Moms with years of homeschooling experience have been sharing some advice on a yahoogroup list I’ve joined. Here are three pieces (paraphrased, since I’m not allowed to quote directly) that I’m considering:
Spend some time this summer educating yourself. The best thing we can give our children is ourselves. Committing to homeschooling one year at a time is a little like committing to a marriage one year at a time.
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Posing for a picture, Ted and the girls are wearing the hats my brother bought them on a recent trip.
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I can’t describe to you how surprised I was to find out I loved her, old sport. I even hoped for a while that she’d throw me over, but she didn’t, because she was in love with me too. She thought I knew a lot because I knew different things from her…Well, there I was, ‘way off my ambitions, getting deeper in love every minute, and all of a sudden I didn’t care. What was the use of doing great things if I could have a better time telling her what I was going to do?
Gatsby, describing his love for Daisy, on page 150 of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Friday’s edition of NPR’s All Things Considered aired Gender at the Grill: Why Guys Do Most of the BBQing. Quotes from the clip include:
(a woman’s voice)“Of all the women I know, no one enjoys grilling.” (a man’s voice) “My attention span’s not that good when I’m grilling.” (man’s voice) “It’s a guy thing.” (woman’s voice) “It’s definitely a guy thing.”
In our house, the grill belongs to the guy of the family. Well, at least he’s the only one who uses it. However, I would like to learn how to BBQ and I don’t see any reason why women can’t do it. Learning how to use the grill goes in the list of things I should learn to do. In fact I think Ted did teach me but it was years ago, before kids…I think this whole “gender at the grill” idea is a bit silly – fluff for a holiday Friday(?!).
But if Ted wants to grill, I’ll let him. I think he looks cute out there on the deck consulting the charcoal.
I could elaborate on my attraction to a man who cooks our dinner over a fire, but further explanations would result – in part – in revisiting this meme…although I think Enoch wouldn’t mind…
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And Ted is too…
Guess we’re two of a kind…
Speaking of movies, tonight is Movie Night so blogging is light and brief…more tomorrow….now it’s time to snuggle with Agent Smith…;)
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