Just typing

Not much going on around here. My dad is coming in for a visit at the end of the week. DH promised me we'd get the extra bedrom cleared out the next two days since he doesn't have to work and we don't celebrate Christmas anyways. We'll see how that goes. We have way too much stuff and not enough house. I've been telling DH that but he had to see for himself that even after my trunkloads of stuff I donated before moving, we still have a whole room full of boxes that we can't/don't unpack. It's rediculous. And it's not like we have anywhere to store it all. I think we should just take all the unpacked boxes (not including kid clothes) and just donate/freecycle them. He wants to go through every box even though we'll never agree on what to keep and what to get rid of. And then he wants to hold on to everything we don't want so we can yard-sale next year. HELLO!!! We dont have room to store stuff, hence the going through, what are we supposed to do with it between now and then? And then he goes into his "We won't live in a trailer forever, then we'll have room for this stuff" speech. Okay, that does nothing to help me now. NOW we live in a trailer with no storage. NOW we don't need this junk. NOW we need to get rid of it! But he won't let me and I'm stuck trying to figure out where to cram it all. I knew I should have gotten rid of more before moving. He never would have even realized it was gone. *sigh*

On to better things...We got Asher's school stuff in the mail and I am so excited. We're using My Father's World and it looks like so much fun. We're debating on when to start though. At first I was thinking of starting in January, but right now without a car we don't have access to a library, and you really kind of need on to get the full use out of hte curriculum. And then even though it says you can start it any time of hte year, it's still a little based on starting in the fall. For example, in week 4 (I think) it has you collecting leaves and doing different activities with them. Um...that would be pretty hard this time of year. And it will be so much easier if I can jsut use the curriculum as written and not have to find substitute activities b/c the seasons aren't quite right. And then there's the fact that Asher is currently opposed to all things letters. Probably my fault, though it's partly his personality too. He doesn't like to do anything until he knows he can do it and do it well. He's always been that way. He doesn't know how to read yet, so he doesn't like reading, which makes practicing and learning how like pulling teeth. I've been pushing him, with DH's agreement that this is what it will take, but I think a good long break will do him good. The curriculum goes back to "S says 'ssss' " which he's way beyond, but it might be good for him to get lots of practice in somethign he really knows how to do. Give him the confidence to go the next step. But he also says that he'll want to do letters when we start his new school stuff, so maybe he does just need something new and that will be good enough with no break needed. There's also Canaan to think about. I think in fall he'll be more ready to participate some and maybe even pick up a few letters. Not that that matters too much, since he'll do the curriculum himself in two years. And if we wait until fall that gives me lots and lots time to get prepared. The reasons for starting in January in pretty compelling too though. Asher wants to, and you can't say enough about child enthusiasm. We don't really have a lot to do between now and fall except the same old hodgepodge that we're both bored of. If I start in January that gives me lots of practice in keeping attendance and the other records that I'll have to start keeping in the fall since we have to officially register as a homeschool for the 08/09 school year. So what to do? Right now I'm thinking we'll put it off at least until we get a car and have access to a library. That's really kind of important. Once we have some transportation I'll rethink the other reasons and see how valid they are at that point. Sound like a plan? I think so.

Well, it's getting late and I should be heading towards bed. Gotta get a good bit of sleep in before the alarm goes off at 6am ;)

Well shoot, might as well babble for a bit longer, I've gotta reconnect before I can post. Oh, there it goes...still gonna copy this just in case...