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I am having oral surgery done on Tuesday morning. While I am looking forward to having the problems fixed, I am not looking forward to the recovery! The doctor told me to expect four days of being out of commission, and being on light duty for a few days after that. I have been doing some preperations for the time when I will be down. First off, I am trying to do all that I can to promote quick healing without complications. I have been loading myself with Vitamin C and immune supporting herbs. I will also take some liver supporting herbs to help my already overly taxed liver process all the medicines. Second, we have come up with a plan of complete rest for me for the first few days. To help with this Lee and I did a complete cleaning of our room this last weekend. Floors, under beds, dusting, the whole nine yards. We have not been able to open a window in there since we got here and this has really bothered me. But my fabulous husband worked at it and he got it to open a bit! My hero!!! Fresh air does a body good! I have put the children back on breakfast passes. We haven't picked this back up since we moved, and our mornings have been less than smooth running. So breakfast passes we go! Why didn't I think of this earlier? Breakfast passes are a checklist of things that have to be completed before they are able to eat breakfast. They hand me a completed pass and I hand them a breakfast plate or bowl. No pass, or incomplete pass, no food! A couple of weeks ago, I pulled Sadie (7) aside and told her that I was giving her the responsibility of the familiy's laundry. She is now completly in charge of it! This is a HUGE undertaking and responsibility, therefore this is her only responsiblity as far as keeping the house clean and running. With a family of eight, we have a ton of laundry. We do have it down to two loads a day though. She sorts it, washes it, puts it in the dryer and then supervises the folding (Jared 4, and Ellie 5 are required to help with the folding), and then puts it away. She was very happy to take on this responsibility and is doing a wonderful job. The first week I walked her through each step, each dial, each load. The second week, I let her do it while I shawdowed her and helped her if she had questions. Then I handed the job over to her. I reassured her that I have complete trust in that she knows what she is doing. I also explained to her that really, she can't mess it up. Sure, somethings might come out a different color, and some might shrink, but all in all that is OK, no big deal. This seems to be just the encouragement she needed and is quite confident in her job. I already have a menu planner set up, so that will help a lot with the making of the meals. I have each days meals listed a week in advance. I am going tomorrow to buy the groceries for the week, so they will be on hand. I am so glad that I have already implemented this system (I have been doing this since the beginning of last summer or so) as this will be big help to Lee. Praise God for the wisdom He gives us! I pray that these things will make it easier for Lee. He can "handle" six children quite well, but I would like to bless him by making things run more smoothly. I'm sure he will take the children on a special outing (a day at the park, fishing, a drive and a picnic, or a hike in the mountains) too, he is so great about that! I am so blessed to have a husband that can run the ship while I am down, without thinking about it, to have children on board with pulling extra weight while I am down, and that the funds have been provided for me to even get this thing fixed; blessed indeed! P.S. Can someone explain to me while there is no spell checker on this form? I cannot be the only bad speller on homeschool blogger!
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