Five Thoughts...

Five Thoughts for Today:

 Today I see:

I see a house that is need of some serious cleaning out, and cleaning up. I see toys scattered everywhere, book shelves filled with books of all kinds, furniture that is not new but comfy, a kitchen with enough food for our family, and a growing pile of laundry that needs washing.  I see more things than any one family could ever need, and I am thankful that even though the “stuff” is driving me crazy, my family really needs for nothing.

 

Today I feel:

Tired, overwhelmed, and worn out.  Life has thrown us a few curve balls recently but I am learning to accept (emotionally) what I cannot control and embrace the reality that has been for years, but now has a name to it.  

 

Today I can:

Make the best with what I have and enjoy all those precious little moments that are often smack in the middle of chaos.   

 

Today I am:

Going to do something healthy! I am serious need of habit changes. I desperately need to get my rear in gear and exercise daily and eat right. So today, I am going to watch what I eat, and make sure that it’s for my benefit not just a craving.  

 

Today I am thankful for:

The freedom to express myself as I wish and to have and practice the moral and religious beliefs that are important to me. With so much of this world in chaos, I am thankful that I am in a free country and thankful for so many that have fought for our freedom and rights to live as we wish.

 

 

Pictures for today:

I am sharing for no other reason than I can.
I imagined this being a mama bird and squalling after a long day of caring for and feeding
the baby birds and cleaning up after their mess in the nest.
Yep, this is a mam bird venting her frustration.

 

-Amber-

Dusting off..

Cough, cough, hack, hack…sneeze!

 

      Excuse me while I dust off my poor neglected blog. A few layers of dust have gathered while I was away doing all that a wife and homeschooling mama does. You know, things like enjoying long relaxing baths, watching programs of my choice while eating Bon Bons, relaxed grocery shopping and –-Yeah right! More like running to and from multiple doctor and other appointments, crazed last minute grocery shopping trips…with the kids, house chores that never end, keeping track of the wild and busy boys while trying to also keep up with a growing teenage daughter, researching and planning for another year of homeschool and, the list could go on and on but we’ll just leave it at I was busy.  

While our lives were tumbling in and out of oblivion, I lost my motivation to write here as I love to do.  I miss writing more than a few sentences or two like you do on Facebook, and I miss visiting all my blog land friends, which I have tried to keep up with occasionally when I had a few spare moments, and I miss sharing our lives and my thoughts, even if I am the only reader.

This last year has been a whirlwind of day-to-day and at times moment-to-moment. But we are still managing, somehow, to get up and get things going each day and get at least some of what needs done, done. This last year has also brought us many changes that we are adjusting to and a few new challenges we are learning to deal with.

In just a few short weeks we will be beginning another year, our 10^th year, of homeschooling. I am excited and nervous as my oldest will begin her 9^th grade year, which here is officially… (Insert drum roll here) HIGH SCHOOL! Yes, I am a bit shocked we are here already and not quite sure what to think. Thankfully, we do have a basic plan laid out and will be working on final details soon, which I hope means that I will have the first few months figured out, or at least mostly figured out very soon. Then, we will just see where this road takes us, and hopefully, it will stay on the path I have planned, but if life or God decided different (which is pretty much a given) then we will adjust and as the GPS device says, “Re-routing new course.” Either way, we will figure it out.

Along with a high schooler in our homeschool this year, we will have a 6^th grader and a 2^nd grader, if you count grades. We don’t do work per grade as much as we work according to specific needs and levels of each of the kids, so I am often having to think when someone asks what grade the kids are in. Which I’m sure makes for another questioning look directed at us weird homeschoolers. That’s okay, by now those looks and other comments don’t bother me anymore.

Well, it looks like my spare time is up and it’s time to run more errands and wrangle these kiddos. I hope to be back soon and get back into writing daily.

Today’s quote for you:

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”

-Hellen Keller-

 

-Amber-