We've decided to take an extra long break from school this year.... usually we finish in early May and start the first week of June.  This year we are going to wait until the second week of July so that we can accomplish some other projects and hopefully rest up a bit.

I'm still kind of tired this week, and I just can't seem to get going.  I have gotten off of caffiene, for about the 1000th time in my life and that may be the reason for it all, hopefully...

I am hoping to continue planning and making goals so that I get every thing done that needs to be done along with all of the things that I would just like to accomplish.  I haven't been reading alot lately, and my list includes The Abolition of Man by CS Lewis and Pilgrim's Progress by Bunyan.  I would also like to continue studying Michael Pearl's Eight Kingdoms book but I have to admit that I have a hard time comprehending it....

We've been reading the book of I Samuel from the Bible and we are really enjoying it... we had started Joshua a while back, but about half way into it every other sentence was how Israel was killing everyone and everything.... This goes on chapter after chapter and while I see the validity, it got kind of repetitive... I think we got the point, and I realize that I'm pretty shallow, but I felt the need to move on.....

We have also been listening to some of the Michael Pearl sermons available from No Greater Joy.  We ordered the May-June special on Angels and Other Facts  My kids have asked to listen to these over any music and are even talking about them and what they have learned afterwards.  I have never seen either of them this excited about listening to anyone, let alone a preacher. 

So I'm off to read, do some sewing, cleaning and re-organizing.... but I'll probably end up just watching TV tonight.....