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January 2012

January 17, 2012

In praise of classical writing

I don't usually get into the minutia of curriculum here (but why not! It is...

November 2011

November 04, 2011

7 Quick Takes–School Stuff

OneWe're on track to finish Alice in Wonderland today. We've spent ages talking through all...

September 2011

September 08, 2011

The Rain was Raining all Around

And now the river is rising and rising. Two families came about 1am to spend...

September 06, 2011

A Spot of Learning

To celebrate the first day of school, we're all sleeping past 7. And then we're...

September 10, 2009

Uninteresting Thursday

We're all camped out on my bed today doing school and ignoring everything else. I'm...

September 08, 2009

A Day of Wonder and Excitement

Its chilly this morning and I can't convince Gladys and Romulus to go play elsewhere....

September 03, 2009

That little item of Mr. Obama speaking to all our children

Hee heeeee heeeeFurther chaos reigns in the current administration.The White House revised the plans Wednesday...

September 03, 2009

maybe this is helpful or…..

We're memorizing Psalm 139 in the group time of our CC mornings. Here's the tune...

September 03, 2009

A number of unconnected somethings

It appears, although I'm not really awake enough to be sure, that the babies slept...

September 01, 2009

A Little Encouragement for the First Day of School

As Matt and the children were chauffeuring me around on my endless list of errands...

August 2009

August 31, 2009

Things I’ve got to do today because I didn’t do them sooner

Today, after I stop lying here, I HAVE to do the following things.-PHOTOCOPY STUFF-Go scavenging...

August 25, 2009

Its that time of year again

My kiddos have been hassling me for the last three weeks to start school. In...

August 10, 2009

teaching a child in the way he should go

Thank you all for interesting and encouraging comments of last week. As is so often...

August 10, 2009

teaching a child in the way he should go

Thank you all for interesting and encouraging comments of last week. As is so often...

August 07, 2009

A Little Friday Opinion Mongering

Between reading the comments on the Stand Firm Homeschool thread (the lectures by RC Sproul,...

May 2009

May 08, 2009

Home School Update (sort of)

I'm waiting for my slow children to finish their morning chores so we can try...

March 2009

March 23, 2009

I’m Back!

As usual, I did not intend to take a week and a half off blogging,...

March 03, 2009

Praying, as it were

A very long time ago someone asked what we do for morning prayer. Obviously, I...

January 2009

January 05, 2009

Monday Morning Fog

After being all discouraged about cleaning, turns out I was really coming down with a...

November 2008

November 07, 2008

Another Week Ran Swiftly By

I can't keep up. Part of my current troubles include a computer that is so...

October 2008

October 17, 2008

Friday in Fall

So we didn't read Alfred the King, in spite of our best intentions. Well, E's...

October 08, 2008

The Rain is Raining All Around

This is the problem with leaving blogging till the end of the day. Too many...

September 2008

September 08, 2008

Half of a post

For those of you who are getting tired of all the homeschooling chitchat, I'm sorry,...

September 04, 2008

Now in the Fading Light of Day

Remarkably, the kids are quiet in bed, the house is clean, the cats were miraculously...

September 04, 2008

Ouch

I stayed up and watched the speech, and the spin...So we're starting school a little...

September 03, 2008

So Many Things

I'm trying to decide how late to stay up. I REALLY want to see the...

September 01, 2008

The Plunge

I have distracted myself with many things over the last few days-the Palin Pick (Thank...

June 2008

June 16, 2008

Scattered Thoughts about CC (see below)

So I spent Thursday, Friday and Saturday in VA at a Classical Conversations Practicum. It...

April 2008

April 27, 2008

Blank, because the house is clean and I’m trying to think through homeschooling

Sorry for the dearth in posting. I've been trying to keep the house clean due...

April 18, 2008

For the Grandparents

G cut that wretched tooth on Monday, or Tuesday (already can't remember). AND she slept...