I probably have done it before, but this is the first year I can remember having a visual picture of how I want our homeschool to go. It made organizing way easier, because any idea I came up with I could check against my “vision”, which was quite literally a picture. It’s hard to describe [...]
Still very busy working around the house. Dust is flying — unfortunately, its natural tendency is to attack before fleeing, like a multitude of tiny bomber planes. I have basically finished the bookshelves, except for some internal ordering into series, etc. I boxed quite a few books, perhaps half of our collection? I took out [...]
I am going to try — the verb being the operative word — to turn my thoughts to homeschooling more on here. That of course includes everything up to the kitchen sink, but I think I’ve lost sight of my original intention to work out educational things on here. This week I have spent more [...]
The weather has been quite warm, and I have had so much energy. This morning I woke up before 4 and was too restless to try to go back to sleep. Instead, I refolded clothes in my chest of drawers (in the bathroom so my husband could sleep), and then folded laundry before devotions time. [...]
Today was a nice day. I am tired, though! Kevin took the older boys south so they could all get fitted for their tuxes for the wedding. They left pretty early, so I just had Paddy and Aidan at home, which was very unusual. It’s even weirder to think that for most moms in my [...]
Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. -Thomas Jefferson I have not bought a dress besides at a thrift store for close to 3 decades now! But I feel that a child’s wedding is a proper occasion for a new dress. So today I [...]
Cold, cold, cold. Most of the snow melted yesterday, but there is still some on our deck. I think it is supposed to get way warmer in the next few days. I was feeling like I was getting too introspective on this blog again, but when I look back at the last few posts, I [...]
Yesterday we drove down south to do some wedding-related things. It was fun to see Clare (who had a spring cold) and we got the necessary things done and had lunch at the local Irish pub where we have become semi-regulars. We drove a rental compact because our regular SUV is having brake issues. While [...]
I am not going to write much here today because I worked hard over the weekend planning and writing things out and I want to continue while I have the momentum! I am using some of the ideas from Unstuck…Surprisingly to be more intentional and effective in changing my habits. Every morning Aidan plays the [...]
Too early to tell what the day will be like weather-wise. For some reason I woke up well before 5 am — seems counter-intuitive, since I didn’t get much sleep the night before and yesterday was busy — but I didn’t feel tired: in fact, I was eager to get up and start the day. [...]
