A theme we are pulling from our books recently is “do more with less”, although it may not be clear to everyone how we are finding that message in the books. Sometimes it’s loosely connected.
A Pair of Red Clogs is perfectly attuned to this theme, as a little girl in Japan gets a [...]
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It is 5:30, and I am watching the sunset. By summer, sunset won’t be until 9pm, but this feels wonderful after the December days of darkness. The temperature reached a balmy 44 degrees today, and we all felt like going outside! I didn’t really get to, since I had to go to work, but I [...]
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I’ve been a tad worried that Carbon wasn’t academically on track, because he seemed to be stuck on this plateau where he only sort of knew his alphabet and he still would sometimes mess up counting above 12. It was very frustrating, and I did get worried. I’ve tried really hard not to make a [...]
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I need to pay more attention to what I’m eating and cook more at home. It’s too easy to end up eating a lot of carry out and fast food, and it’s also too easy to eat lots of potatoes, which don’t agree with my digestion very much. As I try to lift food up [...]
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I think I’d like to try this format, of a quick, fairly informal, summary post once a week that just tracks what we’ve been doing. I like to read these posts, so I presume to copy them.
It’s been a fairly good week here at The Learning Umbrella. I’m trying to focus on the positive and be more [...]
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Thanks Piseco, for saying you are Hooked on My Blog!
Now I need to play along with the rules, and list 6 Things That Make Me Happy and Five Blogs I’m Hooked On.
I tried to think of quirky things, but I guess I’m pretty boring in what makes me happy.
1. Bubble Baths. I LOVE to soak [...]
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After finishing my 8×8 in 2008 challenge, I felt like I deserved a little reward. I went to a local bookshop, and I browsed – just for fun. I was open to buying anything that appealed to me. What I found was a book on my To Read List.
Chez Moi by Agnes Desarthe, is a [...]
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I had “play with microscope” on today’s school assignment list, and Carbon actually woke up this morning with a glad cry of “It’s Microscope Day!”. He was so excited to get to use the microscope, and he whizzed through all his other assignments so that he could spend the morning with it.
Then we got it [...]
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Here’s how we were using this space before:
And then we got the desk carried out of Carbon’s bedroom.
And then we created a school area, with storage for all the school supplies and an actual work space for Carbon. He loves it, and he wanted to do school work right away.
Next, his bedroom.
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The Before shot of my “home office”. This is actually our laundry room, which is also the hallway into the garage, but I’ve claimed it in the effort to have that “room of my own”. Those shelves on the wall were actually there when we bought the house six or seven years ago. The empty [...]
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