Today it feels like a made some progress! 

I have been trying to purge the excess stuff from our house for what seems like years.  A few weeks ago I found www.LibraryThing.com and I have been organizing my books.  All of them.  In the process I found several that we just will never use, as well as several that I didn't realize that I had.  I am not nearly done yet and already I have cataloged almost 250.

I also can now see the floor in my office/library.  I have purged bags of paper and I am so happy to see it go. 

Now if I can move onto the storage shed...

I am loving my new job at the fitness center.  I am only gone for a couple of hours, but all I do is exercise and clean for a few minutes.  In the month I have been there I have lost 4 lbs and 7.5 inches.  It is so fun.

In the next week or so I am going to finish the girls new schedule for 2006-2007 and I will share it with you.  Their choir practice starts next Tuesday, 4H & Chess start on Wednesday, and then in a few weeks ballet starts on Tuesday.  They also want to do soccer and pom/cheer.  Just to keep it straight (assuming I would actually take on all of those activities- not!) That would mean 2 on Tuesday, 2 on Wednesday, 1 on Friday, 1 on Saturday.  Its just not going to happen.

I am reading the Charlotte Mason Homeschooling Series, book 1 about educating children under 9.  I am finding it so enlightening!  According to the book I talk too much and don't let them discover enough on their own.  I need to expect more perfect work from them, and I need to have them read more on their own.  WOW.  I think I knew these things but just didn't want to give up the reins. 

In the next week or so I will post more about what I am finding.

Talk to you soon!

Cara