Watching My Back
June 3rd, 2010
Today Punksin and I had our first history lesson using K12. We’d previously been using another curriculum provider for history and although my bookworm self loved it, I realized that it was a tad too much reading and not enough doing-of-other-stuff. We had to do a little review to be sure she knows all they [...]
Plan’s
May 3rd, 2010
Today is disgustingly humid in my neck of the woods. I LOVE it. So, feeling happy, inspired, and downright energetic, I opted to move some furniture around and do some deep cleaning in the house. Among about a thousand things I unearthed was a notebook I gave to Punksin. Like her father and me, she [...]
Childishness
June 13th, 2009
Last night, as Punksin lay sleeping, I looked at her, astounded at the little young lady she is already becoming. She has long graceful legs, balanced, I’m glad to say, with a beautiful face that still has remnants of baby fat. I ached to hug her and hold her in my lap, to have her [...]
Lies and Fumbles
June 5th, 2009
A few days ago, Punksin mentioned something along the lines of never meeting her grandmother (my mother). I told her that she had indeed met her, right after she was born, but that she hasn’t seen her since. Of course she wanted to know why she hasn’t seen her since. I don’t even remember the [...]
My Latest Obsessions…
May 25th, 2009
…are Impressionist art and the Peloponnesian War. Don’t ask. I could tell you but I don’t feel like doing that much writing just now. Suffice it to say that both of them were “birthed” from what I’ve been teaching Punksin. This is one of the things I love about teaching her – I am learning [...]
Zombie Ants
May 21st, 2009
Every year I know spring has arrived when the parade of ants makes its annual trip to Mecca, i.e. my house. Since ants do not disturb me in quite the same way that roaches or mice do, they’re only a minor nuisance. To me, anyhow. Today, one happened to be crawling across the rug in [...]
Unique Homeschool Materials For Sale?
May 15th, 2009
If you didn’t know, I homeschool my kids. No, I am not any kind of fundamentalist. I pay my taxes and am not trying to create my own nation. I do not own a gun. I homeschool my kids because Punksin is too smart to continue pre-K and, in the town where I live, the [...]
Most Days
April 14th, 2009
Most days, my kids drive me insane. They’re demanding. They want every single speck of my attention. They want toys. They even have the nerve to want food – a lot. Most days, I am tired. I have spent all day trying to balance on a seesaw with 2 rambunctious kids of differing ages with [...]
Coughing and Sniffing and Sneezing, Oh My!
February 25th, 2008
We have all been sick. ALL of us. First Punksin was sick. As you may recall, though, it was a light cough here, a runny nose there, and she was pretty much done. Her father, her brother and I, on the other hand, have not fared so well. Pudding has sneezed out such copious amounts [...]
Thanks for…
January 15th, 2008
I haven’t done my Thankful post recently, although it’s been on my mind. I don’t have the longest list today, but here it is: I’m thankful for our cousin Sadia and her mom, Juana. These are cousins on my husband’s side, Juana being his dad’s sister. Sadia lives on the West Coast and was out [...]
