http://relaxedhomeskool.com not quite relaxed enough to be unschoolers, yet not quite organized to be school-at-homers Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:31:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Caution: If you have a weak stomach do not scroll down. Go to visit someone else's blog today. Ghastly photos ensue. Seriously, it is a word best reserved for Halloween costumes, war correspondents and certain skin ailments. But every once in awhile the average citizen earns the right to use the ... http://relaxedhomeskool.com/2008/07/20/i-dont-toss-the-word-ghastly-around-lightly/ I've been seeing these felted soap bars at all of the area's finest farmer's markets going for quite a steep price. Then it occurred to me, I have more wool roving than a sheep farmer and a linen closet full of soaps. What does that spell?! F-E-L-T! Who likes to get ... http://relaxedhomeskool.com/2008/07/17/what-is-summer-i-ask-you-without-felted-soap/ (The process of blanket blocking. Not so tricky, unless you're a perfectionist and want all the lines to be ruler-straight. ) So, exactly 2 months after I began, I finished Mason's baby blanket. Fortunately, he's only one month old now. Well, 5 weeks.... Nevertheless, after I laid it out it had the ... http://relaxedhomeskool.com/2008/07/15/blocking-the-blanket-a-retrospective/ Preview of the second Relaxed Homeschooler radio show: (These sparklers are meant to express my excitement about having another episode of Relaxed Homeschooler radio air on July 28th at 10 am central time. Please call in with your questions and comments and please stay on the line for a few minutes ... http://relaxedhomeskool.com/2008/07/14/relaxed-homeschooler-sails-to-two-show-two-with-3-guests/ Well, I just had to try this slide show program out. I promise I won't normally sideswipe you with Weezer songs just for popping by... http://relaxedhomeskool.com/2008/07/12/ima-do-the-things/ We got a minor chuckle, especially at the part where the doc asks how sunlight feels. But I wish the kid hadn't continued with some of his own assumptions...unless that was just put in there to cleverly show us that we all make assumptions? http://relaxedhomeskool.com/2008/07/12/prognosis-funny/ (Couldn't bring myself to dump this AM's leftover coffee down the drain, so I made myself a chilled coffee drink with kefir as the milk. Saved me a 2pm emergency trip to the cafe.) Just can't stop making stuff, which is why I haven't been blogging I suppose. I finally finished ... http://relaxedhomeskool.com/2008/07/11/project-based-week/ (They think of everything at the Taste) Last Wednesday I met my most adventurous culinary tasting friends at the Taste of Chicago. Basically, you'd have to be nuts about food and the lovely idea of getting all of the foods you like in one place at one time in order to ... http://relaxedhomeskool.com/2008/07/07/i-didnt-cook-a-thing/ I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack! Remember the good old days when I used to podcast too? Well, this time I'm trying it again, except without all of that production process which burnt us all out. This time I'm starting a radio program called Relaxed Homeschooler on Blog Talk Radio.  I will have episodes ... http://relaxedhomeskool.com/2008/07/02/relaxed-homeschooler-radio/ Last week I was sort of a blogamist. I wrote a blog post for one of my secret other blogs. I don't usually sneak around behind RH's back like that to get my kicks, trust me. It's just that RH doesn't have video capabilities like Viropop does. I've been hooked ... http://relaxedhomeskool.com/2008/06/30/viropop/