7 Quick Takes: October 23, 2009 (Vol. 19)

Right now, I have orange star-shaped Post It notes all over my house.  They are stuck to the walls and to many surfaces.  Many, many surfaces.  Some have pictures on them, and some have labels of whatever they are stuck to.

Molly and Jack did this yesterday.  They did one, and then asked if they could do more.  It would have been easy to say, “Don’t make a mess, guys.  Let’s not do that.”

Instead, I said, “Sure,” just about every time they asked about a new area of the house.  Not only did they have fun, but I am actually enjoying being able to see happy stars each time I look around.

I have been at a bit of a loss lately about what to write about on my blog.  The funny thing is, I feel busier than ever.  Isn’t it amazing how you can be so busy sometimes, but have so little to say?

Are you planning on going to Blissdom 2010?

Registration will be opening next week for those that have not attended before.  This looks like such a good time!

I bought all of the materials last December, and then left them sitting around until late summer.  I even kept thinking, “I don’t really want to work on this anymore.”  But, of course, I had already invested the money into the project, and decided that I needed to stop being wasteful, and just suck it up and make them.

So, on Sunday of this week, after having spent four all day crops working only on this project, they are all done!  I’m so thrilled.  I would show pictures (I will after Christmas), but some people that will be getting them also read this blog.

I just hope that those receiving the gifts will like them!

This week, there were several days where I canceled things that we had planned.  Not only did Eric and I skip out on a class that we were supposed to go to (we still did our reading and homework though) in order to have dinner together instead, but I also canceled things throughout the week.  Things that it wasn’t a big deal if we canceled or didn’t attend, of course.

It was just what we needed!  I realized that sometimes a person just really needs to be a lot less committed, and it’s not a sign of weakness.  Sometimes, it’s just a sanity saver.

One thing that Eric and I did find time to do this past week was to watch the Netflix movies that we had received.  We watched The Proposal last weekend.  We both really enjoyed it, and I would recommend it. 

We also watched the first disc of season one of The Big Bang Theory, since we only began watching that show several months ago.  We agreed that we would only watch one episode before Eric went to bed.  Instead, seven episodes later, he had been up way too late (on a weeknight!), but we definitely enjoyed it!

Why do I have to consistently have such a hard time finding a science homeschooling program that I like for the kids?  Last year, we did Catholic Heritage Curricula’s Behold and See 3, and I did like that.  But, now I’m at a loss.  We have tried a couple of things, and it’s not working.

I will be continuing my science quest soon, I suspect.  Wish me luck.