"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."- Marcus Tullius Cicero

Last week was all a bit of a wash in terms of staying on schedule, but we got caught up on Monday which was supposed to be a holiday for my birthday (Husband demanded, but I just couldn't comply, birthdays are a silly reason to take a holiday.) We have been trying out school in just the afternoon this week, being able to sleep in is nice in ways but I think ultimately not worth it. We will likely go back to morning lessons tomorrow or next week.
We have started reading the Roscoe Riley Rules series, I spotted it right when I was about to give up looking for a chapter book without doing more research (Yes, I am a judge a book by it's cover type, but only books. This does usually work out for me.) I caught the font on the spine from the shelf and something said *TAKE A CLOSER LOOK*. Turned out to be a series about a first grader who gets into a bit of trouble while trying to be helpful. The description made Son laugh. After the first four chapters I believe he is hooked.

I have been browsing through the libraries online resources and have found LOADS of interesting and very helpful things.
 I have signed up to take an online 8 week course on homeschooling, some of it will be things I know, but I think I will learn a lot from it. I am also going to do a two hour tutorial on  OpenOffice Calc (open source equivalent to Microsoft Excel) this weekend, because though I have a template grade book (another a Husband request that I find silly because I make Son re-do work until it is correct) I would like to understand and be able to work the program more easily without asking Husband to fix it. At some point, possibly the December course, I may sign up for SQL because I have heard (Husband really has been trying to find legit ways to work from home for me) that Database Admins make decent money. Found that the library offers a database for small engine repair, and for automobile repair (which I can tell you now WILL be used A LOT, because our car hates us.)
All of this and I haven't even scratched the surface on what our library offers. I didn't know they offered so many things, and definitely recommend checking out what sorts of resources your local library offers.