Lesson Planning for Science

I started our lesson plans for Science tonight. I was able to get 14 weeks (28 days) planned so far. Hooray! I am using 2 books this year. We hope to start sometime this summer & keep going through the school year. I don't know yet how long it will be but I do know it's going to be lots of fun. I can't remember the last time I was this excited about lessons. It's a great feeling.  I can hardly wait to get started especially with the hands-on experiments & field trips!


If you have any fantastically fun ideas that you used with this topic of study please feel free to share with me.  I love hearing from other homeschoolers! 

Thinking Out Loud

I have been blessed with a little time to catch up on my blog. I hope that I can get all my recent posts in this week & possibly next as things are moving fast here. I have a lot to catch up on!

I realized when I woke up at 3a.m. this morning how much there is to do! The moving van comes in 2 weeks! Yikes! I am so very grateful that Dave's new company provides this moving & packing service. I literally cannot imagine doing all this by myself. *gulp* I do have to pack everything for our 4-5 day road trip down to Tennessee & our temporary living hotel/apartment/cabin, (not sure where we are going to end up!), needs. I will be busy making lists today, picking up some needed items from the store, tackling our mountain of laundry, picking up Boo Bear a town or two away and other odds & ends. Time is already filling up fast. Yesterday was packed from literally dawn until well past dark. Tomorrow is when we find out about the Radon test results, (Please keep praying!), and Thursday is Boo Bear's birthday. Friday I will be going out of town for the weekend & then next week the movers come!

Please keep praying that the radon tests will be amazingly fantastic, that we can find a place to live in TN both temporary & long-term, and all our travel & packing plans come together. Thank you, friends!

End of the Week

It has been a long, work filled week. From last Friday to this Saturday we have had 6 showings. Whew! Two of those were 2nd lookers. We have not heard one word of feedback from any. Can you say frustrating? I'm taking advantage of our "day off" today to rest. Sweet Pea is too. I know God has a plan for us but I really wish He would let us in on it. I can't imagine spending the winter here alone.

The younger kids are enjoying some time outside today. It poured rain all day yesterday & they are happy to see the sunshine again. I'm looking forward to the cooler temperatures the week is supposed to bring. I love fall.

Some Sweet, Some Sad

We're still plugging along here. Today I took a break during the day as I was feeling very tired. Tonight, after some rest I worked on the porch side closet & a little more in the boys room. Tomorrow I hope to do a little more packing & maybe some painting. Then I need to get busy pricing & sorting for Saturday & Sunday.

Our next 2 milestones are our Yard Sale this weekend & our Open House next weekend. The yard sale is making things seem more real. It is sad to sell off things like the swing set we bought for the kids to play on when I was pregnant with Bugs. I was too large & uncomfortable that summer to lug the older 3 to the park. What fun they have had playing on it! Or some of the furniture we have had since we moved into our first house 11 years ago. It's saying good-bye to a piece of our lives and many memories. I find myself near tears sometimes. Even moving things to storage changes things and constantly reminds me of the big change that is happening. Most of our rooms look completely different. Personal little things have been packed away and big pieces of furniture as well. Having toys & clothes in storage make our closets look almost bare. I love this house - fell in love with it the moment I saw it - and pictured us covered in grandchildren here one day. It's strange to think that soon we will no longer own this house or live in these rooms. Again there are so many memories, both happy & sad here. This is the house we brought Bugs home to. It is also where many birthdays and other happy celebrations have been held. The princess party, Rescue Hero party, Bugs' first birthday party, all the special Christmases, our New Years Eve tradition was started here, all the laughter & fun. This is the house where we lost our little Rose. I almost feel like we will leave her behind when we go. I know we carry her in our hearts but I can't help feeling this way. Her rosebushes are in the front garden - one for every year she has been gone. I feel myself going back and forth between excitement for our new adventures that await and sadness for all we will have to leave behind..............