Today was awesome…another one for the record books, in my humble opinion. N faced a big source of fear and anxiety, E schooled us on lifestyle choices and I was only 25 minutes late to both homeschool groups today! Yeah! Also worthy of note: I didn’t wet my pants in traffic on the way to Evanston. That’s good for at least a silver star on the calendar, yes? Read the rest of this entry »
Waterboarding and Bull Goring and Violin… Oh My!
April 13, 2010 at 12:00 pm (E, Fear, Homeschooling, Jeff, LEGOs, Lifestyle, N, Perfectionism, Spongebob, Violin)
Tags: E, Fear, Homeschooling, Jeff, LEGOs, Lifestyle, N, Perfectionism, Spongebob, Torture, Violin
“I Don’t Want to Be Your Buddy Anymore”
April 1, 2010 at 11:33 am (Close Call, E, Homeschooling, N, Science)
Tags: Close Call, E, Homeschooling, N, Science
An arrow through the heart! More on that later…after I mop up my tears and pull myself together. Read the rest of this entry »
He Says His Brother Is An Alien
March 29, 2010 at 8:27 pm (Bill Nye, E, Following Bliss, Genetics, Homeschooling, N, Science)
Tags: Bill Nye, E, Following Bliss, Genetics, Homeschooling, N, Science
N is doing an online Science Fair that he found out about from his online Physics teacher–and is having a blast! It’s right up his alley of chatting about something he loves (science), making videos (of anything) and being online (famous). One of his goals in life is, honestly, to be on America’s Funniest Home Videos. This isn’t quite the same, but has real potential. Today he blogged a little about it: Read the rest of this entry »
Dear Blog:
March 28, 2010 at 10:23 am (Blogging about Blogging, E, Excess, Following Bliss, Hindering Bliss, Homeschooling, IKEA, Jeff, N)
Tags: Blogging about Blogging, E, Excess, Following Bliss, Hindering Bliss, Homeschooling, IKEA, Jeff, N
Too Cool For School
March 20, 2010 at 12:17 am (Attitude, Books, Children's Books, Close Call, Dancing, E, Homeschooling, Jeff, N, Peanut Butter Sandwiches)
Tags: Attitude, Books, Children's Books, Close Call, Dancing, E, Homeschooling, Jeff, N, Peanut Butter Sandwiches
Today was the first day of the 2010 InHome Conference, our local homeschooling conference in St. Charles, IL. Jeff took the day off work to chaperone N and E, and the boys enjoyed an Art Extravaganza, Magic Show, live animal “critter corner” and an awesome Physics show. E had security notified of his presence before we even had a chance to digest our lunch! I’m sure this doesn’t come as much of a shocker to anyone. Read the rest of this entry »
Hello world!
January 6, 2010 at 12:15 pm (Blather, Blogging about Blogging, Homeschooling)
Tags: Hoarders, Not very interesting
New year = new blog.
I actually started a blog on another site, but haven’t updated or even visited it in over 6 months. There were some very thought provoking posts relating to my family and homeschool life, which are lost to us forever…because I can’t remember where they are! I could troll through my e-mail archives and hopefully discover my former blog’s address, but that would be like a bad digital episode of A&E’s “Hoarders”. Thousands and thousands of unread messages are mixed in with notes from friends, and every newsletter from every museum within 500 miles from the last two years—amongst other spam and whatnot. All that’s missing is a 4 foot pile of poopy adult diapers in the “trash” and twenty cats pooping all over my inbox.
Besides, my old blog was a total a$$hole. I’m glad it’s gone.
So, here I am…turning over a new leaf. I don’t care that it’s because I can’t find my old leaf. If you were homeschooling two boys like mine you wouldn’t be able to find your leaf either.
Delicious Minutiae 