This morning in church a brother spoke about memorizing Scripture and what a blessing it has been in his life to memorize God’s Word. I thought, ” Yes, that’s a really good thing. I should be memorizing the Bible. I would like to memorize Scripture. I could start a project and memorize one verse a day, then review what I’ve already learned . . . it would be fun and spiritually beneficial.”

Then I thought of all the other “projects” I have in my life. I even listed a few on a piece of paper, in no particular order as they came to mind. All of these are projects I would either like to do, have committed to do, or must do. I can’t or don’t want to give any of them up. I am limited in terms of time and energy. I hate being limited.

My Projects:

The Blogging Project: This blog is a project I don’t want to give up. I love blogging. I think it helps me to remain halfway sane.

Reading Blogs Project: I also want to keep reading other people’s blogs. This project can take a lot of time.

Mexico Project: I’m leaving in a couple of weeks to go on a mission trip to Mexico. Two of my daughters are also going. I thought about giving up this project, but I am the only one on the team who speaks Spanish. I think I need to go, and I’m finally starting to get excited about it.

Ancient History Project: I’m supposed to teach ancient history and literature at homeschool co-op next year and at home to four of my own urchins. I need to do a lot of preparation for fall, and I’ve barely started.

Historical Fiction Project: Related to the Ancient History Project, theis one has taken on a life of its own. I’m making a list of historical fiction ofr children and young adults set in various time periods from Genesis to the 1600’s. I’m also trying to read these books so that I know which ones to recommend and which ones I want to use with my urchins next year. I’ll probably be reviewing a lot of historical fiction set in ancient times here at Semicolon in the next few months. If you have any book suggestions (hf set in ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, Europe, Africa Greece or Rome in particular), please leave a comment.

Housework Project: This is an ongoing project that I tend to neglect until it becomes overwhelming. Then, I have a dirty house and it becomes necessary to mobilize the troops to get the house into some kind of decent order.

Bible Reading Project: I’m supposed to be reading my Bible every day. I’m not.

Pay the Bills Project: Self-explanatory, but we’re broke, and I have to “find” enough money somewhere to pay the bills in July. I don’t know how I’m going to do that yet.

Mama and Daddy Project: My mom and dad just moved here from West Texas. Praise the Lord! However, getting them settled and comfortable and getting everything set up (phone, internet, meals, transportation, medical help) is and will continue to be a major project. I’m so thankful that now I can do something about this one instead of worrying about them long distance.

Newbery Project: I’m still reading as many of the Newbery Award and Honor books as I can. Some of them will fit into my Historical Fiction Project.

LOST Project: I’m also reading several of the books mentioned or shown on the TV series LOST. I’m interested in this particular project and unwilling to give it up.

L’Engle Project: Yet another reading project. I started back in January trying to read through the works of Madeleine L’Engle, one of my favorite authors.

Reading List Project: I keep adding books even though I know I’ll never be able to read them all.

Dancer Daughter Project: DD is having trouble with her knees, and we’ve been trying to find the right doctor/physical therapy/help for her. Also, we’re trying to prepare her for college in fall 2008, find the finances to send her, and get her registered at the junior college for some classes this fall.

Homeschool Project: I do homeschool five children still, and I need to do a little planning for that project.

Co-op Project: In addition to teaching an ancient history class at co-op, I’m supposed to be the resident “counselor” and help parents figure out testing, college entrance requirements, scholarships, transcripts, and all the myriad of paperwork that goes along with homeschooling high school.

Summer Reading with the Kids Project: I’ve posted some of the reading lists here, here, and here that I made for my urchins for this summer. Now I’m trying to get them signed up for various summer reading projects so that they can reap some rewards for all their reading in addition to the obvious reward of having read such wonderful books.

Bible Study Project: I’m involved in a summer Bible study in which we are studying this book. I’m sure it will be good for me to attend and study with others who will keep me accountable.

Prayer Project: I would like to spend some time in concentrated, disciplined prayer this summer.

Meals Project: My hope is to keep mealtimes simple this summer, but someone still must plan and implement meals if we all plan to eat.

Shakespeare Project: I want to not only read, but also study, the three plays that Eldest Daughter is studying at Shakespeare at Winedale in preparation for their late July/early August performances. I also need to find a place for us to stay near Windale when we go to see the plays and find the money to pay for it all. If any of you own a house in south central Texas near Giddings/La Grange that you would like to loan to us for a weekend, please let me know. Then, I’ll need to plan meals and logistics for that vacation time.

Poetry Project: I would like to get my urchins memorizing and reading poetry. I would like to read and memorize poetry. I would like to have more Poetry Parties.

Transportation Project: Another one of those ongoing projects. Currently, this one involves me in driving the taxi to take my kids to karate, church, and swim team —and to visit their grandparents.

Yard Project: My yard is a mess. I need to work on it. I didn’t plant a garden this year —again.

Teaching Z-Baby to Read Project: It’s time I got serious about teaching Z-baby, almost six years old, how to read. She wants to learn, but our efforts have been somewhat sporadic.

By my count, that’s over twenty projects, and I didn’t even include the Bible Memorization Project that I’d like to start, the sequels to Picture Book Preschool that I’d like to write, and the ongoing Engineer Husband Project which involves attempting to pay some attention to my very loving and supportive husband.

If you have some tricks that enable you to fit it all in, please help. Don’t tell me to jettison projects. That decision may have to be made, but right now I want to do it all. I will do it all. I may do it poorly, but I will do it.

I am SUPER-SEMICOLON.