February rolls on

We are approaching the midpoint of February.  I have great hopes that, just like every other year, spring truly will be hear before long.  The school year is starting to wind down (we're in the 3rd quarter) and I'm starting to feel the pressure to make sure Josiah makes it through this first year of homeschooling with his grades intact and prepared for 10th grade.  I've also started looking at curriculum for next year.

It's also the time of year when we need to prepare to file our taxes.  So this week I've been focusing on getting my ducks in a row as far as our 2014 financial records.

Everyone actually went to school today.  Amazing.  Zach was home sick on Monday.  Janae was home Tuesday and Wednesday.  She is now on Azithromycin and it's amazing how much better she is feeling!  But I expect her to be tired today when she comes home from school.  Last week Josiah & Janae were both off school Thursday and Friday.  So it's been awhile since we had a normal schedule.  Because of the illnesses, Mark's normal therapy schedule was adjusted.  So we had Occupational Therapy this morning.  And he'll have Physical Therapy tomorrow.

We continue to work on our latest house mini-remodel.  We were hoping to get a lot painted last weekend, but then Randy was sick, so while he did get the ceilings painted, we didn't get as many walls painted as we had hoped.  We hope to get some more painting done this weekend.  I am getting ready to have my closets back...but I know that the change will be worth it once it's finished.  In my head I'm frequently thinking about how I'm going to reorganize our stuff (clothing, games, office supplies, etc.)

Well, it's about time to take Josiah to co-op...gotta go!  Have a great day!
**And when I published this, noticed it is post #1200.  I'm rather amazed that I've posted that many times...

Quick Post

I see I posted 3 times in January...so if I post 4 times in February that's an improvement...  :-)

Random:

• Once again I have sick kids.  1 yesterday, 3 today...although the one from yesterday has improved a lot since yesterday.
• I continue to enjoy using the essential oils.  And yes, I am a distributor for Young Living...so if anyone's interested in learning more, feel free to contact me about them.  Because of FDA regulations, I really can't say much about them on my blog...but if you're on Pinterest, you can find lots of fun stuff to do with them!  I am not an "oils only" person, but I do use them along with the regular medicines that I give my kids.
• Randy's been struggling with hives again so he needs to do allergy testing (again).
• We are in the process of remodeling our closets to make them more efficient.  The drywalling should be done this week...then there is a lot of painting to do before we finish up with trim, doors, and shelving.
• I've been reading a book called "America 1844".  While it's rather dry reading, it is interesting...and while issues change a little bit, for the most part, it really seems like nothing changes...
• I'm very unmotivated today...not so great when there's plenty to do!
• I have chicken cooking in the slow cooker.  I'm hoping to make chicken rice soup for supper.
• We had a light dusting of snow last night.  Now it got windy so it's blowing like crazy around here.  I'm happy to be snug in our home.

Have a lovely day!