shadowkatt passed her tests to go to the next level in both Wing Chun and Kali Escrima last night (her second milestone in each?). I’m a bit confused because the two use different terms for their levels, but I’m proud…
Joys of Homeschooling
I cannot describe the marvelous conversations I am privileged to have with shadowkatt. They might happen at any time of the day or night, in the car, over dinner, while watching TV, via LJ or IMs—you name it. Thinking back,…
Awe-inspiring
The Darkest Days “In the spring of 1944, a group of 38 Ukrainian Jews emerged weak and jaundiced from a cave they’d used for nearly a year to escape the horrors of the Holocaust. Nearly fifty years later, one caver…
Still to Be Done
I’m finding a few things overwhelming, so I need to break them down into smaller pieces. Maybe I should set myself a certain number of boxes to empty each day? Going through the rest of the boxes that are still…
@*(#(*$ Textbook Costs
I’m currently signed up to take Introductory Spanish, Business Communication (which is required, though I really think I should be permitted to test out of it), and Proposals. The Proposal class got canceled (apparently the teacher is gone, gone, gone),…
Saturday Miscellany
Whee! I’m wearing shorts that I couldn’t get into for the last two summers! I don’t know why I kept them, to be honest. But I did, and I’m wearing them today. There’s just a tad tighter in the waist…
YAY!
One way to make Cyn very happy: Take away the spare sofa that’s been blocking much of the living room for the last month. We can WALK into the living room, and get to the keyboard to play it! And…
Hello Thursday
Awe-inspiring: Rainbow Spectrum Photo For fun: Gay Marriage is For the Birds I just did a massive reduction on my LJ reading list again. I cannot keep up with it, so communities, feeds, and people were cut. Please don’t take…
Pseudo Science
Good article: Science and the Teachable Moment shadowkatt, that one’s required reading, okay?
Why I Homeschool
I didn’t have any intention of seeing the movie Mean Girls, but I may change my mind. The homeschooled character says, “I had never lived in a world where adults didn’t trust me.” (Quoted in a review by Roger Ebert)…