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As time would allow, we finally took our Christmas tree down yesterday on the Baptism of the Lord. It seemed fitting. The church still had Christmas trees and a creche up so I’m glad we did to. Now the living room looks so empty without it! Luckily the tree we had this year did not shed a lot of needles so clean up was quite fast and easy.

So now we are in the truly cold days of January after some really nice days last week. I had two really nice walks last week and was able to get in 2.5 miles on Saturday. I still don’t quite have the knack of exercising at home without fail. It seems that there is always something that needs my attention, or my kids need help. Sometimes (more often than not) it’s that I have to chase an entire group of teenage boys out of the downstairs so that I can have the space to do my workout tapes and sometimes I just don’t want the hassle. Sometimes it’s because one of the transcription companies I work for actually has jobs that need to be done and if I don’t grab them when I can, another transcriptionist will and then I’ll be out of luck. It’s truly brilliant how that company has things set up. It’s good for them and the clients, but not always so good for the transcriptionists.

I’ve been sort of following the Slim Fast plan too. I was inspired by Valerie Bertinelli and Genie Francis’s amazing weight loss with Jennie Craig and Medifast. Of course I can’t afford special food just for me, but i certainly can get down to Walgreens and by Slim Fast. It’s not too bad.

Homeschool is going along nicely, although we are still only doing the basics reading, language arts and math, just as we were last week. I truly hope to get back into some science and geography this week and finish the literature book that we are reading.

The kids DID finish their Legion of Mary rosaries though. I now have five kids that know how to make rosary knots. I even know now too. It’s quite addicting. I can see where someone could get use to doing a lot of these while waiting for appointments or watching t.v.

Calvin is in his last month of official swim team participation. His last month. After this I will never get to watch him swim in a meet again. I think I am going to miss that. Next Monday the parents have to come in and pose with their swimmers for Senior appreciation. I have to find something nice to wear and I’m torn between pants an a top or getting a new dress. It’s going to be in the pool area so it can’t be too warm. I think I’ll go shopping this weekend.

My challenge this week is going to be convincing my almost 80-year-old mother that she probably shouldn’t ever drive again. We have been quite successful in keeping her from driving since her accident last spring, but she really misses it. I just think we were lucky that time and I would really hate for her to overcome all that she has just to get hurt or killed in an accident that could be prevented. Maybe I want this more for me than for her – I know I would worry about her, but I just can’t see letting her drive alone any more or with my children in the car.

Oh and this post by Alexa literally woke me up in the middle of the night. Mr. Pete turns 50 in March.

My nephew is staying with me today as my sister has some medical stuff to take care of. It should make for an interesting homeschool day.

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