retaining and connecting in this area is something different. She is not a read the book and answer questions type of child. Mind you she will do it and as i mentioned with the memorization will give you the right answer, but she won't remember 90% of it in a month. I am thinking we will go a different route with it right now and focus on current events, with the presidential election around the corner we can focus on democracies and governments.
Feb 19, 2008
Animal School
I liked this a lot and thought I would share it!
Busy, Busy, Busy week hopefully I will have time to come up with something on my own later in the week! I know I will!
Have a great day and spend sometime enjoying your little animals...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN7QfjIcVvA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVxT4XO0ZuY
if neither of these work search you tube for animal school and it says- A Video To Help You Understand the many different types of Students
Busy, Busy, Busy week hopefully I will have time to come up with something on my own later in the week! I know I will!
Have a great day and spend sometime enjoying your little animals...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN7QfjIcVvA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVxT4XO0ZuY
if neither of these work search you tube for animal school and it says- A Video To Help You Understand the many different types of Students
Feb 18, 2008
My New Curriculum (Spoof from SAHP THREAD)
This was posted as a spoof after the unappreciated SAHP Thread! SUPER FUNNY!
My new curriculum for the new term:
Reading/language arts = reading the newspapers and magazines to me so I don't have to turn the pages myself whilst nailpolish is drying
Domestic Science/lifeskills = cooking all meals, doing all laundry, doing all hoovering, doing all floor scrubbing (mustn't chip my nails)
Horticulture - all yard work and gardening (can't risk getting my silk designerwear muddy)
Maths = all the shopping and household budgeting
socialising = chatting to the people in the take-away when no one is willing to cook and answering the door to any callers.
Biology = analyzing the mould on the piles of washing up and laundry that's been hanging around because it interferes with my karma to do it
History = watching old black and white movies on the TV with me
Geography = using google map and mapquest to work out the best route to go pick up all the stuff they've begged off freecycle
Handicrafts = making clothes from curtains and sackcloth
Technology = programming the dvd recorder for me so I don't miss any soaps during my afternoon nap and massage therapy sessions.
Child Psychology = looking after the toddler whilst I meditate for three hours.
Zoology = looking after all the animals so I don't have to and have more time for my vital reading session (Avalon romances of course)
Physical Exercise = running up and down the stairs, back and forth from room to room and to and from the shops fetching and carrying everything I need.
Music = putting my records and CD's on for me.
There. Don't think I've missed anything. So what do you think? Will that give me enough 'me' time??? :) :) :) written by melissalumley@yahoo.co.uk
My new curriculum for the new term:
Reading/language arts = reading the newspapers and magazines to me so I don't have to turn the pages myself whilst nailpolish is drying
Domestic Science/lifeskills = cooking all meals, doing all laundry, doing all hoovering, doing all floor scrubbing (mustn't chip my nails)
Horticulture - all yard work and gardening (can't risk getting my silk designerwear muddy)
Maths = all the shopping and household budgeting
socialising = chatting to the people in the take-away when no one is willing to cook and answering the door to any callers.
Biology = analyzing the mould on the piles of washing up and laundry that's been hanging around because it interferes with my karma to do it
History = watching old black and white movies on the TV with me
Geography = using google map and mapquest to work out the best route to go pick up all the stuff they've begged off freecycle
Handicrafts = making clothes from curtains and sackcloth
Technology = programming the dvd recorder for me so I don't miss any soaps during my afternoon nap and massage therapy sessions.
Child Psychology = looking after the toddler whilst I meditate for three hours.
Zoology = looking after all the animals so I don't have to and have more time for my vital reading session (Avalon romances of course)
Physical Exercise = running up and down the stairs, back and forth from room to room and to and from the shops fetching and carrying everything I need.
Music = putting my records and CD's on for me.
There. Don't think I've missed anything. So what do you think? Will that give me enough 'me' time??? :) :) :) written by melissalumley@yahoo.co.uk
Feb 17, 2008
Class Dismissed - Article on Unschooling
I was so confused on the concept of unschooling, I just couldn't even wrap my brain around the word. Then I read this article (http://cityonahillpress.com/article.php?id=1037) which was sent through a group and I get it know. I am not saying I will be implementing at my house at the moment...not sure it is right for my familly, but I understand the ideas of the interconnectedness and natural learning that occurs on a regular basis. KM has been coming up with these intriguing questions lately, I don't really remember her doing that so much before we began to HS. Anyway it is a great article for those of us whom, I admitted, can't wrap our brains around. Happy Reading!
