Posted in Random Ramblings on Aug 16th, 2006 1 Comment »
Dawn at By Sun and Candlelight is having another field day! The last one was such a wonderful success that she is making Field Day a regular event. Hooray! Lets support her efforts by sending links to our nature related posts by this friday, Aug 18. The carnival will be on monday Aug 21, so [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Aug 15th, 2006 13 Comments »
For those of you missed the first post, please go here (or just scroll down a bit) and read it or you won’t understand the real impact of the scare I went through yesterday. LOL! And if you missed the Update, wherein I describe the horror of waking up to find said “Beastie” was missing [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Aug 14th, 2006 9 Comments »
That is where I found this humongous beetle. Need I say more? UPDATE: The thing is now loose in my house. Somewhere. Now, no need to panic, it is just a beetle, after all. But Ican’t help having visions of the newly mobile baby scooting around, finding it behind a chair somewhere, and grabbing it [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Aug 13th, 2006 2 Comments »
Seems that Faith has tagged me for a different meme. This one sounds fun, too: 1) ONE HOMESCHOOLING BOOK YOU HAVE ENJOYED Real Learning By Elizabeth Foss. 2) ONE RESOURCE YOU WOULDN’T BE WITHOUT Google (and the Internet in general) 3) ONE RESOURCE YOU WISH YOU HAD NEVER BOUGHT Math U See Algebra II ($$$ [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Aug 12th, 2006 18 Comments »
Or at least some of the impetus behind Superboy’s current obsession with sailing the high seas. In addition to the omnipresent Pirates of the Caribbean II… Superboy recently got this movie for his birthday: Master and Commander In theory, I am not a big Russel Crowe fan. I think his real-life personality is hideous, so [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Aug 10th, 2006 3 Comments »
Looks like i’ve been tagged for my very first meme! I feel so special!LOL! This one actually looks like alot of fun, so… Here goes: 1. ONE BOOK THAT CHANGED YOUR LIFE: Believing in Jesus by Leonard Foley 2. ONE BOOK THAT YOU’VE READ MORE THAN ONCE: How to Conquer Clutter (it didn’t help either [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof... on Aug 9th, 2006 7 Comments »
I’ve been doing some more planning for our nautical unit and I’ve gotten together a few things for JBug to round out her part of the unit : Here is what I’ve gathered: A few of our favorite nautical books, as you can see. Thy Friend, Obadiah was one of Superboy’s all time favorite books [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof... on Aug 8th, 2006 5 Comments »
You know all that “planning” I’ve been doing lately? Well, throw it all overboard. We are going sailing instead! Superboy has recently shown a very keen interest in sailing the high seas and has said his goal is to one day become captain of a boat and sail around the world. And lest you think [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Aug 7th, 2006 9 Comments »
WARNING: THIS IS A RANT IN WHICH MY CATHOLICITY BECOMES QUITE OBVIOUS. IF YOU ARE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THAT, PLEASE AVERT YOUR EYES. Reading all about this woman who calls herself a “Catholic priest” just breaks my heart. First of all, she is not a priest. You can’t just get a group of people together and [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Aug 6th, 2006 2 Comments »
Learning that is… It is summer break but that doesn’t mean the end of learning around Lapaz Farm. Though the learning takes a significantly different form, the Lapaz kids are always driven by a need to discover: Here Superboy and JBug are hunting through the loose change in order to try and fill up Superboy’s [...]
