Midnight Goddess

We had a quiet Thanksgiving this year, just the four of us. That’s just the way I like it. No pressure to cook a grand and perfect dinner for a gazillion people. No zoo of kids jumping off of couches and hanging from chandeliers. Peace and quiet.
To help Memphis learn about Thanksgiving, I did a [...] Read more »

A few days ago Memphis’ grandma had bought him the new Disney/Pixar movie “Cars” on DVD. He had been watching it each day since then. Well apparently, Route 66 caught his interest and he wanted to learn more about it. So today I created a book called “Memphis’ Book about Route 66″. In it, I [...] Read more »

I’m not sure if I’ll ever get over that feeling of not providing Memphis enough education. I blame it on the fact that I was taught in a traditional classroom setting from preschool through college. I can’t seem to shake that feeling that he’s missing out on things that we as kids experienced in school. [...] Read more »

I’m really liking unschooling and notebooking. True, I’m going down the route of the eclectic homeschooling approach, a little here, a little there and putting our findings into our own mold and philosophy. But I really love unschooling because it fits this family’s way of life. Marty and I have always been the black sheep [...] Read more »

I’ve never been good in the kitchen. It just doesn’t come naturally for me. I don’t feel comfortable in the kitchen like many women do. And I do believe it all stems from the fact that my mom and grandma always kept me out of the kitchen as a kid because they were afraid I [...] Read more »