What we've been up to....

Sometimes I'm really good about keeping up with blogging, and sometimes I'm just really, really not.

Summer is busy and full.

So, for anyone wondering, and for my own memory keeping purposes, here are a few things we've been up to lately:

• We celebrated Jo's 1st birthday! 
• IW and QL went to VBS, which they love more than cholcolate.
• Husband has his resume in for a new job, and I've been working on projects around the house to prepare for a move, just in case.
• We've been doing lessons in between all these other crazy things taking place.  But it's summer time, so I'm being pretty laid back about it.
• I had to take Em to the doctor, and long story short, we are all trying a gluten free diet to try to solve the 'all four of my kids have tummy troubles and I think that's a little fishy' issue.
• Turns out that I have gluten issues.  And dairy issues.   Good times.
• I have spent the last 2 weeks holed up trying to figure out how to feed my family, and myself.  
• I have spent a disgusting amount of hours online/with my nose in books researching celiac disease, gluten issues, and new foods to cook.  My head was seriously swimming with it for about a week. 
• I shopped at the local-ish Whole Foods store for the first time since we moved to the south.  I am so thankful for the awesome variety of gluten free foods they have.  I am not thankful that their gluten free fish sticks cost $10.00 for a box of 24, and I ruined the first 3 I tried to cook, and Jo only ate 1 of the next 3 I cooked.  I will not be buying them again.
• I have been working on scheduling a couple field trips for our homeschool support group.  My perfectionist tendencies have reared their ugly head.
• I am trying to plan a special occasion, involving a lot of people.  I love being an idea person.  I am learning about myself that I don't really enjoy being a point person.  Again, my perfectionist self, along with my 'need to make everyone happy' self finds this very stressful.
• Spending so much focused attention on so many things has left my house in a really bad state.   I don't do well with a house in shambles, and it's starting to affect my family members.  (Husband: "Do you know where my socks and underwear are?"  Me:  "Ummm, yeah.  I guess I need to do some laundry."  : /    No bueno.)  It's time to get my focus back to my most important job:  CEO of my home.

I know I haven't posted in a long while, so I also know I'm forgetting a lot of stuff.  But I think you get the gist.  It's been a little bananas.
And my Google Reader feed has 397 unread posts.  397!!!  Bananas.