It’s 2:09 am and yes, I’m still awake. Made allergy-free brownies for Aisa’s party with her college friends (+the Walshes) and I forgot that I made it with regular coffee, STRONG-BREWED even… and now everyone’s asleep and I’m still awake. I’m going to be dead in the morning, just when little one will [...]
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Thinking: Love is a fire, which when fanned into a flame, becomes devotion. The love which we begin with early on is a tiny bud, which we water and feed and grow under the light of His Grace… until it becomes DEVOTION. Love brought us together, bound us together… devotion keeps us together. By constantly [...] Since this is my blog, I’m allowed to brag once in a while, right? I also post this as an encouragement to myself and other homeschooling mothers who worry about their children’s writing skills. I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it in the past but Aisa was very resistant to formal writing classes/lessons. I [...] It’s summer, so a particularly appropriate time to think about thinking. This is the season when I usually go through past curriculum, evaluate what worked for us and what didn’t, get rid of books taking up space in the shelves, buy books and materials that fit our philosophy and learning styles better (yeah! [...] Part 1 is here. The Condo, cont’d. The Laundry Room … is small and serves as the “1/2 bath” — so you can go to the bathroom while doing your laundry, I suppose There’s a small Electrolux washer that holds about 1/3 of what my American washer does. And there’s a sink to [...] In Rome today, our third day here. Staying at Holiday Inn-Eur Parco De Medici. Funny, feels like home — maybe because the hotel rooms are much like those we stay in when we’re traveling with hubby. Restaurant (La Serra) has good food — a bit on the overpriced side, but considering that [...] Unbelievable, but after spending several days trying to go online after work at hubby’s workplace (right outside the “palace” gates)… we are online, in our backyard. Because the signals don’t reach up to our apartment. Right now, we are in the parking lot, under the palm trees… and it’s REAL high speed. And now [...] Really affordable mozzarella — the kind we buy at Jungle Jim’s for $9-10 a PIECE. This here container has 10 balls, at 4.50 Euro (it was on sale — regular price is 6.10). – March 19 Aisa having fun with the mirrors at home (the blue-looking area in the very back is the laundry [...] found a Town and Country here (and same color as our van in the US!) — an Italian version, approx. the same size as the Fiat Ulysse we’re renting, thought that was pretty funny — this was taken at the apt. complex where our condo is – March 10 Nino’s smile – March 11 Yena and Nino [...] trying to take advantage of fast internet this morning — hope this goes through — 974 kbps!! flying into Rome, March 8 in the microvan — hey, we fit! driving to Pescara sleeping Nino… cried for 10 minutes on the plane, jet lagged 1 day, then he was fine! on the beach sorry for the low quality pics — we’re still [...] More notes. Can’t really write blog posts (unless I write them ahead of time) because our “high speed Internet” (HAHA) fluctuates so unpredictably. Like 435 Kbps one second and 0 the next. Ugh. But. Not complaining. It’s still better than no ‘net at all. And our family isn’t [...] just some notes as I’m writing in a hurry. we’ve forgotten how slow dialup can be! no high speed internet yet. there’s wifi at several hotels in the area including one a block down, but not here — and i really don’t feel like walking there with my laptop and the kids. Fiat Ulysse Eurhotel more info This might sound ridiculous considering people keep telling us we’re so lucky we get to do this (travel as a family with hubby)… but I’m really looking forward to learning to do without. That looks like a nice van up there but it is WAY smaller than the American van we are [...] We have created a society where children are afraid or embarrassed to ask their parents tough questions. We can either accept that/assume that it is true of our child/teen as well, or we can take steps to correct/refute it. How did this happen anyway? When children ask questions, they are not given [...] |
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