It's 2020, and you know what that means. It's the year of the global COVID pandemic. Thank goodness it's December 14th so the year is almost over. That's very encouraging to us. Right now, we still don't have a vaccine. The covid virus is air born, and 10 times more deadly than the flu. It's like a super flu. Pretty scary stuff. Kids don't seem to be hurt very much by it. The elderly are extreemly suseptible. It gets worse with age. Lots of nurses and doctors have gotten it and have gotten very ill. Some have died. Those with more pre-existing conditions tend to do worse. It all started in about March when the virus came from China to the US. It may have been earlier; maybe February. Then we all started counting cases, feverishly watching where the virus was (on a specialized web page) and how many cases, globally, had been identified. Then, on one day in March...about the 12th or 13th, the market crashed. It became evident that Americans were v...
I am horrible at scrap booking, but apparently I'm an ok blogger. I'm just going to go with it! Maybe one day someone will print my blog out, and the world will have a hard copy. Here's a few family memories that we can hang on to from January 2020 Punkin's birthday was the big event. She turned 12! She is finally allowed to wear powder and lip gloss. Homemade cake is pretty much all we do these days. It's fun to make and costs about $5 rather than the $30 store bought options. Home schoolers have to save $! We also have more time for fun projects like making a cake. For her birthday Adi got a mall shopping spree with her friend from Dry Creek camp. We also got her a few small gifts. She got a bag to use as a Bible bag, gummy bears, and a smurf board game with Pez. Mall time with friends was her favorite part! That's a big gummy bear! Bella also had strep, which was terrible and she was in a lot of pain. That was all befor...
I've always been a "career woman". I love working and love business. This was good for our family to help us get to a certain point financially because I needed to be a co-provider.... But then.... The girls were getting older (9 and 12), and we had just paid off most of our bills (all but the house). I got a text from my husband in the middle of the work day letting me know that we had reached our goal and could operate with a single income pretty easily if we wanted to. Wow, then I had a decision to make. The first decision was going part time or staying home completely? I decided to only stay home completely if I homeschooled . Otherwise I'd rather have a part time job to stay productive. The only thing I can say is that I had a sense that these girls were going to be out of the house before we knew it, and my memories with them would be limited to 6-9pm on weekdays and the weekends. I just felt like we needed more time together. I also have a pretty clea...
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