I am supposed to be taking the kids to the pool today and to the tennis courts. I slept in until almost ten this morning. Geesh. I do not know why, but I was really tired yesterday and when I lay my head down last night I honestly did not care if I raised it again. Obviously, I am glad I am here and could lift my head, my well rested head, off the pilla!
I'm not sure I want to take the kids to the pool . . . but I will. I have no reason not to and I have no spine, actually. I like to roast poolside, actually.
I started reading "Julie and Julia" last night. I got it because it was a $7 copy at Borders and Borders did not have any in the series about A Boy Called It. The guy said they were bringing them in and they would sell right away. New ones come in next week. The trouble is, I may forget by next week. I'm like that. Oh, well. I'll get my grabby hands on all three of them eventually.
But, back to this book by Julie Powell. It isn't that it's not interesting, but I have issues with the swearing (the F word by page 9, repeatedly) and in the first few pages we find our writer having sold her eggs twice to pay off credit cards etc.. All before she's 29. Also, she managed to diss one of my favourite 80's films (Some Kind of Wonderful). I'm glad I did not buy the more expensive paperback (the ones that are larger and easier to hold . . . that feel so good your hands, because they just open so easily). I think I may have been happier skipping the book and buying a ticket at the cinema, but . . . whatever. More review on this one when I'm done.
Essentially, tomorrow will be busy. My youngest will have an early hour tour of his school and a meet and greet with his teacher. After that, we'll drop Teenie off for testing for her school's gifted and talented classes. I do hope she gets in and will maintain her grade point because it will really give her a leg up in high school . . . thus building up for good colleges. She is going to go places! I just want my kids to do their best and be happy and earn an honest living one day. Be good folks, dependable and responsible.
Thursday, Crickles starts school, and, the other two start Monday.
I'm looking forward to a few hours of quiet in the day. I will stitch and read and bake . . . and get ready to move into our house. Can you tell I am just gaga over moving in? I need that damn porch, people! There are these white heron like birds (hang on, let me see if I can nail it down by looking them up in my HI bird book) . . . okay, I was off; they are cattle egret. But, they are all over the place in the Pearl Harbor area. I can't wait to sit on my front porch, drinking coffee, praying the rosary, reading, watching the birds . . . 'cos you all know I'm putting out bird feeders!
Well, I better get moving. There are only so many hours in a day and I've used up several snoring and on this thing. Time to engage in my life a bit.
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So busy with the start of school! Enjoy your downtime!
Porches are AWESOME, Sarah! I'm happy for you just thinking about you sitting on a porch drinking coffee, praying... sounds like a blissful day!
I hate to admit it, but this last year of homeschooling went about the same for us... I could tell the kids were bored silly with me (and who could blame them, I'm not very exciting!), I was fighting with my girl all the time to get stuff done, and my mind wandering and my heart just wasn't in it anymore... I suppose this shouldn't surprise me since I never WANTED to be a teacher to begin with. I think God used this time with the kids to build a closer relationship with Him, the Church, and as a family... and now it's time to let them go again. I really felt He led me to do this, and I felt equally sure He led me away from it! Maybe it was also to force me to move out of my comfort zone, and show me I'm capable of more than I think I am... at any rate, I'm glad we did it, and equally glad we're not anymore... I'll still miss them, though... alot. I'm sure I'll cry at least a little.
I can also relate to the credit card monkey on the back... one of my goals when the kids get back into school is to figure out how to get us out of debt and saving more money pronto! We've got over 10,000 in credit card bills to pay off... It makes me sick just typing that. I really had no time to put effort into it over the last couple of years, because homeschooling really sucks the life out of you. After we finally finished for the day, I didn't want to do ANYTHING else. My mental energy was just gone.
I hope you enjoy child care!!!
wow, can't believe your kids start school this early, ours still have another month home.. thank goodness, I haven't even begun the back to school shopping.. I look forward to more of your book review.
