What to do?

We are a house full of ADHD people. We live in chaos and mayhem.

Fabulous Friday

The whole week has been really nice. Wensday the kids and I went fossiling on the banks of half empty canal. We found the most amazing shells and stuff. We also watched our 60 foot tree be taken down. When they got to the stump, we tried to count the rings. Then we climbed a huge mountain of dirt and slid down the other side, repeatedly.

TODAY, the workman came to re-pipe and I am so excited. I have water pressure I NEVER had. I had the nicest shower. MMMM the strong hot water felt so good!!

We have a quiet weekend ahead of us. How nice.

A good day

Tuesday is looking good.
My best friend called to tell me that the land she owned finally sold!! Just in the nick of time. The LORD sure does have a way of getting our attention, by humbling us back to him and then, only then, are we blessed with Grace. I am so happy for her and her family. A huge financial weight will be removed from their shoulders and they can relax again and continue trusting that the LORD will continue to provide.. LIKE HE ALWAYS does.

The kids and I did a bit of unschooling today. It was nice. The tv did not come on untill late this afternoon. In the meantime, Todd did 3 math lessons and he has only 4 more to go and then the final and he is done with 6th grade math.. a month early.!! He will take the month off before moving up to 8th grade math. His goal is to get through Algebra 1 before a year has passed. He wants to take high school chemistry and he can't untill he takes Algebra 1. I had both kids on the Rossetta Stone for foreign language and they LOVED it. Nathan tried Japanese and gave up. He tried out Spanish, which he can do, but he lost interest. Todd tried French and Japanese and FLEW through it. Apparently the boy has the ability to be bilingual. Anyway. The Rosetta stone will be a part of our daily curriculum now. Both will take Spanish and then can play at whatever language floats their boat. Nathan had drum lessons today. The teacher stopped using the band music. I explained to him that Nathan isn't able to do it. He needs to SEE the movements and hear something to copy. He is having a hard time reading it and hearing it in his head. He said Nathan is doing very well and the hardest part is keeping the beat. He said that Nathan can move on to the whole drum set this fall. That is Nathan's goal. SO, I am on the hunt for a dvd for snare drum lessons. Something he can use all summer long. Todd will start guitar lessons in June. I will give him 8 lessons to decide if that is what he wants. We allready own the guitars, so it is just the $160 I would be out if he didn't continue. That is okay with me. You don't know if you don't try it.

I want a microscope so much. I am going on the hunt for that online. I have had several CHEAP scopes, but they just weren't powerfull enough. We want something more powerfull and with an external viewing screen. ( no eye squinting in the viewer )

Well, I gotta go swap laundry and put my face on. The choir is taking a photo of all the kids and their mom's. Must look better than what I look right now.

A new day

Well, a new day dawns and I am still here. Everyday, I have been taking my anti-depressent and a multi-vitamin. I feel better and it has been over a week. That would be the continued use of my anti-depressent. I wonder how long it takes for the benefits of the vitamin to be felt. I also have been drinking 8 oz of Cranberry juice too. Cleans my clock. LOL Everyday. I have been making it a point to wear make-up again, every day. I am trying to lift my spirits and self-esteem/image and maybe heal my body a bit and lose some weight. Getting some energy back would be a great thing as well.

I have been going through the curriculum I have for both boys and deciding how to proceed. We are closing in the end of a traditional school year. I am planning the new school year. We decided to homeschool year round, so I am on the hunt for new curriculum and wondering what to do with the curriculum we didn't touch this time around. Tough decisions to be made.

I have begun the process of calling in workers to get started on the home repairs and improvements. I am so very excited about this! The tree comes down tomorrow and the re-pipe starts on Friday. The re-pipe is what has me most excited. That means no more black residue in the water from the corroded pipes. That means new well equipment and water pressure before too the month is out!!! YEA.

Oh, the things that make me happy. LOL

April 14th 2007

My youngest son turns 8 today. I can't believe it. My baby is growing up. Oh, how I love that child. I wish he could stay small and cuddly and sweet.

We have been on Spring Break this week. I am looking forward to Monday. I can't wait to get back into the swing of things. We have alot to work on before our portfolio review in May. I want more stuff in it. LOL
I had been freaking out over this meeting, but I am finally feeling very calm about it. Nathan has improved in two areas and Todd of course has improved in Math. It still feels wierd that I don't have to teach them all subjects. If I want to spend a year on just math, then that is fine. ( not practical, but fine ) Anyway, I am sure we will "pass". I am schooling over the summer some. Now that all my "stress" and "crisis" are over, I am pulling my focus to actual lesson planning and scheduling and getting VERY SERIOUS about school here. I think the year we have done, could be chalked up as De-Schooling. Now, we all are getting relaxed about homeschooling and can press on. I want to make it interesting for the kids too. Last night, Todd announced that he wants to do a science experiment with plants. How plants grow with or without nutrients and what kinds of nutrients. ? Great idea!! We will start that next week and it fits BEAUTIFULLY with our 30 days of green.

The drought is really bad. One of my Carrotwood trees has been turning dead brown leaves. Last night the tree had leaves. This morning, EVERY LAST LEAF is on the ground. HORRIBLE site for me, anyway. We are under SEVERE water restrictions, but I am about to blow that right out the window and go water my tree and hopefully bring it back to life.

Now that we have the money, we are starting the repairs and remodel of our home. I got the re-pipe people coming this Friday. I got a tree man coming to take down a MONSTEROUS tree in the backyard. One the re-pipe is done, I can get all new well equipment and then hubby can re-do the air conditioning duct work and drop a/c into the garage and then Dad can build the wall and I can have a ROOM!! Then we will take a deep breathe and assess the rest of the list. I think that we will have to sell this house in about 2 years. I don't think we can squeeze in here much longer. But that is down the road.

Here is the end of the road

Well, here we are at the end of the road. We closed on Mom's house today. It was not the relief I thought I would have. I cried on the way to closing. I had a hard time looking at the man who was buying her house. Then, he thanked me for selling the house to him. I had to look at him. He is a nice man. He is going down the road I just left. That day his wife had brain surgery. That morning as a matter of fact. She has less than a year to live. He was crying and then I was crying. It isn't fair. NOT FAIR !