Hmmm… 10+ inches of snow, living on a road that often doesn’t even get plowed until Day 2 of a snowstorm…
Methinks I will not be making it to work tomorrow, for my one scheduled shift this week. They can send out all the berating emails they want about how healthcare professionals qualify as “essential traffic” [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Snow day
Posted in work on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mama, I want to learn to read
Posted in Motherhood, homeschool on January 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Every time my a certain someone babysits (once or twice a week), I find letters written neatly on Jubilee’s chalkboard when I get home. This really irritates me, much as I love this person, because she definitely tends to “drill” kids. (She once admitted to flash-carding a child who was only 2 or 3).
Last week, [...]
Day of Questions
Posted in homeschool on January 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today, we looked at an ocean book together, at her request:
-Why did God make the ocean?
-Well, how did God make the ocean without getting his hands wet?
-I like the Pacific Ocean better than the Atlantic Ocean.
-Well, how do jellyfish swim since they don’t have any fins?
-Where are the jellyfish eyes?
-How do snakes swim since [...]
Taking it slow
Posted in homeschool on January 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
So, the more I’m reading about homeschooling, the more I’m thinking I need to take it slow. Jubilee is only three. I’ve been reading a lot of books, and lurking on homeschooling boards on mothering.com. I think what is called eclectic homeschooling seems to be what we will likely lean toward- I like some of [...]
Posted in family on January 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We have been allowing our officially-outdoors kitty to come inside during the day lately (she was banned when we moved into this house after several blatantly intentional fecal mishaps), in the hopes that she will help us solve our annual rodent problem. So far, when I point out to her a cabinet where I have [...]
How to Be Lost
Posted in Writing on January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I finished a really good book at 2 am this morning. The book is called How to Be Lost by Amanda Eyre Ward, and it arrived in the mail yesterday from a nice lady on PaperbackSwap who is nice enough to throw in a freebie third book if you request two of her books. The [...]
Current reading list
Posted in nerdery on January 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There
Homeschooling: The Early Years
Alpha Girls: Understanding the New American Girl and How She is Changing the World
Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic
Teach Your Own: The John Holt Book of Homeschooling
Gifted Children: Myths and Realities
Now You See Her
No Shame in My Game
Real-Life Homeschooling: The Stories of 21 [...]
Yesterday’s list
Posted in organization on January 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
*Don’t let J. sleep in too late.
Eh. I was a Bad Mom and let her sleep in late, but I’m not beating myself up over it. While trying to gently wake her up by being noisy around the house, I got some laundry done and finally took down the Christmas tree.
*Head to library after [...]
Plans for today
Posted in organization on January 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
*Don’t let J. sleep in too late. She’s getting on a really yucky schedule where she sleeps in and then stays up too late. Me no likey.
*Head to library after breakfast to get library card. Check out some homeschooling and parenting type books for myself, and whatever kind of books J. expresses an interest in.
*Pick [...]
Baby antics
Posted in Motherhood on January 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Based on unborn baby antics, I suspect that this kid is going to be just as exceptional as Jubilee. When I was about this far along with Jubilee, M was able to play a game with her where he would poke my belly with his hand, and she would be completely still for a [...]
