tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64330054290447086542011-09-05T10:57:45.614-04:00Sarah A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05468757170798531155noreply@blogger.comBlogger511100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433005429044708654.post-73867797198936982062011-06-10T11:46:00.002-04:002011-06-10T11:51:51.900-04:00

Well, this is awkward...I haven't posted since December, and I only popped in today to say that I'm having a super awesome sale on my photography prints courtesy of Heartsy. Like I said, it's super awesome. We've had a wonderful year. I'll tell you all about it sometime. xo

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I have pneumonia and a desperate and immediate need to write a new blog post. They don't go together well. I have pneumonia and am wrapped up in blankets on the couch, listening to the oven make occasional clicking sounds because I haven't turned it off since I got the pizza out for lunch. I wheeze and sniff and feel sorry for myself and wish that someone would turn the oven off for me, because I

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We are:making a 'zine about Amelia Earhart to go with the paper planes and charm bracelets we have made for Allie's AWESOME WOMEN IN HISTORY! club she started. It was a beautiful idea for her part and an insane amount of work for mine. Fourteen lovely little girls are going to be here Thursday morning, and so I don't think I shall get a second of sleep until Thursday afternoon. trying to get

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Russia in color, a century ago - The Big Picture - Boston.comGorgeous.We had a long, very much needed summer break. Now it's time to get going again, and I'm so ready. School starts Monday. Monday is also my 35th birthday.Coincidence? Yes.It's going to be a wonderful day.Check out those pictures. They're truly beautiful.

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We were in Kentucky for a while, where I honest-to-God had no internet. Days and days were spent with no internet. I didn't even take my computer this time because I've learned that apparently nobody uses routers on my family's street, and you just can't steal what's not there. It was difficult, but I somehow managed, spending my time with my grandparents, listening to family stories, grilling

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I had to coax Ian into the house with the promise of cookies, which he could have only after he answered the following questions. He liked the cookies, but does not appreciate having to stand still to answer questions.Listening:Reading: Lloyd Alexander's Book of ThreeWatching: Pokemon, Black CauldronEating: chiliLiking: going outside, playing, riding my bike, Clydefest, seeing the symphony on

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A friend shared this link with me, and it's just the most beautiful & coolest thing. It was so nice and so soothing to wake up to on a quiet, foggy, peaceful morning, and I found myself getting excited to hear the sounds of Neptune and Pluto. (Hooray for including Pluto!)Solar Beat from WhitevinylI was going to save this for later in the week, but I just couldn't wait. Hope you love it, too.

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This is what 8-year old Al is into this week. (It makes me miss being eight.)Listening*:(Paying-attention parent note: instead of "sleep," we say, "eat peeps." Happy?)Reading: The Wizard of OzWatching: The Black Cauldron ("I like the creepy stuff," she says.)Eating: spaghetti!Liking: coloring, shopping with Daddy, looking for creatures (frogs, bugs, etc), ClydeFest, riding my bikeWanting: a kitty

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zeiss ikonhttp://thepioneerwoman.com/photography/2010/04/your-macro-shots-group-5/I just want to say how very surprised and very happy I am to be part of the group of finalists for the Pioneer Woman's macro photography assignment. I love her challenges and have so, so much fun with them...they make me take the time to stop and look around more, search for textures and light and colors, and push

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nest

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It was time for our car inspection, and it had to be done today. *Had.* TODAY. The DMV used to mail out somewhat helpful little reminders, reminders that would get stuck to the refrigerator before slipping down and under the refrigerator, but now our magnets are useless...the date is printed on the registration card. That would be very useful if we ever felt the urge to open the glovebox and

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My kids have loved Clyde Jones's critters since they first saw one years ago outside the entrance of the NC Museum of Art. Once they spotted it, peeking out from between some tall-growing wildflowers, they had no interest in whatever was actually in the museum. Something about the creatures' almost-recognizable roughly hacked forms, their huge, fluttery, fake-flower eyes, and their coats of

