( A few hours before the guests arrived…the kids decided it would be fun to play with packing peanuts {AKA Spagmumps}while I was furiously cleaning elsewhere…)
It was a lovely holiday. My parents arrived. We had cookies and tea. We socialized and spent hours together laughing and chatting and talking politics and cooking and going to [...]

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Are you a relaxed homeschooler? Well, I certainly am, especially this time of year. I think I’ve relaxed us right off of the spectrum of what it means to be a homeschooler. Does ice skating, cartoons, and a book on tape qualify me? Well, no bother, I’ve always got January for resolutions.
The other day [...]

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I felt moved to write a testimonial today to one of my favorite zinesters, the Hausfrau. I’m sure she won’t mind the graphic nature of my email/blog plug since in one of my favorite issues she once hilariously documented the discovery of a putrid pile of maggots in her child’s carseat. For more on this [...]

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(Take a last look at Marshall Fields midwest because next year it’ll be Macys)
Here is sit in my messy house with little piles all around us of things that need to be cleaned or relocated. It is 0 degrees outside but feels like 14 below due to wind chill. My children have the stomach flu. [...]

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(sweet,sweet summer at the lakefront. Ugh, its only December!)
Another burst of some sort is happening in my son’s brain. I know this because there is a constant stream of questions and witticisms coming out of his mouth, provided he’s not too busy whining at the moment. Here are my favorites from yesterday, but I already [...]

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(There was quite a cacaphony actually)
Frantically preparing for holidays? No time to type complete sentences? Make difference, 2 to 6 clicks tops. Vote for favorite homeschool blogs here. After, take shorthand tutorial, revolutionize blogging.

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(The mural painted by a bunch of homeschooled Girl Scouts in my troop. Isn’t it lovely?)
You have heard one of my “What is weird about homeschooling” thoughts. I’ve decided to make it a theme. I don’t know why, but one of my obscure missions in life is to be completely honest about homeschooling and debunk [...]

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(view of the Field museum from atop the pyramid)
Another thing that is weird about homeschooling is that you get to see your child and be with them as they experience social scenarios you would never be privvy to if they were in school. Sometimes this is amusing and sometimes impressive, but just as often it [...]

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(The angel on our tree)
When I checked the news this morning this article jumped out at me. Its about a homeschooled kid whose theorems could have potential applications in engineering and physics. Awesome. Back to watching Scooby Doo with my kids. Uh, I mean, studying trigonometry.

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