One of those days when I love being a work at home mom

[home4ever]

Today is going to be an exciting day. We have Girl Scouts, and I am the leader. I have been a leader since my daughter was in kindergarten. Now she is in 7th grade.

I didn't start out wanting to be the leader. I was working in an elementary school with k,1 & 2nd graders as a "special resource/help" aid. The last thing I wanted was to obligate myself to a bunch of k, 1st & 2nd graders after school!

I offered to help my daughters troop if needed. Don't really know what happened, but I somehow became a leader. And I still am...I even had to work my last job around Girl Scouts!

The last couple of years have been consumed with helping to take care of a dying family member, my moms cataract surgery and follow up visits ( she had complications) and my daughters Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. All this while building a business and "now" homeschooling my daughter.

So you can imagine there are times when Girl Scout Day rolls around and I haven't even got a plan. But I always come up with something, and the girls have fun. Despite my apprehension in the beginning, I always end up having fun as well.

And the cool thing is, I've seen some of these girls grow up.... and I wonder what memories they will have of our time together. Will they want their daughters to join G.S. like I did because of the experience? Will one of them grow up to be president because Ms. Sperry told them they can be anything & do anything they want?

Today I again awoke with out a plan!  Then I remembered "bug-a-boo's" as I like to call them. My girls want to make things to sell to people around Christmas time to earn money for a trip to Washinton, DC.

What's a bug-a-boo? Unfortunately. my camera is on the missing list, or I'd take a pic of one.

What you do is take plaster of paris and mix as directions indicate. Take plastic spoons and fill the "bowl" of the spoon with the plaster of paris. When dry, pop them out, turn them upside down (so rounded part is up) and then paint like a bug. Add a magnet or pin to the back. Very cute! 

Tonight I have my first meeting with my local LEAH (loving education at home) homeschooling group meeting. I'm looking forward to meeting some new people and learning a little about what the heck I should be doing with my daughter.

But my main point was, if I still had a job, there's a good chance I wouldn't  still be a leader (how many years does a boss have to be nice?) and I certainly wouldn't be homeschooling!

Not to mention playing on the Internet :-)