memo to myself

Never again decide to homeschool, put the house on the market and move all at the same time.

Sincerely,
me, in August of 2011

discouragement

Well I knew this day would come and here it is. Yesterday we told the kids about moving and they in turn told some of their friends of course. The moms and dads of these friends are good friends of ours and I received the first discouraging conversation from one of the moms today.

Now I know myself well enough that if she didn't say something to convince us to stay then I would have been hurt too. But I can't help feeling badly right now. *SIGH* Okay now that I have relieved some of my feelings on this I can move on.....thank you blog for the stress relief.

saturdays

Another week flown by and here we are at another Saturday morning. We are really working on getting the house ready to put on the market so Joe has been painting the trim and I have been doing one of my favorite things.....throwing things away. Yep, I receive a strange enjoyment from walking around the house with a trash bag in hand to pick up random things that no longer need to be part of our lives. Flip flops that haven't been worn in a week? Gone. Too many books on that shelf? Get rid of them.Of course the good stuff ends up in the goodwill bag but the rest hits the trash.

This will be move number I can't remember and Joe and I have learned much about what to bring and what to get rid of. It usually boils down to the everyday and the seasonal. Everything else can go. There's a craigslist in every city for all else that you may need.

A true August beginning

A blog. My husband and I have been talking about one of us doing this for quite a while. So on this August day I thought I would have my August beginning.

Why the name you ask? It began 18 years ago when I met the man I was to marry a year later. Of course this was a new beginning in my life and now, it's because we've decided as a family to start a new adventure and leave the place we've lived for six years to head to my childhood place of upbringing. We decided this just last week and I'm thrilled about it! I'm also scared because.....

This brings us to another new beginning and that's back to homeschooling, after years of having the kids in private school. Some days I think that I've lost it when it comes to that decision, though most days I'm quite happy about it all. Today was a harder day and I felt the need to get out my thoughts to someone, somewhere, somehow! So hence the blog comes into being.

So welcome to my blog and I hope you enjoy the ramblings of a mom to seven great kids, wife to a fabulous man and a woman who can't wait to go back to NY.