Courageous Joy

SUNDAY

The day began VERY early. I decided to get up and study I John before Sunday School. I’m not sure how Monday is going to go – and really I hate feeling “pushed” when prepping for a Bible Study. I did some more thinking and a few word studies; I think I’m set.

We went to Sunday School and then out for breakfast/lunch. We meant to go back tonight to church but during the afternoon Josiah began feeling ill….and I was right in the middle of lesson prep when it was time to leave. We decided to stay home.

Meanwhile, during the afternoon, we tried to watch “Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy”. This was an OLD show – 1980’s. I thought it would be funny but old enough to be safe. WRONG. The theology was terrible in it, the acting was strange and finally a naked man showed up. We popped it out and will send it back tomorrow. I planned school. I also made sure I had any notes down for small group for tomorrow’s Mom’s Night Out. I’m leading a group that will discuss homeschool methods. Search as I did, I still haven’t found the old standby that all honest homeschool mom’s will admit they use at least ONCE a year or so: “the make it up as you go” method. The kids watched some Hogan’s Heroes. Jamin, Arielle and I went out to find the cache near our house. We found it….cactus, deer and a cache is VERY bad shape.

The girls arrived in WA. Thus another year begins. We will begin school tomorrow. Sorta/kinda. We have stuff that the kids can begin and really we have most the stuff…but I’m still needing some planning time for some of the electives that Jamin wants to do. I also want to take time to gather material for at least the first 9 weeks (books, hands on material etc). We’ll begin but *I* won’t stress about how much we get done this week. The children on the other hand are probably going to stress because some of them are much more “traditional” than I in their expectations of what “school” is. LOL