Wibbly Wobbly PLanny-Wanny?

Okay, well, here I am...with a slightly sore throat from sneezing (i hate sneezing)....and it's that time of year when I am thinking of next year so I am once again chasing that personal Holy Grail, the Perfect Planner....which isn't easy for me cus I am eclectic and for some reason hope each year to have an all-in-one (personal/homeschool) planner that I can manage to carry around....hmmm...we'll see....I think I at least have my layout for the homeschooling part done....I am fishing about YouTube to see how others played with the usual suspects (the same free printables) in their planners (many inspired by the beautiful but pricey Erin Condren planners (that I would never have heard about if it weren't for all the videos with them)...they are pretty and to me are worth the price if it spares you the time and cost of printing stuff.....that said...it's not got everything I would want to use and it's got a bunch of stuff that would be unused soooooo....

so I am watching these videos and one caught my eye so I watched what turned into a three part series cus some of these moms talk slowly, at least compared to how fast I'd probably rip through the same topic.....and I found a fair portion of inspiration so when I noticed she had a sister series about her personal planner (I guess I am not the only one then), I decided to watch....and I got to moment 3:20 and knew then I just love this gal!!!

when you get there,if you know me at all, you'll know why....

Btw, I call my computer My Tardis and my iPod Melody Pod....lol....

I love it when a plan comes together....

especially when it wasn't the plan you had to start with!! 

When I began this past year of schooling, I had no clue I would be doing a major shuffle cus I would end up in a co-op with a friend! But while it made everything very loopy, it also straightened out some hiccups I had been having with the lessons and timings and such. The one day a week (Wed) co-op was so successful (covering Latin, History/Geography, Greek, and Drawing), we added a Friday component with other material (Classical Writing's Primers, Classical Conversations PreScripts, Memoria Press's Prima Latina and Greek Alphabet books too), and that was so much fun for both kids and moms (and dads who wanted to see paperwork) that we even made a small Monday one as well (the kids learn poetry for recitations via some fun activities while drilling plus beginning French and come summer tinwhistle too)....(this will run thru the summer, as we will all be spending Monday afternoons this next year in the Essentials portion of our CC group.)

and now with another family that has joined us for the Wed co-op day, Twirly and I will be renewing friendship with that family plus another one we used to hang with on Friday afternoons by doing a Tuesday co-op in which we have our Chinese lessons again! (storytime plus easy character drawings using Chineasy).

So sometimes it doesn't take an entire village (like CC feels, hee), but it takes a co-op!

{and sometimes it may take a charter as well...I never thought I would go that route cus I am such a rebel and rogue and like to call my own shots....but I have heard great things about SkyMountain being very very accommodating to parents' desires for how and what they school (they support Waldorf fams and unschoolers too) and the budget would be breathing easier if we got charter money to cover ballet lessons for instance. So I am looking into this aspect.....will keep you all posted!}