Ever have one of those weeks that screamed past? The kind that just blew past you?
As the week whirled by, I caught glimpses of beautiful moments of family and children. But I just caught a snip here or there.
All the while I felt as if I was in the middle of the crashing and tumbling rapids. Tossing and tumbling, struggling to stay afloat and keep pointed in the general direction of downstream.
Why?
I really don’t have a clue. Maybe it was the time of year.
Do you feel the doldrums this time of year?
You see little glimpses of spring perhaps, but then the clouds and the cold return and it is winter-like again. That kind of weather just saps my strength and enthusiasm.
This was one of those weeks that I baked a lot. That, for me is a sign that I am looking for comfort. Do you feel the same?
The baking made my kids and hub happy, though.
And I discovered a great baking tip: if you make blueberry cake, use freeze-dried blueberries and then they don’t get crushed up in the batter. Once the cake comes out of the oven, the blueberries have soaked up all the liquid they need and they are plump and sweet and tangy – just perfect!
I wrote a lot about slowing down this week, but mostly because I desperately wanted to slow down my week.
I wanted to appreciate the moment my son started contrasting several books of the Bible in response to a chapter of a review book we are reading together, “Always Fall Forward” by Todd Gerelds (review coming soon).
I wanted to sit with a cuppa in my favorite chair as the sun shined through our lace curtains, listening to my daughter play her ukulele and her viola and her clarinet and her. . . well, you get the idea.
Instead I was filled with an anxious, “gotta keep running to catch up,” feeling for most of the week.
Why?
Not a clue. But I hope that next week will be better.
Have you been feeling it too? (please tell me it is not just me!)
Our Blog was busy this week – Thank you to everyone who is commenting and joining me as we talk about homeschooling life! I really enjoy the conversation and fellowship.
I wrote about slowing down to breathe (sounded good, but it didn’t help me this week!), teaching your children to stand tall and speak clearly, and another shot at relaxing by going on a date with my hub with S is for Slow Down.
A bit of music that sums up my week completely, only we didn’t have any beer in the house!
A fantastic product we reviewed this week:
- Drive Thru History Adventures (online curriculum built around those fantastic Drive Thru History episodes with Dave Stotts and his car!)
We are evaluating lots products & books this week that will result in interesting and exciting reviews in a few weeks:
- Fourth Form Latin (what may be my son’s favorite review this year, from Memoria Press)
- CursiveLogic Quick-Start Pack and The Art of Cursive (a fantastic program that both my teens are loving!)
- A 24 pack of Magic Stix Washable Markers from The Pencil Grip, Inc. (Ok, these are really fun!)
- “Taming the Lecture Bug and Getting Your Kids to Think” by Joey and Carla Link from Parenting Made Practical (this is going to be really useful for me and make my kids much happier!)
- Always Fall Forward by Todd Gerelds (the son of the coach from the Woodlawn movie)
- Honey by Ezra Jack Stein
Places I am linking up this post
Drop by and read the posts of some great homeschooling families at this week’s Homeschool Highlights Link Up. And read through the great posts at Weird Unsocialized Homeschoolers’ Link Up as well!
