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Tuesday, June 09, 2009

No takers.

No one wants to house swap with me? Let me see if I can write an ad to make it sound more attractive.

ATTENTION NEAT FREAKS - House swap available. Idyllic wooded setting, 3 bedroom, 2 bath brick house with previously made mess for you to straighten out. Imagine the feeling of accomplishment you will feel, after you've put this house in order, redecorated it, stained the deck and painted the kitchen. Love carpentry work? The owner will give you carte blanche to build in some cabinets, closets or bookshelves. As an added bonus, the owners, their 3 children, 3 dogs and 3 cats will come to your house and make a wonderful mess for you to clean there. So really, you'll get 2 weeks of fun for the price of one (which is free other than your transportation!) What a great deal! Don't let this opportunity pass you by!

2 comments:

jugglingpaynes said...: No thanks, we have our own messes to clean. LOL!

What you need is an aunt. Whenever my aunt visits us, she cleans. I used to be embarrassed by this, but then I realized it's a nervous habit thing. Some people pace, my aunt cleans. ;o)

Peace and Laughter,
Cristina; 10:15 AM
Katrina said...: AMEN to that!; 11:20 AM

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Homeschooling Advice.

1. Try it. You might enjoy it. It might change your life. It might not be your thing, but you won't know if you don't ever try.

2. Find out what your state (or country) requires, the bare minimum. Do this and then with the rest of it, have fun with it. It doesn't have to be all serious and it doesn't have to look like the inside of a classroom. You're at home. Relax. Play. Read. Learn together. Enjoy your kids. They grow up way too fast.

3. Don't let a written curriculum boss you around. If it works, great. If it's not working for you, throw it out. If only parts of it work, use those and throw the rest out. It's not the boss of you. When shopping for curriculum, read reviews. Try to go somewhere where you can actually hold the book in your hands and look through it. Print out a sample day or week and try and implement it or borrow it before buying. It's kind of hit and miss buying books without being able to see them.

4. Find a homeschool support group. Or two. If you can't find one in real life, find one online. Get support where ever you can.

5. Make a mess now and then. Go outside and put some mentos in coke. Make alka-seltzer rockets. Make some great art. Make a timeline and a map. Grow some borax crystals. Use levers to lift things. Make a trebuchet out of whatever you can find around the house.

6. Go on as many field trips as you can.

The point of this blog.

"there is a theme, if you read, you'll get a growing conviction that homeschooling is a lifestyle that is worthwhile, that it is extremely good for kids and families, that it promotes bonding, is a personalized education that is superior to what you can get anywhere else for your kids, is fun and can be done even if you have a 400 track mind, no math skills (thankfully my husband does though), through working, job changes, bad hair days, home remodeling, deaths, illness, surgery, broken bones and various other things and it actually makes dealing with these things easier, not harder, than it was when we were in the public schools, because homeschooling is so incredibly flexible. That's the point I've been trying to make for the last 5 years or so."

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