Ok. I finally bit the bullet (if that’s the proper phrase). I started planning for the next school year.

Step 1 – Start to panic then remember to breathe – ahhh! That’s better

Step 2 – Go through every school bookshelf and see what I already have that I may want to use next year. This includes all new items I bought during the homeschool convention and purchases from eBay.

Step 3 – Ummmm… hmmm.   Coffee? No. Hot chocolate! Yeah. Ok. I’ll be back…

** By the way, I finally cleaned my oven. Yea me! It's only been on my spring cleaning list for 5 months...

Step 4 – Ok. So I’m pulling out my Teacher’s notebook, and taking out last year’s lesson plans and table of contents. Some stay in until I have something to replace it with so I don’t forget.

Step 5 – Add every book/program I want to use to the “2008/09 Curriculum Overview.” I’ll purge extra items once I see all my options.

**Take a break and deal with 10 domain names and 3 hosting sites for business and homeschooling.

Step 5 continued

** Work with Clients

Put Kids to bed. Walk the Dog. Finish research for clients. Work on Relocation file.

Back to Step 5. 10:45 pm… Yep. I’m going to finish this before I go to bed! I already have books the kids are sharing back on shelves:

• Regularly used resources (encyclopedias, coloring books, etc…)
• Items use weekly (poetry book, quiz cards, Spanish, music, art, geography…)
• Book that have to be read once this year (measurement books, few already picked out Lit books, Charm course, couple different studies…)
• Flashcard basket

Now I’m putting each child’s individual curriculum books on to the overview. When you have school in your living room, you have to find odd ways to hide and organize your school books. I just realized that I need 3 baskets. They need to fit under my end table after school hours, yet wide enough for binders.

Now I have to compare my list to My Shopping list, but that’s for another night… It’s past midnight and I’ve got a book to read! Luckily I'm down to 11 piles on my living room floor!  :)

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