More items to add to my To Do list.

The house is finally quiet, well as quiet as it ever gets. The kids are in bed and here I set at the computer trying to plan out yet another activity my kids want to participate in, a science fair. It's not a full blown science fair but just one for the kids to bring in something that interests them to share with their friends.

Both of my kids love to collect things. Poogie has a great collection of shells, and TT a collection of fossils and unique rocks. TT would like to take something more elaborate, but under the current circumstances and my lack of time we will have to work with what we have.

I love science it is my favorite subject, but I always hated the science fair. We never got to study something that really interested us in high school. Plus, by the time you get done with all the stuff that goes along with the actual experiment it kind of kills the fun of it. I am glad mine have yet to really do a "science fair".

So this weekend was suppose to be spent getting stuff together for their projects, but it may be spent at my hubby's apartment. We are planning on going for a short visit, just one night. I can't wait to get away. For those few days I can pretend that we live there and all the daily pressure and stress of living here is swept away. Can't wait.

What we have been up to..

I can't believe it has been so long since I last blogged. But the kids have kept me so busy lately I can hardly remember my name.

Last weekend Poogie had a slumber party at her dance studio and TT stayed the night with his best friend. I thought that would give me and hubby a lot of alone time. We haven't been alone in the house in a long, long time. We really wanted to go out to eat at The Outback but there was no way, it was so busy. So we went to Cracker Barrel. It was nice to eat a home cooking type meal.

Then we came home for some one on one time. It was nice. But it would have been nicer if we didn't have to get up at 7 a.m. to get Poogie from her party and TT from his buddies. Plus, my hubby had dreams all night so I ended up getting just a few hours sleep.

We all just lazed around all day due to the lack of sleep for all of us but hubby. Then we went out for a treat, The Outback. It's so expensive, but it is a nice treat every once in a while.

Sunday, TT got contacts at the eye doctor. He has been having trouble seeing in the pool during swim practice, so we now have contacts. They have been somewhat of a challenge to get in and out, but with practice I think he will do fine. It so weird seeing him without glasses. He looks all grown up, sniff, sniff.

This has pretty much been how the last few weeks have been. Swim practice, YMCA, homeschool swim night, slumber parties and oh yeah, school. Tomorrow it's YMCA, dance for Poogie and swim for TT, then pizza with friends. It's crazy I know but it is my life and I love it.

The hardest thing about homeschooling.

I thought when I started homeschooling the hardest thing I would face would be worrying whether my children were getting all the knowledge they needed. Am I using the right curriculum, teaching the right skills, covering enough material in a year? But, no the hardest thing I have faced while homeschooling is finding time for myself. That time when you unplug from being a mom, daughter and wife. When you can be creative and enjoy just doing something for fun.

As I have noted in other posts I love to scrapbook. I have a cabinet full of fun toys to use to create my ideal scrapbook pages. The hard part is finding the time. I always say that Sunday afternoon is my time to scrap, but it hardly ever seems to happen that way.

To get in the creative mood I like to be alone with my music playing and just enjoy the flow of creating. That is hard to do when there are constant interruptions of children, parents and phone calls. I know, I know it sounds selfish and even childish to complain about this. But every other moment of everyday is taken up with doing for everyone else, and that's okay. After a while though I tend to get resentful because everyone else has that time alone but me. I have thought about doing it after the kids go to bed at night, but by then I am to tired to even think about creating. Something is going to have to give. I know I am heading for a burnout.

So my object this week is to find time to create and have my time alone somewhere in our crazy schedule. I wish I just had the demands of my two youngins on me but there is so much more. At times I feel so overwhelmed I can't breathe. I just need to find that healthy balance. I may need a map for that one;)