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| Tuesday, August 14th, 2007 | | 1:30 pm |
Um, so it's been 9 months!!
I read and comment on friend's journals, but just haven't managed to update mine in MONTHS. Hmmm. I'm not sure why I stopped, exactly. Life got busy, and then a few months ago Facebook happened to me. LOL! Also, I probably *really* could stand to spend less rather than more time online. We'll see if I continue. This post is for ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) pickles_juice to see if this ends up on her friend's list. :-) | | Tuesday, November 7th, 2006 | | 12:31 pm |
It's been a while, again. :-)
I don't have a lot to say right this minute, but I thought I'd put this up as a reminder for me to bother updating again. :-) We're supposed to be heading out to a homeschool drop-in thing at Cosmic Adventures ( http://cosmicadventures.ca/05/home.htm) soon but Forest is acting like a little lunatic. If we weren't committed to watching other people's children there while they work I wouldn't be letting him go! The cool thing is that apparently Cosmic Adventures now has a homeschooling rate that applies to weekdays. $5 per child instead of $11. Not bad. Ah well...I'm stuffing them with lunch right now because the food there is expensive. We'll see how it goes! My friend that was supposed to be coming with us can't make it, so I don't even know if there will be anyone we know there. I suppose I can handle meeting new people. :-) | | Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006 | | 8:22 am |
It's been a while...
Life goes on and we've been busy. :-) Homeschooling classes have started up again and this year the kids have asked to do many things. Maia is taking horse-back riding lessons, Science class (Human and Comparative Anatomy), hs piano lessons, hs swimming lessons and Brownies. Forest is taking an Intro to Music class, Science (same as Maia's but younger students) and hs swimming lessons. (lest you all think I got suddently rich, I finally registered Forest to receive CTB and the provincial money so they sent me back-pay and I'm saving some and using some for their classes/clothes etc) I bought them backpacks at MEC for this year. They are now putting their things in them when we are out and about, and carrying them. I am no longer their packhorse as well as chauffeur. :-P We're just going to chill here today...yesterday was pretty busy-they both had music lessons in the am and then we went swimming at the new pool (salt-disinfectact system!) for 2hrs and last night Maia had Brownies. Which brings me to this: A girl apparently said horrid things to Maia in the bathroom about homeschooling, so we spent a long time last night before bed talking about ignorance, and mean kids, and kids that don't know what to do when people are different than them, so they lash out. Poor Maia...she said "I don't understand why someone would sign up for a program where the Brownie Law is about Helping, but then not follow that law!" LOL! To be honest, I'm starting to undestand why so many cities have homeschooling troupes...I've never wanted to segregate ourselves, but to be honest, I don't want my child around large groups of mostly unsupervised school-children! The leaders are also fucking freaks! Marc said that he saw them bickering with eachother last night! Last week I stayed and watched the whole 1.5hrs just to see what goes on, and neither of them even acknowledged me! Bizarre. Maia is still is having a blast there, and wants to continue, but she just isn't understanding why some people aren't very nice. *sigh* She said "I think that I need to just get used to it so that I'm not so shocked when someone isn't nice to me. When I'm shocked I freeze and don't stand up for myself". God, the growing up thing is harder the 2nd time around, just watching it. It pains me to think that she recognizes that she needs to "get used to" mean kids. Gah. | | Sunday, August 27th, 2006 | | 10:43 am |
| | Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006 | | 2:54 pm |
| | Monday, July 31st, 2006 | | 11:31 am |
Why I only need two kids...
