Commemorative Stamps For A Childhood Passed

As of tomorrow morning at 5:43 a.m., my baby will be a teenager.  I’m not sure exactly all the emotions that a mother is supposed to feel at this moment, but whatever they are, I’ve been feeling all of them.

I feel so sad about losing the cuddlebug who used to twirl my hair in his [...]

A Thousand Words Thursday

 
(H-T standing on one of the amazing rock faces in our local mountains)
Our mountains can’t help it that they are gorgeous.  Don’t hate them because they are beautiful…

Are We Unschoolers or Do I Just Have PMS?

Do you ever just get antsy?  I don’t know if it is hormones, a genuine mid-life crisis, or seasonal affective disorder, but I’ve got this sudden hankering to really change things up.  (You can relax, sweetheart.  I don’t mean you.  I’ve just now got you trained to take out the trash before I ask…why [...]

When Even A Meme Is Too Much…

I’m experiencing severe blog guilt today.  I’ve neglected my poor little Topsy-Techie blog for the past several days, and of course you lovely folks by proxy.  My schedule has been overwhelming for the last week.  The blog course I’m leading has eighteen students!!  For a mom who can sometimes get deluged homeschooling two, this has [...]

Homeschool PE – - Shall we ski or go running in the mountains today?

It’s been cold, dreary, and rainy this week, so our physical activity has been limited.  Our choices have whittled down to ski jumping, running through the mountains, hula hooping, or fishing. 
Well, at least those are the Wii game discs I can locate at the current moment. 
Yes, we have been reduced to virtual phys [...]

Carnival of Homeschooling #164 – the Hardwired Edition

Welcome to the 164th edition of the Carnival of Homeschooling – – hosted by your favorite techie host…Topsy-Techie!  My lot in life was to be a tech-lovin’ mama raising two geeklings and one resistant-to-technology hubby.  Therefore, I’m afraid that this week you have been thrust into our flashing, beeping, multimedia blog world where the [...]

Friday’s Hardwired Homeschool Hints: Online Curriculum Choices

I’m a member of several homeschool Yahoo groups, and someone posted a question today that really surprised me.  Her daughter was obsessed with the computer, and she was wondering whether there were any homeschool curricula out there that were computer based.  After reading the question, I did one of those classic Scooby-Doo double takes.   [...]

Attention – - We Have A Jailbreak!

There are some terrific upsides to having an Uber-techie son.  I need something Photoshopped?  He’s on it.  Problem uninstalling a program?  He’s got the shortcut key to fix it.  Forget how to unstick my sticky keys?  It’s all in that beautiful brain of his.
But then, there are the downsides.  Like his desire to fix things [...]

Are You Ready For A Carnival?

So next week is the big week!  Topsy-Techie is hosting the Carnival  of Homeschooling blog carnival!!  So, I want YOU, my regular readers who are homeschoolers, to get in on the action.
It is time to check your annals, and find one of your favorite posts about anything related to homeschooling.  Dig deep, if you have [...]

Friday’s Hardwired Homeschool Hints: Over the Moon!

I know that it has been a while since I have visited the Hardwired Hints territory, so you know it had to be something good to bring this puppy out of temporary retirement…
Our subject this week is The Final Frontier.  Yep, that’s right. Outer space.  And instead of a passel of links, this time [...]