Its been much too long since I've written here. I've thought many many times about jotting down some thoughts or a little event and just never made it to the computer to actually do it. So needless to say, things have been busy.
Homeschooling is in full swing. This week is our 7th week of schooling. It has been an up and down roller coaster for sure. I can truly appreciate comments I've heard from other moms about trying to be a mom and teacher at the same time. Wearing both hats is truly challenging. I often say to my boys, "you would never whine like that or say that to a teacher in school". There are also days that I have to remind them a few times that "Playing with younger siblings" is not currently a subject we are studying during school time.
It took us some time to fall into a routine and to be honest, our homeschooling is nothing like I envisioned it to be back in the summer... nothing. The boys really enjoy working independently so they can crank out their work and get it done. I pictured us sitting around the table studying each subject together and working through the curriculum. There are some things we have to do together, but too often it doesn't happen and that task gets pushed to the next day. But for now, it seems to be working and the boys are learning stuff. Sigh of relief :)
The financial side of us doing this journey has had it's roller coaster ride over the past month as well. My husband went back to work full time for the month of September, just to have his hours cut again in October. A new twist to the situation though is that his company transferred ownership to one of the other co-workers (now boss) that was at the company. Unfortunately for the owner, business has been SO slow. Luckily for us, God has continued to put construction work in the path of my husband in order to make ends meet. So much so, that we are contemplating, just naming the business and running with it. We will be prayerfully considering that option over the next few weeks. Not that anything would change really.... it would just be more formal. My husband would continue to work at the computer shop part time and do this on the side (Is it really the side, if you do it more than your *real job*??) Anywho, in the meantime of praying about it, my husband has been looking for other work.
The main thing we are lacking right now is Health Insurance. Go figure, we haven't had any major things come up in the past few years that weren't planned ahead of time and just in the month of September we had two ER visits. Two of my boys on separate occasions cut their heads open enough to require a hospital visit. My oldest son had 4 staples put in his head and one of the twins had his head glued. How crazy is that! So regardless of what happens with a job or business, that is one thing that needs to be seriously considered.
I guess that's all I'll ramble on about today. There are other stories to tell, but I'll save that for tomorrow.
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