Just use a bit of caution with the birdies as they do like to poop too and are not exactly as easy to potty train as, say, the miniature cows. But that picture you 'painted' of you reading and drinking your hot cocoa (I'm in on this dream so some things have been changed to protect the non coffee drinkers) on a nice porch...hmmm!
Gotta love those egrets...they put them in all my crossword puzzles!
blessings and hugs,
marcy
The porch idea sounds lovely! Kids starting school already?! When do they get out there?
Suz - they start early, but really, they "go all year" in the sense that they get long breaks here and there. They get out early early June, I think. But, they get longer Christmas, Easter and so on. You have to keep in mind, the weather here is steady so there are no snow dates or bad weather days . . . to make up or take! :)
Tracey - I'm further in and still not happy about a lot of the joy of cooking with joy of sex analogies as well as the sex speak in general. There isn't much of Julia Childs so far, just her cookbook. This is not something I will re-read . . . and when the main character keeps bashing Republicans and says she doesn't believe in God and blah blah blah. Typical carping of a self possessed dumdum, in my humble opinion. And, she sort of makes jibes on "the typical uneducated American" with regards to suggesting what to build on the crater that once was the Twin Towers. . . . Let's just say, I'm sick of writers always having grown up somewhere else and make the move to bloody Manhattan and make Manhattan the IT place and such boring drivel. I'm going to place this book on the give away shelf in the lobby by the mailboxes when I'm done. If for any reason, to keep my girl from reading it as long as possible. She respects my saying "NO", but . . . You know, the main character finds a book in her father's med cabinet (Joy of Sex) and at eleven she realized it was wrong, but couldn't help herself once she saw it . . . . and soon she was waiting for her parents to vacate the house so she could read it. It's good she wrote about that, because I think it profoundly shaped her opinion on sex. Too much talk of it, for one.
Marcy, I'll watch for the bird poop. :)
Therese - i don't doubt I will make the most of my down time :)
Jen - I know how you feel: I'll miss mine around, too! And, I agree, I think God lead us to the home schooling with Seton so they would be better educated with their Catholic Faith, for one. I feel much better about their strength of Faith and their conviction of the Truth. I think that between August 12 and November 2, I may have a harder time sticking to my conviction that watching other people's children in my home is a good idea. My husband pointed out that: taking three kids at a minimum would be like taking a 40 hour work week at ten bucks an hour . . . and suddenly, working outside the home sounds so much better, yeah? I'll continue to post about this re-entry into the work force. He pointed out that the "real" good money (I call it the greedy money, 'cos it's more than you need and you can get really whacked out about it; I've seen it in other daycare moms) is in taking the max amount of kids in. I don't think my nerves could take it; and I only ever wanted to earn what I need to take care of the bill. so . . . see, taking a job outside the home may be better. Still. I'm thinking and praying and taking some action.
Thanks for sharing about that book. I've always loved watching Julia Childs, when this movie came out I thought, it's going to be really great or really bad. I should have known that it would not be very good. If the book is that way than the movie will be worse. Since, in general, the movies are always less than the book. Too bad, Meryl Streep, probably does a great job of Julia but lately she's gotten herself wrapped up in some awful movies.
The whole daycare thing, you need to write down the pros and cons. Of both working outside the home
and daycare. You can pay off those bills with 3 children in care. It will just take a little longer.
Don't limit yourself before you have begun. In anything you do. Whether you work at home or outside the home..never limit yourself. Be open to success and be flexible, flexible, flexible.
By placing limits (how long you will work, how much you will work, etc) you limit how successful you will be. As the saying goes, Let go and Let God. He knows your limits. Let Him handle it.
I'd send you my books, but they are not mine, they are my husband's partner's!!
How could she slam "Some Kind of Wonderful"? (also one of my favorite 80's movies!)
I love porches and could just see you on your porch doing all you say!!
A front porch, reading, coffee, birds to watch-- and all in Hawaii!! Sounds like paradise.
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