It’s Not About Me…

Hi all!  Greetings from the Berthume home which seems to be in a constant no worries, no hurries, chillaxin state of being this past week.  We had been bombarded with HOMESCHOOLOPOLY game orders (and my book orders too, but mostly the game) since late November.  This is a VERY good thing, don’t get me wrong.  But since Christmas Eve the orders are only trickling in, giving us some time to slow down and well…  chillax.  Our calm state of being (or at least mine) is not going to end anytime soon either as we aren’t resuming our homeschooling endeavors until January 5th!  YIPPEE!  Mommy’s on break!

We have had a great holiday.  I am still listening, (if you read my last blog entry) and keep hearing “write, WRITE” and so that’s what I am doing a whole lot of… writing, but not my next homeschool book.  I have totally ceased all writing on the book I have been working on for some time, The Perfect Homeschool Mom Does Not Exist, as it’s just not working for me.   Maybe because it’s too real for me right now? Don’t know. . .  my heart is just not in it.   So, I have decided to put it on hold and follow my heart and write what I really WANT to write - my novel.  I have had this entire story in my head (and lots of it outlined) for over a year now, so I started writing.  Now, I can’t stop and am already on Chapter 4!   I love writing, it’s so much fun!  Curious?  All I will tell you is that it’s nothing you would expect from me.  :0   It’s a suspense novel with a bit of an unusual storyline.  That’s all I will tell!  Oh yea, and the title is Euroditio.  Is that cool or what!?!?!   What does that mean?  That’s for me to know and you to find out!  Ok, now THAT’S all I will tell.  :|   Anyway, I am writing lately every chance I get, and making time to write even when I don’t have the time!  I am so into this story that writing is a blast and for me it’s a wonderful state of relaxation.  I only wish I could write full-time, but alas - hubby and kiddos come first, then house, then our business, then….  well, you get the picture.  It’s a complex story though and going to be a long book, so my goal is to finish it no later than this summer.

My biggest and best news of late was my very special, way cool Christmas surprise…  Robby!  On Thursday, December 18th, I was in the classroom working with J.Jay on diagramming sentences when in walked my daughter, Brittney, home earlier then expected.  “What are you doing here?” I asked.  Before she could answer Robby stepped into the room and said, “Hi, Mom!”  To say I was in shock would be an understatement.  IT FREAKED ME OUT!  I was so surprised to see him at home, all the way here from California that I started crying!  My son has come home!  (Well, for a few days anyway.)   Then he went upstairs and freaked out his dad.  (No, Greg didn’t cry - he took it like a man!)  What an AWESOME Christmas gift!   Turns out he had Brittney pick him up from the airport, unbeknownst to us, to surprise us.   I have never EVER been more surprised in my life!  He left on the Tuesday before Christmas so I got to have all four of my kiddos under one roof for five whole days!  How cool is that?  For me - way cool. 

So, as you can see, I am one very blessed woman!  As long as I don’t get confused by the things of this world (money, stuff, looks, vanity, blah, blah, blah) and measure life by the things that truly matter; Life in the Berthume home is good…  Very good.

One great year about to come to an end, another one about to begin.  It’s all good!  Happy 2009!