Heart Home and School

Last day before Spring break

Talk about burn out.  I am so looking forward to school being completed today.  Next week officially starts springbreak for us.  And boy, do we need it.  This year has been a very hard working year for our little school at home.  But we are actually on track to finish up the third week in May.  Last year my oldest son didn't finish until July 6.  I promised myself that I wouldn't let that happen this year.  I also wasn't able to get my garden in until sometime in June, which really is to late for all of the spring crops.  So, this year my husband has taken the entire week off of work and we are going to put in the garden and do fixing up outside the house all of next week.  I can't wait.  I haven't been able to sleep for the last few night because I keep thinking of all the things that I want to get done.  I am hoping to be able to put some vegetables away this year for the winter.  We tend to eat great during the harvest season, but for the rest of the year it is store bought vegetables.  Canning vegetables will be another new thing to try this summer.  The only canning I've ever done is when I make my homemade strawberry jam.  And with this I kind of cheat by using wax so I don't have to worry about boiling them.  Then I keep them in the fridge anyway because I am afriad they are going to go bad.  Hopefully I will have to many things canned to be able to store them in the fridge.  I love walking around my yard everyday and seeing all of my flowers starting to burst out of the ground.  It is like welcoming back old friends that I haven't seen in a while.  They always bring a smile to my face.  Well, back to work.  Just writing my thoughts down seems to lift a weight off my shoulders.