Trying to get in a routine..

Ok,
So I know it's been a while since I posted. It's been crazy busy here and I really have just felt unmotivated in everything.. I have decided it's time to get out of my rut. I need to focus on my health (losing weight) my kids (spending quality time with them) my husband (also spending quality time with him) and my house... I started taking my Zoloft regularly again and that has helped. I joined weight watchers online and borrowed my moms treadmill (it's not working right but it will do...)I need to just do this and do it now!!! My friend is going in today for weightloss surgery and I just don't want to go to that process... I am happy for her and sad for me. It will be so much easier for her to lose the weight. I know she will be sick and all but she won't have to struggle as much... Ok, well hopefully I will get into a routine of blogging more also..

The kids are really doing well homeschooling.. This is the 1 thing I did stay consistent with.. We joined a co-op this year and A and N are loving it!! They love being around other kids at least 1 day a week.. I asked them if the loved it so much do they want to go back to public school and they both said "No way Mom!!! We love homeschooling!!" Good, because I don't want them to go back!!

Debi

Our Summer and Vacation

We schooled part time during the summer. We finished math and english and are finishing up with Science. We will start up school full time again on August 26th.

Nick played tennis 3 day's a week this summer.. He really enjoy's this. It was his 3rd year and he is getting quite good. They had a tournament at the end and he won 2nd place but the best part was he won the Good Sportsmanship Award.. He recieved a trophy and a certificate! He was a little disappointed but we all told him we were soooo proud that he won that award for Good Sportsmanship.. This was a much better award than winning first place...



We went to New Jersey this year for vacation. We rented a condo for a week. It was right across the street from the ocean. The boardwalk with all the rides was about 2 blocks up form us. The children and my husband went to New York City with my inlaws (I stayed at the condo as I was not feeling too well that day).. We went to the boardwalk almost everyday and we also went to six flags new jersey. They have a wonderful drive through safari!! We had a wonderful Vacation!! It cost a fortune and we probably won't be able to do something like this again for a long time but we made some wonderful memories... I hope you enjoy the pictures!!

Nick's First Real Alone Science Project

This was Nick's first attempt at his own science project. He has done science projects but alway's with mom. This was the first one he had a due date, had to pick the materials and what exactly he wanted to do with it. He then had to build it all by himself.. I think he did a great job on the CELL.. Cristian wanted to make his own project so we let him play with the playdo...

Busy, Busy, Busy!!

We have been so very busy here. I had my first sale from my ecrater store.. Yeah!!! I went to my homeschool convention and spent tons of money I didn't need to... I decided to switch some things around for next year with Nick and Allie and to start a structured preschool curriculum with Cristian (we decided on Horizon's Preschool). They are all excited about the switch.. We are chugging along with school to try and finish non core subjects by June 21st when we go on vacation to New Jersey. We will continue Math and LA and anything we didn't come near to finishing over the summer... I will start Nicks 6th grade CAT/E testing when we get back from vacation... i am anxious to see where he is at...

Debi

Opened an online store today!

I got a great link for a free online store site from Kate at HSR and decided to check it out! Well, it was acually free so I figured what the heck.. I sell on ebay a bit but it's getting so expensive with all their fees. I listed some stuff and will be adding more as the day's go by. Please feel free to take a look and tell me what you think. The link is on the left side of my blog!

Hospital visit for me..

Well, I have been having some chest pains on and off for a week and finally called my doctor. He advised I go to the ER and so after asking some of my wonderful friends on homeschool review I followed everyones advice and went... The decided to admit me as my mom had a heart attack at a very young age (42). Her heart attack was brought on by a virus but they still didn't want to take any chances. Sooo, a weekend hospital stay was in store for me.. I had 2 ekg's I had blood enzymes and a chest and neck xray... All came back good! I have to go for a stress test but they think it is muscular/skeleltal... I am just glad to be home... I am just resting and taking it easy homeschooling wise until I get all tests back...

Today we had art class!!

Today we decided to have art class. My kids really love to paint. They paint anything.. They paint wood, paper, the walls, and even themselves sometimes.. lol.. They just really enjoy painting. My daughter Allie thinks she is too old to join us now so she didn't have the fun. Oh well, too bad for her!

My Very First Blog!

Well, with all the talk on homeschoolreviews.com about blogging I have finally decided to take the plunge! I think it's neat to have a place where I can update family and friends all in one place! I am just going to jump in and try my hand at this!