What a nice holiday. I will clap myself on the back and say the food was good. I tried to make everyone's favourites. I hope everyone had a wonderful one with family and friends. My inlaws were here. It was a nice visit, though it had some tense days. Schooling was of course brought up, and that set the tone for the week. Nothing was mentioned aloud of our eating, but the whispering was there, and that was annoying. I held my tongue for once. I really miss being around the rest of our family during the holidays. It's a large and loud family. Things are fun and interesting!
I realized today that I have to plan the school week. I completely forgot. I'm happy I filed away the last week of school before holiday vacation. I'm happy with our progress, so there are no real complaints. This will possibly be a review week.
Today I also reorganized my kitchen. The cupboards should flow much nicer now. Of course I went to the wrong one at least three times already. Next I need to organize the guest room and office closets. They bug me.
On that note, a good friend of mine had her baby on Thanksgiving. What a surprise. I am very happy for her. It's bitter-sweet and maybe that's wrong, but it's how I feel. I wonder if I shall ever get past that.
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Yer Blues
I like the Beatles, guess that explains the title. But I am feeling a bit blue. Perhaps I'm just tired. The school year is going well, at least I think so. My husband is teaching the two days that I work, and I think that's great. He and the boys are learning how to school and do whatever it is boys do.
I like my job. The people are nice. Because it's a low cost vet clinic, I don't feel like I robbed someone, when I leave work. I meet quite the array of interesting people.
Co op is going wonderful. We haven't been able to meet with our TWIGGS co op at all this year. They meet on the same day that we have classes at our other co op, and the field trips are on days that I work. It's a little disappointing but there's not much I can do about it. I am very happy with our curriculum this year. Phonics Road 2 is excellent so far, as is Singapore math. We've done a unit study on weather-we have quite the little meteorologist, and will be starting a unit on rocks. The little guy is doing a little more letter work. My husband is a little frustrated that he doesn't know all the letters yet, but he'll be fine. I didn't teach our oldest to read until a little after he turned 5. And we are slowly going through the history timeline. The boys are both enjoying Egypt currently, and being mummies!
I like my job. The people are nice. Because it's a low cost vet clinic, I don't feel like I robbed someone, when I leave work. I meet quite the array of interesting people.
Co op is going wonderful. We haven't been able to meet with our TWIGGS co op at all this year. They meet on the same day that we have classes at our other co op, and the field trips are on days that I work. It's a little disappointing but there's not much I can do about it. I am very happy with our curriculum this year. Phonics Road 2 is excellent so far, as is Singapore math. We've done a unit study on weather-we have quite the little meteorologist, and will be starting a unit on rocks. The little guy is doing a little more letter work. My husband is a little frustrated that he doesn't know all the letters yet, but he'll be fine. I didn't teach our oldest to read until a little after he turned 5. And we are slowly going through the history timeline. The boys are both enjoying Egypt currently, and being mummies!
Saturday, August 20, 2011
The school year is getting started
We've joined a new co op. It's called TWIGGS. We actually went to a few of their open play dates last spring, and enjoyed ourselves. So this year we submitted an application. It's nice in that they take applications yearly, so that they can weed out the folks who never participated the year before, or moved away. It keeps the group small enough that the families get to know each other, yet large enough where there is a variety of activities. We have a beach play date coming up next week.
We also have orientation with the co op we were in last spring. Our boys are both taking an art class and book club, and then Superman is taking a herp class.
This year we are also officially registered as homeschoolers. This past week I printed up some review work to go over, and we've done a few worksheets. Just slowly getting back into our school pattern. We'll be doing a little more this year, and it looks like it may be busier with field trips. I am also working part time, so it's going to be an adjustment, but I'm confident everything will work out.
We also have orientation with the co op we were in last spring. Our boys are both taking an art class and book club, and then Superman is taking a herp class.
This year we are also officially registered as homeschoolers. This past week I printed up some review work to go over, and we've done a few worksheets. Just slowly getting back into our school pattern. We'll be doing a little more this year, and it looks like it may be busier with field trips. I am also working part time, so it's going to be an adjustment, but I'm confident everything will work out.
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
What to do
Okay, so I quit the last job I had. The woman was just not a nice person. When I quit, she left me such a horrible voice mail full of profanity, that I can't believe she considers herself a good Christian. Oh well. I've had another interview for another stable. It's a nice one. There are a lot of clients, and some who are never around, so it would be nice to be able to work their horses. I have a reception interview and have called a vet clinic about setting up an interview. A lot of interviews. I feel very, very stressed out. I had thought finding something a few days a week would be okay, but I feel pressured to find more. I was working over full time at the last job I had, and it was so disrupting. I just don't know what to do. I feel like I need to put my family first. Yet if I'm away from them, how do I do that? The boys are thrown off. They don't see their buddies. I don't see my friends. How would I homeschool?
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