Let go and let flow

This is from one of my favorite sites, Daily Om.Let Go And Let Flow: Taking A Leap Of FaithMany people, in heeding the guidance of their souls, find themselves contemplating goals that seem outrageous or unattainable. In the mind’s eye, these individuals stand at the edge of a precipice and look out over the abyss at the fruit of their ambition. Some resist the urge to jump, paralyzed by the gap between their current...

Giving Thanks ’06

Yesterday was Thanksgiving and I hope that anybody reading this (from the USA) had a good one. We usually go to my bestest friend (30 years and going strong!) Adrienne’s house but we had some things that needed to be taken care of and we stayed home. It was the five of us, my mom, my cousin and her son. Our menu: We started with:Rigatoni with Billy’s homemade marinara sauce.Antipasto (fresh mozerella, red peppers...

No bedtime

My two daughters (ages 8 & 11) do not have a bedtime, as of about two months ago. Let me back up a bit. From the day that I removed my three children from school (December ’04), I’ve been unschooling them, meaning we don’t do school-at-home and we don’t follow a formal curriculum. Around the time I removed them, I started reading about radical unschooling or as I’ve seen it called sometimes,...

Request/reminder for submissions

We’re halfway through with November so here’s a quick request and reminder for submissions to Unschooling Voices. I’ve had some extra time this week to catch up on some blog surfing and I came across some really great posts that would be perfect for this months topic. I left comments for all of them (I think there were about 5-6) suggesting they submit them to UV. I really hope they do because they were all...

Day 157

Today was a busy, fun day. Shawna had her weekly storytelling meeting at the library. She’s getting really comfortable with telling her stories in front of others and she’s using more eye contact and facial expressions than before. While she was there, Jacqueline & I went to Dunkin’ Donuts and hung out. She had a kiwi slushie and a coffee roll, I had tea and a chocolate chip muffin. mmmmm. It’s...

Cypress Gardens

We recently took off for a few days to celebrate our 3rd adoption anniversary. We’ve done something every year since the first ear and it’s become an anticipated family tradition. We drove about 90 minutes away from where we live, and visited Cypress Gardens. When you buy one day, you can validate your ticket and come back the next day for free. So we went two days in a row, which was nice because we didn’t...

Day 156

I just realised I never posted about Halloween. LOL First of all, I hate Halloween in Florida. It’s nothing like New York City…nothing like it at all. Not that many people decorate, not that many kids go trick or treating, it’s actually quite boring. The other thing I hate is that the weather is still so warm that I’ve been forgetting it’s even Halloween so I end up making a mad dash to the store...

Web cams

We really enjoy watching web cams, especially ones of animals. Here’s a few of the ones we really like. The San Diego Zoo offers four different ones; apes, pandas, elephants and polar bears. The Monterey Bay Aquarium has a few diferent ones like penquins and sharks. This one is about koalas but they show it at a high speed so it’s a little strange to watch. We also love Earth Cam. Definitely check this one out!I...

Day 155

We’ve belonged to Blockbuster Online for a while now and we love it! We pay $17.99 per month and we can rent three movies at a time with unlimited rentals. Which means we can rent as many movies as we want, but we can’t have more than three in our possesion at any one time. What I like about blockbuster, as opposed to netflix, is we can also get free rentals at our local Blockbuster store. I highly recommend them...

Day 154

A list of books (and dvd’s) last checked out by my 14 year old son.Attack helicopters : the AH-64 Apaches by Sweetman, Bill.Britney Spears by Lutz, Norma Jean.Carrier-based jet fighters : the F-14 Tomcats by Green, MichaelDrag racing by Cockerham, Paul W.High-altitude spy planes : the U-2s by Sweetman, Bill.How to become an elected official by Bonner, MikeJeff Gordon by Brinster, Richard.(DVD) People, places &...