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Annie's sitting in the floor. She's singing a Deerhunter song in her shaky, sweet, unembarrassed five year old voice. She's cutting out drawings of kittens and squirrels, bringing them to me behind her back and asking me to pick one. I win no matter which hand I choose.Allie is across the room, playing with Playmobil. She sings along with Annie sometimes. Sometimes, she changes the words and

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Holy cow, today is just beautiful. I'm sitting cross-legged on the back deck, still hot in the shade (but not minding too much), burning my toes on the hot wood, watching the kids chase a lizard through the trees. Built to Spill is playing on my computer, the songs drifting past me like the most laid-back, sighing breeze...soft, gentle, just loud enough for only me to hear. I read a nicely

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"Al, your Playmobil pals look pretty sad. What are they doing?""They're getting ready to go to a friend's house. There's no TV at their house.""That's tragic.""It is."(pause)"Please don't get rid of cable."

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I've probably mentioned on here once or twice or somewhere in the twenties that I'm really loving this spring thing so far. We're getting out almost every day, all short sleeved and lemonade drinking and flower picking, talking a mile a minute and taking too many pictures. I'm rearranging the songs on my iPod so we're not driving down a newly-leafy tree-lined road with the sun toasting our arms

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We made sun prints of the winter constellations. Tomorrow, if our #1 star is out, we'll make some more for spring and summer.In other news: If you haven't read Sweet Juniper's Don't Blame the Dwarf! yet, you must go & do that right now. (Do that *now*, unless you are my children. My kids would read it, then promptly tie their belongings up in a kerchief, ready their hitching thumbs, and make a

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1. Warmth2. Green3. breezes4. baby goats5. turtles crossing the road6. the smell of grills being fired up7. March Madness, until UK loses8. driving with the windows down9. morning jogs10. swings11. having school outside12. minor league baseball games13. outdoor concerts & festivals14. hiking15. going to the drive-in16. stargazingI love spring. I'm so happy that the long, dreary winter is finally

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"Mom," Allie whined. "We didn't see any leprechauns today!"It was 9:00 pm on St. Patrick's Day. I felt like I had adequately fulfilled my holiday obligations by that time, with the now-gone day spent crafting and decorating, reading Irish legends, poetry, and blessings, hunting clover, and other shenanigans. (This is the one time of year I allow myself to use the word "shenanigans.") It was time

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Here's the package I mailed to my swap partner on Monday. It's for a homeschool group's spring swap, and, in giddy anticipation of SPRING!, I had a blast putting it all together. Each little package had a theme (spring = getting outside, being young, make new things, etc.) (uh-huh!) and I had ridiculous amounts of fun wrapping it up and adding birds and clouds and grass. I'm sure it arrived

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We are having a lovely, sunny, lucky day, having found eight four-leaf clovers, made two Crois Brides, and dripped gold glitter glue across three rooms. I hope you're having a wonderful day, too. I'd like to share the kids' new favorite Irish blessing:May those who love us love us.And those that don't love us,May God turn their hearts.And if He doesn't turn their hearts, May he turn their ankles,

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My youngest daughter found one of those books of birds and their songs on our last trip to the used bookstore that we adore. It's a swell (if a little, umm, noisy) book with nice illustrations, and she fell in love with it immediately. She even chose to spend her own hard-earned (because it's work to be so cute) money from her grandparents on it. She's hugged it and slept with it and pushed those

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This is just kind of pathetic now, isn't it, the way this little blog limps along, holds up its head and whimpers, "I'll be back soon," but maybe not for weeks or months. If you do wonder about it, you might wonder if it just thankfully, finally died, but then it emerges from underneath the dusty, webby porch and looks at you pitifully. Like now.We've been busy, like everyone else in the world...

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We're back at school with gusto. (Dang! You bet.) I've been working on creating our own lapbook, one on the winter constellations and mythology. (Of course! It's what I do.) It's kind of challenging, and it's kind of a blast. So right now, I'm watching Weeds with the sound turned down, listening to the Rosebuds (holy cow, there are sooo many great NC bands these days, lucky us), and trying to do

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The Fighting Chimeras* wish you a memorable, giddy, interesting, ebullient, colorful, all-your-dreams-come-true 2010!(*The Well-Wishing Chimeras just doesn't sound tough, although it is so much more accurate. Don't fear us.)

