Barely Blogging

"Barely Blogging" was the name I almost chose for this blog because I knew I would have so little time for it. I have wanted to blog for quite some time, but recently I was persuaded to take the plunge by an old friend. Old, as in long-time, not advanced years----well, not yet! While on vacation, I was off to a good start, but a myriad of responsibilities were waiting as I returned. We own a small homeschool book store. In an effort to survive these challenging economic times, we have restructured the business several times. Well, that is what I call it. My children call it---Moving Books----Again!!!!!! We have moved at least 4500 books three times now. First we moved them to our town when we bought out the business. Then we moved them into our house---yes, all of them---and put them everywhere. For over a year, we have been somewhere between knee-deep and shoulder-high in books. We kicked our little boys out of their room for a year. They had a good attitudes, but over the summer, they began to lobby to have their room back, especially since we had mentioned that possibility: OK, basically promised! We had planned to build a 33' by 12' building that could be moved, but there goes the economic challenge again. Sooooooo, we just moved them again to a location just a couple of miles from us. It is wonderful. It is a large booth in an old textile mill, Old Mill Market Square, that has been converted to a antique/craft mall. It is open on weekends and now the books can be available and we do not have to be there every minute. :-) So, in honor of this last day of major book moving (for now), I am officially posting. Hopefully, next week, I will truly be able to return to Happy Busy Mama --- not just the blog, but the lifestyle.