Disjointed thoughts

  Hello ~ If you are a regular reader that is not my family you may have wondered if I have decided to quit blogging or if I have lost interest as I have not been posting much. NOPE not at all! I am missing blogging. I have such an old computer that is slowly breaking...it just does not inspire me to use it. Also life has been so full lately. The teacher for my middle children is on holidays and so I feel in some ways extra busy. I have a lot less driving to do but my days are also unbroken in that I have my three youngest all day every day. They have been feeling house bound lately and life has been a bit tougher than usual in the behavior department.
  We had a big snow storm here a bit ago and then an ice storm and so once the snow boots are soaking wet they take a long time to dry and we have one pair each so I have children inside quite a bit. It was perfect timing. The day we moved to this new house the snow started falling and it has been a white winter. In our old house I might have lost my mind. Here however, there is more room, the view from my windows just feeds my soul and we have felt more cozy and happy than shut in and crazy...but there have been the crazy days and they have not been fun. How are you doing? Do you find January and February long? Today is so foggy and rainy. I ended up taking the children down town to a little bakery we sometimes go to and we picked up a whole bunch delicious little squares and came home and devoured them. It was perfect.
  I have been writing a lot on paper ~ in my journal. It has done me good. Being home so much with such responsibility and so much to constantly attend to is intense and writing is my outlet. I hope you have figured out an outlet for yourself. A way to pour out, to process, to let go of...my husband and oldest really struggle with this. Things just get shoved down. It is intense...different personalities seem to have different ways of naturally coping with life. However, I think there is so much power in releasing the stress, trying to pin point it, trying to pull it before your eyes and face it...then let it go.
  Right now I am sitting in bed...the three youngest children have been in the bathroom for about an hour playing with three little plastic fish they got in a Kinder Egg surprise for Valentines day. I am so thankful that at ages ten, six and two they can still do this...This is the magic, the power of homeschooling I believe. No one has belittled their imagination, no one has rained on this parade. They are so wrapped up in their little world they have created in the sink.
  Have a wonderful day or evening wherever you are in the world.
Love Tansy