Monday, April 19, 2010

Yeah, I am SOOOOO Sorry....

Its been forever - FOREVER and although it may sound empty, I have thought about you every single day.... Seriously.... EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. Mostly filled with guilt, but also writing in my head.

My absence has not been apathy - far from it. My heart has been heavy with concern who are not farther down a path of protection. My heart has been filled with thoughts of dear people I have "met" through this endeavor. My life has been packed - PACKED - with house and home and family.

The house is almost finished. We have final plumbing and HVAC inspection tomorrow morning and hope to get our Certificate of Occupancy this week or early next week after The Hubs has had a weekend to work straight. And on a side note - this house is truly HIS house. Granted I got to pick out all the fun stuff for the most part, but it was put together by him. He over saw the construction - he built what he could (and it was plenty) and I have no doubts that if time permitted he could have built this entire house with his own two hands. He built the well house and plumbed the well and our house has water because of him.... But I will fully test that theory on outbuildings on the property and maybe even a guest house someday ;)

When not occupied with house stuff, family has occupied our time. Trying to make sure we spend time together - making sure everyone is where they need to be at the right time with the right items....and we have been busy planning for next school year. We are bringing 2 out of 3 of the munchkins home next year. Yup - we will be homeschoolers...... Our oldest will stay at the school that has been school since kindergarten. This kid is one of those kids that is golden where every they are.... Public - Private - Home.... We have been pleased with the private, Christian education our children have received. We would not hesitate to send them back if we thought that best or led to do so.... However, honestly, we can do better. Yup.....

How could we not - our attention is on 2 little people and not 60 - we dont have to keep stragglers engaged, just 2..... We can follow tangents, chase rabbits - do what we want with things that interest our kids. And, no matter what wonderful things teachers say about why they chose their profession, no one loves these kids or has as much of a vested interest in their education as their father and I. NO ONE. And we are excited! EXCITED!!!!

So, all that to say, I have missed you - I have been writing and have things scheduled and I hope that you can forgive another extended leave ;) And just FYI - just because I havent been typing, doesnt mean that I havent been lurking on yalls sites..... I have and sometime I even commented.

Miss you and lets get back to it!

7 comments:

Angela said...

Congrats on the house, and on the home schooling decision. It's definitely what's best for them, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise!

Mayberry said...

We will excuse your AWOL this time... ; )

Sam said...

Of course you have been deeply missed. Sounds like you have spent your time well and as you should have. Good call Perls.


You might look into k12.com for the curriculum. My wife teaches for them. Good stuff.

Meadowlark said...

Just yesterday I was thinking "did I somehow lose Pearl's rss feed? I haven't seen her in ages."

Glad to know you're alive and well. :)

Michelle said...

Great to see you back! We are home-schooling Sophie next year too! I am so excited! She wanted to start now, so in addition to 1/2 day pre-k we are diving in to Unit Studies... know of any bee keepers we could visit?

Can't wait to see your house. Oh and thanks for greeting my mom. She had visited the" Big Church" the week before and unfortunately no one spoke to her, and it was even Easter :( She had a much better experience visiting thee Oakdale group.

Blessings~M

Amy said...

Yay for you all! I know you are more than ready to be done with your house and move already! And, I know it couldn't have been an easy decision to decide to homeschool. You will be a wonderful teacher and your boys will blossom! You know I could go on and on about homeschooling, but I'll let you find out for yourself what a blessing it will be!

jimbob86 said...

Kudos on the Homeschool decision.

If you need something done right....