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“We are making it up as we go along – and this is crucial to remember, because it will feel like that, and that’s perfectly normal.” Jennifer Louden
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Do you have the nagging feeling that it shouldn’t feel that way? Do you feel like everyone else feels solid and you’re the only one on a rolling [...]
Archive for March, 2009
A Quote and a Question
Posted in A Quote and a Question, quotes on March 31, 2009 | 17 Comments »
Warming Up
Posted in adventure, parenting on March 30, 2009 | 12 Comments »
running in Wittlich, Germany last year
Thinking of running? It’s the season to begin 10 week programs. Most people seem to use the Couch to 5k plan, but I’d like to recommend another plan. The Couch to 5k plan is popular and I have used it twice with my Weight Watchers members to train [...]
March is…
Posted in home, knitting on March 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »
…a time to consciously savour the small moments of colour and brightness, both the experiences you create and the flashes you encounter.
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Sweet in size. Sweet in taste. Mini Honey mandarin oranges from the supermarket. An indulgence for the waiting time before spring. Like gold for the tongue.
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Knitting heaven. Bright orange overlays yellow. [...]
Sock Jail
Posted in home, parenting on March 26, 2009 | 19 Comments »
I find socks in the bathroom. In shoes. On the kitchen counter (ew). On the coffee table. Under the sofa. On the sofa. Between the sofa cushions. In the kitchen. Beside the computer. On window ledges. In the hallway. On the stairs. Socks, socks, socks! And where do they all end up? In the dog’s [...]
March is…
Posted in adventure, home on March 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
…wacky.
Same boy. Same location. Different over-the-shoulder implement. 24 hours apart. Oh, March, you’re so March I can only shake my head and giggle a little.
This weekend we had thunderstorms and oodles of rain. Flooding basements, puddles and oceans on top of sheets of ice, dripping and roaring in the countryside. And now [...]
A Quote and a Question
Posted in A Quote and a Question, quotes on March 24, 2009 | 4 Comments »
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“When you reach a certain stage of commitment to yourself, you find that you are willing to give the amount of attention and energy needed to our basics [basic needs], because without them, it isn’t your life.”
Jennifer Louden
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What are your needs, shapes the rhythm of your days, what makes it your life? What both defines [...]
Raising
Posted in homeschooling, parenting, quotes on March 23, 2009 | 12 Comments »
“Do not take counsel of your fears.”
George Patton
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This quote has always struck me as being particularly wise. Our fears, our worries, and our discomforts can all be an indication that we need to take stock. They make excellent indicator lights, but terrible advisers. When my fears are in control of my plans, black-and-white thinking abounds, [...]
March is…
Posted in Project Spectrum, homeschooling, parenting on March 20, 2009 | 4 Comments »
…a month of reflection. Often, it is a month of melancholy. I commonly cry in March. A month of bitter self-examination, of feeling like a failure as a homeschooler. Spring looms in the near future and with it the end of a homeschool grade year. Yes, we homeschool year round; yes, we don’t [...]
Green on Blue
Posted in Project Spectrum, handmade on March 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
One of the neatest parts of Project Spectrum is that it trains you to let your eye be charmed by certain details and urges you to record them.
Green on blue in our bathroom.
A Quote and a Question
Posted in A Quote and a Question, adventure, quotes, travel on March 17, 2009 | 6 Comments »
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“Bid me run, and I will strive with things impossible.”
William Shakespeare in Julius Caesar
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Have you run today?