Feb 16, 2008
Total Lunar Eclipse on 2-20
This is an unbelievable rare event that it is happening this early in the evening so that even the youngest won't be staying up "TOO" late to see it!
Make a point to check it out it is an incredible site.
Here is a link to help explain it:
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/13feb_lunareclipse.htm
Feb 15, 2008
Lack of Appreciation for SAHP!
So I got an email post from a yahoo group that I am a member of from a mother who was feeling very unappreciated by her family because she is a SAHM!
Situations like this make me SOOOOO annoyed Now! However, I must admit I totally took advantage of my mother when I was younger! Noni wasn't a SAHM, she was a divorcee mother of two, working 40-60 hours a week just to pay the bills, but she still somehow managed to get EVERYTHING in the house done. We had chores but it was very rare that we actually did them. If I left my room get messy long enough she would come in and clean it. If I didn't do my laundry some little elf came in made the clothes magically smell fresh and clean! I am not by any means of the imagination proud of what I did. If she asked me to do the dishes, I would do a horrible job on purpose because I was knew that she would be to tired to fight with me and wouldn't ask me to do them again. Now Noni and I used to get in fights all the time about it, but I took advantage of my mother feeling bad that she was working sooo much. Now I have people in my life who are in the same situation and it INFURIATES me!
I moved out of Noni's house with CJ about two months after I had KM and I went into shock. You mean I am suppose to do laundry, plan dinner, vacuum, fold the laundry, clean the bathroom, make dinner, put the laundry away, and clean up the kitchen after dinner all in the same day! WITH AN INFANT! Luckily I knew how to do those things as I know some young adults who don't even know how to run the washing machine (In case you haven't noticed I HATE LAUNDRY), but I was still in shock. I never realized the amount of energy that went into keeping a household together on a daily basis. I called my mother at the end of the first week on our own, in hysterical tears, to tell her how sorry I was.
Now that she is gone, I wish I had truly expressed to her how much I appreciated all that she sacrificed for us throughout her life. Two children, from different mothers, whom she could not have loved more. I don't know that I could ever be as strong as she was, having to put up with the things that we put her through. I don't just mean being unappreciative, we were HORRIBLE teenagers! Now she was not a perfect mother by any means, but who really is! Somehow though, she managed to look past everything we did and see nothing but the truly unconditional love that she had for us. I don't discuss it much, I think because I am afraid I will not stop crying, but I do miss her every day! Every single day that goes by something happens that I wish I could ask her advice about. I know that she is still here with us, I feel her here and I know that she knows I love her. I just wish I could hear her voice one more time.
Feb 14, 2008
New Schedule
We have started a new schedule in the house and it seems to be working.
We gave up all time restraints and guidelines for the most part. KM kept getting so caught up on the times were suppose to do things, that she wouldn't focus or would just not give any kind of flexibility to anything. If she was suppose to get into the shower at 7 and she finished her reading at 6:52 instead of getting up and going to the shower, she would say I still have 8 minutes before I am suppose to get in the shower. Now we have 5 sessions of schoolwork during the day, breaks in between, and things that need to be done before or after other things. The breaks have estimated amounts of time like 15-20 minutes so that she doesn't get focused on it. So far it really seems to be working.
I know that it is not something that can be used constantly as there are days when we need to be somewhere at particular times, but we have never really had any kind of problem with that. I will keep you posted on how it goes in the long run.
By the by...crystal still in jar!
Feb 13, 2008
Thank Heavens for Little Girls! 2-9-2008
Ok so I had SC today! I love, love, love her, but each day I have her reminds me why I only have one child!
She is an exceptionally good baby (almost 8 mo. old now), but I could never do it. Especially not if I were homeschooling. The days that she is here everything takes ten times as long. If KM is not distracting SC than SC is distracting KM! Honestly I have soooooo much respect for the mom’s with 3, 4, 5 kids. I actually work our schedule around so that KM has lighter work on the days SC is here so that I can give them both the attention that they deserve.
