I went shopping for the kids’ winter clothes today. Even if it wasn’t getting to be cold weather, they really needed some new threads. Case in point: when we were getting ready my daughter had to try on three different pairs of pants before she finally found some that didn’t end just above her ankles. [...]
More Than Fine has a written a post discussing her childhood experiences of dealing with divorce and adultery. Despite her efforts, those memories occasionally give rise to worries in her adult life. I think that’s perfectly normal. No matter how hard we try to get past our childhood crap, there are things that stay with [...]
I run a Yahoo homeschooling group for my area of the state and I’m often helping to answer questions that newcomers have about how to get started and so forth. This week one of the moms who has been on the list for about a year emailed me to say that she did it, she [...]
Approach #1
When we first began homeschooling our daughter, we fell into the trap of “here’s what your child should be doing right now”. There are lots of manuals and guidebooks that give lists of what children should know by age 5, or what they should be learning in 2nd grade.
At first, I was happy to [...]
Hey! Surprise, I’m not dead! I’m still not 100% but I am starting to feel a little better. The biggest obstacle now is catching up on rest (it’s hard to sleep peacefully when you’re coughing your lungs out) and then catching up on all the stuff I was suppose to be doing the last ten [...]
