My 2010

Some people on Facebook have listed out what's happened in the last year. It made me think about my year, how very much I am glad it's coming to a close. Things have changed this year, and it's not been easy.

First the remodeling was hard. That doesn't even come close to how difficult it was. It was such a relief to get the house back in order. And it is wonderful now that it's done, but it was exhausting. Whew!

Then the babies started coming. One in May, the next in June. The last in October. That was even harder. I dread the next 6 months. I have 3 "due dates" to live through, starting in January. I keep wondering. Keep wishing. Keep crying.

And school started. It was harder than I expected. I found out Eowyn is one of those children who is different from everyone else. I guess that's why I gave her that name. Teaching her has proven to be a challenge, but also a lot of fun. The way she learns is much like me, she can't really memorize mote facts, but if she understands them, knows the story behind the facts, then she can memorize them. Still trying to find a story behind geography and science and math. She likes to question, everything, but the trouble is that her understanding isn't up to her questions. She asks some really difficult questions, questions that make me think and consider, but how to explain to a four year old? I'm still wondering, and hoping this next semester and year are better.

It has been a busy year. The summer was busy with gardening and canning, but also with training and getting ready for school. I'm trying to organize this year so that that won't happen again. I wasn't prepared for the failures at canning either. The ketchup was a fiasco. My cucumbers were ready waaaay before my peppers so I couldn't make any relishes, and also, we couldn't find a good dill recipe. Even though we tried like 3 or 4 times.

This year has had moments of joys and triumphs, but mostly pains. Praise God that the way life is is not the way life will be. Or even should be. Good bye 2010.