There are *5* kids at my lunch table right now. This is one of the reasons why I think I'm going to be just fine sticking with _only_ two children. I always seem to collect a few extra children. It's only 11:30am and I'm already tired. We had two kids sleep over last night and they stayed up late roasting marshmallows and hot dogs on a bonfire then woke up by 6:30am. So far today they've played numerous imaginary games, gone swimming in the backyard pool *twice*, scootered on the driveway (yes, I actually have enough helmets for them all!), painted outside on the easel and now it's lunchtime. After lunch I'm taking them all down to the parks at the beach. Oh, in case you're wondering, the 5th child is the next door neighbour who has been playing here for a few hours. I invited her for lunch too. Hope everyone has a great week. :-) | | Saturday, July 22nd, 2006 | | 7:44 am |
YAWN
Will be leaving for work in 45minutes. I'm just sitting here drinking coffee and trying to wake up. I am _so_ not a morning person. Not at all. Interesting experience yesterday that I can't stop thinking about. I took the kids to the local wading pool and then to a park that's near it, but that we don't regularly go to. (ie. it's close but not in our actual neighbourhood, and we already have 2 great parks to walk to--I've taken them maybe 3x to this one) They had a new and AMAZING playstructure. And *many* completely unsupervised children at one point. These children were, shall we say, practically FERAL. It was truly bizarre and pretty scary to watch a kind of gang/mob mentality in children. Schoolyard bullying kind of stuff but *without* authority to (hopefully) step in. I actually had to walk over to where they were congregating numerous times to _step in_ and put a stop to activities when they started involving my own children. I'd say that the kids ranged in age from 5 to 13yrs or so. They were talking about getting the youngest to SMOKE, physically stepping on other children instead of waiting for them to move, not allowing children to pass, yelling at them, harassing them with taunting, playing games that involved repeatedly yelling something about RAPE, targetting specific children for verbal abuse and littering. (yes, this one bothered my daughter enough that she was aghast!) Another mom of two came at some point and was involving herself in trying to advocate for the kids that were being harassed. (yes, even those within their "group" needed help---the youngest ones were left crying often) I brought my guys to play in the old section of the park (not as fun, but WAY AWAY from the other kids) along with the two newcomers. Okay....now here's my dillema. Guilt. Total Lefty Guilt. This park is beside a low income housing project. I bring my kids there without a thought to that fact. The new structure has clearly become a magnet for many kids that might not have played there last summer. Or maybe they just weren't there on the days that we happened to go. Either way, I'm horrified that I am now connecting this kind of behaviour with "housing projects". I don't want to be a snob. It's only been in the last couple of years that we could be considered (lower)middle class financially...although our education obviously put us in a different place by virtue of the doors it _could_ open. Even when we had such little money that we couldn't heat the cottage we were renting at one point without "borrowing" wood to burn in the stove. It pains me to see that I will think twice (or three times!) before bringing my kids back to that park. | | Sunday, July 16th, 2006 | | 9:58 am |
Ha! Taken from plastikgyrl LOL! This is too funny. :-) Btw, I don't consider myself an anarchist at all. And yes, I've done mucho community work in my day. LOL! I just have no religion. Is that a crime?? LOL! | You scored as Anarchist. Coochy choochy coo, what a cute little ANARCHIST we have here.
You see everything as a means to an end, and that end is You. You don't understand why some saps do community service cause you wouldn't be caught dead picking up trash unless you were in an orange jumpsuit. You're also pretty angry at the world but are too self-concerned to do anything about it because you are an anarchist. Understanding this statement would practically kill you, "There is freedom in obedience." You probably also hate Bush.
Anarchist | | 75% | Buddhist | | 65% | Jewish | | 60% | Cult | | 50% | Christian | | 30% | Catholic | | 15% | </td>
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| | Friday, July 7th, 2006 | | 10:28 am |
Relaxing morning...
Kids are decorating candles with beeswax (holy wholesome, huh?! LOL!) while I'm alternating between knitting and doing laundry. Not too bad a start to the day. :-) I'm actually going to hang the laundry on the line (and resist the seductive call of the dryer!) when it's finished washing. Go Me! ( Pictures of said wholesome activity ) | | Thursday, April 20th, 2006 | | 2:00 pm |
| | Saturday, April 15th, 2006 | | 10:12 am |
Taken from plastikgyrl Not sure why I got this one, especially since the whole Indigo kids thing irritates the crap out of me. I am _not_ a particularly spiritual person and I made sure to answer the questions about spirituality accordingly. Harrumph! 
Your Aura Colour is Indigo.
