Posted in Family on Thursday, 31 January 2008 | 4 Comments »
Fourteen years ago today, a sweet baby girl was born at Balboa Naval Hospital in San Diego. It was sunny and a whopping 74 deg outside.
Today…. it is neither of those things! But she’s still sweet.
Posted in Education, Homeschooling, Sonlight on Tuesday, 29 January 2008 | 3 Comments »
Can’t you tell? This is a picture of Flower Child reading from her Sonlight Science Usborne Guide to Rocks & Fossils. ”Mommy, I want to FEEL like a fossil while I’m reading.”
Posted in Food on Saturday, 26 January 2008 | 4 Comments »
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Fresh ground flour from soft wheat berries
Free Range Eggs
Organic Butter
Organic white and brown sugar
Real Vanilla
Does that mean they have no calories?
Posted in Food on Wednesday, 23 January 2008 | 1 Comment »
Had to make an emergency run to Sam’s today because we were completely out of fruit. I took a picture because it seemed like SO MUCH for one week, but now I see the picture just doesn’t do the amount justice.
To help with perspective, the container of tomatoes is the large 2-pound size from Sam’s [...]
Posted in Family on Sunday, 20 January 2008 | 2 Comments »
For Better or Worse: January 19, 2001
Posted in Family on Sunday, 20 January 2008 | 3 Comments »
Here’s a link to the ‘before’ picture!
Yes, that is Rooster. 5lbs of hair lighter than he was a mere month ago. To answer the question I know is right on the tip of your tongue…. NO, I did not have anything to do with the haircut. Not even a hint.
The cut actually took place the [...]
Posted in Random Thoughts on Thursday, 17 January 2008 | 2 Comments »
I consider myself a ‘jack of all trades, master of none.’ I have a lot of knowledge on a wide variety of topics, but in no area can I call myself expert. I wonder now if that is a byproduct of ADD in general or if it’s just the way I personally am wired.
When I [...]
Posted in Education, Homeschooling on Thursday, 17 January 2008 | 1 Comment »
Local Schools Continue Efforts to End Bullying
I only wonder when lawmakers are going to get to the root of this problem. Students learn that bullying is okay by watching teachers bully students. I saw this happen frequently throughout my elementary and high school education, a few times as the recipient from my 5th and 6th [...]
Posted in Country Life, Homeschooling, Sports on Monday, 14 January 2008 | No Comments »
I woke up this morning to a small blizzard raging outside. Whoo-hoo! (I thought.) No yearbook, no basketball… stay home and do school.
By the time I got out of the shower, it was flurries. By the time we finished breakfast the sun was shining.
So now I sit here at my computer in this sort of [...]
Posted in Politics on Saturday, 12 January 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sometime during the day today, I was overcome with a giddy sense of freedom. I do NOT have to follow the primary races. There is nothing I can do to change the outcome. By the time I get to cast my little votie-poo, the election will already be decided. Yes, I live in a state that [...]
Posted in Radical Living on Friday, 11 January 2008 | 3 Comments »
My first challenging purchase!
A week ago, we moved things around and my Beloved got rid of the table that had been serving as his desk. His work things are stored in the camper, which is now his official office. The table was too big for the space and pretty much just collected junk during the [...]
Posted in Homeschooling on Thursday, 10 January 2008 | 1 Comment »
“Gentlemen, congratulations. You’re everything we’ve come to expect from years of government training.”
Can I say that this is one of my most favorite movies of all time and the above is my most favorite quote from a movie of all time? If I ever had to sum up my reasons for homeschooling in one sentence, [...]
Posted in Homeschooling on Wednesday, 9 January 2008 | No Comments »
Mary Grace has improved on the list I thought was pretty complete the first time I read it!
If you don’t homeschool and are offended easily by the truth, you might not want to read it.
Posted in Radical Living, Sustainable Living, reduce reuse recycle on Wednesday, 9 January 2008 | 2 Comments »
Why are we committing not to buy anything new? There are many reasons, each which is important in its own right.
Reduce our garbage
Step outside the consumerism that wants to engulf us
Model for our children a more sustainable lifestyle
Save money
“Planned obsolescence” enrages me. Every time my stupid iron breaks down (and they always do, within a [...]
Posted in Conservation, Radical Living, Sustainable Living, reduce reuse recycle on Wednesday, 9 January 2008 | 3 Comments »
It all started with a late night conversation about kitchen cabinets. Dh and I have talked unceasingly about The Day. That would be The Day when we remodel our 1980 horror of a kitchen. We have done zero, zip, zilch, nada in that room since the day we moved in, because… after all.. we’d be [...]
