Carey Jane Clark

September 3 in 30

September 5, 2011 by Carey Jane Clark

Wow. It’s September. Does anyone else think the summer flew by? We traveled A LOT, moved, and I participated somewhat last-minute in a writer’s conference. I will remember this summer with fondness.

But it’s back to school, even though I still feel somewhat unprepared. It’s such a comfort to know, however, that we don’t have to start with everything all at once. We’ll be starting off with just a few subjects, and adding others in as the weeks go on. For the last few days, we’ve been staying with another homeschool family, and of course we’ve had the chance to compare notes a bit, so I for one am raring to go.

Here are my goals for September:

Get school off to a good start. For me, this means getting back into a school routine, and starting my kids off gently with homeschool. It will be fun to include Sprout in our new routine, but I know that will be part of the challenge of things for the beginning of the school year.
Get back on track with the Bible in 90 Days reading plan. You may have thought I forgot about that! It’s been a struggle to stay on top of the reading with all the travel, and a health challenge I may blog about at some future point. A couple of days this week, we were tenting, so even though I was up earlier and later than the kids, we were dependent on natural light, so couldn’t read. I am determined to get back on track, though, and September and a slightly more normal schedule (we’ll still have some travel on weekends) should help to facilitate that.
Finish revision of my manuscript and submit it. I am a little behind on my goals for this as well, but hoping the return to a normal schedule will help with this as well. I did quite a bit of work one day while driving in the car, and hope to do the same on Tuesday when we travel home.

Is September a fresh start for you too?

Wireless Once More

September 2, 2011 by Carey Jane Clark

We have been on the road and finding only sketchy internet. Stay tuned for some great pictures of scenic locations, camping fun and the destruction one week after the tornado hit Goderich, Ontario, all of which stubbornly will not upload with the library signal we’re borrowing right now!

Have a wonderful long weekend.

Big Tub Lighthouse

August 31, 2011 by Carey Jane Clark

August 3 in 30, Week 4

August 27, 2011 by Carey Jane Clark

At least I think it’s week 4. I’m losing track. We’re mostly unpacked, and definitely settling in to our new little life, part of which consists of twice weekly trips to the library to let the kids use Headsprout/Dreambox and me catch up on some of my internet use/email, etc.

Things are going well, but we’re going away today and will be gone for 10 days. I’ve packed a bunch of homeschool books to continue working on homeschool planning and my computer to continue work on revision.

So here’s the progress on the goals:

The goals for revision toward the writer’s conference have become goals toward revision for submission to editors and agents within the month. Still plugging away, slightly behind schedule, and hoping to make it up on the road. (I realize we’ve left the realm of the realistic, here!)
The move is complete in terms of moving in. Still unpacking boxes, but we’ve found just about everything we’re urgently needing, and only a few boxes remain, mostly of books we use occasionally. Things are in good shape.
Homeschool planning still needs quite a bit of work, but we’ve actually already started homeschooling, and at my childrens’ request! I convinced them to start Story of the World, and then they asked to do another lesson. They enjoyed so much doing the coloring pages along with the reading, and I appreciated having the comprehension questions to ask afterwards. It’s just so nice when someone has done the hard work for you, isn’t it? We have the homeschool space set up (it’s not actually a room). I still have a bit more of the planning to do–especially for Science. There are a lot of handouts to have photocopied, etc. I’ve decided instead of purchasing resources for Science (and having printables) to use a combination of two science curriculums I was given–big savings, bit of an extra pain.

How are you doing on your back-to-school goal-setting?

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