I was looking through my old blog pages from last year and saw that I had posted our thoughts on a schoolroom.  Well that did not seem to work out the way we had planned.  We still have rafters, were even lucky enough to get some insulation from our church, but have yet to come up with the funds for other things needed in the building of a schoolroom.  We even looked into renting our home and moving to a larger home.  Not one thing worked out and we figure the Lord has his own reasonings for this.

So here we sit in our little home, only little because of all we have in it, and wonder how to make it more educationally friendly.   Our home is about 1200 sq ft.  We live here, with our three children, and mil. Last year I packed up bookshelves of books.  Totally 21 boxes.  This was to sell the house.  It did not pan out.  So we want to bring thiese books back.  The idea came up that we have a small den study type room and a larger living room.  The small den is actually and enclosed half of our front porch.  The room is maybe 8-9ft, by 10 ft?  The living room is 16* 13, not a huge difference but a significant difference.  Dh did some measuring and figured our couch could fit in that tiny front porch area, and across the room we could put the t.v.  Hmm...we don't watch it much.  We do have a few sitcoms, dh and I like, but we don't even have very many channels, so what would it hurt?  Then the t.v would not be in the main living area, and not a main focal point in our lives.  (a problem for older ds, he thinks he must always watch t.v.)   We would also put the stereo in there.  IN the process we could bring home the rest of the books an bookshelves.  It would open a wall to be lined with these and filled. We could put a table in the middle of the room and do our studies at it, with little desks off to the side that the kids could do their studies without being bothered by their siblings.  (they like their little desks, presents from family members years ago, old time school desks, to play at, these are currently in storage and they asked if they could be brought home)  We like to do crafts and things and could have a wall to display them.  The piano would not have a couch sitting in front of it and would be easier to access.  :)  We would take our big recliner and our glider putting a table and light between them in the "school" area and have a reading area.  Something we all could benefit from. 

There are some drawbacks to all this.  One if you decided to watch t.v. you would be sitting right on it!  lol...Also the computer is in this particular den area, it would need to be moved.  But there is not a hook up for it in the house.  We would have to call and get the phone company to come and either re-route things or hook the two phone lines together.  (we have a business phone and a home phone line, only one is active as a cost measure we canceled the home phone a year ago, all outlets through the house are home lines, except the one that has the dsl and business phone on it)  It all seems workable, but also odd.  It would make things more interesting if we decided to entertain guests.  As the sitting area would only be a couch and maybe we could pull a chair in there.  :)  My oldest ds mentioned that we often have friends over for the superbowl (child thinks ahead, and and loves football).  He was concerned as to how that would happen.  Honestly it probably would not be able to happen. Or would be more difficult if it did. 

So last night weighing in all the pro's and con's I sent up another prayer to the lord and asked him to show me a sign that this was the best idea for our family.  If it was I am sure he will show us, if it is not a good idea I am sure he will show us.  :)  I don't mind at all being excentric or odd by changing things around.  Personally I would rather have a library than a family room any day.  I still like the t.v.....love HGTV, even though I don't have it any longer.  But the t.v. is not something we need to have on all the time in this house.  Reading grows your mind.  AT this time, that t.v is taking up space in the largest room of our home.  My boys are building with legos on the floor in front of it.  The radio is on, still playing the cd over and over that youngest ds must lear for the christmas play at church.  We are not missing the t.v. at all.  :)   Hmmm is that my sign?