Yes, I have reached my 194th post on this blog! YEA ME! So how am I celebrating? By breaking down on the side of the interstate. Yep. I am sitting here on the side of I-15 near the 15/ 163 split on the south side at 5:22 PM. If your driving by and see the RV sitting just past Miramar, that is me! Honk twice and wave! And if you are someone who can change out RV back tires, I have two down on the rear passenger side. The inner tire blew out (ripped to shreds) and the other went flat from the weight. Anybody? Or heck, just stop by with sandwiches (we're out of bread) or bread... or maybe just come hang out with us. Bring lawn chairs and a table... we'll have a picnic LOL. *sigh*
UPDATE:
We got help and they looked at it. We blew TWO tires! So Kearny Mesa Towing towed us to Evan's Tire shop. Everyone was SO good to us! Thank you everyone! And now, we'll return to the normal hum-drum postings about snot and sleep and curriculum and whatnot. Enjoy.
Sunday, March 11, 2007
Friday, March 09, 2007
Our Big Day Updated
We went to the school and talked to the consultant. The boys are loaded down with books. We're giving Saxon Math a try and backtracking to make sure we haven't missed anything. Their science books look interesting. They have hands on activities! So I am excited about that. They both have Social Studies books. Mendel's is about family (I REFUSE to do a family tree) and Miles is about communities and cultures. They should be fun! Their reading is read stuff you like (for Miles and Mendel) and Hooked On Phonics to make sure we covered everything. Miles will breeze through it! I am going to stick to the Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Lessons for Mendel. So far we both agree on everything. I have to bring in samples of later work for the next meeting (on the 30th) because I didn't realize I needed to do that this time. Oopsy! I think this will work. The only thing I don't like is the "school day" is Mon-Fri on the chart. But I'll just continue as before and mark it down on Mon-Fri. Poo! I don't like that. But it'll still work. Oh, and they don't count holidays either. ptttttth.
Today is Grandma Foot's Memorial
We'll go to the Memorial Service today. Dad is doing the eulogy. He read it to us last night and it is WONDERFUL! It is just what Grandma would have wanted. I'll ask if I can post it here later. We are off.
Until later,
Dotchi
Today is Grandma Foot's Memorial
We'll go to the Memorial Service today. Dad is doing the eulogy. He read it to us last night and it is WONDERFUL! It is just what Grandma would have wanted. I'll ask if I can post it here later. We are off.
Until later,
Dotchi
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Tomorrow is our big day
I finally decided to sign up through a charter school. Technically we aren't homeschoolers anymore. Our Charter School is a public school so my kiddo's are public school kids. BUT, we still educate at home.
It's a pretty cool system (so far so good...) as far as I can tell. They provide all the curriculum and everything (and offer classes) and we do all the educating at home. We are allowed to educate how we see fit (even unschool) and report to them once a month what we are doing and how it is going. They'll offer suggestions and everything! We don't HAVE to do what they suggest, but we can. And if something isn't working, we can switch styles as many times as we need until we find what works.
This was something dh and I talked about for awhile. We started out as independant homeschoolers. Then we went to a cover school. Now that we are here, he has really upped his worry level. And so did I! Are they learning enough? Are we teaching enough? Are we harming them? So I looked into the charter school option. I talked to a lady who homeschools through this option. She told me all about GSDA and what it was like. Honestly, I thought it sounded too good to be true. A public school that lets you homeschool?
Well, I called and made the appointment and went down there to see if it was really like she said. It was! The lady I talked to was REALLY enthusiastic which freaked me out at first. I could only think about the times I was in public school. Any teacher THAT excited meant you would be piled down with homework and really all that smiling and bouncing meant she was really a bitch and you'd find that out in week 2.
But this lady agreed with me on everything I said about homeschooling. I even asked a ton of questions and her answers told me what I wanted to hear and more. It's just like the other lady described. Nothing hidden (so far), nothing sinister. I am still wondering b/c my sinister self is waiting for something, the catch. But it is all cool so far and tomorrow is the big day. We go in and discuss curriculum.
Now, we talked about it in orientation so it shouldn't be too bad. The boys know what they want and so far Ms Carol is totally cool with it all. She thinks theme units are cool and she's willing to set us up however we want. I am still blown away! But I mean, really... how can you NOT like a teacher that shows up to orientation dressed up in a gold diggers outfit... pippy braids and all! She's my type of teacher. I'll let you know how week 2 goes heeheehee.
It's a pretty cool system (so far so good...) as far as I can tell. They provide all the curriculum and everything (and offer classes) and we do all the educating at home. We are allowed to educate how we see fit (even unschool) and report to them once a month what we are doing and how it is going. They'll offer suggestions and everything! We don't HAVE to do what they suggest, but we can. And if something isn't working, we can switch styles as many times as we need until we find what works.
