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Wow, what a week so far. All day Monday I was dragging and thought I was just being lazy. Man, was I wrong. E threw up at 6:30pm, J threw up at 11pm, and I was part of the club by 2am. Thank God Scott and B weren't sick. I'm so proud of B, my 15 yr old son. He maybe acting teenage-ish, but he knows when to suck it up and help. He gave J a bath at midnight so I could strip her and E's cribs and wash their sheets. Twins with the flu= no fun! B joined us yesterday, and F actually started our little club last Friday. So we have 5 down and 3 to go. Hopefully their immune systems fought it off and we are done. I joined the flylady website and think it's really neat. It will be nice to get organized once and for all. B is loving the shiny sink rule, because his chore was dishes, and now everyone is putting their own dishes in the dishwasher so he is kind of out of a chore. I'm sure I can come up with a replacement. lol. I got my sonlight curriculum magazine in the mail today. It is a little pricey compared to what we normally do, but I'm seriously considering in for my 2nd and 4th graders. I loved the program since I started homeschooling 6 years ago, but really couldn't afford it then. Looking forward to reading it this afternoon. After I finish the laundry!! |
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Sometimes Mondays are like blank pages to my week, and I start to imagine all that I can get done by the weekend. We have offically gone to 4 day school weeks, so now our weekend starts on Friday. However, Friday is a get the house ready for the weekend day, and a day to run all of our errands. We may have to go further into the summer to get school done, but I'm ok with that. Mother's Day was very nice yesterday. Breakfast with Scott and his parents, then work in the yard. We ended the night with a bonfire while the kids played sardines in the yard. I feel like I lost most of the weekend because I ended up in bed all day Sat. with a clogged milk duct, which was extremely painful, and a fever. Still trying to rectify that situation, but it is almost better. I'm thinking the time is very close to wean the twins, I've been having a lot of problems lately. I must also get back to my running schedule, I missed my long run on Sat. and Sun. Hopefully it won't be that hard since I did run 3 times last week. I'd like to get rid of all of the baby weight by the time I have to get into a bathing suit. Well, my house is waking up, got to get to work. |
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I feel that I am at a disadvantage. I grew up with a liberal mother, who worked to feed us while a single mom, and chose to work when she got remarried because she likes to work. When I got married I didn't know how to clean, cook, bake, sew, budget, shop, entertain, garden, nothing. How we made it during the early years is beyond me. Slowly I've been teaching myself everything, yet I always feel two steps behind. I wish I had an older mom I could imitate and learn from, but I feel like I'm getting to be to old for that now that I'm in my mid thirties. Am I wrong? I hope so. This is something I'm going to pray about. I need to keep telling myself to just go for it, if I never try I may never fail, but I won't succeed either! |
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Well, all I can say is at least today was better than yesterday. I need to figure out how to get more energy to get all my "to do"s done. Emma, 1yr old twin, took such a short morning nap that we only got 1 good hour of school done. Summer looks like it is going to be very short this year. On the good side, Ben(9yr old) did an entire history unit on Space yesterday. That was good, and he got 88's or higher on all tests and quizes. Way to go Ben! I got my 4 mile run in, but man it was rough. Shouldn't have done the hills. And now I sit here, typing this in my sweaty clothes instead of showering. I was also able to go through the twins clothes and put away the to smalls and get out summer stuff. I wish I could take everything out of my house, clean the rooms, and then put everything back. It's the only way I see to get organized!! Still to do tonight is: dinner, brats & dogs on the grill, laundry, 4 loads down 2 to go, grocery shopping, 2 days late because of 5K on Sunday, and the babies need a bath. I wish I could go weed the garden, at this point it's never going to get in. Boy, I need to change my attitude! Think I will go read the Bible in the tub. |