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This is actually pretty accurate for me. I have to snicker at my 0 for gifts... I agree to get gifts at my Birthday and Christmas, and that's it. My Birthday (in Feb) has become pretty much exclusively gardening supplies for the approaching Spring. Last Valentine's day Werner and I reconfirmed NO GIFTS and it filled me with relief. *lol*

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I've written about 5 "half" posts that are still stuck in private because I never get back to finishing them. *sigh* I've got to get out of editor mode when it comes to lj... I'm just interrupted too much. So I'm combining some of the stuff and actually posting it ( Read more... )

I've decided to start recording my thoughts and experiences regarding homeschooling the kids. I realized that I'm struggling to remember what I did with Werner when he was the same age as Elisabeth... and it is annoying me! Plus, as Werner is now being exposed to a "normal" curriculum in the form of cyberschool, I'm getting all sorts of interesting ( Read more... )

my husband's postI'm actually pretty thrilled about this. Not only were there some specific "praising of the editing" which NEVER happens (reviewers only mention editing to bitch), but the book overall received a really great review. Neumenon was probably the first book that became my "baby." I think it was because I was rather worried that the ( Read more... )

First off... if Leanne sees this, could you give me another call or e-mail me your number? Our phone got unplugged and it somehow erased EVERYTHING on the answering machine. I'll be home later tonight (after 6pm my time ( Read more... )

So, I decided to read the "Swiss Family Robinson" to Werner. Sounds harmless, right? Well, first I checked out the kid version (from the Illustrated Classic Series)and it SUCKED. It was like reading the cliff-note version of the book, except it didn't even explain the plot that well. While Werner could read it ok on his own, he kept coming out and ( Read more... )

I now remember why I put the subject line of the last post as "Good Day." Yesterday was one of those days that I would like to remember at the end of those inevitable sucky days that happen all too frequently. Wednesdays are class days, and I must say that it probably achieved the status of a perfect homeschooling day. We were getting ready to take ( Read more... )

For any who are interested, I just made "public" a post I wrote a few days ago... I'm not sure why I kept it private for a while, I guess I was still working things out about it. As far as non-kid related things go, I spend most days packing Mom's house (so she can get out of it!). Most of our things are already at our new house (Mom's old house ( Read more... )

So... my son was given an official diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome yesterday evening. This was the second time we went to this psychologist. I feel like she walked into the room with the diagnosis all ready, so the fact that she didn't say "Asperger's" after the first appointment was probably due to her wanting to spend the session talking to us ( Read more... )