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Still left to do:
-empty old binders
-pick up library books
-plan science with chef to be
-assignment sheets
-history sheets
-copies

Where did my summer go? I was so good at getting a head start planning and somehow that just feel apart, and I think I slept my summer away. HMMM it will be fine,
it will be fine
it will be fine
it will be fine
it will be fin
See the more I say it the more I believe it! I believe it right?

You know what kind of day it is going to be

When you actually utter the words, " I don't care if the pope himself is leading that youth group, YOU are NOT going!" Yep just shoot me now and get me out of my misery. But guess what I AM going to win! Consistency is the key, you are ground and will not go anywhere yes Sunshine even if the pope does come to lead your youth group, did I mention it is not a Catholic church?

Chore Chart for 2008-2009

This is the chore chart for the kids, if you notice we have Wednesday which is Errand Day. Dh only has one day off so we run to the grocery story, library and other things we need to do since we only have the car that one day. Friday we have co-op when it is a co-op week we have to do school on Sunday also (to make up for taking Wednesday off to be with dh). So if it is a co-op week they will do zones on Sunday if not they will do a zone on Friday. Clear as mud HUH?



This is my chore chart for me. I had to do one just to make sure I got everything done. The library takes anywhere from a day to get an item to a week, so I will have to plan for that and need to allow for enough time to get the items we need. Tuesday I vacuum so the house looks and feels fresh on dh's day off. Thursday revolves around getting ready for co-op, we love co-op but it has to planned for so it is not chaos on Friday morning. Co-op is such an important part of our hsing lives that to make it fun for me it has to be planned for.

So there is my chore chart, you would think I was organized wouldn't you?

Public Service Announcement

Yes I have a public service announcement and I feel it is important. If you have ever thought how cute those sweet little kitties are that have no home so you are just going to feed them a little bit, this is for you! I don't know how it started out and honestly could care less because right now it is a huge huge problem that is out of control.

So I will tell you a little story and you can be the star if you wish. So say you are moving, for the 3rd time in 3 years wait getting off topic, and all you want to do is find a nice central location so dh can easily get to work and not use so much gas. So you find this little duplex that is in your small price range and it is located central and you make sure to even ask about the neighbors(because who wants to live next to nuts-key the music) and they have lived there for 12years and have older kids so no screaming babies all day. Sounds good?

So you being the silly little innocent idiot move in, you adjust to being in smaller quarters and actually comment on how less you have to clean and how it has helped you get rid of junk. Aren't you great? So spring comes and you start to notice a cat or two on the fence that you share with your neighbor, but no big deal it gives you terrior mix something to chase. As it gets warmer you notice more and more cats, and one seems to be getting larger. So you make an excuse to talk to with the lady, and ask her about all the cats (now numbering 5 with a male visitor that likes to wrestle in your front yard during dinner UGH). She takes her through her urine aromaed house complete with 2 indoor former feral cats, who obviously are litter box challenged. She tells you all about the wild things and then you casual mention Feral Friends, that will fix them for free you just have to trap them. She then explains how she can't bare to trap them, the look they would give her would break your heart. (Key the twilight zone music at this point)

Yep you got a problem, and you didn't even suspect it did you! So fast forward two weeks and your dd comes down all excited and tell you there has been a liter of at least 5 kittens born (yep you are now neighbor to a total of 12 cats). Well at this point they are staying on their side of the fence, but you are spraying your lawn with flea stuff, and you are never a day late on the flea treatment (the stuff you have used for 3 years that works great). Another week goes by and your dd comes down and tell you she sees more kittens four so far, yep you are now neighbor to 16 cats. With in the next month she comes down two more times with kitten announcements, that she no longer thinks are neat, for a total of 10 more cats making your grand total of cats 26 with an additional nasty male that has taken up with them. 27 CATS!!! 27 CATS

So you frantically call the Animal Control people to explain this and they come out and knock and knock on the door, you know this because you are looking out the peep hole. They don't answer the door!!! They are home you hear them, they are home! But ohhh man AC leaves. Dear you have a problem, you look over and notice your dauschund itcing and your terrior itching too. Your try to deny there is a problem but don't you are losing precious time. Your indoor cat now has flies, so you frantically bath them, to only get rid of the fleas on them. Dear you have a big big problem!

