Blogging has been light of late. \u00a0The reason is simple: life happens. \u00a0June was officially the lost month, with the health scare of my oldest, to the problems both my sister and my Mom had, in addition to my Mom\u2019s subsequent broken arm, to the usual difficulties we have just getting by. \u00a0We also had to start getting ready for the upcoming school year, have the boys tested to make sure they fit with the mandates for homeschooling, and tend to several out of the blue financial situations. \u00a0All of that made July a month of catch-up. \u00a0From the garden to the yard to just basically getting things back on track. \u00a0Finances needed some work to trim down an already skeletal budget. \u00a0Someday I\u2019m going to write a book about how to keep a family of seven fed on a single low income beneath poverty levels. \u00a0In the meantime, we had some birthdays, a nice, if not subdued, July 4th celebration, and our boys made it through their homeschool evaluations, so should be able to be homeschooled another year \u2013 finances allowing. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Blogging has been light of late. \u00a0The reason is simple: life happens. \u00a0June was officially the lost month, with the health scare of my oldest, to the problems both my sister and my Mom had, in addition to my Mom\u2019s subsequent broken arm, to the usual difficulties we have just getting by. \u00a0We also had […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n