Hello Again!

Well, I can't believe it is February and I'm making my first post for 2007. So much for my posting 2 or 3 times a week! But, life happens.

Homeschooling high school is a huge job, one that somedays I feel ready for and somedays I feel like I'm in way over my head. Besides the academics, throw in a little teenage attitude! You know, that "I-know-everything-about-everything-and-it's-all-about-me" stuff. I remember feeling that way when I was that age so I try not to take Andy's attitude personally. The hard part is not making a big, unnecessary deal out of things while making it clear that he doesn't know it all and it isn't all about him. Same ol' battles that parents have been dealing with since Cain and Abel hit those teenage years!

Some unresolved medical issues have also taken my mind away from posting. In the last couple of months, I've had CT scans, blood work, x-rays and an endoscopy, none of which have pointed to the real source of the problem. I guess no problems detected in all those tests is a good thing but I know the discomfort is not all in my head! As a Christian, I know that God has a plan and, in his time, he will let me know what I need to know.

My spare time project currently is knitting a baby blanket. The Brownie troop at our church is gathering blankets for Project Linus and they asked our Prayer Shawl Ministries ladies to make blankets for them. After I finished the Christmas present for my parents that I was making, I started on my blanket. I am using a pattern called Baby Blocks by Ann Norling. It is the pattern in Debbie Macomber's book The Shop on Blossom Street. I'm using Baby Coordinates yarn from Bernat called Baby Pink. It is a simple pattern of knits and purls, but it is still going to take me forever to finish it! Check out the pictures at the top of this post.

That's what's going on in my world tonight!