Time Off

I have moved from my old home to my BFF's basement until we can close on the house. Good news on that score as our Realtor should be getting the paperwork back from FHA by tomorrow night! YEAH! This means we should know our date of closing!

YEAH!

In other news Prissy started the first grade. With my book writing, new house, editing, and of course gardening that I have a head of me we dropped the home schooling and will try to put her into private as soon as I sell my first book. ;)
She had such a great first day!

Our only problem is the zoning for the schools. Magna Elementary School is two streets away from our soon to be home but can she attend there? Nope.
She has to go to a school 7 blocks away and will be bused this whole year!

They are rezoning this year and next year she will have to change schools! AHHHH!

I may not be on again until we hear back from our Realtor with the closing date.
Love you all will try to catch up one everyone's blogs soon!

In other news our bratty nasty mobile park manager was fired this month!
Doesn't do much for us as we are leaving at the same time but it is nice to know that she will no longer be inflicting her nastiness there anymore!

Abacus and Homeschool

This year has been a first in so many ways this is our first official year homeschooling - last year I schooled her in Kindergarten work just to see how well we could work together. In Utah they would not place her in school until this year and now we are officially homeschooling her in first grade work.
To help with her math we wanted her to be able to use an abacus but have you ever tried to buy an abacus?
$30.00 for a bunch of beads and some wood hahahaha yeah right we went to our local hard ware store got some small wood and dowels along with some beads spent about $5.00 and now have an extra supply of beads for crafting and my little girl has a nice abacus that will last for several years. (pictured above)
And I don't care how smart someone's first grader is they will not need to count past one thousand for any of their homework :)

Still walking 5 days a week still losing weight a little bit at a time, however I have more energy and drive then I have in years.
It feels good to be able to play and chase the kids and not feel like a bloated blimp that needs to rest all the time.

Sorry so short but time is money and I have lots to do. Everyone have a great night!