Today is Thursday and I am beat! I am getting up every morning with my husband. That allows me time to have Bible study before the kids get up. I also plan to add exercise to that time next week. I managed to make it work one day this week. I am enjoying my FB accountability group. It is fun to encouraging to read what other like minded ladies are doing. I think I am also adjusted back to central time. Two hours doesn't seem like much, but it is a bit rough.
I have worked everyday except Wednesday on getting my house back into shape. When you leave for 7-8 months, your kids outgrow stuff and stuff just kind of piles up. We also brought home the contents of our studio apartment. It is new stuff to assimilate with the old. There is old to throw out or donate. I could just throw all the stuff into drawers and shove them closed, but that would make me crazy. I have cleaned out room by room. I started in the bathroom. I worked on the kids rooms today. We have a nice tidy pile of clothes that I need to ask my sister-in-law if she wants for her kids. What she doesn't want gets sold or dontated. I haven't tackled the toys in the playroom yet. I did go through the books and have another nice tidy pile for my sister-in-law. I did this to the kitchen last summer and truly it is still ok. I need to clear the rest of the living room out so that I can take down the Christmas decorations tomorrow. Yep, it is still Christmas at my house. I didn't have time to do it before I had to rush back to L.A. for film rehearsals. It looks like tomorrow is the day! I actually worked on a couple of drawers in my bedroom yesterday and today. It feels good to declutter. I haven't made it to my studio space, but I have big plans for decluttering there too! I plan for the decluttering to be a long process and I am taking my time and not stressing myself out.
Wednesday I went to my final MOPS meeting. I missed most of the meetings this year due to being in L.A., but I was able to go to the last one. We do an accessory exchange every year at the final meeting. I got some cute headbands that would work for either Brooke or myself. It was fun to see my friends and catch up. I love my MOPS group and I will miss not being a part of MOPS next year. I've done MOPS since my daughter was about a year old. I joined a group in Florida and then joined the group here. MOPS has been wonderful, but another season in my life has ended. I love that God walks with me through it all.
I am still homeschooling, so that impedes house progress some. I have a pile of school work to grade from the last couple of days. I am planning to school through the summer. The kids have enough days to stop, but I don't like to have to restart routines in the fall. Our new school year will start July 1st. We are working on finishing this school year strong. I am pleased with what has been accomplished this year. I am thinking about how to tweak for next year. I worked on cleaning out our homeschooling trunk. Some of my early childhood stuff is being packed away for the first time in 5 years! I am saving some stuff on the off chance I ever return to teaching. In the short term, I don't see that happening, but I cannot predict the future. It has been a fun year. I can see lots of growth in the kids. Once I catch my breath, I plan to have my Mom watch the kids while I spend the morning at the homeschool store getting curriculum for next year. I have a couple areas I want to improve, so I have in mind what I need to look for at the store. The homeschool store can be very overwhelming at first. Now that I have math, Grammar, Vocabulary, and Spelling programs I like, I plan to look for some history/social studies and science that is practical for our unique situation. I also want to get all the books I need to the reading program for my son, so I don't have to search for them at the library. I just don't have the time to do that. For homeschooling I am wrapping up and looking forward.
In other news, I went to a VBS volunteer meeting last night at church. I'm so excited to help out in the crafts room under the direction of two wonderful ladies who are directing. We started prepping crafts last night and it was fun. I love VBS. It is so much fun for me and my kids love it too. I couldn't imagine going through summer without doing VBS.
I am working on what activities the kids will do this summer. My son is doing gymnastics after missing out on it this school year. I am not sure if my daughter will do gymnastics, dance, or something else. They are both signed up for the week of choir camp at church.
I needed to catch my breath before launching into dinner and the nighttime routines, thanks for listening. Have a blessed rest of the day!
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