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I just signed into this blog for the first time in over two months. Two months! I've thought about writing and have had so much going on, but I never (pause while my 4 year old walks backwards to me to ask, "Is this what my elbow really looks like? Feel it. It's not right.")...never even moseyed over here to put letters to screen. I've been working on a lot of things for our school, have done so

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Since I began homeschooling both of my older kids, I've been amazed (every day!) at how different their learning styles and interests are. Ian is quick to pick up foreign language, can spell and read anything, and loves to write. He learns best by reading and repetition. Allie can do math problems in her head better than I can on paper, and she loves it. She's also wildly creative and easily

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I'm writing this snuggled up in front of a fireplace in a cozy little room in the Tennessee mountains. I'm surrounded by bear statues that would make me roll my eyes if they were anywhere else, but here they're just adorable. We'd planned on hiking this weekend, but it's so, so cold and very, very rainy. (Also: No Dollywood.) However, the kids are overjoyed to just be in a room with cable, so

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Part One:Space Week! Still goin' on, just barely. But who needs Space Week for an excuse to study (and love) space? Not us! No, sir, we're rollerskating the rings of Saturn and penning love letters to Wernher von Braun and Yuri Gagarin year 'round. So now I'm going to put down my old copy of The Right Stuff (no joke, I just finished the part where the seven astronauts first arrived in Houston)

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(Black Hole, by Allie)Hi, all. Like the title says, we're halfway through World Space Week, which is no small deal in our house. Later today, I'll post some of my favorite spacey links and resources that we're enjoying this week and all the other weeks as well. Right now we're getting up & atom, and here in a bit we're going to go to the IMAX theater to watch a 3D movie on Mummies.(A Star, Close

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In spite of our flu-ishness, I've been in an obnoxiously sunshiny mood. (I would skip everywhere if I weren't afraid of barfing.) The kids are starting to feel a little better, and we were able to sit outside today and enjoy a cool fall afternoon. Each of the kids received a letter from their French penpals, which really made their day. (Oh, cute French penpals, with your lovely curly European

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Yoinked from the Deliberate Life blog:1) ONE HOMESCHOOLING BOOK YOU HAVE ENJOYEDThe Well-Trained Mind (Worth it for the recommended reading/resource lists alone.)2) ONE RESOURCE YOU COULDN’T BE WITHOUTThe Internet. Sweet, sweet internet.3) ONE RESOURCE YOU WISH YOU HAD NEVER BOUGHTI've found a use for everything I've ever purchased, so I can't complain about anything at all.4) ONE RESOURCE YOU

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I had been so sickeningly up-with-people this week. Everything was going beautifully! Lessons were completed, Latin was memorized, books on Magellan were read without complaint. We went to storytime at the library on Tuesday and saw lots of friends there. We went to one of our group game days on Thursday, and although it was supposed to be word game day and my kids refused to move away from

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We went to the lovely Outer Banks for a perfect camping trip:Ian got a spiffy new guitar and is learning to play The Essex Green's "Late Great Cassiopeia" for his guitar school's upcoming show. (I know, he's so cool. That's how we raise them.)We went to a Greek Festival in Raleigh:Aaaand we saw They Might Be Giants at the NC Museum of Art's amphitheater!:Lucky, lucky us.

