We have been on vacation for the past week.  It wasn't a travelling vacation - we spent most of the time at home.  But, it was so nice to have a break and just relax and spend time together!  We spent one day visiting out-of-town family members and another at the zoo. 

Book Orders

I finally, out of frustration, cancelled most of my book order from a big online store.  They kept postponing the shipment dates.  The last time they postponed shipment until June on books I ordered in mid-February.  I have never had a problem with them before but have never order this much at once either. 

I did find most of the books from other sources but am still searching for 4 of the books.  If anyone has any good sources for purchasing books online, please share them!

Grain Mill

I received the Family Grain Mill that I ordered the other day and I'm really excited about using it.  We ground flour when it first arrived and baked some carob-chip cookies - they were fabulous!  I highly recommend getting a mill if you can.

Managers of Their Chores

I also recently purchased this book from the Maxwells.  I read through it once, fairly quickly, and today was our first day of working on our ChorePacks.  It went pretty well.  We found a couple cards that needed to be placed in a more convenient order but I set them up using ordinary paper so we could work out all the "bugs" before I print them on cardstock. 

We had a discussion about work and our chore system this morning which went pretty well.  We've been struggling with attitudes lately so I was concerned that there would be a lot of whining and complaining about the new system but since we started with explaining from the Bible the children were pretty receptive.  I think if I'd just dumped the chores on them and said "Now, this is your job!"  they wouldn't have worked with a cheerful attitude.  To help with their attitudes and to show that they aren't the only ones who are working, I have a ChorePack of my own that I'm using at the same times they are required to do their chores. 

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Posted by LadyPoet33

I feel very overwhelmed just reading how organized you are. You must be a super mom or something!

I thank you so much for visiting my blog. My book is about homeschooling.

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