Posted in unschooling on February 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Rowan learned how to use the webcam today, and took over 250 pictures. All the pictures in this post were taken by her, today.
We have been running around like crazy free birds lately– mostly due to getting a car. We’ve been a lot happier lately instead of feeling completely trapped, but I have [...]
Posted in crochet on February 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I met my friend Ariel’s sister Kara on Monday at my dad’s house, to trade off on yarny lessons– she gave me crochet lessons while I taught her the basic knit, purl, cast on, bind off stuffs.
I think I’m getting the hang of crochet. I started this on Monday night:
I made a hat! [...]
Posted in knitting on February 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Jeez, have I really been gone since January 10?
I guess so. Well, I’ve undertaken a project for my friend Professor Hazard:
…and it’s going a little slower than I’d originally hoped. It is going to be extra sweet, so there’s that.
The stitch pattern is Diagonal Slip Stitch Pattern from a Vogue Knitting Stitch book, [...]
Posted in unschooling on February 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Firstly, big cheesy virtual hugs to Laura and Ren for the comments on my last post. You guys are the best support net a gal could have. Ren admitting that she is sometimes an asshole (even if I do find that hard to believe ) helps me start to forgive myself. [...]
Posted in other craftiness, unschooling on February 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
An eloquent description of my week.
Firstly, the causes of despair, so we can end on a happy note. (Stick with me, it does get happy, really.)
Dairbhre, who will be two next month, has started hitting. Sometimes it is an attention getting thing, but sometimes I’ll be sitting there with him talking to him [...]
Posted in unschooling on February 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I was just reading Sandra Dodd’s article entitled Precisely How to Unschool, in which she answers the question, “How much time should I spend with my child every day if I want to unschool?”
If you want to measure, measure generously. If you want to give, give generously. If you want to unschool, or be a [...]
Posted in unschooling on February 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My Rowan is now 5 years old.
Sitting around the breakfast table on her birthday she suddenly grinned and said, “I’m not four anymore.” I asked her if it felt weird. For the rest of the day she had these moments where she stopped what she was doing and said, “It feels weird to [...]
Baby Boy frets, I strum.
You can hear my songwriting on my MySpace Music page!
