My musings on our homeschool, coop, figuring out what my educational philosophy is anyway, and will I ever make curtains for the rest of the appartment?
This is the time of year when my kids wish we didn’t school year round (we do take off August and most of December, and random days we are grumpy in February, and you get the idea.) My Domestic Church Continue reading The Carnival of Homeschooling: Floods and Picnics
I laid out my clothes last night and made it to the pool this morning, so I think I can say it takes me 2 weeks to get over daylight savings time. Hey, politicians? Anyone want a bi-partisan issue that Continue reading In the Swim
Last week Dan comforted me when I sighed at my crowded craft desk, “That just means it’s spring.” Co-op re-starts at the same time Jr F.I.R.S.T. Lego starts, and our weekends become SO crowded. At least the house stays picked Continue reading Rememebering March
Cristina at Home Spun Juggling has done it – Her first 2 years of comics are in print form, in time for Christmas delivery!
“Mom, how come stirring things cools them down, if heat is motion?”
Yesterday I woke up before K did (that’s really, really unusual) and could not get back to sleep – I needed a brain dump. So I got a piece of scrap paper (I am more comfortable with junk paper for Continue reading Status
Last Summer, as I prepared for this academic year, I realized that with the two students I’d be reporting to the district, and a toddler, I’d better switch from my, “count to 900 hours and call it at year.” strategy Continue reading Gearing up for Next year while sprinting to the end of this year’s books
Another get your parents to pre-read it before you do, post. I had near daily morning sickness when I carried B, it stopped about 3 weeks before he was born.In the summer break between semesters tutoring at the community college, Continue reading Be careful not to judge…
M noticed that it was blooming, I almost missed it since it is blooming lower down this year ( the new curtains required pruning the vine off of the old curtain rod where it had climbed to the ceiling) DH Continue reading Passionfruit Flower bloomed this Week
A few weeks ago, B made peanut brittle for a bake sale. He gave the whole batch away. The rest of us drooled, but he made us some the next week – we made sure we didn’t eat all the Continue reading Chocolate peanut brittle