I am really LOVING turning off the computer on weekends. I did sneak in some email and farmville but those don’t really count since I got off immediatley and stayed away. I even turned the sound off my phone, shoved it in another room, and ignored it until Sunday afternoon. The downside is come Monday there is alot of catching up I must do and lots to talk about.
Mother Grove Temple – I finally got to go to the Temple and see the space. Not very large but it’s their own space and I am happy for them. We had a potluck on Saturday and alot of it was discussing what we want from the Temple. We also discussed alot of other things in our lives and plenty of “get to know each other” talk since there were quite a few people there that are new. I have been working a spell for the Temple in hopes it helps them get the land they need to build the Temple. Once that baby gets built there will be lots going on over there. Anywho it was nice to have that time there.
Homeschool – school is almost out and I decided now might be a good time to go over a curriculum and start working up some lesson plans. We are going to do year round so I am not going to plan too far ahead as the kids may move quicker or slower than I expect. Do you know how difficult it is to come up with a plan for this? My first draft took a total of 3 hours, that is a 4 month curriculum and one week of lesson plans. My head hurt so I looked at it later. When I did I thought “Omg did I cram their day too full?” and “Shit, I forgot about the park day (soccer day, museum day, office day, etc etc)!”. I finally went to Secular Homeschooling and asked how the other families planned their day. Several lovely people shared a sample day and that helped tons. So I am going to redo all of it and make the schedule a bit more flexible for those days where nothing goes right. Also in the homeschooling news the girls’ will be blogging as part of their schooling. They will be journalizing their experience in their own words, I will merely keep an eye out for the crazy spammy trolls. They are excited but don’t realize the lessons they will learn. They will learn how to change their themes, how to use html code to add widgets to their side bar, and actually typing in a post with proper grammar. In addition I found a cool site that offers graphic arts program for kids. It focuses on html code and how to use it. The origins of finding these sort of things out was that Claire requested she have a website. So I figured what a cool way for them to work on something together but not necessarily in each other’s hair.
Saturn Return – this actually jumps back to Saturday as we were discussing Saturn’s Return during our potluck. I have heard a little bit about this but haven’t ever checked mine. Basically it takes 29 years for Saturn to orbit the Sun. Every 29 years when it does finally make that one full rotation you go through some sort of life change. Now me being the bad pagan, I was skeptical. It’s my nature to look at someone and say “yea right”. So I checked it out, there is an actual Saturn Return Calculator that you can use to figure out when Saturn returns for you. My first return was July 2005, feel free to check it with my birthday 9/1/1975. My jaw dropped. That was when I had Alex and everything in my life changed. I had often said it was because I turned 30 that year and that I finally reached maturity. Between my husband and I, I had confided that things changed when Alex arrived. And it was for several reasons, the biggest being that I had not wanted Alex at all and I couldn’t bring myself to abort or put him up for adoption. It was a trying pregnancy and all of it brought me to a new place with myself. To see this calculator use that month (and only that month) and year for my first return made a beleiver out of me. My second return will be August 2034. I have a strong feeling I will be hospitalized or die. I know, that’s morbid. But it’s a gut feeling. I am ok with that feeling, I will be interested in seeing what happens…….especially since I firmly beleive we can change our future. But I am not exactly sure what could hospitalize me or kill me (outside of heart attack or diabetes which runs rampant in my mom’s family) so it would be hard to know how to change that future, ya know? Did I lose anyone yet?
Mac N Cheese Cage Match – yesterday I went to a friends for a macaroni and cheese competition. It was an awesome afternoon with lots of good company and plenty of laughing. And the mac and cheese was YUMMY. I took Alex with me and he ended up really enjoying the gluten free version that someone made. I am hoping to get that recipe. No gluten allergies here but anything remotely healthy that my kids like I want to be able to make for them.
So I think that is it for now. I have an internet safety blog rolling around in my brain, might post that one tomorrow. Until then have a great Monday!
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