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Looking Forward to a Fresh Start

Now that a new week has begun and the kids are back from camp, it's time to rev up school!  Noah will start his Mystery of History and Apologia Science this week.  It'll be interesting to see how he does with the middle school curriculum.  Lily and I will go on a second field trip back to the Nature Center.  She just asked today if it was on the schedule and once I confirm something with Lily, she holds me to it.  I'm so glad she's liking the Nature Study as much as I am and I just got a great deal this weekend on a download to help us with the class.

 Brooke wants to get a job.  Oh, oh is right!  She's at that age where she needs (wants) more than we can keep up with.  You know,  new clothes, shoes, a hair straightener.  It's always something! We weren't crazy about her getting a job outside the home at first, but with me not being able to work like I used to and college in two years, well we'd better start saving, huh!  I know, we should have started a long time ago, but bible colleges and christian colleges aren't as expensive as secular colleges and universities so that God for that!  The only thing that frightens me about her  is EVERYTHING!  Can she handle working in the real world?  Is she ready to be out there four hours a day on her own?  She's going to be 17 in October.  I was already working for 3 years by the time I was her age, but  I was getting in a whole lot of trouble too!  Okay, maybe Brooke getting a job isn't a good idea or maybe being careful where she gets her first job wouldn't be such a bad idea.  We can't just let her work ANYWHERE!  I'll let you know what happens, stay tuned......

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