I sigh because I finally ordered the curriculum for this year.  Yes, August 20th.  I have become quite the procratinator.  I've never really thought of myself as a procrastinator, but I have to admit I have slipped into that category of life.  I think it started in earnest when we fostered our two nieces one year, about 7 years ago.  I like to think of myself as someone that has my ducks in a row.  I function better when things are planned and then taken care of a little bit at a time so there is not too much to forget at the last moment.  That is so not my life anymore.  And I don't like it one little bit.  But alas, I haven't had the gumption to change it, if anything it has gotten worse.  I'm thinking of a large bird with a certain apendage hidden somewhere below the feet.  Hummmmmm........

I am excited about school starting this year.  My dd is going to be a high school student!  I can't believe it.  It seems like forever ago that she started kindergarten but at the same time, it seems like yesterday.  So much has changed as is only right.  This being our third year homeschooling, she is finally saying that she actually prefers it.  She really didn't like the first year, she was used to going to school and seeing friends and the whole social thing, not that she was a social butterfly or anything, buttttt....  Lst year was such a huge change in so many ways that it was hard to gage schooling other than getting it done.  This year we are going back to the ABEKA curriculum and we feel better about that.  There are so many ways to homeschool and this one works really well for us.  It is a ton of work, but, it is also layed out for you and we like that.  Homeschooling only one child is a unique challange.  It seems that so many of the programs out there are put together with multiple levels in mind.  There were so many reasons last year that we chose to go the unit study method, for most of the same reasons we are going back to a layed out program.  Much to my delight, dd asked if we could still do some unit studies in addition to the program for fun!    Learning for the delight of learning has been a goal of mine for dd, I think we are seeing the beginning of it.  Yeahhhhhh! 

Quick aside, dd just came out of her room with our poor little dog "swaddled" in her old quilt.  The dog was surprisingly ok with it.  Whatever????

Blessings to you all.