Okay, February came and went, and no entries from me. ::sigh::

The original estate deadline was Feb. 10, but there were some numbers the attorney was having difficulty reconciling, so he got an extension to Mar. 10.  (I'm glad I made this entry... I had forgotten I need to get to the attorney today to sign papers...)

There is still a property in Texas to be sold.

There are still some stock transfers that didn't go through, that I need to follow up on.

Tax papers have been take to an accountant, but I now need to find out what price my dad purchased certain stock for, cause he sold it in 2005 (we still are working on  filing 2005 taxes...), and the accountant needs to know acquisition price to determine capital gains...

Seems like there was stuff he needs for 2006 taxes, but I can't remember. I need to get back to him and ask him again.

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And amidst all this, I have knuckled down to be doing school with JD. I am sorry, but I am not able to make school fun this year. At this point I am feeling under pressure from "the principle" to meet certain state requirements for education, whose wording is vague, whose attainment is difficult to confirm...  My state law says:

Must provide "regular, thorough instruction" in the same subjects as the public schools including English, math, science, social studies, art, music, health, and physical education

(never mind that I just learned that the public schools DON'T PROVIDE regular (not to mention that it's not thorough) instruction in certain of these subjects, especially they don't even do PE any more!!!)

Anyway, at what point can I say that I have adequately provided "regular" and "thorough" instruction? Is my irregular and less-than-thorough instruction inadequate if my 1st grade son is reading at a 3rd grade level and is only half-way through his 1st grade math, but is accurately doing fractions on the math computer game that he likes to play instead of doing worksheets?

Anyway, gotta go. Thought I'd check in. Thanks for all your prayers.  Someday I hope to post regularly again. It's been a rough and busy year.