Homeschooling

So we have decided to send Brandon to school at Grandview.  I am not 100% sure what I think if this.  I am feeling a little uneasy in my stomach at the thought.  I am starting to question if I am doing the right thing or if I once again and doing my thing.  I am afraid I may have fallen upon deaf ears and ignored God's call for us right now for a matter of connivance.  I am worried I may be doing the wrong thing and not trusting in God.

Dear Lord,
     Please let me know if I am doing your will or mine.  Please help me to know and to do the right thing.  I know he wants to go to school with classmates, but if that is NOT what you want please help me know so I am able to do YOUR will.  Please once again I am asking you to be OBVIOUS in your direction on my life and my sons education.  Help show Mike what we are to do as well.....I really do want to follow your lead!  Was Brandon getting accepted into Grandview a test and did we fail?

     Please just show me one final time in Jesus Name....Amen!


Well getting Brandon into Grandview did not work out.  He homeschooled for 4 months then my grandma fell ill and I had to put him in school due to caring for her.  He has done amazing!

Back Burner

Operation Organization took a little bit of a break.  We went on vacation and then had only a couple days before school started.  I wanted to enjoy those days with my children instead of working on my organizing.

Tomorrow I am gonna get back to organizing my house and my life!  I am still excited to get this process going.  One thing that will make life easier for us as a family is FREEZER MEALS!  Yes that is correct Freezer Meals.  Not only will they save me time in the long run, but they will help a lot when it comes to having to cook and find time for homework or sports.    I spent part of the day today preparing meals.   I have 6 meals frozen and the 7th went into the crock pot for dinner tonight.  Yes we had our first unfroze freezer meal today and it was fantastic....Even my Monet ate it.  Mo does not eat anything so this says a lot.

I bought each child a hamper and I plan to wash each child's clothing separately and see if that makes laundry easier.  I really cannot imagine it won't help in some form.  I bought baskets as well to put their clothing into so they can bring it to their room put it away and return my basket.  So far only my sons room is complete, but I am headed onto Ren's room and that shouldn't take much longer.

My kitchen is a crazy mess.  Well partially because I have spent the day in their making meals to get us through most of the month.  I am hoping by Wednesday I can get to the kitchen and get it organized.  That will be a process in and of itself as I need to go through ALL of the cupboards and get them organized.  I need to scrub down the cupboards, fridge and stove.  Then I need to go through our bakers rack and organize that again as well.  My kitchen is a horrible mess of ugliness so even when it is clean it feels grimy to me.

Life in a nutshell is crazy....and I love it!

Following his lead

Am I insane?  Have I gone completely off the deep end?  I feel I am being led to home school Brandon, but everything about it scares me.  Do not get me wrong it intrigues me as well, but seriously...It scares the daylights out of me.  What if I fail?  What if God is not calling me to be my son's teacher...what if this is all me and I am turning a deaf ear to what I am being told?  I am truly scared of making a mistake.  Children are so impressionable what if....Then I think if this is from God he will not let me fail my son.  He will give me the tools and guidance to do right by him.  He will show me how to be a good teacher as well as mother to him.  I CAN do this.  One of my biggest reasons I believe with everything in me that this is God's calling on my life is I have NEVER been for homeschooling. I have been looking forward to having my next 2 yrs alone with Ren.  And there are a multitude of other signs...my husband in agreement with me (which is a biggie).

Though now that I have decided to take on this task part of me is sad.  I have wanted this time with Ren since she was born.  I finally have it and feel like I am giving it up.  Yes I will still be home with her, but it will not be just her.  I am feeling a bit resentful that God has changed my plans.  I believe God has a reason for all he does in our lives.  He will make things work.

As crazy as things are I am putting my trust in God.  I will continue to pray about God's direction for my life.  I will pray for wisdom, knowledge and a patient heart.  I will pray for God to show me his way and to give me strength.  I will pray I am following his will and not my own desires.  For he is my strength.

Right now I have a darling 3 yr old birthday girl wanting my attention and guess what....I am gonna give it to her gladly <3 font="font">

Day 1 Operation Organization Success

Yes I know I am rather odd.....I am writing in Green because I organized my first room today and it just so happens to be GREEN :)  I cleaned my sons room though I have not yet emptied his car table it has all the books on it that need to find a home.  He has shelves in his closet that we turned into a drawer-less dresser and under the bottom shelf we put a cute little wagon for a dirty clothes hamper.  We also have coordinating cloth baskets for socks, underwear, and pj's.

 

I think it looks pretty neato if I do say so myself and he LOVES it!  Granted his bed does have a dresser in it as it is a junior loft, but we put summer clothes in that to help him keep organized (or so I hope).  I will have to add a picture of the rest of his room at a later date as he is sleeping and I do not have one on my phone.

When you look at the whole of the day I feel pretty accomplished as I got my son's room in order and I cleaned out the basement fridge.  I also reorganized it which there is not much in it so that was pretty easy.  I am also going to organize their snacks in that fridge.  

I am really excited to continue with this project to get my life under control.  Right now not even fly lady can give me a solution that will work for me.  I am just glad I am able to start getting things in order.  The sad part is that I go on vacation Saturday for 5 days.  Normally this would be fantastic, but....it will only spur the procrastinator in me....after all procrastination and I are on regular speaking terms.  I have several things that need to make it to this fridge that are not there yet, but soon very soon this will be the "extras" fridge and the "snack" fridge.  

The final thing we were able to accomplish today was going through all of Monet's clothing.  We have everything that is to small for her out of her closet and her dresser and ready to either freecycle or sell.  Two children down (we did Brandon's as we organized his room) and and 4 more to go.  The reason I picked Monet to do today was her dresser is in Brandon's room for right now.

I have all sorts of fun tricks I cannot wait to get going, but one day at a time, one post at a time, and one idea....and it will all come together soon enough....or at least this is my hope!

Tomorrow is my kitchen and the fridge in that room.  I am gonna save the cupboards until after vacation because that is entirely too much to tackle in one day.  I want to get this done the right way....I need to do it the right way.  Overwhelming myself is NOT that way.  It felt good to get my kids involved to.  Normally they give me so much grief about helping that I get sick of listening to it and today they were rather helpful :)

Well now that I am done with another boring update I think it is time to fold the towels and go to bed!  I could possibly be in bed by 11PM.  That is pretty exciting at least to me it is!

OPERATION ORGANIZATION

It has been forever since I have taken time to blog....I guess you could say that life has been a little on the "WILD" side or in most cases hectic.

Having 6 kids needs a plan.  I am NOT good at planning.  I am more of a wing it type of girl.  I am also finding out this is NOT working for me.  I need to do something different.  As our kids get older life gets a little more crazy and seems to spin a little more out of control.

There are several things I would like to do to make this journey a little less chaotic and a little more fun.  So every few days I am hoping to update with how my journey is going.....

I have decided that I am on a mission.  A mission to get things organized and under control.  I call this "OPERATION ORGANIZATION"!  This has been a LONG time coming and I am still not exactly sure how this is going to happen.  Right now I am gonna take it 1 day, 1 room at a time and see what happens.  

Right now my entryway in shambles at the moment and everything is in my living room.  That does make this project a little more difficult as I would like to start at the front of my house and work my way to the back, but...since that is NOT an option I am starting in my sons room.  The goal is to completely empty out his room and go from there.  So far all of his toys have made it into a box.  I am clearing it out and making room (funny huh) for OPERATION ORGANIZATION.  

Yeah me and organized never seemed to have gotten along in the past. Wish me luck!  I wasn't smart enough to take before pics of my sons room, but with any luck I will take after and post them...Hoping this all works out.