This Indicisions Bugging Me..Plink, Plink, Plink

You gotta love the Clash, Anyway, what is up with the mommy brain thing? I can't make a decision to save my life! The important ones come and then secretly at night I beat myself up and second guess so that when I wake up in the morning it looks like I have gone ten rounds with Mike Tyson. The next thing you know the kids are asking " Can I watch a movie?" "Yes, wait, no, wait yes, AAAHHHH!" The last part usually throws them.
The other thing that comes along with this is the inability to remember simple words to complete a simple sentence. This seems to be most amusing to hubby who stands by patiently while I scream "YOU KNOW,... THE THINGGGGG!" Then I stalk off into another room only to shout out at some inappropriate time the word I had been searching for..."BANNANA!"
I do get solice from the fact that my other mommy friends speak the same language, or lack there off.
Have a great....YOU KNOW!....day!

Extra Curricular Activities

Wow. I do not remember driving from one thing to the next just so I could be "well-rounded." I think I turned out ok, so therefore, I am not going to run my kids into the ground either. Don't get me wrong, homeschooling makes it so much easier to do these things, and we do have activities. Two for each child to be exact. Game Boy has competitive soccer three nights a week and Boy Scouts one night. Groovey Girl has soccer two nights a week and Tumbling one night. This seems to leave us time to do other things, namely, veg out, you know, free time. Time to contemplate the more interesting things in life like how does that snail move from shell to shell and why?
I have read a lot of research lately that seems to point to the idea that our kids are over schedules. I know how I feel when I am on the run and it is not good. I fall into bed at the end of the night feeling like things are unfinished and they usually are. I don't want my kiddies feeling that way.
Life with kids, all the decisions, who would have thought it would be this complicated? I wouldn't change it for the world!
Have a great day!

A Stumble At The Start

Here we are in early September and we are just now getting started with school. Well, actually we started on the 15th of August and after one week I thought I couldn't do it anymore. I want to spend time with my youngest and do play group and all those things. Soooo,,,,,I put my kids in public school. That lasted for one week. The school was wonderful, but it is just not right for our family. I was unsure of myself and what I found out is that this, homeschooling, is really what God wants for our family.
So here we are, starting, again, and this time, I am at peace.
Have a great day!

The Reunion

Well, last weekend I went to my 20 year high school reunion with Hubby. I have to say I had the best time! There was not a large turn out but the people that were there were peopple that I wanted to see. Oh yes, and the occasional cheerleader popular girls too. For the most part these women seemed to have stalled in time back in 1985. How do I know this? Because they all have the same hair! Now I am not saying that my hair is great, but I can tell you I have changed my style several times.
Then there was the guys...I can honestly say that I did not recognize most of them. Again the hair, not because it hasn't changed, but because it is not there any more.
There was one friend of mine, a guy, who, with the exception of his pooka shell neckless, has not changed. I think he has been living in Tupperware for the past 20 years.
It was so good to see everyone and have a bar in the same room! It could have been better if there was dancing. Nobody seemed to want to dance. I can't blame them, I think the DJ called in sick and sent his mom in his place. That being said, not much inspiration to dance.
All in all I had a wonderful time and Hubby was not to bored either. The reunion was in San Diego too. Who doesn't want to go there for a few days in the summer?
Hope everybody is well and I would love to hear other reuion stories too!
Have a great day!

Finding My Way

Now that the initial rush of setting up the house has passed, it is time to find my way here in this new place. I guess I should start off by saying that we have been here before. As a matter of fact, Groovey Girl was born here. That was 7 and a half years ago and a lot has changed since then.
Living off base means that you do not have an instant community in which to function. Ofcource you still meet your neighbors but you are not guarenteed to have something in common. That being said, off to find my way...
First, find a church home, second, make contact with other homeschoolers, preferably from the new church home, and third, get kids involved in local activities.
An answer to a prayer, last weekend we found a church home and luckily, a homeschooler that has the same church home. This has been my biggest feeling of relief and has made me feel like I will make it here. This morning I dropped Game Boy off at a soccer clinic and he didn't look back. Yup, things are falling into place.
It is hard to explain what it feels like when eveything on tv is always talking about "home." The bottom line is, I am not sure where that is for me. I have a house, and I am with my family, but I don't know know where that place in your heart is that you call home. I guess I feel it is still where I grew up even though my parents do not live there any more.
Don't get me wrong, it is exciting to move to new places and find out what God has in store for you. I guess that sometimes I just feel like it is a lonely road to travel.
Please have a great day!