Wednesday, May 14, 2008 A Day in My life. Posted in A Day in My Life Little Jenny Wren has been hosting a Day in your Life for 3 months now. It's quite a fun thing to do. Basically on the 14th of each month you just blog about your day - I imagine over a year it will make interesting reading for your family of what life was like  - imagine having this to let your grandchildren read. I know I would of enjoyed reading my grandmas. So today I awoke over heated at 4am - well so would you if you had slept on your electric blanket all night on the highest setting. Plus my light was on all night. I stayed up till 11pm hoping I would be tired enough to sleep well......So up at 4am. Checked emails, internet banking - James & I have been selling items on Trade Me (like Ebay) James has sold way more than me! But my month to date is $63.05 - not bad for items I would normally have just tossed, given to sallies or put in rag bin. If you calculate that back to me working out of the home - thats 6 hours approx ($12.00 min wage here in NZ less tax) But of course it would be more hours as the travel to & from work. But I am also decluttering - it's amazing how much more stuff I am ready to let go of each time I declutter. 5am - had me cuppa tea & crumpets on computer. 5.30 am I am off to do some quilting - my dinning room table looks very lived in - my sewing stuff in one half - Abbey's school work on the other half - mmm she doesn't usually leave it out - but we finished school at 4.30pm yesterday as went out in the morning so school got done in the afternoon. 12.30pm update: I got behind this morning as let out the girl cats in cattery for a romp, one wouldn't come when called grrrr - usually they are really good at coming, they know routine, run around free while I clean them out & then they get their wet food (cooked chicken this morning) when they come back inside cattery - Abbey tried - first call Jasmine came running to her grrrrrrrrr! School - James & I did well & he worked well on his own Abbey & I worked on Write - Shop - I had been having doubts - oh my I'm not the best teacher, .. I should of done more formal writing with her , English is my worst subject - what am I thinking trying to educate these kids... you know doubt, doubt, doubt - Abbey wrote her first lesson describing an object & all my doubts just went away! Both of us enjoy Write shop - it has clear and a wonderful marking system so both Abbey & I know what we are doing - it is a thumbs up . Doubting happens at times when you homeschool... but I know we have wonderful curriculum and help is just an email away if I am stuck eg Mathusee & Apologia both authors have personally replied to emails I have sent.  And I am sure if I got stuck with write shop I will receive this too. The objective of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives." --Robert Maynard Hutchins James finished school early - so he hung out a load of washing for me & cooked our lunch of sausages, onions & apples. He did a fab job!!!! We thought he should cook tea also since it was soo nice - but that idea was squashed. Kids want curry again tonight hahah that will be the third night in a row of curry Afternoon. I am now the families champion fly catcher! I caught two at once (they were romantically joined) - James placed in frog tank for me & he was delighted to watch the frog eat one after the other - still joined - Oh MY! We had to ring Brent & tell him of our success. Autumn has set the flies packing & we are bit short waiting for the lava to hatch (buy this at pet shops) so we are having to find flies.... - well this blog entry is all about a day in the life HAHAHA Abbey cooked vanilla biscuits yum We had a stay at home day (BLISS) so I got cleaning - house is looking nice n tidy. I just have to pack up my sewing stuff & vaccum the threads up - been zooming along with quilt blocks - all filler blocks finished, Ohio star mmm have to unpick once sorted will post a photo. James too Mack for a walk around section he is missing Brent & his walks. Infact we are all ready for Brent to come home, He is in the South Island working that piece of water is a long way away! James replanted all my spring bulbs for me - his chickens who are not laying dug them all up! These girls need a good talking to! Today really was a simple home day, animals, home school, house work & sewing. - Highlight of my day is I have been accepted into a diploma course for business studies - oh my I am going to be busy girl.... still I am never bored. • Post A Comment! • Send to a Friend! Comments Thursday, May 15, 2008 - Untitled Comment Posted by Anonymous Hey, I have a clothes horse full of laundry in my lounge too, kids sports bags and shoes over and under the dining table and a family room full of instruments, polystyrene models and craft stuff. All par for the course in homeschooling I think :-) You are certainly NOT alone! Cate ( http://momentsofwhimsy.blogspot.com/ ) • Permanent Link Thursday, May 15, 2008 - A Day in My Life Posted by Anonymous Hi, it is interesting reading about other people's days and strange how "rosie" things can look on a blog. I have found even a picture of "mess" can look good. Happy Thursday to you. Ann. • Permanent Link