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Right now, I'm preparing the lessons for this week. I'm surrounded by printers, paper, books, and folders, am watching Bottle Rocket, and am already on my third Coke Zero. This is what we're using this week (after the ACTION SHOT!):History:Eyewitness Books: North American IndianTools of Native Americans (Kavin)History Pockets: Native Americans (Evan-Moor Publishing, who print many of my favorite

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Q: Why do you homeschool? Is it for religious reasons? Do you have a problem with public schools? A: We do not homeschool for religious reasons, and we don't have problems with the public schools, other than I think they're too crowded. When I pulled Ian out of elementary school in the middle of 2nd grade, there were 26 students in his class. I read an article in the News & Observer the other day

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A lot of people have been asking a lot of questions lately about our homeschool. We're getting ready to go to the Outer Banks on a camping trip, but when we return I'll start posting more about what we do. I plan on discussing what books we use, how we socialize, our schedule, and how it works for us. Feel free to write with any questions you might have and I'll be giddy to reply.Have a swell

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On Tuesday, like many other schools across the country, we watched President Obama give his speech on education, responsibility, and accountability. We began that day by discussing goals: by defining the word, talking about the difference between short-term and long-term goals, understanding why they're important, and figuring out how we can achieve them. The kids then wrote a paper listing their

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I was stringing tape around the baseboards of the girls' room so I can paint tonight, and I overheard my seven year old daughter teaching my four year old daughter Latin vocabulary. Adorable.That's all for now. We've been too busy to update, which is a good thing, I think.

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We found a copy of Myths Every Child Should Know (1905) on Amazon...for $1. It was edited by HW Mabie, and has a few stories from Nathaniel Hawthorne's Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys. Hawthorne's writing is so playful and gentle in these retellings, and my kids (although quick to point out the gorier stuff he omitted) are as crazy about them as I am...his joy is contagious. You can read his tale

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The girls and I were sitting in the waiting room, waiting for Ian to finish his guitar lesson for the week. Allie was drawing, filling her sketch book with daisies and smiling puppies, loving family and happy owls. Annie was drawing, too. She was sketching a story while she was telling it. It went something like this:"I am the princess. I am the daughter of the king. I have a golden bride and I

Sarah A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05468757170798531155noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433005429044708654.post-4145077922524020322009-07-08T14:51:00.003-04:002010-03-22T19:10:33.119-04:00

We just got back from our favorite used bookstore in Raleigh, where we picked up children's books a-plenty: several books by Roger Lancelyn Green, a beautiful book on the history of the Statue of Liberty, two books on Troy, one lovely illustrated hardcover on King Arthur, one on Greek heroes, and one on fractions. The kids also picked up some personal reading...a few Goosebumps, Gregor the

Sarah A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05468757170798531155noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433005429044708654.post-91245562216735086842009-07-07T19:01:00.006-04:002009-09-10T18:43:34.507-04:00

If any of you knew us before we got our new house in May, you would know how giddy I am, all the time, that I have this space. We went from having a corner of the living room in a 1200 square foot house to having a spacious, open loft. It's a tingly little thrill, every time I walk upstairs. I have a lot planned, but I'm pleased with the way it's coming along so far.Blackboard in mid-air. (

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Sooo. We have been doing some really nifty work, and we got our class set up a little more (thank you, Ikea.) I'll post some pictures later. Right now, I'm enjoying summer. Iced tea and a good breeze and a good game of Mouse Trap with the kids. Perfect.

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Our AC is out, and has been for several hot, miserable, mean days. Am waiting for the repairman, the repairman who was supposed to be here at 8:00 am. I'll update when I can do it without complaining about the heat and how hot I am and how hot the house is, etc. Hot. Hothothot.

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Hi. My name is Sarah. I'm a 33 year old mom of three swell little kids. (Aren't all little kids swell? Indeed.) We live in North Carolina, in a little town just north of Raleigh. It's a great place to live, especially if you grew up in eastern Kentucky and don't ask for/expect much. We began homeschooling my oldest son, Ian, in January of 2008, halfway through his second grade year. My middle

Sarah A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05468757170798531155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433005429044708654.post-83562945471475456402009-06-15T19:13:00.000-04:002009-06-16T19:18:29.495-04:00

I've tried this blog twice before, and each time I've given up on it, so swamped with everything else that's going on that it doesn't even merit a run-on sentence or hastily-taken picture. I'm proud to say that I've relaxed my blog standards enough that a sentence or sorry-looking photo will do just fine. Welcome to The Ashland School Fighting Chimeras Homeschool Bloggery!

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