Still Kickin'

Don't worry... I'm still alive.  And I'm still semi-sane.

I think the crud is finally on it's way out the door (praying this is the case, at least).  We've all had the "worst of it" (except for J), and the kids are down to runny noses (which is normal for them this time of year) and I'm down to sinus headaches and no voice (which is semi-normal for me this time of year), so I think the worst is over!

I decided to move up my "planning week" for school from next week to this week to coincide with having no Cubbies or Bible study on Wednesday night (due to the local schools being on Fall Break the end of this week).  We were doing mostly review stuff this week anyways, and Jenny doesn't really need the review at this point - she's soaking it all up like a sponge!  I think we're going to be increasing the pace in reading/writing a little bit, since she seems to have conquered letter sounds and is starting to be able to form her letters without too much help.

In other news, we decided last Friday to drive past a couple of houses J had found on Remax.com.  We're looking at one of them this Thursday.  We had decided that we weren't going to be buying a house here, but this house seems to have fallen in our laps for a reason.  It would save us a significant amount of money each month if we were to buy it, so that's in our favor.  And then, last night, we got an email from our landlady letting us know they are raising the rent starting with our January payment (due on Christmas Day).  So, that would mean even more savings if we bought this house.  But anyways, we're doing a lot of praying and numbers crunching and we're looking forward to Thursday.  If we decide to put in an offer, we have a little over a month to close in order to qualify for the housing stimulus package (have to close by Nov. 30), so we'll be moving quickly if we decide to move on it!

I can't really think of anything else to write about.  My brain is more school occupied than random clutter, so I'll probably spend some time over on the school blog today.  I'll try to be less absent this week, now that the crud has been kicked to the curb!