Today started off with a bang!  Quite literally!  A grouchy husband dropped something on his way out the door at 6:30 am and I never went back to sleep.   I decided to use my nervous energy (I never really do recover when I wake up with a start like that!)  to clean out the area around my desk.  Around 7:30 a lady that I met at church called – Kendra has been making friends with her daughter and telling her she should “quit school and get a REAL life” – and giving her the whole “unschooling” schpiel.   The mom said that they had been reading a book that Kendra loaned to her daughter, and she wondered if she could stop by and talk with me.  My first thought was “Oh no!”  I thought we had made her mad.  But when she got here it was a pleasant surprise – she is considering letting her daughter pull out of school and Homeschool/unschool!     This girl is the head of the flag squad, and very involved in so many activities at her school, but her mom said that school has gotten harder and harder – too much workload, and too much pressure – and never any time to live a life.  What a fun job to get to be the one to tell her it didn’t have to be that way! 

THEN I had to go and pay our taxes.  I got a little education about the differences in how things work here and what I was used to in WV.    That was a difficult check to write!  OUCH!  When we refinance in 2 years, I am going to have the taxes and insurance rolled INTO our loan.  I’ll never do it the other way again!

                I looked some things up on the HSLDA website – because as I spoke with this woman, I wasn’t sure that I had a full grasp on the Texas state Homeschooling laws.   I found more about them on the THSC site.  However, when I was perusing the HSLDA site, out of curiosity I found out that a secretary in Jefferson County where I used to live had sent out letters to homeschoolers in that county that contradicted Homeschool law.  Just a reminder to those of us who Homeschool to stay informed about the laws of your state!

                Then late this afternoon – I did it.  I have debated about it for months now – on and off again.  I have worried that I would hate it – but I don’t.   Actually I love it – once it stops stinking – yep – I went and got me all permed up!   J  Ha haa!   I have been so frustrated with my hair l   Anyway – my husband says he loves me and I’m cute even if I do stink! 

                Okay – I’ll post more later – I have some pictures of the kids updated bedrooms that I wanted to post later – but there was just way too much that went on today!   Sorry about the rambling post – thanks for hanging on until the end.  I bit you adieu!

Love and blessings! ~ ? Julie ? ~

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