Blessings

Our Homeschool Room

Ever since I began homeschooling Sadie, I always thought it would be cool to have a room solely dedicated for doing school. Did I feel like it was necessary? Absolutely not! We’ve done school at the kitchen table (and everywhere inbetween) and it works just fine. I thought it would be cool to have a room where all our things were accessible and there were no distractions.

We (sadly!) knew this could never happen at our house because it’s 900 square feet and every room is used up for sleeping or living. We’ve been so blessed that Jimmy is a co-owner of his family’s steel fabrication business. Their shop is located about 15 minutes from our house and just so happened to have an extra room in the office that was empty. I would often take Sadie there to do school just so we could get out of the house and see Jimmy.

Over the past few years, Jimmy and I started dreaming about renovating the room and we finally made it happen!

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Before we can truly appreciate the room, I have to show you what it used to look like and all the work it took to make it look like it does now! (more…)

Pregnancy Diary: Morning Sickness

Wednesday July 17th, 2024

I left off in my last pregnancy diary post saying I felt queasy for the first time and man has morning sickness hit hard. Since the beginning of July, I haven’t been able to drink coffee, eat vegetables, sweets, or really much of anything besides crackers and meat. How random is that?!

Mornings and evenings are the worst for feeling nauseous. If I get too hungry, it’s game over and I can only lay on the couch and eat crackers until I get something in my stomach. So, foods that are okay right now are eggs and cheese on toast in the morning and graham crackers with a tiny bit of peanut butter.

In the day, I can eat somewhat normally–really bland or plain meat and a baked potato for example. At night, I can only stomach crackers. It has been a struggle to say the least! I wrote a note in my phone on July 9th that said this:

I am lacking ME and my spark. Just really struggling with food and mentally not feeling like me. I’m tired! This is the worst I’ve had morning sickness. Trying so hard to have a fun summer for the kids!

Yeah, that about sums up life right now. I miss feeling like myself. Jimmy has asked me so many times “What’s wrong?!” and I realize I’m totally devoid of emotion. Nothing is wrong… I’m just blah feeling. I can’t stand the smell of Jimmy’s cologne, I hate toothpaste and gum, I’m hungry all the time but can’t think of anything to eat. It’s just weird. But it’s worth it a million times over! (more…)