Mmm, okay? Yum. Right? That was my cucumber salad just before I added my secret dressing recipe. Dill from yard. It just looked too pretty to eat without capturing somehow. This must be the height of documentation mania then, right? Is there a name for folks like us other than “bloggers”? I once read that [...]

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On Saturday we were at the beautiful Mirror lake in Wisconsin kayaking. We got to see and touch the sandstone bluffs up close and we paddled under the highway far above us wondering at how so many people drive by without seeing the beauty of the place below. How many times do we do [...]

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(Remember when we used to do stuff together? Before you got all big-headed?)
Dear Homeschooling,
You’ve been good to us. So accommodating and thought provoking and full of surprises. Remember the fire ants in the kitchen? Or the water wheel we made that one time? Ooh, ooh, how about when we hatched praying mantis babies, [...]

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You know what’s weird? When your family is seperated in to 3 different time zones for a few days. Then you decide, yeah, we humans obviously are weird. In addition to creating extra time zones, we also have such complex lives that we have to turn off the fight or flight type instinct [...]

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(what Easter looked like at our house)
Okay, get out your interpretation journals. This one isn’t an aimless, rambling recollection. It has a punchline.Last night I had a dream that I was at a beachside casino (Ken and I used to work for one in another life) for our annual homeschooling conference (really? At a casino? [...]

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(Adoring Grammy at the conference. Nice digs, eh?)
My mom visited last week and came with us to the conference, which was one of the most awesome experiences. She got to trek around the 1/3 mile long hotel with me and meet every homeschooler in the tristate area. We got to have some quiet moments here [...]

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(View from the window this AM. Even though I have called a moratorium on all further snowfall this year, it appears that the memo did not hit the press.)
After reading a bit about homework today, and recalling that the number one question my kids get from friends who go to school is “Do you have [...]

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Dear Tooth Fairy,
I am writing on behalf of my 7 tear old son. There’s been some confusion. First off, let me say that you do have very lovely fairy dust. My daughter has held on to that gift you left since she was 4 now. But this letter is about the boy. See, like [...]

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Hathor the CowGoddess has a new year’s resolution in comic form which I think you will appreciate!
What is yours?
I resolve:
To see more movies
To unclench my jaw and let it hang open more
To get a wardrobe
To keep focusing on my family(in a non-political way)
To knit a freakin’ sweater

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(Gammie’s elves don’t have time for text messaging.)
Happy new year, America. We rang it in screaming in the snow with a bunch of kids having a snowball fight and our bellies full of fondue. Not half bad.
Okay, now I need your help with a problem. This should be easy enough. How can I diplomatically inform [...]

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