After spending hours digging through piled up e-mails I discovered the one that warned of blogs being deleted, and realized how long it had been since I made an entry.  It's definitely my intention to keep up with this blogging thing ... I'm hoping it will keep me accountable to do what God is laying on my heart to do in the areas of home organization and home education.

So many things have changed in our lives since my last entry.  We have a beautiful, healthy baby boy who is now 7 months old.  He is crawling, pulling up & getting around & into everything.  What a joy he is, and what an incredible blessing from God.

My husband's work schedule has changed & he is currently working 1 p.m. to 1 a.m, which we found to be much easier on his body.  We miss having him home for dinner those 3 nights of the week, but at least he gets to sleep when it is dark instead of trying to sleep during the day time.  It's also much easier to not have to tell my children 'Be quiet, daddy's sleeping' all day long.

As far as the Music Director position ... the job opening appeared in May (after my dh had been doing the job since Nov.)  All Summer long we waited eagerly, as he continued to do the job.  In July our pastor informed him that even though he was the only local applicant, they had decided to hire someone from out of state for the position. Naturally, I was heartbroken.  I was so certain that this is what God wanted for us ... but I was wrong.  It took quite awhile for me to get over it, but my comfort in the whole situation was the knowledge that God is sovereign.  He never makes mistakes.  And a 'no' now does not mean a 'no' forever.  He is still involved in the music ministry at church, but at least we don't have the stress of planning the service each & every week (which I guess is kind of a relief).

This summer we were also asked by the board of directors for our city's homeschool association, to consider becoming members of the board.  We have been asked to begin conducting the homeschool orientation classes that are offered monthly from January to August.  I'm so excited to become even more involved in the homeschool community as a support to all of those who are considering taking the leap into homeschooling their children.  Who knows what God has in store for us in this area ... it's exciting to see what He has planned.

I am currently taking a class at our church on becoming a Titus 2 woman, which I believe will also open up some other opportunities for discipling (beginning with my own daughters).  Even though I am just 35, I think that it is never too early to begin working on becoming a mature woman who is able to encourage younger ones to 'love their husbands & children, be keepers at home, etc'.  It seems to be an area that is sorely lacking in the church today. 

And finally, I'm trying to get back 'on the wagon' with FlyLady to get my home in order.  I've tried several times, but then a new baby is born, or somebody gets sick & all of it goes downhill again.  Perhaps if I have the accountability of charting my progress here I will finally be successful.  I know that it has worked for so many others ... I can't wait to say that I am one of the success stories.

Time to go get some school schedules and materials organized for next week!