Why We Homeschool…The Sequel

So. Where were we? Oh yeah.  Deciding whether or not to send my little guy back into the world of mass-market learning.  Well…I spent the whole summer before Uber’s 1st grade year studying my options… Private school?  Not even an possibility.  Therapies and doctors visits had already put our rears in arrears. Public school? Scary.  [...]

This stage is crap!

All through the life of my kiddos, I have adored every stage and age.  In fact, whenever people would say to me “don’t you think this stage is the best of all” I could ALWAYS answer “YES” no matter what stage it was, because they were ALL the best.  From the newborn still-smells-like-heaven stage, through [...]

The Good News and the Bad News

So wow!  I can’t thank you folks enough for all the well wishes on my behalf after I shared my basically nauseating tale of having a mole on my upper back removed.  The good news, though?  The little creep was innocent of all charges, and had been taken to the slammer unjustly.  However, as a [...]

Who Is This Linux Guy…And What Does He Want With My Son??

Image by rigeneriamoci via Flickr I’m not sure how your family actively studies vocabulary, but we have our own unique strategy around here: give birth to a geekling.  Our 15-year-old has a new passion, and I can always tell, because a whole new crop of words begin cropping up in his daily conversations. Now I [...]

Awww…They’re Human Again

Image via Wikipedia So yesterday, I gave into the whine that had been building up, and gave it free rein. But today, I have been privileged to sit on the sidelines and watch and listen as my two wonderful young men have made their plans for learning today.  Thanks to the suggestion of Stone-Age Techie, [...]

Consider Yourself Warned, Moms

For many of you who have been following me for a while, you may already be aware of this, however it is completely new to me.  Why someone hasn’t given me a head’s up on this before now, I’m not quite sure.  It certainly would have been the compassionate thing to do.  But instead, everyone [...]

I’m Not Talking To Myself…I’m Having A Parent/Teacher Conference!

Having been a homeschooling family for pretty much all of my sons’ educational careers has left me with a few nagging questions. There are certain “quirks” my kids have that I never know whether to chalk up to their individual personalities or to the fact that they haven’t had the opportunity to have those idiosyncrasies [...]

A Homeschooler’s Wardrobe: The Solution

Decided to add a postscript to yesterday’s post when I discovered an ingenious website that might just solve most of my problems with weather-inappropriate wardrobe choices. This is one of those “Why didn’t I think of that?” kind of websites, because it is so simple, but so brilliant. It is called: “Sleeves”, and even the [...]

A Homeschoolers’ Wardrobe

Homeschooling has an interesting side-effect for my boys, that I’m not sure I started to pay attention to until fairly recently.  My children have no clue about clothing.  What’s in…what’s out.  It’s all Greek togas to them.  Case in point…if I happen to leave both summer and winter clothing accessible to them, it is not [...]

He Has Always Been A Star In My Book

I mentioned in my last blog post that Uber recently celebrated a birthday.  His 15th.  For those of you with kids under ten, let me assure you that YES, that really does make you feel old.  Uber has always been a special kiddo.  He knew all his colors when he was eighteen months old.  He [...]