Homeschooling

My husband and I have decided that we will be homeschooling our 9, 8, and 3 year old next school year. My cousin is also going to be homeschooling as well as a bunch of my friends who I just learned are homeschooling or will be starting next year.

I have been scared since I felt the impression that this is what I need to do for my kids and my family.
What if I can't do it?
What if my kids are driving me crazy and I end up screaming all the time?

I have some blogs that I follow and one of my dear friends has a blog called From the Mrs. I absolutely adore her blog and she seems to put things in such clear words to how I feel! Her blog and doing the research about homeschooling the kids has calmed my nerves and now I am excited to mentor my kids next year! I kinda want to pull them out now! :-)

If you have ever thought about homeschooling you should read this blog post from the Mrs. As I said she states things just as I am thinking them. I also love that she is always encouraging to the readers and watching what she does gives me hope that I can do better too!

Mark and I haven't decided if we are going to use a program for doing homeschooling like k-12 or utah connections academy or to do TJEd Thomas Jefferson Educations (this is what I'm leaning towards)

I am not against public or charter schools. I love the Charter school my kids have been at since my oldest got into Kindergarten. For me it's a matter of schedule and family time. My husband works evenings teaching taekwondo and this doesn't allow for much family time! I had been feeling something eating away at me and I wasn't sure what it was...then one day the kids stayed home from school because I was just feeling like having everyone around. What a great day that was!

Now I'm not crazy and think every day will be easy but I am surely excited!

Remember to spend time with you family. It's amazing the changes you can and will see in your kids and yourself! Do something just because and most of all. HAVE FUN!!!

Best wishes and visions for your future!
Elaine

Does this happen to you?

Do you ever...?
When I get the itch to change things I go overboard! I change everything all at once and then suddenly before I realize it everything is back to the way it was before...and in some cases...it's gotten worse!
I noticed this a few weeks ago and got really discouraged.

Then the beginning of May my National Sales Director with Mary Kay, Tammy Crayk, was telling us about a book that I was excited to read.
I am so sick and tired of being tired! But every time I try changing it seems to go NOWHERE! I know I have control but lots of times it feels the opposite.
Anyway, this book is called Discovering your Personal Power: 27 Articles of Inspiration I am on chapter 3 now and WOW it is well worth the time to read this book. I will post more in depth later.

I also found this cleanse on Pinterest and I'm currently on day 3. Also more about this later.

To summarize, I have been feeling lost and recently have been blessed to find things that are helping me get back to where I want to be and to get even more than that! I am learning to get my IDEAL life...It is possible and I hope you believe in yourself enough to go for it and not settle!

Best wishes and visions for your future!
Elaine

My crazy roller coaster of a 5 days!

So I started having pain in my lower left abdomen & pelvic area on Friday and it increased Saturday to being awful so Mark (dh) and I decided to head to the ER to get it checked out. I thought it was probably an ovarian cyst.  My father in law met us at the hospital and along with my husband gave me a priesthood blessing...helped me relax...

First they drew blood and I had an ultrasound - they found abnormal tissue and fluid around my ovary and low platelets....and the shocker...positive pregnancy test!

I got an IUD after my 3rd child in March of 2009 the chances of pregnancy are >1% and the most likely pregnancy is an ectopic pregnancy....I was scared

A few hours later I was told there was a possibility of a normal pregnancy...too early to tell and no info on the ultrasound to be definitive...

I started to hope...I've been wanting more kids for a while now but with the IUD and finances we have been waiting...

Next came options for dealing with the ectopic pregnancy....my heart plummeted ... was there no other option???...

Then there was a chance, take out the IUD and monitor. Pain - go back to ER and deal w/ ectopic options - otherwise blood draw in a couple of days to check hormones.

So I don't have an IUD anymore. I went in on Monday and my hormone level had dropped and my platelets were still low but up much from Saturday.

I got another blessing from my Bishop on Sunday evening and I felt my Heavenly Fathers Love for me and my family and I KNEW that things would be ok, no matter what happens!

I got my blood drawn again today and will find out at my appointment in the morning...

I've decided that I want to lose some weight before getting prego again (if in fact I am not pregnant now) So I need to work my butt off so that I can do it quickly because I still do feel like it is time SOON to have more kids.

It has been a crazy week of ups and downs but I am hopeful for the future and excited for what it will bring to me and my family...

God is at the helm of everything and if we turn to him we can find comfort and peace even when life is a roller coaster.

I am thankful for my knowledge that I don't have to know everything right now and that it can get better.

Introduction

I am a wife, mother of 3 children...and I could go on and on...

I often feel inadequate and discouraged...this is my pick me up! (I hope it can be for you too!)

I am very excited to share my insights with you!