This is your public service announcement if you are the person on the other side of the fence. Spay or neuter your cats!(feral orginazation will do it for free) The will multiply, and if you feed them they will multiply in your yard, and yes you will get fleas and Merry Christmas your neighbors will too(making you very unpopular with them and considering they didn't do it the target of numerous calls to the landlord for help)! Feeding that harmless cat means it is yours and it your issue that you have harmless inflicted on yourself. No matter how cute it is make the committment to adopt it or call AC and they will put it up for adoption. This is not a victimless "crime" my two dogs and indoor cat who has not been outside in 3 years can tell you otherwise if you don't believe me and I can tell you because I too have been bit and itch for hours swearing there is another on me(of course this always happens at about 12am keeping me up to 2am).

So remember the moral of my tale, that I am living, SPAY AND NUETER YOUR FREAKIN' PETS OR KEEP THEM INSIDE that is all :)

A Conversation with my new grandaughter Windy

Windy is one of my new Grandaughters, she is 8yo and is so sweet, she is the quiet one in the group (and by group I mean my 3kids and 6 grandies she is the only quiet one). She called me yesterday and made my day, I was having a terrible teenaged induced trauma day and the phone rings. I answer the phone and this sweet little voice says, " Grandma L***, this is Windy(bloggy name)!"

"Hey Windy how are you doing?"

Windy responds, " Great we went swimming today and tonight we are going to have a sleepover."

"Really who with?"

Windy pauses," UMM I don't know but I have been told it will be fun!"

"Well that sounds like so much!"

Windy, " Yep! Hey Grandma L*** I love you! Good-bye"

Totally made me day :) This is the second time this little sweetie has told me she loves me, you can tell she is so happy to be in a family loves her. What a blessing God has given my son and DIL and what a blessing he has given us.

Planning Part 1

1. Define our school calendar and set it on paper


2. Write down a course study because if you are like me you will forget a subject that you find important like handwriting. I make sure and do one for each kid, don't assume you will remember because you will not!


3. Ok so now you know what you are going to do, work it into a workable routine. We use the word routine because schedule assumes you assign times to thing and I don't do that. So I make sure and schedule a time for each kid and even put on that schedule what I want to cover with that kid. Each block of time lasts 20-30 minutes. And I write down what I would like the kid to be working on during that time. I have never done this kind of thing but since my kids are older they are working by themselves on a lot of thing but still need some help and discussions of what is expected of them.

Well if the economy gets any worse

at least I know I can make my own shoes!



they might not be stylish, they might not be waterproof but they are in the budget!!! Now off to convince our guinea pig, Jackie that she no longer needs the kleenex boxes to store her hay in!

How does my garden grow?

Well we planted just a couple of things this year as an experiment! We had these bed with some kind of bulb planted in it, not sure if it was going to come back or not so we planted on one some cherry tomato plants. I have in my history not been known for my green thumb but I hope to change that soon.


Now this is the bulb plant, I am not sure what it is my mom thinks it is a lily of some sort but it has yet to bloom. It is not ugly just taking up space for my veggies.

Well I am back in a well known place again

I call it the world of DUH, or why you should never go to a school with Dripping in the title (sorry mom)! I finally found my maps cd for year 1 and I am once again hit with places I can't pronounce and/or places or title that I can but have no idea who or what they are. I am really getting an education along with my children because either I was taught it and dripped out of my brain (LOLOL went to dripping springs high and the knowledge dripped out LOL) or I was never taught since most of these are during Biblical times I probably not taught them. So please feel free to help me if you can, so far my list of places in ancient times I have never heard are:

-Phoenicia (assume it is a place since it is on the maps cd)
-Assyria (is there a leader missing at the beginning I bet not)
-Syracuse (truly they are not talking about New York)
-Punic Wars (hmmm I have heard mention of this in yr.2 of TOG)
-Diocletian (no idea how to even pronouce this Julie call me and tell me how)
-Constantine (heard of him again in yr.2 of TOG)

Well I need to break out my teachers guide and get this figured out. It was like when we TOGged yr.2 and I found out why the burned Joan of Arc at the stake, truly I thought it was because she was a brat. UGH I hate when I trip over my education and it seems to be getting more and more frequent, last year it was 3 times and the year before just once. HMMM do you suppose when I graduate my oldest I can get another diploma?