Random Thoughts Of A Madwoman

I started writing my new (second) ebook today. It feels good to do this research and I can think of more homeschooling books that I'll publish eventually. Can you tell how much of a nerd I really am? I spend my time writing, reading, drawing and cross stitching. All of these things are fun for me while most of you would pass them up in an instant LOL

I need to start my website soon. I own the site homeschool4us.com and have BIG plans for it but since I'm writing full time and homeschooling full time as a single mom I'm just not getting too far with that. However, someone just pointed out to me tonight that I really have to get a move on it.

I have a lot of stuff that just keeps piling up and boy I'm lousy at keeping up with it all. I really think that it's because I have too many plates that I'm trying to keep spinning but there's really not any that I can do away with.

It's suppose to snow a lot here tonight so I'll be home tomorrow so here's hoping that I can start getting things set up so that I can get ahead with my life :-)

Too Many Plates Spinning Too Little Time

I've come up with a metaphor recently that a lot of my friends seem to like. As the title suggests I am using plates to signify the different things that I have to keep up with (keep spinning) in my life. Of course, there is way too little time to do it all. I know that I'm not the only homeschooling mom that feels this way but I wish that I could find a way to better manage them. I keep trying but so far not so good LOL

Feast Or Famine

That's my life as a freelance writer. I don't get it. Either I get too much work or not enough. It just doesn't make sense and I wish I knew a way to control it better. It seems that when I stop looking for work I go through a famine until I start looking for work then I get too much to feast on. Thankfully I have a friend who is also a freelance writer who can help me or I'd be stressing out majorly right now LOL I just need to learn how to balance it better LOL

So Far So Good

This has been a good week. I kind of relaxed after seeing that I was driving us both nuts last week. Then I spoke to an evaluator that I plan to use and seeing what she wants has helped me to relax even more. We've done more reading, crafts, games, and such this week than anything else. DD is really enjoying it even though she still hates sitting still for me to read to her but we're slowly trying to find an activity for her to do with her hands while I read. We're using the Charlotte Mason approach there though now that I understand it better. I was asking questions before but now that I understand it better I can see that she's suppose to tell me what she thinks I said - in her own words. I'm also glad for the true friendship that I've been developing with a local homeschool mom. So, all is good in my world except for this stinkin' snow LOL

Welcome Tuesday

I love these days when we're home in the morning because I can get up and start working. I can easily do 3 hours of work straight off while dd entertains herself, then I'm done for the day and I can grab a quick shower before we homeschool or do whatever else we need to do for the day. I really wish that we had more days like this. It'd sure be a lot easier, especially since we're not morning people and so we can also sleep in. Nonetheless, I'm just about done working for the day YAY!

A New Week...

...is here and hopefully now that we've changed "curriculum" we'll be able to feel much more relaxed. I haven't been feeling good for a few days but I really think that it's the weather, which reminds me that I really need to check on 1 of my friends who suffers from depression. Thankfully we don't have nearly as much stuff scheduled to do this week so things should go smoother. It also helps that I've figured out how to use the library computers so that times like right now I can do work instead of sitting around doing nothing. I'm hoping that these few changes that we've made will be good for us. I just hate being stressed out all of the time because I know it's bad for the both of us. Anyhow, it's lunch time so I better go round up dd and feed her before her next class starts.

Car Schooling

That's what I swear I feel like I've been doing this week and it truly stinks LOL I know that I claim to be an eclectic homeschooler who borders on unschooling but we're not getting anywhere besides burnt out this way. I need to really look at what we're doing and how we're doing it. It's time to check things out again. I think that we need to do more reading and games than we're doing because those things would fit in a lot better than this let's do worksheets approach. I must admit that I still do like doing lapbooks and so does my daughter so we should still do those. Which reminds me that I actually have a bunch of games to assemble LOL Guess I'll go work on that for a while, thanks for reminding me, but I did want to catch up here too :-)

What a nice day :-)

We had a really nice day today. We spent it with my dd's friend's family. First we had lunch then the children played games with my dd's friend's dad while my dd's friend's mom and I went shopping at the book store. I got some AWESOME buys. I got a science kit with 100 experiments in it for only $12; a computer curriculum for 2nd grade for $6; and 2 workbooks: living math and a geography one, both really thick, both only $2 a piece. Then we came home and made a winnie the pooh cake and used a variety of food colors mixed in white icing to decorate the cake. In there sometime I also got a new writing gig and this one sounds like it could keep me really busy. So, all is right in my family's world tonight :-D

S-L-O-W

That's how you could describe my writing business right now. I'm really unhappy about it because I need the money but what can I do. There's really not a lot to do around here either. I've been doing crafts like I mentioned but I'm really starting to get bored. I don't know what to do but I do hope that it picks up soon. Homeschooling and behavior are finally getting better though. DD has calmed down a lot since I implemented the new behavior system. She's even getting her schooling done in 30 minutes, most days. At least there is that which I can rejoice about. Thanks for letting me rant and praise today LOL