Yesterday I taught my first live workshop. Ever. I’ve run lots of free webinars, but I’ve never run a live workshop that people paid to attend. I wanted to deliver. I worked really hard on the workshop. I created a PowerPoint presentation — I’ve made tons of those — but I was presenting it via […]
Life at My House
Day 35: I Get By With A Little Help From My Kids
Today’s post is short and sweet because it’s 8:17 pm and the kids (and Number 7 in particular) are waiting for me to watch Little House On The Prairie (we are on Season 6 and Laura and Almonzo are going to become an item at some point in this season and they are super anxious […]
Day 34: Just Because Flowers
This morning I got a notification from USPS that my package had been shipped and would be arriving sometime between 11:15 am and 2:15 pm. I ordered some replacement parts for my vacuum early this morning — like around 5:30 — so I knew it wasn’t that. I could not for the life of me […]
Day 33: Transformation Complete
15 days ago I embarked on the first semi-major organizational task since school was shut down. The playroom upstairs had been overtaken by American Girl doll stuff, and now that Number 6 is using that room for his distance learning, something really had to be done. Plus the room had just gotten out of control […]
Day 32: Hitting The Reset Button
We have spring break this week which means no distance learning. This is both good and bad. It’s good because there are no schoolwork freak outs. But it’s bad because when the structure of the school day goes, so does a lot of other stuff. Today being the day after Easter and the first day […]
Day 31: Breaking Through The Chrysalis
We went to my parents’ house today for an Easter egg hunt. They still live in my childhood home about 25 minutes away from where I live now. It’s about the only tradition we’ve hung on to for all the kids every year at Easter, and my parents have an awesome yard which is perfect […]
