I am just in the mood to blog a little this evening so I guess this is a post about a number of different things.

It has been a busy summer as I have been painting, gardening and canning. I made 50 jars of organic strawberry and blueberry jam a couple of weeks ago. It is wonderful as we ran out of last years supply a couple of months ago. I then promptly made a huge batch of my homemade biscuit mix from the More With Less Cookbook.

I have also been painting my whole 1st floor and transforming it into a beach cottage look. We gutted our bathroom and installed white bead board, a new vanity, toilet and tile floor. I painted the walls a light blue. My kitchen was painted light sage green and bright white trim & cupboards. My living room has new white trim, light creamy tea walls and an accent wall is light sage/storm blue. It is beautiful. I am actually going to paint the bathroom the same blue as the living room because I love it so much. I still have the dining room to paint including my 1929 built in buffet. It has never been painted and I can't wait. We are also refinishing our hardwood floors. I will get some pictures together soon and post them.

This week I am babysitting my 6 year old niece so I am going to take her and all my darlings to the zoo, the YMCA, Historical Village, and the city art museum. It is going to be a fun week. The weather has been very nice as well so I am excited about that. 

As far as homeschooling, I am itching to get started. I am also wanting to get going with organizing everything. I want to jump on the workbox craze as well, but I would like to use magazine holders for my older girls. I am not willing to spend a lot so it might not even happen if it is going to cost too much. Funds are REALLY tight right now with all the work we are doing around here and I have to wait until mid-August to even purchase part of the rest of my materials. I am going to be ordering in August, September and October because I need almost $1000 worth of stuff for the school year. Since I want to get started in August, I am going to have my girls work on their History Night projects for the month of August until we can get their curriculum in and start that in September.