This blog is from a Homeschool Mom, who is an artist, living now in the Pacific Northwest.
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Home Grown
I just found a blog that I would like to share Home Grown it is a really cool sight, with a lot of helpful tips! Go and check it out!
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Going home...again
We are starting our school year...exciting time for us. We are still largely still unschooling, but will hopefully be part of a co-op. I have offered to do a lot of the art projects.
I am worried as we have decided to move back to Washington State, writing that makes it more real now. I am scared, the move from Washington to Texas was very hard, but it was a move that we should not have done. We only moved to NOLA as a way to escape Paris Texas...trust me that is what we did ran like hell from there!
The thing is that I do like NOLA, it is a very wonderful city, with amazing people, culture, music, food, etc. BUT it is not home to me, I have tried to make it home, but it just never worked that way. I have met some amazing people, that I hope to keep in my life for a long time, but it still is not home. I always feel in limbo here, and like any minute things will be gone. I know that chances of another Katrina happening in my lifetime would be rare, it is still there. Also NO one can predict the weather, and things in the climate are changing all the time...the artic shelve is melting, the wetland's are disapearing...I mean can ANYONE promise me that it will be okay? No, and they should not. I also know that things can happen anywhere, but for me TO much can happen here.
It is also that I want to go home, NOW!
I know the moving around is not good for the kids, so I hoping that this will be the last move for awhile. I am hoping to make a better life for us there. It is time.
There is a way of life that I hope to get back to...I also do not like living where we live...the area makes places like "Hilltop" in Tacoma look like Beverly Hills! That is scary! So once again we move, and this time I will be living in Washington
untill I leave feet first.
Photo of MT. Rainer by Greg Hewgill 1998
I am worried as we have decided to move back to Washington State, writing that makes it more real now. I am scared, the move from Washington to Texas was very hard, but it was a move that we should not have done. We only moved to NOLA as a way to escape Paris Texas...trust me that is what we did ran like hell from there!
The thing is that I do like NOLA, it is a very wonderful city, with amazing people, culture, music, food, etc. BUT it is not home to me, I have tried to make it home, but it just never worked that way. I have met some amazing people, that I hope to keep in my life for a long time, but it still is not home. I always feel in limbo here, and like any minute things will be gone. I know that chances of another Katrina happening in my lifetime would be rare, it is still there. Also NO one can predict the weather, and things in the climate are changing all the time...the artic shelve is melting, the wetland's are disapearing...I mean can ANYONE promise me that it will be okay? No, and they should not. I also know that things can happen anywhere, but for me TO much can happen here.
It is also that I want to go home, NOW!
I know the moving around is not good for the kids, so I hoping that this will be the last move for awhile. I am hoping to make a better life for us there. It is time.
There is a way of life that I hope to get back to...I also do not like living where we live...the area makes places like "Hilltop" in Tacoma look like Beverly Hills! That is scary! So once again we move, and this time I will be living in Washington
untill I leave feet first.
Photo of MT. Rainer by Greg Hewgill 1998
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Gearing up
It is that time again to start gearing up for our year of unschooling/homeschooling. We changing some of what we do, one we are hoping to get a co-op together of others. I am working more on a cross curriculm for the year...but still not very structured.
Today we went swimming with the group.
We now have chickens, a fish, and a new puppy! Busy days!
The house is still a complete mess, but I am not very motivated in getting anything done...it is way to hot, and I am just so uncomfortable! BUT IT HAS TO GET DONE! Maybe this weekend I will be more willing, but I doubt it.
Today we went swimming with the group.
We now have chickens, a fish, and a new puppy! Busy days!
The house is still a complete mess, but I am not very motivated in getting anything done...it is way to hot, and I am just so uncomfortable! BUT IT HAS TO GET DONE! Maybe this weekend I will be more willing, but I doubt it.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Better
I am a bit better, but who knows how long that will last! Aidan and I are going later today to try and buy a new (used) mini-van...we shall see...I seriously doubt that we will be coming home with anything! I know you only get what you put out, but to be honest I think that is bullshit! I just do, but that is just the mood I am in lately as well. Aidan and I work hard, yet it seems like for every step forward we are taking 10 steps backward. I know that I need to do some positive energy work on myself, and get my shit together...I am so whinny lately, and I hate that! I do not want to be like this!
One good thing is that I am enrolling in college here...what am I going to be when I grow up? A teacher of art! I know I am good at that, and it something I know I can do! So that is my main thing right now. I just have to do something...to make my children's lives better!
Life has got to be better that it has been for us, and I know I have to do something to make it happen.
This is the why I must work harder and do so much better!
One good thing is that I am enrolling in college here...what am I going to be when I grow up? A teacher of art! I know I am good at that, and it something I know I can do! So that is my main thing right now. I just have to do something...to make my children's lives better!
Life has got to be better that it has been for us, and I know I have to do something to make it happen.
This is the why I must work harder and do so much better!
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Friday, June 18, 2010
OH Crap!
As you can see I have changed the blog look...I HATE it. I will try and fix it over the next few days! It may take time I think, as it is now a total mess!
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Doctors, and reality hits me between the eyes!
Let's see now I know why you should space medical appointments out...you feel like a horrible mother! LOL The kids had some cavities! All three needed new glasses,and they are all over weight! None of it really surprised me, but it was so much to take in all at once!
So what have I done about you may be asking?
1. I am brushing teeth for them, also they have a new super duper cavitie fighting mouth rinse.
2. I make sure they have their glasses on at the correct times.
3. We are eating much healthier...which means I had to take over more of the cooking again, away from Phyllis!
3a. We are walking for health reasons, not just to get us somewhere.
3b. The kids will be doing a lot of swimming!
3c. Dance classes, yet again!
3d. Finding yoga classes for all of us!
3e. And anything else I can think of!
I have been trying for years for us all to be healthier...but not as hard as I could. So now it is no more games, and I am just doing it.
I just do not want the kids on a "diet" those fail, and often do more damage than good. I want them to make healthier choices, and be healthy!
This is my job, and they can not make healthy choices if I do not push them in that direction. This is what a Mother is, not someone who gives into their wants all the time!
They did love their swim lessons last night, and we go again tonight! They are having a blast!
So what have I done about you may be asking?
1. I am brushing teeth for them, also they have a new super duper cavitie fighting mouth rinse.
2. I make sure they have their glasses on at the correct times.
3. We are eating much healthier...which means I had to take over more of the cooking again, away from Phyllis!
3a. We are walking for health reasons, not just to get us somewhere.
3b. The kids will be doing a lot of swimming!
3c. Dance classes, yet again!
3d. Finding yoga classes for all of us!
3e. And anything else I can think of!
I have been trying for years for us all to be healthier...but not as hard as I could. So now it is no more games, and I am just doing it.
I just do not want the kids on a "diet" those fail, and often do more damage than good. I want them to make healthier choices, and be healthy!
This is my job, and they can not make healthy choices if I do not push them in that direction. This is what a Mother is, not someone who gives into their wants all the time!
They did love their swim lessons last night, and we go again tonight! They are having a blast!
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