Lest you were worried: Yes, we survived Homeschooling Week 1. I just was too tired to write about it. Actually, I got to feeling really sick at lunchtime on Friday, so we only did what we really needed to. This second week is going much smoother, and it feels like we’re starting to settle into [...]
We’re on Day 4 of our first week of traditional homeschooling. Day 3 didn’t go so well. Decoder Man and I spent half the night before awake for no discernable reason, and then I finally fell asleep just before I should have been getting up. Slept late … you get the idea. So we just [...]
So, we’ve gotten through Day 2 of our new homeschooling adventure, and I’m pleased to say that it went much better. Everything went much faster than I expected, and I ended up having Bubbles go further in math and M-bug do more grammar than I’d originally planned. I’m wondering if having them do a bit [...]
My brain hurts. We’ve moved to Texas. We made the 1704-mile trip over four days, taking a week break at my parents’ house in the middle of it. The girls and I have been in our new home for just over a week. We spent half of that first week trying to put the house [...]
I recently finished reading Square Peg by L. Todd Rose, a faculty member at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and a man with a first-hand account of what it can be like to grow up with ADHD. Working with Rose is Katherine Ellison, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author with her own experience of having ADHD. [...]
Wow. I can’t believe it’s been over two months since I blogged anything. Actually, scratch that. Yes, I can. Here’s what all has happened: The girls went to Seattle to visit family after Christmas. Decoder Man and I started going through our house to get it ready to sell. You might remember that in early [...]
Well, it’s been a looooong time since I’ve posted anything. Sometimes life just gets so crazy, especially around the holidays. For our family, the holiday chaos starts with our involvement in our church’s annual Living Christmas Tree. It’s a huge production, and as a member of the executive production team, I practically live at church from mid-November through [...]
It’s time for … Macro Photo Monday! There’s a lot of backstory first, but it’s interesting, and we’ll eventually get to the macro photos. I promise! In early August, my mother-in-law brought our girls back from visiting her for a few weeks. She was going to be with us for three days, and she wanted [...]
I haven’t posted anything besides macro photos in three weeks, and that’s just because I had several weeks’ worth of macro posts in the queue. I feel like I’m getting behind in my own life, not to mention my blog. (It’s been so long that I’ve almost forgotten how to use WordPress, and I just [...]
It’s time for … Macro Photo Monday! Ever since Decoder Man and I took our wedding anniversary trip to Sandpoint, Idaho, in July, I’ve been sharing the macro photos I took on the Schweitzer Mountain Nature Hike. Click on the Schweitzer Mountain tag at the bottom of this post to make sure you didn’t miss [...]
It’s time for … Macro Photo Monday! During our hike down the Schweitzer Mountain Nature Trail, I took a macro photo of this wildflower, having no idea if it was even considered a wildflower or a weed. I thought it looked interesting, but didn’t really expect to be able to classify it. So when I [...]
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