“Her Fearful Symmetry” is by Audrey Niffenegger, the author of “The Time Traveler’s Wife.” “The Time Traveler’s Wife” was a great book.
“Her Fearful Symmetry” is a creepy, long book, but it’s good.
You should get it at the library and read it.
I know. I totally have a career as a book reviewer ahead of me. I’m very thorough and helpful.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Do We Homeschool in the Summer?
Yep.
I don’t want them to forget everything they learned all year, so we keep up a light schedule in the summer. What else are we doing on summer mornings anyway? The pool doesn’t open til noon!
There’s no reason they can’t do a couple of pages of English and a couple of pages of Math every day with other subjects thrown in every now and then.
Also, summer is a great time for tons of field trips to nature centers, natural history museums, zoos, pet stores, children’s museums, parks and so much more. Kansas City is an amazing place to homeschool.
Regular school suggests kids do a workbook over the summer to keep up their skills, but how many people do you know who actually do that, especially if the kids are in day camp, daycare, at the sitter, etc.?
I don’t want them to forget everything they learned all year, so we keep up a light schedule in the summer. What else are we doing on summer mornings anyway? The pool doesn’t open til noon!
There’s no reason they can’t do a couple of pages of English and a couple of pages of Math every day with other subjects thrown in every now and then.
Also, summer is a great time for tons of field trips to nature centers, natural history museums, zoos, pet stores, children’s museums, parks and so much more. Kansas City is an amazing place to homeschool.
Regular school suggests kids do a workbook over the summer to keep up their skills, but how many people do you know who actually do that, especially if the kids are in day camp, daycare, at the sitter, etc.?
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Shoveling Snow as Men’s Work?!
Who said shoveling snow was men’s work?
I love to shovel snow in my butt-kicking Land’s End boots, red coat, gloves and earmuffs.
I just can’t get away from Sam for more than a few minutes to do it. When he realizes I’m outside he starts to cry.
I love the exercise. I love helping my husband. I’m 5 years younger and not with a bad back, after all. I love the solitude.
But you don’t see too many women out shoveling snow. How come?
I also love to mow the lawn. With my youngest in a sling. With headphones on and music blasting, my tennis shoes turning green.
But ask my parents … I didn’t always love to do these things. When I was a teenager it was probably pretty hard to get me to get up and do much of anything. Hey, I was a teenager. I was using my energy to grow, right?
As for Aron ... it’s like you wind him up and he won’t stop shoveling. Then his back is killing him for days.
I love to shovel snow in my butt-kicking Land’s End boots, red coat, gloves and earmuffs.
I just can’t get away from Sam for more than a few minutes to do it. When he realizes I’m outside he starts to cry.
I love the exercise. I love helping my husband. I’m 5 years younger and not with a bad back, after all. I love the solitude.
But you don’t see too many women out shoveling snow. How come?
I also love to mow the lawn. With my youngest in a sling. With headphones on and music blasting, my tennis shoes turning green.
But ask my parents … I didn’t always love to do these things. When I was a teenager it was probably pretty hard to get me to get up and do much of anything. Hey, I was a teenager. I was using my energy to grow, right?
As for Aron ... it’s like you wind him up and he won’t stop shoveling. Then his back is killing him for days.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Resentment Toward Your Spouse
I’d been feeling a little resentful toward Aron. It seemed like the more kids we had, the less he helped out with the boring stuff like laundry and dishes.
Sure, he does outside stuff and takes care of the cars and fixes things as they break (which is quite the job, let me tell you).
But I was feeling ungrateful and like I was doing more than my share with cooking, cleaning, homeschooling, errands, and so on.
Then I started typing up old DayRunner pages from before we were even married and from when we were first married. I want to have everything in one place as far as journaling goes for when I start scrapbooking, plus then I recycle the pages, so that’s less junk in my house!
Anyway, DANG! I sure took a lot of naps in those days before I had kids (it’s a wonder he’d want to marry such a sloth!).
And Aron cooked for me all the time.
And he was there for me when my parents were divorcing (that was a lot of tears on my part).
And he never complained about my dad hanging out with us all the time (he actually enjoyed it, as did I).
And he called my mom on her birthday and helped my dad paint his house.
And he was supportive about me finishing my little ole 2-year juco degree.
And when he was laid off from his job, he went on unemployment for a while, but he worked as a cook to supplement and did not take the full unemployment payment. (who does that these days?!)
And he saved his travel food allowance so he could buy me an engagement/wedding ring.
And he doesn’t say one word about the fact that my fingers are currently too thick to wear that ring. That is priceless to me.
When things are so different and always changing after 15 plus years with someone, it’s nice to be reminded of why you are with someone in the first place.
Now I think I’ll go do something I’ve NEVER done … I’ll bunch his socks together in sets so it’s easier for him to get ready for work and I’ll maybe even go crazy and fold his underwear.
Sure, he does outside stuff and takes care of the cars and fixes things as they break (which is quite the job, let me tell you).
But I was feeling ungrateful and like I was doing more than my share with cooking, cleaning, homeschooling, errands, and so on.
Then I started typing up old DayRunner pages from before we were even married and from when we were first married. I want to have everything in one place as far as journaling goes for when I start scrapbooking, plus then I recycle the pages, so that’s less junk in my house!
Anyway, DANG! I sure took a lot of naps in those days before I had kids (it’s a wonder he’d want to marry such a sloth!).
And Aron cooked for me all the time.
And he was there for me when my parents were divorcing (that was a lot of tears on my part).
And he never complained about my dad hanging out with us all the time (he actually enjoyed it, as did I).
And he called my mom on her birthday and helped my dad paint his house.
And he was supportive about me finishing my little ole 2-year juco degree.
And when he was laid off from his job, he went on unemployment for a while, but he worked as a cook to supplement and did not take the full unemployment payment. (who does that these days?!)
And he saved his travel food allowance so he could buy me an engagement/wedding ring.
And he doesn’t say one word about the fact that my fingers are currently too thick to wear that ring. That is priceless to me.
When things are so different and always changing after 15 plus years with someone, it’s nice to be reminded of why you are with someone in the first place.
Now I think I’ll go do something I’ve NEVER done … I’ll bunch his socks together in sets so it’s easier for him to get ready for work and I’ll maybe even go crazy and fold his underwear.
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