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Jan. 3, 2009
It's a New Year
It's a new year and with every new year it makes you stop and think about the previous year. This past year has been full and blessed! It also makes me think about what I've been missing. I really miss being active online and in the homeschool community. I really enjoy sharing about our homeschool and seeing what others are up to in theirs. So I've decided that is going to be put back on my priority list. I'm going to blog at least once a week and get back in the swing of reading others' blogs. I thought I'd start with giving you an overview of what I've been up to the last couple of months.
As you know I started teaching highschool math at our local Christian School this year and that has been going well. It keeps me busy and has helped stay more consistent with grading. I'm not sure if I'm going to continue doing it next year though. I'll just have to pray about it. I'm also the director of our church's Master Clubs program and teacher for the Ambassadors group. This has been a learn by fire type of experience but has been such a blessing. We are seeing steady growth with the club. Our first night we had 17 and the night before we broke for Christmas break we had 39. The kids seem to really be enjoying it and hopefully I'll get the hang of it running it soon. LOL It's one of those things where I feel I'm always a couple of steps behind.
My sister got engaged in October. They got married on December 20th. I was the matron of honor for her and she kept me busy with all kinds of things. LOL I helped her make the centerpieces and pew decorations. I think I'm all crafted out for awhile. The day of the wedding I woke up with a huge migraine and every time I moved my head I felt like I was going to pass out. I made it throught the wedding and the reception formalities, then I went home to die. LOL 20 minutes before the ceremony started I went to attach the train to the dress to discover the hook things were broke. I don't think I've ever sewed so fast in my life. I sewed the train directly to the dress. I remember starting to freak out when the music for the mothers started to play. I was still back there sewing when I had to be walking down the isle in 2 minutes. We got it done just in the nick of time and didn't delay the wedding. LOL Then somehow between the church and the reception hall she managed to get mud all over the front of her dress. At the reception I see my new bil frantically waving from the doorway for me. So I get up from the table and go out to see what's up. It was bad! I did manage to get the majority off, so you couldn't really tell unless you were looking for it. Overall it went well and no one was the wiser.
In November my oven, dryer, and dishwasher decided to start misbehaving. The oven completely quit working. The dishwasher wasn't cleaning the dishes and the dryer kept putting holes in my daughters clothes. Her clothes kept getting caught between the drum and door. When I would try to get them out they would get a hole. Then one of my kids dropped the toaster and broke it. My waffle maker also decided to puke. November was not a very good month. Oh I almost forgot 2 of the van tires went bad also. One got a hole and kept going flat. The other was so bad that it was causing the van to shake horribly when you drove. But in the midst of all this was some huge blessings!
I went to my pastor just to talk and get some encouragement. Not only was everything breaking but I was having other problems too. I didn't know how much more of this I could take. I just needed to talk to someone that would give me some sound Godly advice. Well later that night the assistant pastor showed up at my house with a new to me oven and dryer. I was speechless. I couldn't hardly talk because I was afraid I'd burst out crying. I hadn't even thought about them helping in this way. I was completely blessed!
My husband was also mandated plenty of overtime so we could afford to buy 4 new tires for the van. He also managed to find out what was wrong with the dishwasher and fix it. I tell you I'm spoiled! I really missed that dishwasher. For Christmas I received a new toaster and waffle maker. All is right with the world again. Also most of the other things have been resolved.
The last couple of weeks I've been off from school, so I've been busy trying to get my house in order. It has gotten way out of control over the last several months. It was getting so overwhelming I hated being here. Over Christmas break I finally snapped and decided to start going through every room and getting rid of things. My thought is we simply have to get rid of the excess to make managing the house easier. We live in a small home and it seemed like it was bursting with things. I couldn't seem to keep up with the chaos and clutter. I've been going through every room over break ruthlessly. LOL So far I've sent 9 garbage bags and 2 boxes of stuff to the Goodwill. Threw out some old furniture that has been sitting in the basement and 8 bags of trash. I told dh that by the time I'm done he may just have to make a run to the dump. So far I've gone through the kids' bedrooms, laundry room, kitchen, living room, and one room in the basement. I still have to finish the master bedroom and school room. The rooms that are done though feel so great to go into. I'll wait on the garage until spring when it is warmer outside because it's not heated. LOL I did tell the kids that if they can't help keep things picked up then I was going to get rid of more stuff. I have to keep the house more managable. It makes me very cranky when my house is out of order.
Well that's it for now. I'll blog later about what the kids are up to.
Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New Year! |
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Posted by Anonymous 
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Jan. 3, 2009 - Untitled Comment
I am not much of a blogger, due to time, and I only blog about school and home, for family. This year I am starting a blog that will help me put my thoughts on "paper", per se. I welcome you to stop by anytime.
www.setinthecleft.blogspot.com
Our school blog is www.graceandemilyschool.blogspot.com
I'm looking forward to reading your blog in the future.