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Homeschooling

Evening School

November 3, 2008

Hello, how are you?  I am TIRED.
So far, November is kicking my butt, although mostly I’m enjoying it.  I love being part of Nanowrimo, I love the challenge of blogging every day, and I love my crazy-awesome life.  I love being in this new house, as well, and waking up to the patter of little [...]

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Reason Number One

September 16, 2008

…why homeschooling is the best thing I’ve decided to do for my kids this year:
Joey is beginning to realize that being taught at home means not having to do his math too fast – and get it all wrong – just to avoid making his teacher upset.
This doesn’t mean that he’s all cured from being [...]

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Whoever Invented Afternoon Naps Should Be Sainted

September 10, 2008

WOW.
I took a nap this afternoon/evening, and even though it was difficult (the people that live here keep needing things from me! ARG!), it was SO SO NICE.
I actually have… what is this?! My brain works! My mind is present. Oh sweet cognition, where have you been these past five months? Ha.
So on Friday, things [...]

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Homeschooling Day One: WIN.

September 8, 2008

Wow, you guys.  I am TIRED!
Even though Troy told me last week that if I wanted to wait to start school for the kids until AFTER we move, it just felt right.  It was the right thing to do.  So we armed ourselves with our books and our notes and our printed-out schedules (and our [...]

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Miles To Go Before I Sleep

September 4, 2008

The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.  
- last stanza of Robert Frost’s poem ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening‘
I would have looked that poem up in my own complete works of Robert Frost, rather than having to [...]

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