Maniacal May Monday Musings

Happy Monday to you! Happy May to you! Happy "crazy-time-of-the-year" to you!

Between trying to wrap up school for the year and getting the house/yard cleaned up whilst avoiding the high pollen levels...life has been busy, busy, busy around here.

We spent another busy weekend, trying to get the house sorted before the arrival of "Leechy." (Speaking of which, only a week until we have our ultrasound. This will be the first time the kids get to see the baby inside of me. I hope it will be a bonding experience for them...well, for all of us!)

Stuart built some wonderful shelves on the wall of our basement to help alleviate the loss of our school room, and now it's up to me to sort out the many, many boxes of junk we have accumulated over the years... Wow! I often find myself wondering what I was thinking on any given day, keeping all the stuff I do. I've been trying very hard to sort the mail immediately upon coming inside the house with it. Otherwise, the assortment of magazines/catalogues/junkmail gets ahead of me. There's always that one magazine or catalogue that you just know might be fun to read...but then you also realize you probably won't get a chance to read it. One day though...

Edward had another soccer game on Sunday. It was a fun game to watch, given the fact that both teams played really hard. It was tied until the last second of the game when one of Edward's teammates accidently bumped the ball into their own goal. It was gut-wrenching, but a good lesson for the kids. It's not about winning...but playing and having fun. They played a good game.

Stuart left for Houston this morning. He's attending his first ever trade show. It should be fun for him.

Our homeschool group finishes up this Wednesday with an end-of-year program. Edward is psyched since he is introducing one of the songs the 1st and 2nd grade class is singing. And it's his favorite: "This Land Is Your Land." This coming from our "shy guy" who doesn't usually like to sing. A proud parent moment awaits us, no doubt. Emily's music class is singing "The Lord Is My Shepherd," and her gym class is demonstrating jump-roping skills learned throughout year. It should be quite a fun show!

Well, time to get busy organizing and cleaning again...wish me luck!

End thought: He who laughs last probably didn't get the joke in the first place.