Barely Time for Bullet Points

--I just spent all morning at Panera sipping coffee and writing in lesson, class, rehearsal, concert and carpool schedules in my new planner
--it is an immense relief to have all those dates in one place instead of swirling around on my desk and elsewhere
--I am still short one dance teacher for theater classes which begin in 10 days
--but I got a lead today!
--I also got the news that my sister-in-law Summer had her baby this morning!!
--Blondechick16 decided, on Friday of her first week at the private Christian high school, that she really likes it there
--she really likes the other kids, especially, and already feels like she belongs
--praise God!!
--Bantam14 likes his math and art teachers a lot
--he is getting faster at his math homework
--praise God! (I am worrying about how he is ever going to have time for any other subjects)
--Bantam18 and Chicklet6 both start school on Tuesday
--Chicklet has been impatiently waiting for this day for the last two weeks
--we get to meet her teacher Monday night and put all her supplies in her desk
--it's going to be interesting getting everybody off in the mornings!
--I got an iPhone and loved it
--I had to return it because AT&T's network has got big problems in our area
--I tried everything to make it work, but 10-11 hours spent in cell phone stores later, I had to switch networks and get a new phone
--my new Blackberry Storm is going to serve me well, but it's not as easy to use
--I am setting alarms for all my recurring appoints: carpool drop off/pick up, piano, tap, ballet/guitar (same place and time), theater classes
--I only forgot to pick up Blondechick once this past week, before I set up alarms
--hopefully that will help me remember
--we had a baptism last Sunday--the child of friends who were leaving for seminary the next day
--we had cake with the whole church and a picnic lunch with our friends afterward
--it was a good day!
--we are trying to decide if we should go camping one more time before we start having musical rehearsals every weekend
--Labor Day weekend weather doesn't look good, though
--we've only used our camper twice the last two summers and we are starting to wonder if we should sell it, since storage and maintenance are expensive
--so are private schools!
--it's interesting that I would start a job at the same time my kids start in private schools--God's provision?
--I still need to write teacher notes and aide notes for our teacher meeting on Tuesday
--and stuff folders for each one
--and make checklists for my two homeschooled boys
--first I need to settle on exactly what I am going to expect from them daily and weekly
--blogging may continue to be light for another week or two!