our dozen beautiful feet

 Last year was kind of a blur, wasn't it? I think like everyone, we felt a little off-kilter with all the covid restrictions. For the first time in five years, my kids weren't able to go to the public school for orchestra classes or choir. Thankfully, their school orchestra conductor decided to set up a homeschool orchestra that they were able to participate in. So they didn't lose any momentum.   Overall, we had a decent year last year. My health was really deteriorating towards the middle of the year and I struggled to finish the year strong as a result. My thyroid was just dying. By May, I made the decision to have it surgically removed. That happened in June, and they ended up finding cancer there, so I'm very thankful that we made that decision and I've had about six weeks to heal and prepare for the coming year!  The nice thing about where I'm at in the homeschool and classical education journey is that I don't have to do a lot of guessing or thinking