In The Process

I can't believe it!

It has been 2+ months since my last post.  We were busy with life, sports activities and sickness.  Mostly sickness.  Stuffy noses, runny noses, coughs, sore throats, vomiting, chills, fever, ear pains, you get the picture.  Everything that kids can get we have had.  Normally my children are very healthy, but these last few months I have seen them get sick 2 to 3 times all of them.  

During this season of sickness: Josiah turned 1.  Yea!  He is walking all over the house and teething (on top of all his sickness), Eli had his wrestling tournaments.  He did such a great job.  He won bronze, silver and gold medals. 

Emma started soccer.  She is so excited to play and meet new people! 

That is a brief rundown on where we have been.  More posts are coming!!!!

It has been forever since I last posted.

Here has been the run-down of my time since then.

Abbie's 2nd birthday

Oscar 36th birthday

No DSL for awhile--Phone company problems

Keyboard not working--due to kids playing with it

Thanksgiving cooking and cleaning for 20 people

Family visiting for the week after Thanksgiving

And finally:  4 kids with a stomach bug--lots of throwing up (sorry!) and laundry.

So here are somethings I was going to post on but well may not happen!

Global warming-the new religion.  I have so much to say on this that it may end up being a post soon.  I'll just say this for now.  The Today show did a segment on Global Warming.  Al Roker went to the equator, and well it wasn't as warm and sunny as one would expect.  Ann Curry tried numerous times to get to the South Pole.  She finally made 2 or 3 days later, after waiting for the winter storms to dissipate. Not really a Global Warming issue, more like a Global cooling issue.  Now just as a side note:  I do believe that we are to be good stewards of Earth.  But I do not agree that we should worship mother earth.

Politics--Oh is there one good candidate?  I start thinking so and so looks ok but then something comes along which I don't like.  Still have plenty of time to decide, but who to choose?   Let me just say this  I will never vote for Ms. Clinton!  I know never say never but really, NEVER.

Ok I had more but just thinking of Ms. Clinton really upsets me.  So I must be off to do something much happier.  I think I will go listen to Bing sing White Christmas!

Where have I been

Well as I said previously I have been very busy lately.  Two things have been keeping me very busy.  The first being homeschooling.  School is going great this year.  We are really enjoying our curriculum choices with the exception of one: Latin.  I've had to go back to the drawing board on that one.  I'll update at a later time about school.  The second thing which is keeping me so busy is my husbands workload.  The poor man is so busy with projects he is having a hard time getting home for dinner and even getting home to get some much needed rest.  So needless to say with him gone so much I am very exhausted at the end of the day.  My 4 kids sure do know how to tire me out!

Now, all of this to say that this Saturday my husband and I are going out!  Hooray!  We are going to an open house of one of the houses he has designed this year which was in Spokane's Fall Festival of Homes.  Yes, I am bragging a little here.    But we get to go out  with no children AND we get to  be with adults. The party is catered, so no cooking dinner and no children.  OH wait I said that part already.  Here is a picture of the house.  I think just the outside is amazing!

Anyone want to buy this beautiful house?  It is for sale and Spokane is a lovely place to live!

Again, I promise to do more blogging in the future!

No, really I am still here!

I have been meaning to update my blog but lately at the end of the day I am too exhausted or my mind is complete mush!  School is going great this year but it is taking up way more time than last year did.  Also taking care of 4 kiddos tends to take up a lot of my time and my energy. I promise I will be updated soon!   Happy days to all!

Yes, I am still here!

The summer flew by and I have been trying to get things done before school started.  We did officially start school on Tuesday.  Everything went smoothly and the kids were excited.  I'm sure we will tweak a few things.  But all in all our first week of school went great!  I'll try and post more often!

A little brag

I am so proud of my husband.  A house he recently designed was featured in Spokane Coeur d'Alene living magazine.  Follow this link to see the house and the article.  Unfortunately, they spelled his name and that of the business wrong.  But hey I am stilled proud of him.

Why Blog?

Why do I have a blog?

Well, honestly I just started reading a lot of blogs.  Some proved to be very helpful along this journey of homeschooling.  I have learned so much from the other homeschooling moms/families out there.  When the time came for many of my dear friends to start the process of homeschooling they came to me for advise.  (I still think this is quite strange as my oldest has only been "doing" school for 2 years.) Anyways,  I gave them advise that I learned online, through blogs and message boards (TWTM).  After sharing with my friends my dh finally said "why don't you start your own blog?"  Very humbling as I don't feel I have enough experience to advise people!  Nevertheless,  this will be my attempt to share what I know and what I don't know.    Also it is a great avenue for me to get my mind free of too much useful/not useful information.  Be warned, however, I am not the most eloquent or philosophical of writers.  I tend to be basic and to the point. 

What do I hope to accomplish with my blog?

Hmmm?   1. A clearer mind (all these topics run through my head on a daily and nightly basis!) 2. A clearer desk (my desk is covered with things that I think will now go here. Yeah!)  3. I hope to learn from those who go before me.  And finally I hope to help those who go after me whether my friends, those I've yet to meet or my children. 

What you won't see here

I am sooo not technically savvy.  So probably no pictures and no extra links that are not already on my template. (Seriously it took me forever to figure out how to get the verse of the day there!)

D-Day