Eclectic Muddlehood

Oh, put a stake in me!  I just can’t take all this mamby-pamby boo-hooing about the bloody Indians.  You won.  Alright?  You came in and you killed them and you took their land.  That’s what conquering nations do.  It’s what Julius Caesar did.  He’s not going around saying, “I came, I conquered, I felt really […]

At times I am certain I am living life at near terminal velocity.  It is practically a compulsion.  I am also almost certain I am pretty incapable of slowing down much at all.  I find the need to be working on about ten to the google power at the same time.  Books, I’m reading, various […]

No, not those headlines. These headlines. I seriously just almost peed my pants laughing. At the second link, of course. I don’t even want to talk about the first link. Stephanie at Throwing Marshmallows has done a fabulous job addressing the first link. All I have to say about that is […]

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 […]

….this weekend, so we decided to go out and buy a house!
 Actually it’s not quite as random as it sounds, believe it or not.  Our lease on our beyond lame luxury apartment is up at the end of August.  At first we were not sure what to do, seeing as there is a small chance […]

An iPod was a dangerous purchase for me.  In one short week, I have transformed into an avid podcast junkie, hungrily devouring a gluttonous feast of free knowledge.  Independent news media brodcasts, quirky history lectures, public domain classic literature, Zen master teachings, and much, much more are making their way onto my new toy and […]

In honor of our shifting curriculum plans and Kindy Girl’s near completion of most of our Kindergarten work, I have decided to update everyone’s (except mine) blog names on both blogs.  Sooo….
By official decree:
Kindy Girl will hereafter be refered to as Athena, Goddess of Wisdom
The Master of Destruction will hereafter be refered to as Apollo, […]

An amused gentleman assisting his adorable toddler daughter up the jungle gym to the slide at the same playground we were enjoying overheard the following conversation today:
KINDY GIRL: Mama, I cannot go down this slide right now.  There are insects on it.
CRUNCHY MAMA: Hon, it’s alright.  You are much bigger than they are and they will […]

I followed a link from Wendy’s Well Mannered Frivolity to this garden related blog and found a totally amusing quiz.  Here are my results.

I am aSnapdragon
What Flower Are You?

I have to say that I laughed out loud when the results popped up on my screen.  Of course were the words that flashed in my […]

Renae over at Life Nuturing Education wishes I would finally get around to this meme she tagged me with over two weeks ago, so her wish is my command!  I am to share five wishes for things I’d love but do not need and five wishes concerning my spiritual life.  The challenge for a mentally […]