I got to learn how to pull wire and wire electrical boxes.  Yay!  It is nice to be able to help with the house now that everything doesn’t require lots of strength.  This afternoon after church I’m going to help Matt wire the master bedroom.  Once that’s done we’ll have all the bedrooms wired for plugs.  We still have to wire switches and the ceiling fans in the bedrooms, and plugs and lights  downstairs…  but progress is being made.  Slow progress this month, but progress nonetheless.

The other thing I did yesterday (besides Quicken *sigh*) was homeschool planning.  Now I’m a planner at heart, so I find this stuff fun.  I was inspired by a recent series on the Simply Charlotte Mason site about planning and I decided to start my own spreadsheet to start outlining what subjects I think are important at various points.  The purpose isn’t to spend a lot of time figuring out resources and such, but rather to figure out what is important overall, and when which subjects should be taught.  Then once you have the general overview figured out, you can on a yearly basis or so revise this overview as needed and figure out resources you need for the next year.  The authors also give some helpful hints on how to break down the yearly goals into workable terms, weeks, and even days.  Now that I have two years of homeschooling about under my belt, I feel like this is a good next step for me to take.  I’ve been thinking ahead anyways, and it is nice to put it all down and see how it all flows (or doesn’t!) together.