Well, another day. We're pretty well just finishing school up. It's mostly outside days now, not any bookwork.

Tonight the girls are in a ballet recital with the homeschool co-op we attend. They're very excited and so am I. We've got to get their hair up in buns, so we had to pick up plenty of bobby pins and suchlike things. Neither has hair long enough to go into a bun easily, but it's close.

Girl Scouts and soccer are winding down as well, so it's almost time for that nice unscheduled summer break. We're going to spend part of it remodeling our house, which is kind of scary and nervewracking but really so much awesome. It's been a long time coming and we're all really excited. We're still uncertain if we're going to be able to add the bed and bathroom we wanted, but either way it's going to be really wonderful. I'm psyched :)

Been looking for something new and fun to knit...even though I need to be finishing the sixty gazillion projects I have started. I'm just wanted something small....I've got a new pair of needles I'm wanting to do something with. Size 8 bamboo. I found a ds case pattern, but I'm not really sure if that's what I'm wanting to do yet or not. Halfway started it, but I'm not really like the yarn I picked out of the stash. It doesn't seem to suit the job. And I'm really trying not to buy more without using up some of the stash. Space isn't plentiful here and my yarn has taken up about all that it is allowed to take up.

I need to get the homeschooling books off the shelves and that will open up more space. Most of them I won't be reusing. The older two are going to use Switched On Schoolhouse next year. They all really love using the computer for learning, so we're pretty excited. They don't make sos for second grade so I'm not sure what we're using for the youngest yet. I'm still exploring options. At least I've still got the whole summer to figure it out :)

The Beginning....

Well, here we go. Time to start this journal off right.

On today's agenda:
Knit a headband for my outta control hair
clean up
take a free day from schooling the kiddos and letting them play in the kiddie pool
Take the simplymother to get her nose pierced...we'll be a matched set :D
Meet up with J who's in town for the weekend
Finally wash a load or so of laundry :p

I'm rather hoping the hubby gets home in time to watch the kiddos while I take mom. Otherwise they might be visiting with their cousins for a short bit. She's wanted to do this since I got mine done and finally decided....why not? It seems we always get into mischief together. I love my momma.

And we're less than two weeks from being done with school for the summer anyway, so a free day is kind of nice. Homeschool co-op ended yesterday except for next semester sign-ups and a picnic/field day, so things are winding down around here.

Our friend J is in town for the weekend and we'll get to visit with him before he relocates even further away. The kids are going to be so excited. They call him uncle and think he is all of the awesome. So it's going to be cool.

In other news, I'm so glad it's gone from cold to really, really warm/almost hot. The plants are back outdoors and maybe now I'll finally finish crocheting the plant hanger I'd lost interest in. The first one was an experiment and turned out kind of neat. I'm really digging it.

And with that, I'll close the first entry to my new blog.

:)