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Month: January 2017

As Promised, Homeschooling!

As Promised, Homeschooling!

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Homeschooling has gained a lot of traction in the past few decades, which means there has been a huge leap in the number of choices for curriculums, programs, tools and schedules accessible to homeschoolers.  For me, the sheer number of options is incredibly overwhelming.  I’ve realized recently that part of my personality is always looking for the “next best thing.” Something that is better, easier, faster, more efficient.  I like to take what I call a “sampler plate” at potlucks…

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The French Angora Lactation Consultant

The French Angora Lactation Consultant

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Yes, that’s a strange title. Yes, it’s because we’re strange people. And yes, it’s a long story. I had a post all prepared to put up for today. All I had to do was add a few pictures. But, as with what happened with Rachel’s homeschooling posts, more pressing matters came up. A little while back I mentioned that two of our French Angora rabbits were due to deliver soon. Elinor presumably never took, but Hester delivered nine kits overnight…

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Theme of the Week: Repurposing

Theme of the Week: Repurposing

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On my last post I indicated that I would be sharing about homeschooling next, as that topic has been sorely neglected here on the blog. A travesty really, because of all the things we do homeschooling seems to eat up most of my time! Anyway, the injustice shall continue because I had to share our theme from this past week: Repurposing. Okay, so we don’t actually put themes to our weeks around here, but if we did ‘Repurposing’ definitely would have…

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Anticipation

Anticipation

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This is the sister post to our last update, because while there is plenty of wondering and occasional concern, there is a lot of excitement for what’s about to happen to break through the cabin fever. The boys have taken to creating interpretive dances while stuck inside. The latest is called ‘The Tiger and the Antelope.’ It looks a lot like wrestling. Most of what they do looks a lot like wrestling. Moving on, here’s the low down: The goats…

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Worry

Worry

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We watched Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them recently. At one point in the movie the main character says “When you worry, you suffer twice.” Try as I might to tell myself that, we worry. If anyone thought everything here was fun, that we’ve learned all there is to know and that our reading has adequately prepared us for what we’re doing, then I’m afraid that we’ve failed to underscore some of the very real second guessing, overthinking and worry that…

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