Long time, no blog

Busy, busy, busy. I have had a crazy week. We have been busy with homeschool Latin, planning, first Saturday, cleaning and other various tasks and errands. This running a business and homeschooling is going to get tricky. I have had to have "news free days" over the last week just to keep my sanity. I don't know how regular my blogging will be. We were supposed to start Latin classes at Old St Mary's this week and something crazy happened and no one returned phone calls about what the decision was on time, place, etc. So we started Prima Latina here this week and are now on Lesson 2 plus finished all pronunciation. I tried to go over what conjugating and declensions today and they flipped out. We will need to scale that back a bit. I'm dealing with issues the boys teachers have had(no raising hand, calling out, etc) and I need to find a consistent way to handle this. I can tell I will also need to do something fun to make this stick and keep their interest long term. Now that we aren't traveling for Latin class, I need to come up with a long term schedule. Sticking it in various places isn't working. I have to, have to keep my kids on a schedule down to the half hour from morning until bed. Even for weekends. So that is my project this week. Make Latin fun, finish schedule and somewhere in there, make some money to pay bills. This is daunting.

I'm buried(and it's not snow)

All of my fabrics for my business showed up on the same day. Needless to say, I'm buried. I need to sample up lots of things and get them off to my models. I am also trying to stay off the Internet more for Lent. As a side note, I called Dr. Mattingly's office and I am transferring my files there then he can see me right away. I'm doing well on my food plan(Cycle day 1 and I craved chocolate badly, opted for the less deadly raisins).
I hope to have many new items done this week so other than some news and brief updates, I will probably be sparse. I normally don't "shop talk" here but these fabrics are so fab and fun I wanted to share(this is just a few of them...trust me...there's a lot more). Maybe you can better understand the fabrics calling me to cut, cut, cut. It's like crack fabric. I know...sad.

What the hey?

I have been, well, absent as of late. I have lots of news to impart but have been feeling icky for sometime and find it hard to post. I will repost the comment left by Msgr. Shulte next time as well. This is the "busy season" with my company and despite the economy, God has blessed us with an abundance of orders. It is true that God does not work within the bounds of the current economic situation. Thankfully, His providence exceeds our man-made messes. For now, I feel yucky, have news to share and have been "praying as if everything depended on God and working as if everything depended on me". My house smells of sausage, this is not helping matters.

Yow. What a conundrum.

COUPLE SPLITS COST OF LIVING, BUT NOT COST OF BIRTH CONTROL

What the hey? World's going to hell in a hand basket.

I have been at the doctor. A lot. Basal temps are still very low but the eating plan is interesting and I've been getting IV therapy and what they call a "push" to help my vitamin levels which are, no doubt, very depleted. Plus there is asinine spiritual stuff going on that, thankfully, I don't have to time to worry about. Honestly, it comes down to money and rich people(who sometimes, not always, suck). It's life in the Covington Diocese. Money speaks(unfortunately) and all I can do is pray for them(I don't have time for anything else right now.)
I have over 8 orders to complete before leaving and will probably have to pull an all-nighter. Being emotionally drained and detoxing(parasites/fungal/yeast/bacteria) is not helping matters. I wish I had a "flowers and sunshine" update but not today. I'm a firm believer that if God did not allow the murky sadness and suffering, we would never know how wonderful His grace can truly be. So I will try not to allow this all to consume me and unite it with Christ. Easier said than done.

We are trying up unfinished business and leaving town to be with Mr. Thorn's mother. Mr. Thorn's mother took turn for the worse and prayers are appreciated. She isn't eating and is becoming unresponsive. We have been praying for peace for her. I will update when I can from the hotel.

Well then, there you go

Consumers' mood at 28-year low in May: U.Mich

My retail business stinks right now. It has for about a month. I am not alone.

The report heightens worries that the United States could be entering a period of stagflation like the late 1970s and early 1980s, characterized by a sluggish economy and accelerated price growth.

Stagflation? According to Investopedia, it means a condition of slow economic growth and relatively high unemployment - a time of stagnation - accompanied by a rise in prices, or inflation.

Stagflation occurs when the economy isn't growing but prices are, which is not a good situation for a country to be in. This happened to a great extent during the 1970s, when world oil prices rose dramatically, fueling sharp inflation in developed countries. For these countries, including the U.S., stagnation increased the inflationary effects.


That pretty much sucks, huh? No wonder nothing is selling. My sales are down almost 60% over this time last year. Weh. No other word sums it up.

Busy with sick kids

It's been nuts since the Thanksgiving holiday with shopping, business and now sick kids. One was home yesterday and the other at the beginning of dreaded cold/yuck/hacking thing. I've had to take on filling a wholesale order without help so I've had little downtime(or sleep for that matter). If I can push through the next two weeks, I will be home free. My business slows down mid-December so I will get to rest then. Last year it became baking central after December 10th. I don't know if I am quite up to that. We couldn't possibly eat all that was baked even after giving much away.
Thanksgiving was good, busy but we pulled it off. Braved the crowds the next day(Kmart is now on my naughty list, horrible customer service) The other stores we went to Meijer's, Toys R Us and KB Toys were beyond nice and helpful. We didn't really spend that much. I did a lot of shopping online yesterday. Oh, I read that there was someone upset about the day being called Black Friday. Mind you, it's named after "the books/accounting", not because it's evil or anything non-PC. The whole Merry Christmas greeting in stores is heating up again too. Here's the deal, if you want to cash in on Christians spending wads of money on your junk, the very least you can do to thank us for giving you all that money is say "Merry Christmas" in return to us(or if you really cared, initiate the well wishes) Kudos to the employee who, despite company memos, says Merry Christmas just because. Eh, I didn't want to get into this and it probably slipped because I haven't had a full cup of coffee yet. I'm determined to find myself in a pleasant mood today. Yesterday was not good. Today is a new day and maybe if I don't answer the phone, I will achieve my goal. Ha.