Jul. 21, 2008
catching up a bit
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The last two weeks have been a bit of a blur. Every day I felt swamped with "outside the home" stuff. I am such a homebody, that is tiring for me. Friday I was thinking how smoothly it had gone, how well I had held up, along with having teenage children popping in and out with all their things, and then Saturday I woke up feeling overstretched and grumpy. LOL So I did the basics and then read a book. Enchantment by Orson Scott Card. It was a great read. I finished it late Sunday night and have that satisfying buzz from a great read that leaves you thinking long after the book is back on the shelf. My son Ryan, 17, is home from being away working at the Scout Ranch. It has been a great summer for him. He wants to be a forest ranger after college so this was fairly close to his dream job. (the ranch is in the mountains...of course). Two weekends he even surprised us by coming home with four friends from the ranch. Well, he gave us a couple hours notice. We invited them to dinner and grilled out. My oldest daughter has been dating someone, maybe the first serious relationship she has had, and they come over sometimes. I find myself in a strange in-between land as far as a homemaker and mother........small children, heck nine children create chaos, but older children need a company ready home. Ugh! Trying to adjust and demanding lots of help. (Secretly, I kind of like it though  )I have joined our church choir since moving to Colorado. We sang yesterday for the second time (we sing once a month). It has been an interesting time. I warned the choir director that I have a very unpredictable voice. It is not terrible, or squawking or anything, but not naturally beautiful either. I do fine if I can choose another voice and match theirs. Usually that would be a male baritone, LOL and here I am singing alto with a bunch of girls. And the choir director is not shy about stopping the whole choir to help me practice getting one note right , either.  She is nice enough about it though and I did tell her I was there because I want to learn how to sing. So, fair enough. Ever once in awhile though, I am hitting it great and she gives me a smile. And she made me a cd to practice during the week. This might not be a natural talent of mine, but it is one I want very badly. I just keep plugging away. Maybe by Christmas I will be singing with the angels, LOL. And school is coming up........I feel all the excitement stirring. We have already had many talks about what we would like to do this year. I plan to unschool this year, but in a Montessori kind of way. We all want to learn about American History. And geography. Dabble in several sciences. Maybe learn German which would be fun because our neighbor is Swiss and has German cartoons and books and all that. Read lots of books, go lots of fun places. Oh, it is going to be great. I am so thankful homeschooling is in mine and my children's lives. It has really been the making of us. Ryan and Samantha are supposed to start community college this fall. We do not have all the paperwork in but I do not foresee any problems. Samantha started working in her dad's office, as a file clerk, today and is getting paid a very nice wage. She should have Russia paid for in a month and then have four months to put money in savings for whatever she wants to do when she gets home. (She is going over to Russia with a volunteer organization to teach English to school children in January). All in all, we are just humming along. A sour note here and there but isn't that life. Drinking lots of lemonade, making lots of icees, having a good summer. |
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