I’ve Got a What?!

About five years ago I injured my right wrist.
I still don’t know how exactly but I ended up with a “ganglion cyst”,  otherwise known as a “Bible bump” because they use to “cure” them by smashing a Bible onto the offending lump.  Lovely, no?
I went to see my doctor after that Christmas because while baking [...]

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Marriage and PMS

Inspired by MaryP @ It’s Not All Mary Poppins and her post “It must be PMS”.
A conversation…
Me: (in the kitchen shaking my hand in mid air) Oh man it’s everywhere!
Hubby: What is?
Me: My hair! It’s on the counter, it’s in the sink, it’s on the cloth I’m trying to clean with.
Hubby: Well if it [...]

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What Our Unschooling Looks Like

I took some pictures to give anyone interested an inside peek into what our unschooling life looks like.
The Library Basket

The library is a big part of our unschooling experience. We visit it at least once a week, sometimes twice a week and every now and again we’ve been known to go two days in [...]

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Unschooling Begins to Feel Normal

Where once I worried about how our homeschooling “looked”, where once I questioned my methods or lack thereof, where once I was so sure that it mattered that I was a newbie…
I’m starting to see that our penchant for winging it is the greatest asset to our unschooling experience.
Everyday is a new adventure in just [...]

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General Update

There isn’t any particular reason I haven’t been posting other than I’ve just been too busy.
I’ve been trying to knock talk some sense into Son about his spending habits, I’ve been helping BF (single Mom, two girls, full-time job) paint EVERY ROOM of her new house and I’ve been having the usual arguements with Daughter [...]

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Luckier Than Most

I’ve done good I have to admit
Made blossoms bloom from shit
Turned a little hope situation into
A modern day fairytale
Despite my attempts at humility filled soul
The truth is deep down for sure I know
I’m luckier than most even if I don’t know why
There are so many others with more valid reasons to cry
No I would not [...]

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Well, It Went Anyway

So, I had the talk with Son.  The one about this last time he moved back in, being THE LAST TIME.
I don’t know what I was expecting to happen but certainly, the “I know, Mom” and the “You said that already” weren’t very reassuring.
I said all the things I had to say though and that’s [...]

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Happy Birthday

Son is now 20 years old, officially no longer a teenager, though you wouldn’t know it to look at his room.
Anyway, yesterday morning I made him French Toast and coffee and brought it to him in bed…I know, no wonder he doesn’t leave eh?  Really though, everyone in the house gets that [...]

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On the Heavier Side

A conversation…
Me: So, what do you want for your birthday?
Son: I thought you and my Dad were pitching in to get me a new guitar?
Me: I agreed to that when you were living on your own, in your own place, paying your own way and taking care of your own life.  Need I remind you [...]

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Lawn Volcanoes and the Library

Our “no back to school” first week was great fun.
We went to the library on Tuesday and got a very cheerful Hello from our favourite librarian. Daughter took out six books, four from the Our Canadian Girl series and has already read them all. I suggested that she might want to consider [...]

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