Have you ever had so much to do, you stopped trying to get anything done?  Well, that's what I had been doing.  I got way behind on my housework, my kids' schooling, yard work, etc. to the point that I just gave up trying to get anything done.  It wasn't pretty. 

I knew I had to quit all the frivilous stuff.  I quit watching most of the TV I was watching.  I quit all my computer time except to keep up on e-mail.  I dug in on the house, it's clean now, manageable and presentable--even for surprise guests.  I'm almost done with the organization of my boys' rooms.  You should see the pile of stuff going to Goodwill!  Selfishly I think maybe we should have a yard sale, but we're so far out of town, we'd have to use someone else's house who lives in town, so I can't decide.

We started 8th grade and "official" preschool lessons at home this year.  On top of academics, we are now attending swimming twice a month, Tae Kwan Do once a week, Church & Sunday School, Sunday evening prayer service, AWANA every week, youth Bible study twice a month, Adult Bible study once a week, assorted field trips, library trips, church events, etc., and we usually end up spending one weekend per month camping or something.

Whew!!  You can see where I was having scheduling problems.  I was doing so much 'other' stuff, I didn't make any time for all the regular household chores.  And, amidst all the turmoil, we had 11 houseguests, and I had 6 old fillings replaced, and a root canal.  What fun that was.

As if that weren't enough, I also started a business.  I am now a Discovery Toys Consultant, and I'm trying to book 4 parties each month.  More to schedule. 

My decision to tell you about real life info in the blogosphere is a risk, but I'm going to do it anyway.  I like and trust the people I have met here.  If any wackos out there (strangers, not my friends from homeschoolblogger) try to use this information to try and find my family in the real world, well, let's just say we are extremely well protected.  I say this because I decided not to restrict who can read my blog, because I have a couple of good friends who don't belong to hsb, but visis my blog once in a while.

So, here I am, open to all:  you can visit my Discovery Toys page HERE to read more about the business and browse the catalog.  I'll just say that it is an awesome business for busy parents, and especially suited to the homeschool lifestyle.  I don't intend to make this blog a business blog.  I am toying (hehe-pun intended!) with the idea of doing a seperate blog for my business, we'll see what happens.

So, that's it in a nut shell.  I have found some time to write, but I'm not going to be visiting as many blogs and surfing aimlessly as I once did.  I find that since I have stayed away for a while, it's not so tempting to spend an entire afternoon on the computer.  I just jump on, do what I need to, and then jump right back off.   It also helps that the phone company has fixed the internet problem in my neighborhood, so I don't get cut off every 3 minutes, and pages load up completely now.

My name is Lisa, and I'm  a recovering time-waster.  Now if I can only become a health nut in place of that, I'll be all set.