Back to the Trenches!

Although my son THINKS he had the break with no homeschooling lessons for the past month, I'm pretty sure I'm the one who really enjoyed the time off from lesson plans and papers to grade. Monday, it is back to work as I come up with his Spring Semester work. I am, however, feeling a little premature nostalgia as this will be his LAST semester of school at home. After summer break, my youngest son will be starting college. The thought of all that extra time doesn't seem quite as sweet as it did in the days of toddlers, diapers, and first grade readers.

I do hope and plan to get more projects done along with finishing both my books. One book is complete except for one chapter which needs revising. The second book has all the notes at hand but has been organized up to Chapter 15 so far. If all attempts at publication fail, I will, at least, have a lot of memories and information for my children to enjoy down the road.

Children are heading back to college this week and we have that revolving door swinging again as they go back and forth to various destinations. Even as I type, we are waiting to hear back from friends about one, last get together before the bags get packed and the planes start taking off, again.

Time to get my recipes in better order and, perhaps, start a blog on cooking successes, attempts, and interesting links. I'm one of the breed that actually enjoys talking about cooking/baking as a social pasttime!

We've found a way to spend the first day of the New Year . . . cleaning house. Okay, we have an appointment for the annual termite inspection on Monday and want to make sure our termites are dusted off properly. Also have a roof repair to face this summer but with a forecast of more rain to come, that will have to wait. I'm not even going to tell you how much it may cost for a dental visit when there were no cavities but the dentist found 35 year old fillings that needed replacing. He didn't seem to believe me when I said that 35 year old fillings were impossible as I was sure I wasn't a day over 30!