You can be thankful I didn’t post the picture of the cow heart dissection we attended today and instead posted the photo of E5 playing Candy Land with me while the others were in the kitchen with the cow heart. The two youngers were in and out, as I expected them to be. I brought [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Education: Home and Otherwise’
December 3, 2008
December 3
Not the best photo, but really, all I’ve been doing lately is making tea wallets and writing articles. You’ve seen enough photos of the tea wallets by now, I think. M9 decided to get a jump start on her first Classical Conversations class presentation of the spring term. Not a bad looking homemade mountain, if [...]
November 22, 2008
Why, No, Thank You, I Can’t Stop…
These two are for Christy. More to come. And yes, I did get one book review turned in and another written and awaiting editing. We interview a couple on Monday night and I’ll write that paper later that evening. This means I need to start the big paper which isn’t due until December 16. But, [...]
November 22, 2008
This is How I Procrastinate
It’s the end of the semester. And yes, some of us only took one credit hour this semester, but that same someone had a professor who assigned work worthy of at least two hours. At least.
Some people turn into Facebook junkies for the last two weeks of school. Some catch up on all previous [...]
October 31, 2008
Winners!
I just drew the winners of the God’s World News Subscriptions for the Bloggy Giveaway!
Here they are:
Top Story is going to Kristin at Loving Life.
News Current is going to Renita at Homedaze.
Taking Off is going to Karla at Needle in a Cakestack.
Early Edition is going to Charlotte at mama2tlc.
Congratulations, ladies!
A reminder [...]
October 16, 2008
Proof of a Prior Bus Fail
I can’t exactly explain my fetish with the funny school bus and whatnot, but here’s another one. First, the bus:
And now the sign:
Just funny to me. And proof that a policy was instituted because somebody somewhere implemented a major bus fail.
October 13, 2008
I Heart Tuesdays (And Now Wednesdays)
This isn’t to mean I don’t like Mondays. Mondays are our Classical Conversations days, and just today we made the move to put the Essentials program to the preferred spot of Monday afternoons instead of Wednesday afternoons as we’ve been doing. It made for a very long day today, but I’m glad for it because [...]
October 1, 2008
La La La
Funny how when you take a week off of school you have no desire to ever resume it again. Also funny how the week you are struggling the most to get back in the saddle your beloved (new) printer decides not to work anymore, rendering you useless at developing assingment sheets and chore charts. Funnier [...]
September 23, 2008
The One Where I Actually Answer Your Questions
I really do read the comments. I don’t always respond to them and that makes me a bad blogger. Sometimes comments don’t really need response – it can become rather circuluar, you know with the blogger saying something and someone commenting with, “Great idea! I think I’ll try that!” And the blogger commenting with, “So [...]
September 17, 2008
It Only Took Six Years
Warning: Boring Homeschool Post Ahead!
We’ve been homeschooling for about six years now. Maybe seven, but who’s counting? I’ve jokingly called myself a “Classical Unschooler” for the past couple of years simply because I never can seem to get a scheduling groove down, so our days ended up being a weird hodge-podge of get-something-done-at-some-point-today.
Now that M9 [...]
September 15, 2008
Simple Woman’s Daybook – September 15
For Today, September 15, 2008
Outside My Window… the previous owners of our house are talking to our current neighbor and I’m wondering if I should go outside and be friendly. I’m still having flashbacks to the Shop-Vac-ing the kitchen sink out two weeks after we moved in.
I am thinking… I’m glad I’m the director for [...]
September 12, 2008
Winners!
I almost forgot – I offered a giveaway this week and said I would choose a name on Friday. Looks like I made it just in time.
The random number genie spoke and, amazingly, it arranged things pretty perfectly as you will soon see.
The first number in the list was 11, Jess. She said [...]
September 7, 2008
10 Hours Away
Tomorrow is the big day: the Classical Conversations group I’m directing begins and I’m totally nervous about it. I shouldn’t be; I’m not even teaching. But as the director, I’m still responsible and I’m feeling that responsibility tonight.
My kids are totally excited about it. One chose her outfit last Thursday. She knows most of her [...]
August 24, 2008
A Questionable Education
In the category of “Just what are they teaching kids these days?”:
If we were evaluating the school district to which said bus belonged, this would easily be points in the negative column. The good news? The Ho Bus is for sale!
As advertised, it is perfect for camping, tailgating, or all your family bonding needs. And, [...]
August 21, 2008
Still Here
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…wait, different post.
We took another running start at school this week. Day one was, well, shall we say, difficult? It was certainly a day to make me question my calling again, but now that Craig and I have made some long term goals, I [...]