This was something dh and I talked about for awhile. We started out as independant homeschoolers. Then we went to a cover school. Now that we are here, he has really upped his worry level. And so did I! Are they learning enough? Are we teaching enough? Are we harming them? So I looked into the charter school option. I talked to a lady who homeschools through this option. She told me all about GSDA and what it was like. Honestly, I thought it sounded too good to be true. A public school that lets you homeschool?
Well, I called and made the appointment and went down there to see if it was really like she said. It was! The lady I talked to was REALLY enthusiastic which freaked me out at first. I could only think about the times I was in public school. Any teacher THAT excited meant you would be piled down with homework and really all that smiling and bouncing meant she was really a bitch and you'd find that out in week 2.
But this lady agreed with me on everything I said about homeschooling. I even asked a ton of questions and her answers told me what I wanted to hear and more. It's just like the other lady described. Nothing hidden (so far), nothing sinister. I am still wondering b/c my sinister self is waiting for something, the catch. But it is all cool so far and tomorrow is the big day. We go in and discuss curriculum.
Now, we talked about it in orientation so it shouldn't be too bad. The boys know what they want and so far Ms Carol is totally cool with it all. She thinks theme units are cool and she's willing to set us up however we want. I am still blown away! But I mean, really... how can you NOT like a teacher that shows up to orientation dressed up in a gold diggers outfit... pippy braids and all! She's my type of teacher. I'll let you know how week 2 goes heeheehee.
Monday, March 05, 2007
Camp4u: Guest Blogger Rep. Mike Bell
Camp4u: Guest Blogger Rep. Mike Bell Check out this blog. I'll be keeping an eye on it.
Sunday, March 04, 2007
No, we didn't sail off the end of the planet
But trust me, it isn't from a lack of trying. We went sailing out to sea about a month ago and I was the first one to puke my guts out! Yeah me! I took Sailing 101 and passed... but not before becoming the first "man overboard" (they yell that likes it's a bad thing), running into the other student boat and crashing into the teacher's boat. I did WAY better on the 22 foot boats instead of the dinghy's. In fact, I'm willing to bet cold hard cash that is the reason I passed. Quarters anyone?
Well, today I am practicing being grateful. I found out this morning that my Grandma Foot died yesterday. I was devestated. I loved Grandma Foot. She was the coolest Grandma! I told the boys that she passed on and Lil Mendel dropped his pirate ships and crumbled into my lap and sobbed. Miles tried to be "cool" about it but eventually he ended up in tears too. I knew what dad was calling for, but I was so hoping he had other bad news instead. I can hope. But instead he told me what I expected to hear. As I was sitting in the main cabin crying, dh said that he was glad we moved out to California now. I thought about it and he finally just spelled it out for me. When someone is grieving, hints aren't that great. Not that I take hints in teh first place. He said that if he weren't out here, I would not have been able to see Grandma like I did last November and these last few months. So true! I never thought of it that way. I have never been really close to my family and before last November, I hadn't seen Grandma in 17 years. This move to California gave me a chance to get to know Grandma better. I'll miss her, but it eased the pain a little.
We decided to go sailing anyway today so Miles and I ran to West Marine for items and Dh and Lil Mendel stayed to rig up the lines and jib and do all the work. BUT we didn't get to go sailing, because while I was backing out of my parking spot to leave, some guy backed into my car... ARGH! No one was hurt, except for the car. We were shaken, but that is all. So we spent the rest of the day fixing the tail lights, taking pictures (just in case) and calling the insurance company.
Okay, must go, hubby is talking pirate again and that turns me on.
Well, today I am practicing being grateful. I found out this morning that my Grandma Foot died yesterday. I was devestated. I loved Grandma Foot. She was the coolest Grandma! I told the boys that she passed on and Lil Mendel dropped his pirate ships and crumbled into my lap and sobbed. Miles tried to be "cool" about it but eventually he ended up in tears too. I knew what dad was calling for, but I was so hoping he had other bad news instead. I can hope. But instead he told me what I expected to hear. As I was sitting in the main cabin crying, dh said that he was glad we moved out to California now. I thought about it and he finally just spelled it out for me. When someone is grieving, hints aren't that great. Not that I take hints in teh first place. He said that if he weren't out here, I would not have been able to see Grandma like I did last November and these last few months. So true! I never thought of it that way. I have never been really close to my family and before last November, I hadn't seen Grandma in 17 years. This move to California gave me a chance to get to know Grandma better. I'll miss her, but it eased the pain a little.
We decided to go sailing anyway today so Miles and I ran to West Marine for items and Dh and Lil Mendel stayed to rig up the lines and jib and do all the work. BUT we didn't get to go sailing, because while I was backing out of my parking spot to leave, some guy backed into my car... ARGH! No one was hurt, except for the car. We were shaken, but that is all. So we spent the rest of the day fixing the tail lights, taking pictures (just in case) and calling the insurance company.
Okay, must go, hubby is talking pirate again and that turns me on.
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