Scheduling, Menu planning, and whatever else I ramble on about…

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Scheduling ~ Lately, my life is pretty crazy.  Well, crazy for me — the girl who prefers to stay at home and never leave it!  But as running around also affects the boys and their school time, I have a pretty good excuse to ground myself. 😉

We have a homeschool park day on Wednesdays from 2-4pm.  We’ve also been doing a library trip before it at 1pm.  Sadly, when we get there on time, we are often the only ones there for quite awhile 🙁 and due to leaving at 4pm, we are often the first to leave. :(  But due to Awanas on Wed night, we need to get home to get clean and have dinner.

So, I’ve decided that I’m only doing appointments (Dr, dental, therapies) on Wednesday mornings.  Anything else is just too big a disruption to our schooling and my peace of mind.  That means that Wednesdays will be a ‘lighter’ day of schoolwork too – just Bible & history – the boys will be thrilled! lol

Hope it helps!!

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Menu planning ~  Last night I looked up and realized it was 5pm and I didn’t have a clue what we were going to do for dinner.  I try and try to get fired from this responsibility, but it hasn’t worked.  Guess I need to make peace and get a plan!

So, I’m going to create a dinner menu and then go shopping!  Here’s hoping it works!

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Rambling ~ Being at my SIL’s last week was great on sooo many levels!  Not only did we get out of our house! ;-)  but she is FLYing and doing a GREAT job of it!  A great reminder to me that I don’t have to live like this!  Time to take control of my life again and quit whining!   (But I’ll warn you now – if you are looking for me to be an excellent FLYer – you will be disappointed.  I usually do about 25% of what FlyLady suggests, find peace and ignore the rest.  But as peace is my goal, I’m happy!)

Off to make a menu plan and shine my sink!  TTYL!

Photos, Trip to B & C’s and Puppies!

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PHOTOS: I’ve been letting the boys take more photos with my digital camera.  This is how I get pictures like this on my computer!  (click on any picture to make it bigger)

TRIP TO B & C’s: We made a quick overnight trip to my brother and sister-in-laws.  Some highlights:

  • My SIL made us homemade chocolate chip cookies which JGirl really enjoyed.
  • J2 was not too afraid to butcher a rooster. Shudder.
  • My SIL and I made chicken & rice soup and beer bread – yum!
  • My brother went in late to school on Friday and made us homemade blueberry pancakes! Yum!
  • J1 had a run-in with one of their dogs.  But he handled it really well and was back out playing with them (minus the one dog) the next day and enjoying them.

New Puppies: Janeway & Tuvok – born 7/26/08 and and home with us on 9/21/08

Yeah….Janeway likes to sleep on a platter! lol

And a few more pictures….

JGirl & J2 on the quilt (a favorite place to hang out), K1 & K2 (my brother & SIL’s children)

Breathing – it’s as easy as, uh, breathing, right?

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Apparently not.

I’ve been under a lot of stress lately.  By “lately” I mean since early summer.  By “a lot” I mean I’m crying daily…multiple times a day.

Two days ago I found an interesting blog “Confessions of a Pioneer Woman” and I’ve been enjoying escaping to her world of cows, horses and good food.  Her blog is about a lot more than that – and she’s a homeschooler!

Today my blog reader said she had a new post – but it wasn’t written by her so I wasn’t sure I’d take the time.  But then I did.  Her mom wrote about breathing.  I started it with the thought that it was going to be new-age fluff…and maybe it is in part.  But I realized that the end result was exactly what I get when I pick up my knitting needles and knit.

During all this stress, I’ve let things I enjoy fall away as I focus on things that are urgent and immediate needs.  So, I’ve avoided some of my coping mechanisms – the very things that help me.  Well, no more.  I can’t continue like this.

I may not be able to stop the craziness, but I can carve out a bit of daily peace and quiet.  I’m committing to do that for myself.  You all are my witnesses! 😉

*Knit, breathe, Purl, breathe, rep from * until you feel better!