Friday

We survived another week, and although the house is showing signs of wear, it is still MOSTLY clean. I'm not going to complain, and I don't think Rick will either.

I met with my "teacher" for homeschooling and turned in my first two months of paperwork. Whoo hoo! Things are still going great. Feeling good about the progress and about the atmosphere around the house. I think (although she may not admit it out loud) Hattie even enjoys homeschooling. It has simplified our lives quite a bit. The play, however, has only complicated things. She is learning new songs (with harmonies) and dances and working her little butt off. Plus she has to learn songs for her "musical theater" class she is taking through the charter school. AND she's got singing lessons (and a December recital to prepare for) every week. Busy busy life.

Derek LOVES preschool and is doing so so well. We have discovered he is a very quick learner and enjoys his time at school. I think it'll be great to have him home next year doing Kindergarten (early). Hopefully Rick will have the wall to our classroom built by then. Maybe.

Life is good (however busy!) even though we are barely scraping by financially. We're crossing our fingers for a raise soon from Rick's work. No news is good news on the house. They aren't foreclosing on us, so only time will tell. We've been making our modified payments, but haven't heard anything about getting anything permanent done. Wait and see, wait and see...