I know that part of the reason is that she is not here all the time, so it is a novelty for KM, but I really thought it would have worn off at least a little by now. I am glad that they get to bond together this much even though they are 10 years apart. I think it is good for the both of them. KM used to get soooo disappointed when she would get home from school and SC would have already been picked up for the day.
I think once SC is moving more independently and starts messing with KM’s things she will not be as found of her, but right now they adore each other. As soon as SC gets here she is wrenching around looking to see KM come around the corner to say good morning. It really is cute.
I know that Noni is very proud of her two little angels and watches over them at all times!
She is an exceptionally good baby (almost 8 mo. old now), but I could never do it. Especially not if I were homeschooling. The days that she is here everything takes ten times as long. If KM is not distracting SC than SC is distracting KM! Honestly I have soooooo much respect for the mom’s with 3, 4, 5 kids. I actually work our schedule around so that KM has lighter work on the days SC is here so that I can give them both the attention that they deserve.
I know that part of the reason is that she is not here all the time, so it is a novelty for KM, but I really thought it would have worn off at least a little by now. I am glad that they get to bond together this much even though they are 10 years apart. I think it is good for the both of them. KM used to get soooo disappointed when she would get home from school and SC would have already been picked up for the day.
I think once SC is moving more independently and starts messing with KM’s things she will not be as found of her, but right now they adore each other. As soon as SC gets here she is wrenching around looking to see KM come around the corner to say good morning. It really is cute.
I know that Noni is very proud of her two little angels and watches over them at all times!
Today was better, Tomorrow Will be Wonderful! 2-7-2008
So today was definitely better than the rest of the week has been!
I had an epiphany this afternoon, I MUST LET GO!!! LET GO & LET GODDESS!
I must act with compassion and kindness in all that I do.
I must stop trying to be in 50 different places at once and getting EVERYTHING done today!
So I have let go! I am not going to worry about how things are going to work out and I am going to enjoy the moment. We are going to follow our own path and keep it simple and clear and focused!
I had an epiphany this afternoon, I MUST LET GO!!! LET GO & LET GODDESS!
I must act with compassion and kindness in all that I do.
I must stop trying to be in 50 different places at once and getting EVERYTHING done today!
So I have let go! I am not going to worry about how things are going to work out and I am going to enjoy the moment. We are going to follow our own path and keep it simple and clear and focused!
Bleck!!! 2-6-2008
I don't know what is going on lately, I just can't seem to get out of my own way.
KM has been doing wonderfully, CJ has been going steady, I am just exhausted! Mentally, physically, spirtually, everything!
I had said a few weeks ago that I was going to take time each night for me and I really think I have to force myself to do that. I am getting pulled in sooo many different directions between homeschooling , cleaning, watching SC, CJ's jeep club, bill keeping, laundry, cooking, chorus, environmental club, tween hangouts, and the list goes on and on and on...I honestly don't know what I would do if I had more than one child.
We were trying to figure out how to cut some corners around the bills the last few weeks and one thing that of course came up was Yoga...NOT HAPPENING! It is the only thing that I do that is TOTALLY FOR ME! Even then the other two get the benefits of me having some sanity after I get back from my hour and half of peace.
I don't know where I am going with this at the moment, but I just felt I needed to air it out! THAT'S IT...It is probably just that midwinter, cabin fever setting in! I will take the time I need to recharge! Tomorrow will be better and brighter!
KM has been doing wonderfully, CJ has been going steady, I am just exhausted! Mentally, physically, spirtually, everything!
I had said a few weeks ago that I was going to take time each night for me and I really think I have to force myself to do that. I am getting pulled in sooo many different directions between homeschooling , cleaning, watching SC, CJ's jeep club, bill keeping, laundry, cooking, chorus, environmental club, tween hangouts, and the list goes on and on and on...I honestly don't know what I would do if I had more than one child.
We were trying to figure out how to cut some corners around the bills the last few weeks and one thing that of course came up was Yoga...NOT HAPPENING! It is the only thing that I do that is TOTALLY FOR ME! Even then the other two get the benefits of me having some sanity after I get back from my hour and half of peace.
I don't know where I am going with this at the moment, but I just felt I needed to air it out! THAT'S IT...It is probably just that midwinter, cabin fever setting in! I will take the time I need to recharge! Tomorrow will be better and brighter!
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