Currently | March 2021

 

(This is what it looks like at our house right now - spring vibes, some grass poking through the pine needles, and patches of melting snow everywhere.  It's been snowing every couple days for the last two weeks!  I don't hate it.)

Currently...

Feeling...stuffed up, as of the time I am writing this post, anyway, maybe not currently as you are reading it (it's taking me days to write this post, guys, ugh).  I had plans to get more posts in the blog queue last week, but then our entire family came down with a rather nasty cold. We ended up laying around on the couch and watching a lot of TV for the rest of the week.  My throat first started to feel sore the day after I did an ab workout for the first time in months.  Of course.  So coughing was particularly unpleasant.  I felt pretty horrible over the weekend and didn't accomplish a single thing except finishing a couple books I was reading.  This is, unbelievably, the first real sickness our family has had in over a year, we had the sniffles once or twice this winter, but this was the first cold. Now I kind of want to go get an antibody test and see if this was IT, but I’m not sure it’s worth the hassle, so we may never know.

Looking forward to...Resurrection Day!  I had grand plans to start a whole Easter-themed unit study with the kids last week, but bad colds kind of put a damper on those kinds of plans.  I am trying to make up for it a little this week with Easter activity sheets, books about Jesus's resurrection (we like the Arch books a lot), resurrection rolls, some crafty projects, and egg dying.  Oh, and we are also doing resurrection eggs (these ones).  We'll go to an Easter event at our church on Saturday, though I'm still debating about the Good Friday service because gas prices just keep climbing.  And on Easter Sunday we are going to a baptism service for some of our extended family.  It should be lovely!

Arranging...a homeschool support/social group (at least attempting to arrange one).  Last fall I had the idea that I wanted to get a little group together of the homeschool moms I know, to chat and visit and support each other, especially for any mom friends that were going to be new to homeschooling this last year.  I was able to schedule one fall visit, but I dropped the ball a bit over the holidays. As the spring approached, I decided to get organized and put a park day or a hike on the calendar every couple weeks, inviting homeschool friends to join us.  Unfortunately, our sickness put last week's park day on hold, but try, try again! Next week we are going to do a hike with several families, and I hope it will be the start of a fun group for all of us.

Craving...Junior Mints.  I kept telling Derek last week, when I couldn't breathe through my nose, that I wanted Junior Mints, but neither of us were healthy enough to go to the store.  Derek recovered quicker than I did and picked up some yesterday.  They hit the spot.

Discussing...where and when to go on vacation.  We have the hardest time nailing down vacation plans every year.  Does anyone else have this (first world, I know) problem?  First we have to wait for our tax return to see how much wiggle room we have in the budget.  Then we have to decide how much we are willing to spend, then we have to see what destinations might fit in with that.  We inevitably end up with two or three possibilities that we vacillate between for months.  We can only go in May or in the fall, because of Derek's work, which makes things tricky for certain cooler-climate options.  Another complicating factor is that we have never had a strong preference on the type of place we go - we like mountains, we like beaches, we like desserts, we just like to travel and see the country.  We've done a beach vacation for a couple years now, so I'm thinking we should try something different.  

Enjoying...these "hairdresser reacts" videos on Youtube.  I can't help myself, they are just so entertaining to watch!

Preparing...for spring and summer nature study!  As the weather warms up, I hope to spend a lot more time outside and learning more about our native plants and creatures.  From the months of November to April there isn't much botanical activity in the mountains that is conducive to consistent study.  The trees are dormant, except for the abundance of pine trees, and I feel like we've examined pine trees to death at this point.  I'm excited for the birds to come back and start nesting (hopefully not in our eaves), for the first crocus to work it's way through the snow, and for all kinds of bugs in just a couple months.  I am stocking up on nature guides, art supplies, and activity ideas, and I hope we can go on nature hikes at least a couple times a week this summer.

I might hop back on the blog to wish you all a happy Easter, but in case I run out of time - I hope you all have a wonderful Resurrection Day, celebrating that we have a RISEN Savior!