Not Much Going On Around Here

So, there is really not much going on around here. We have enjoyed about two weeks off our usual schedule. Billy and Megan had to work some of those days but not many. Billy only worked one day last week and three days the week before that. This week he goes back to work on Wednesday. Megan had all of last week off. She goes back to work tomorrow but then has Tuesday off. School resumes for Chris and my homeschoolers on Wednesday. I am ready to get back to our normal schedule (except Chris going to school, I hate that.) Grace and I are so ready to begin spring cleaning. We always take down the Christmas decorations on New Year's Eve and that always puts me in the cleaning and decluttering mood. Grace takes after me in this. I love the feeling of space in our house and I hate useless clutter. I get a lot of satisfaction dropping off a vanload of stuff at Goodwill. I am a minimalist and I like it that way. Well, that is really all to report today. I am planning on deleting my Facebook account on Tuesday so this blog, email, mail, and phone will be the only ways to get my attention. Well, the doorbell works, too. Oh, and I don't know what is the problem with the comments, but they aren't working. Try anyway.

Wow! I've had a few suggestions that I start blogging again and I attempted to open a new blog and that didn't work which led me to stumble upon this old blog of mine. I didn't even know it was still active! I read the last post that was a year and a half ago and I couldn't believe it. So much has happened since then. I realized that I do want to keep blogging. What a great journal of our lives for our kids. One thing that stuck out to me was that we had just started the adoption process and I was dreaming of a 12-passenger van. Well, we have had our boy for almost five months now and the 12-passenger van for a couple of weeks less than that. So, yes, I will blog again. So much has happened since then that it would be pointless to try to fill in the blanks so I will start with today. It is two days after Christmas and we are still relaxing and enjoying time off from our regular schedule. Billy had to go into the office today for the only time this week. He had five days off, had to work today, will have the next five days off and then he will resume his regular schedule. Megan is currently a preschool teacher at a local private Christian school and is off this whole week. She goes back on Monday, has Tuesday off, and will resume her regular schedule on Wednesday. Our newest addition, Chris, is still attending public school. We will have the option of homeschooling him once the adoption is finalized in late spring/early summer. He will go back to school on Wednesday of next week. The three homeschoolers will also resume studies on that day. I started spring cleaning today by taking the van to Auto Bell to have it cleaned. That thing is too tall to fit through our local automatic car wash and it is just too hard to wash by hand. I can't fit it into our garage to vacuum it out and it's too hard to fit into the small space at the local car wash. So, I chose to spend $15 for a good cleaning inside and out. And it was well worth it! I love spring cleaning time and I always get in the mood the day after Christmas. It's funny because yesterday Grace and I were driving to the grocery store and she said, "I'm in the mood for spring cleaning." That's my girl! Megan's boyfriend, Kevin, is over right now to watch a movie. He is such a sweet guy and fun to have around. Well, that's all for now, I seem to have lost my glass of tea and, well, I want some tea.