Archive for July, 2008
Posted: Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 @ 7:09 pm in Family Stuff, kitchen | 3 Comments »
From the beginning of our parenting days we have firmly believed that kids could do many jobs around the house, and that they would benefit greatly by working with us. We followed the adage that if something needed to be done, we all worked to get the job completed. Afterall, we all live in our [...]
Posted: Sunday, July 27th, 2008 @ 10:39 pm in kitchen | 4 Comments »
Remember the kitchen, that lovely ugly room where I was required to preform miracles using equipment that did not work? If you don’t just click on the kitchen category and visit that ugly space. Then DH performed a few miracles while I was out west.
This is still a work-in-process but here’s what I came [...]
Posted: Saturday, July 26th, 2008 @ 7:45 pm in Family Stuff | 3 Comments »
A little over a year ago we were visiting my Dad, enjoying the State College Art’s Festival. It seems like ions ago. At one point Mark shared with my Dad that he didn’t like an expression that I was using. “Granddad”, he said, ”Mom says CRAP all the time and I don’t like [...]
Posted: Friday, July 25th, 2008 @ 4:07 pm in Homeschooling | No Comments »
While I heartily agree with Frankie at KitchenTableLearners that the freedom homeschooling provides us is one reason I love homeschooling, at this moment it is not the one foremost in my mind. And even though we did take full advantage of that freedom this past year when we went to State [...]
Posted: Thursday, July 24th, 2008 @ 3:48 pm in Family Stuff | No Comments »
Do you know how much energy a 16yo male has? Well, if you have one, and one who is very weight conscience and concerned about being in great-shape then you already know that their energy level far exceeds their mom’s. At least mine far exceeds my energy level.
It is fruitless [...]
Posted: Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 @ 3:47 pm in Family Stuff, West Trip | No Comments »
We arrived back home last Wednesday night from our 2-month cross-country camping trip. A great adventure but with very sparadic internet service at best I couldn’t blog. And without electricity my pc couldn’t run for me to journal and then transfer the stuff for you to read later. [...]