Hey all! I hope spring has come with many blessings for all of you. God is laying the foundation for many good things to come for me and PJ. A lot has happened, so much, t hat I hardly have any time to blog anywhere (I have other blogs, mostly entertainment and media related, and they are all about as neglected as this one).  To make a long story short: We gave the quails away to a couple of avian enthusiasts who had hand-built two aviaries in their backyard and were looking for quails. I was initially only going to give the quail babies to them (no way was I going to have 5 noisy squawking birds in a 1BR apartment)  but when they told me they had TWO aviaries, I asked them to take my beloved Lucky and Lilo too, and they did. They are very happy and well taken care of now, and I'm sure they're much better off than in those big ole guinea pig cages :)

I had a big long post written up about how great PJ is doing and how I have fallen in love with Charlotte Mason home educating and all the fun we're having nature-journaling and studying art and music and whatnot, and mentioning the time-management crisis that I had back in February where I really thought I could no longer support this family and still homeschool, but right when I was about ready to give up hope, God provided not one but ABUNDANT ways for me to do so, and permanent ones, not just little jobs here and there that would make do. It is at a point where I have to choose what ways I want to make a living, because there are just so many options for me right now. It's amazing. 

Another reason I've been offline a lot is because I was extraordinarily tired and sleepy all the time, and was having various and sundry other health issues that were getting worse. I thought I had acquired a thyroid imbalance like the rest of the women in my family have, or worse, diabetes. The doctor suspected as much too, but no - this Friday, I received a completely clean bill of health!!!  I even managed to avoid the high blood pressure and high cholesterol that women in my family start getting in their mid 30s.  Everything is completely healthy and normal. They did an EKG and an echocardiogram and everything and all the results were great.  The ONLY thing I have is mild anemia, probably from the fact that, no, we don't eat a whole lot of red meat. So, more burgers and an iron pill and I should be back to normal soon, hopefully.

As for Charlotte Mason homeschooling, it has transformed not just our homeschool, but our home. PJ's tantrums are gone - he prayed a lot about it, and we have talked a lot about them in a frank way. He is 9 now, and the blessing of his Asperger's is that he's able to think his way toward things that would normally be off-limits to him because of his disability, which I think is what he's done. CM's methods have changed me too. We are just enjoying our time together a lot more. Today we had a lovely day of an outdoor picnic at a small park nearby, some nature journaling (I cannot believe how much PJ LOVES to do to this at the moment) from both of us. I forgot how much I like to draw.  Mondays we are only doing fine arts now, which he really enjoys. There is so much more to detail, really.

Anyway, the point of all of this is to say - our homeschool and home can no longer truthfully be called a haven for quails. We still have two hermit crabs, but Crab Haven Academy just doesn't have the same ring to it ;)  We still haven't thought of a good name for our school yet.  PJ insists it have the words "Stone" and "Academy" in it for some reason.  I vote for Stepping Stones Academy, he wants Sunstone School. We'll see. In the interim, I have moved to CMinSoFla. I'll have all my posts migrated there soon. and will be adding the entire friends list there, too. Hope everyone reading this is having a joyous and blessed Sunday.