sambear wrote about the little surprise R dropped on us last night. He’s been planning since this past summer to go live with his mother—he just wasn’t going to tell Sam yet. I guess that explains why there have been…
House & Kid Nattering
I’m thinking of using this banned books list as a shopping list. I’ve read many of the ones on the list, but not all of them. Okay, I have no need to have American Psycho in the house (wasn’t that…
What Do You Do?
1. What is your current occupation? Is this what you choose to be doing at this point in your life? Why or why not? I’m a Mommy. I do volunteer work maintaining websites and helping to run an online safety…
Who Should Homeschool
The same woman who made the Shakespeare comment has a very different view of homeschooling than I do. This lady (who was really very nice) homeschooled one of her sons one school year, but it wasn’t by choice. He’d been…
Homeschooling Stuff
Current Mood: 😐okay
Missed Fun Trip, Watched Movies
I’m supposed to be up in the mountains with the family and the Girl Scout troop today, rock-hounding. Instead, I’m at home with a migraine. Ick. And this is the very last event with the old troop. I did finally…
Should You WHAT?
Okay, I finished the book. One of the last chapters is entitled “Should you ever become involved with a sexual offender?” There’s a case study of a mother who has started dating someone and then he tells her that he’s…
Boundaries
Surprisingly, I’m almost finished with a book I started reading last night, Protecting Your Children from Sexual Predators by Dr. Leigh Baker. I picked it up on a whim because it was on the new releases shelf at the library.…
Like Mother, Like…
(sigh) R hasn’t been home 12 hours, and he’s already telling bald-faced, stupid, yes-he’ll-definitely-get-caught lies. Why does he do that? It wasn’t even about a big thing, but it wasn’t anything he could in any way be “mistaken” about. He…
Sleepy Baby
Katie slept until about 2 pm! We were up until 1 is, but I didn’t expect it to hit her that hard. I tried to wake her earlier and she was obviously very solidly asleep, which is generally a sign…