Oh Crap! – Musings of an Unperfect Mommy

Friday Update

April 19, 2013

Yes I know I’ve been quiet for awhile – truth is, I feel I have nothing to say. Although I started writing in a journal a couple of months ago and that is really helping me figure some stuff out. So, I’ll keep that up. But that’s more personal so this morning I thought let’s just write a diary entry of sorts and see how that goes.

I did have an oh crap moment this week and it was totally avoidable. Yes, I made a major blunder that I won’t do again and my kids learned what not to do when you don’t have any dishwasher soap in the house. You do NOT put liquid dish soap in the dishwasher. Ever. For starters you will have a massive amount of bubbles that will take at least 3 or 4 cycles to get rid of. Second, it really doesn’t clean the dishes in the dishwasher. Third, the bubbles will ooze out of the dishwasher and onto the floor so that means extra laundry of soaked towels as well. And you know, I could have taken 20 minutes that day to go to the store and get the dishwasher packets we use (like I wound up doing anyway). Oh well – you live and learn right? The amazing thing was? I kept it together – I really did not have a meltdown over it and even laughed about it. Still – lesson learned!

I have been buying new school books and working on the new school curriculum plan for the fall as well. That is always fun! I’m reading lots of good homeschooling books and going through catalogs and websites and writing stuff down as I go. I call it teacher training and when you homeschool you really do need that. Whether you go to curriculum fairs to hear workshops or just read books as I do, you need some kind of support and ongoing training from those who are in the trenches with you (or finished) to help sort things out. So, this is how I do it and I’m realizing just how necessary it is. I’d love to go to the Catholic Homeschool Conference in MN some day but, can’t hold my breath on that one.

In bigger news I’m preparing for my oldest son Matt to make another exit – this time to California. This weekend he is coming here for a last visit with us and then it’s off to a new bright future and a completely fresh start. It all happened rather suddenly when he received an email from a company that he would love to work for. So, he emailed back. Then the phone interviews started and the coup – an in person interview in California. After the interview he called and told me he felt he had it – the interview was an incredible success. And he was right – he got the call a couple of days later that they wanted to hire him. Of course he said YES. So, he is currently packing his stuff getting ready to make a cross country trip to start his new job and new life. I am really proud of him for going after his dreams and not letting any fears get in his way.

So, today I am going to the store for food and other stuff because I want to spend the rest of the weekend with the family and not spending time grocery shopping. Tomorrow is also Joe’s 14th birthday (followed by Chris’ 22nd next week) so we’ll be celebrating that too. My mom and sister will come over as well to celebrate and to say their goodbye’s to Matt. The weather will be good so we will have a going away bbq on Sunday as well. Then the big kleenex truck will have to come back as we all say our goodbye’s for awhile – Matt won’t be visiting again until Christmas. Thank God for the technology we have that keeps us together!

And there you have it – a little update of sorts. Oh much more has been going on but I’ll leave it at that for now. So, Happy Friday everyone and I’ll be back again some day (you know like Frosty the Snowman). :-)

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On April 19, 2013 at 2:13 PM, dxprog said:

You'd like to think I'm packing, wouldn't you?
Also, you've learned a lesson about dishwasher soap for all of us. I won't lie; I probably would have laughed my ass off were I there to witness it.

On April 19, 2013 at 6:34 PM, java_queen said:

It was funny to see the bubbles all the way to the ceiling of the dishwasher - the kids thought it was hysterical. What can you do? Well you only have a week left so you'd better get rolling mister! :-)

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