Indigos are truth-tellers. They are quiet, alert, spiritual, inquisitive, patient, determined, guiltless, stubborn and honest. They can be blunt. |
Find out what colour your aura is. ( Full Description Here ) | | Sunday, April 9th, 2006 | | 6:57 pm |
Ooooooh...
So sick. I was so sick last night. As in the "out both ends" variety. Blech. Within minutes of getting home from work yesterday I started vomiting. I have an almost unnatural phobia of vomiting. Puking makes me weep. Yes. Yes it does. I have finally crawled out of my hole and ventured out to try to eat some toast. Marc has taken the kids to get some food. I have barely seen them all weekend. I need to take a bath or shower or something to erase the past 26hrs of sickness. I'll try to block it from my mind. I hope everyone else had a better weekend than mine! | | Friday, April 7th, 2006 | | 12:51 pm |
Maia's gift to Forest
This is the present that Maia gave to him. Forest insists on being called "Dinky" instead of Forest. Yeah, I'm thrilled. :-) Maia made him a little book for his birthday present. Here it is! ( Dinky's Adventures!! ) | | 12:40 pm |
Forest turned 4 yesterday!!!
Unfortunately he started vomiting last night and is still sick today. We've cancelled his birthday party. (it was supposed to be after swimming today at my parent's house with his cousins) Here's a picture of the birthday boy yesterday...not smiling and right out of bed. LOL! ( Forest Turns Four! ) | | Tuesday, April 4th, 2006 | | 11:35 am |
So...we're staying home today...
Just as well, since it's SNOWING outside and if I can just pretend that it's not happening by limiting the direct contact, all the better. A comment from someone whose lj that I read and love got me thinking. I'm not sharing much of *myself* here, and as a result I'm seem to be giving off the rather wholesome homeschooling-mama vibe. Which I am. A homeschooling mama, that is. But I'm really not particularly wholesome. Well, I suppose that my current *deeds* aren't exactly x-rated but my past deeds more than make up for it. Not to mention my thoughts. Now _those_ are not wholesome semi-suburban (okay, more like very small city beside medium city!) mama material. Maybe I'll start letting it hang out a bit more here? | | Monday, April 3rd, 2006 | | 8:36 pm |
Lovely
Maia just woke up PUKING all over her floor. I'm alone here with the kids, so despite the fact that cleaning vomit makes me gag and retch I had to pick it all up myself. Barf. I hope that it was just something that she ate. She's got her most favourite day tomorrow...Chemistry and Nature classes. She will be _so_ upset if she can't go! And I don't really feel like dealing with vomit. Ugh. | | Sunday, April 2nd, 2006 | | 12:12 pm |
It's been a while...
Marc and the kids aren't home so I'm down here in the basement doing laundry and cleaning the playroom. (where we very conveniently put the computer!) I'll vacuum in a minute because we are apparently way too laid back, and let the kids eat down here so the carpet is covered in a week's worth of dropped food. Aren't I classy? I got myself caught in between two friends who were/are in conflict this past month. That is somewhere that I never want to be again. Ugh. How fucking stressful is that?? It would appear that they are beginning to work things out so I can breathe a bit easier now. Busy, busy. Chemistry and French class began last week so we've got an extra busy day out of the house. It's Spring finally though, so we're happy to be out and about! Yay! Current Music: When Doves Cry- Ani Difranco version | | Thursday, March 16th, 2006 | | 8:40 am |
| | Friday, March 10th, 2006 | | 11:28 am |
We are still alive...
Kids have been sick since last Thursday afternoon. Ugh. Today is the very first day that we will be heading out to any of our homeschooling class-type things since last week! Usually on Fridays I drop Maia off at her friend's house, and then find fun things to do with just Forest for a few hours. (either hang out with my Mom, or take him to play at a friend's house while I chat with the mom) Then we head to swimming lessons. We're skipping the playdate part of the day to conserve the kid's energy to make it through a swimming class. They've barely eaten in a week, so I think that they need to build up their stamina again. All I can say is THANK GOODNESS that we won't be spending yet another day at home. Yippee! | | Wednesday, March 1st, 2006 | | 7:59 am |
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