Wow…that was anticlimatic

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The caseworker from California came today. She talked to us for awhile – and if we hadn’t been so chatty it might have been shorter – walked around our house with her clipboard, met our boys …. and was gone!

So…..um….now I guess we just wait for her to get our fingerprint results – 2-3 days – and write her report. Then she’ll send that report to Oregon (I think) and we’ll go from there. She said she’d call us next week. So, I guess we are back to waiting – but I was sure I’d have reams of paperwork to fill out all next week and I won’t!

I sort of feel deflated….thrilled, of course… but wow….that was it?!?

😉

How can it be Thursday already??

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This week is flying by!!  My mind is all a jumble…so here are some thoughts…in no particular order:

  • How weird am I think think that the caseworker will notice that my windowsills are clean?
  • Homeschooling J1 & J2 is going great!  Most days we’ve been done in plenty of time to spare.  Today, however, we’ve been focusing on company and the rest of the work (math) will be done tonight.  But there is another plus to homeschooling – blessing others can come first, the work will still be there!
  • Tonight is Tiger Scouts Den meeting.  No one has replied to the email I sent yesterday asking for a snack volunteer – or acknowledging receipt in any way.  I hope someone shows up!
  • I have a crib and an infant car seat in the house!
  • I’ve decided to cloth diaper – now to find out how to do it! 😉
  • Please pray for me blogless friend T – she’s got 3 weeks left in her pregnancy and she has Shingles. I can’t fathom the pain she must be in!  She and her son, A, spent sometime here today – I was hoping it was a nice distraction for them both.
  • Went to dinner with another couple last night – sooo nice not to have to cook! And, Lemon Supreme pie for dessert!  YUM!!
  •  Before I go to bed tonight I need to – finish laundry folding, mop the kitchen floor, clean the tub (yeah…still not done!) and dust the living room.
  • I want CHOCOLATE!!!!

Sorry this was so random and quick…that’s my brain right now!!  Hoping I have something interesting to share after tomorrow’s visit!

Ooooh! That was fun!

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Last night I skipped out on the Boy Scouts (feeling a bit of guilt!) and went to a WACHE meeting of the year. It was the deadline to register for membership. To be honest, I was feeling like there was little they could offer me. I was only homeschooling one child – who’s special learning style precludes any co-op classes and he doesn’t like the park days. Then with the conflict with Boy Scouts I can’t make the monthly meetings, that was it. I was a member in name only.

But the new leadership is doing some fun things! Last night was alot of fun! If they were all like that – I wish I could make more of them!

We had a guest speak share about Letterboxing. My friend Robin has been doing it for about 3 weeks with her family and it has sounded like SO much fun! We got lots of info last night and I can’t wait to try it with the boys! If you do it – please let me know!!

Here are some links she shared with us – hope you enjoy them!!

On an unrelated topic – anyone want to keep me accountable? Today I need to do the following (but all I want to do is climb back in bed!!) in addition to my normal chores, homeschool, work:

  • Clean the tub  (moving to tomorrow)
  • Put everything back under the kitchen sink done 9:40am
  • Clean out the bathroom cupboards done 3:00pm
  • Buy two cupboard locks for the bathroom (tomorrow)
  • Email my Tiger cub scouts and plan this week’s meeting
  • Take J1 & J2 for haircuts (done!)

Now I REALLY want to go back to bed! And, if I remember correctly – I’ll have our home spotless for this home study but then we’ll just sit in one room and talk and get paperwork. However, I still MUST have this house perfect by then…wouldn’t you?!