Eclectic Muddlehood

I am exhausted.
Seriously exhausted.
But in a very positive way.   It is actually somewhat amusing to me that, as a year round homeschooler, I am being struck by the physical, mental and emotional adjustment period that is Back-To-School time.  Athena had no desire to take a break over the summer for more than a few days […]

I have found the ultimate motivation for finally getting us totally unpacked and hopefully, successfully organized in our little apartment.  My mother-in-law arrives to spend the holidays with us in nine days and she will need a place to sleep, eat and generally function amdist the chaos of our lives.  A fellow homeschooler has supplied […]

I woke up in a winter wonderland this morning.  No, there were no freak snowstorms ravaging Gulf Coast Texas last night, just a flea-crazed husband.  After a little research. we created our own nontoxic flea carpet powder using diatomaceous earth.  We’ve been using this to attempt to control the flea population at least until the exterminator comes […]

I am beyond irate.  I am irritatingly itchy.  I am dejectedly inching my way towards surrender.   My efforts to futily fight the annoyingly fertile flea population in our apartment have been foiled.  In true Crunchy Mama fashion, I have been attempting to undertake this monsterous task sans assorted nasty, environmentally reckless, carcenoginic substances.  But all my washing […]