It's been a while since I've blogged, eh?  I haven't had very interesting to talk about I suppose.  :-)    Things are going well.  We've settled into some sort of routine since Mike left.  School, school and more school.  That's about all we're doing these days.  We aren't doing much for fun, but I like it that way.  The older I get, the more I enjoy staying home.  When I was in my early 20s, it drove me nuts staying home all the time.  Now, I rather enjoy it.  So much so that we skipped park day today!!!!!  We played outside at home instead.  It was a beautiful day today.

Mike is doing OK.  I did get to talk to him on the telephone, which was nice.  Except for the fact that he was a grump.  lol.  We hadn't talked in atleast a couple of weeks.  He had tried to call me on Monday, but we couldn't hold a connection, so he gave up.  We have IMed a couple of times within the last couple of weeks though.  It seems as though there have been lots of black-outs at his FOB.  :-(  All in all, he's surviving.  Terri, he did get the box of books you sent.  He was very excited to see an EB Griffen book.  heehee.  Even though he's only been gone about 6 weeks, it seems like forever already.

We're going to see Disney on Ice tomorrow!  We are so excited.  We've never been before.  Mikayla is already planning to wear her Cinderella dress and shoes she got from Disney World last year.  I figure she might as well wear them.  The next time we go to Disney, they won't fit!  HA!  :-)  Katie is hoping to see Captain Jack Sparrow.  Benjamin thinks Devin will like it when Ariel comes out.  heehee.  What a silly boy.  :-) 

Knitting news....there really isn't any.  I'm still working on the never-ending shawl.  Honestly though, I haven't knitted much.  Must be because I can't ride in the car anymore, I have to drive.  And, I have no one bugging me to sit and watch TV with them.  I am hoping to finish the shawl soon though.  I'm a little over half-way done.  Maybe I should make a goal to knit 5 rows everyday?  I wonder how long it would take to finish if I did that?  lol

School is great.  We're nearing the end in most subjects.  Can I just say how happy I am to have finally finished August Ceasar's World?  We've been reading it outloud since November.  Yikes.  lol.  In my defense, we didn't read it everday.  It was so interesting that BOTH Benjamin and Liberty fell asleep as we were reading it tonight.  heehee.  Actually, we rather enjoyed it.  But, we're glad it's done.  I'm ready to go back to the easy reading of Story of the World again.  This is our 3rd year homeschooling.  I will admit it has been my most lax year as far as keeping to a schedule goes, but I feel like it's been our best year yet.  I've got most of my curriculum for next year already.  I still need to buy Sonlight Core 7, but I can wait until October to get that.  We wont' finish Core 6 until then.  I also need to get the next Apologia book for Devin, but that's it. 

I finished my 3rd week of Circuit Training class this week.  It's a Monday, Wednesday and Friday class.  I hate going, but once I'm there, I'm fine.  I can feel myself gaining some endurance, which is nice.  I thought I was going to die the first week.  lol.  Now.....if the fat would only melt away faster.  :-)  I was feeling pretty encouraged until I talked with Mike on Wednesday.  He's been going to the gym like crazy since he's been deployed.  He rode the exercise bike.  I forgot to ask him for how long.  But, wanna know how many calories he burned?  967!!!!!!!  I'm so hoping there was a glitch in the system.  Good grief.  I can barely eat that many calories per day without gaining weight.  Until next time...............