Busy, busy busy

A whole month and no post! How does that happen? Well, lets see, started school and all the extra curricular that goes with, hauled oldest back and forth to work at the fair, high holy days, sickness, business, garden. Yup, a little busy. That and I am in a creative funk. Not that I don't have a lot of plans, just no time to put things together.
Homeschooling one less this year hasn't actually decreased my work load as much as I thought it would. The load is actually a little harder because I have so many doing harder work. I have three doing speech club and that is really taking up time. But it has been very rewarding. My kids are learning so much about research and outlines right now. Better than any curriculum I've tried, that's for sure.
High holy days are keeping us pretty busy. Lots of baking and cooking. This has checked a bunch of things off of the Bat Mitzvah list. The younger girls made hangings to put in the schul sukkah. Sarah's is done in needlework, completing the sampler on the list too. I made white skirts out of an old sheet and an old tablecloth for Yom Kippur . Those are pretty cute. Our home sukkah suffered a lot of damage during the last year. We had a slight bug infestation. So no visitors this year. Already, I'm making plans for next year. Hope they somewhat match my sweethearts .
The garden was a bust for the most part again this year. I did find a really good deal on some organic compost and dirt. Hopefully this will make a difference next year. Some sun would help too. We are going to cover the beds and try some winter crops. Hopefully we can get a little something.
So don't be surprised if another month goes by with no post. Nothing is really decreasing in the next few months. We are already planning for our Channuka (Hanukah, Hannuckah...whatever) talent show and contests. The sewing pile is high. My kids start competition for speech in December. So yeah, busy.