http://muddlehood.homeschooljournal.net Join me as I muddle through being a wife, a mother and a woman... among other things Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:26:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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, ... http://muddlehood.homeschooljournal.net/2008/11/26/an-annual-dilemma/ What were the top two reasons you voted for your choice for President?  I'm sure if you asked this question of a wide swath of people you would get an amazing variety of answers.  Some would make a great deal of logical sense, even if you didn't agree with their ... http://muddlehood.homeschooljournal.net/2008/11/05/salmon-and-women/ Yesterday seems to have opened some sort of literary flood gate for me.  I made 3,002 words before calling it quits for the night and have barely been able to function the rest of the day today because I keep wanting to write things.  Not just my NaNoWriMo project, but ... http://muddlehood.homeschooljournal.net/2008/11/02/cant-stop-writing-about-random-stuff/ 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 ... http://muddlehood.homeschooljournal.net/2008/11/01/breakneck-insanity/ At this time of year, when many spiritual and cultural traditions turn to focus on honoring their ancestors and departed loved ones, I find myself mourning a cultural loss of my own and seeking opportunities to actively replace what has been mostly lost these days.  I was typing up a ... http://muddlehood.homeschooljournal.net/2008/10/30/seeking-maiden-and-crone/ I blame my college roomate entirely for this malady that strikes me full force every fall.  And now with the recent addition of DVR to my life, I shal never rid myself of it.  She is in the television business and decided that was what she was going to do ... http://muddlehood.homeschooljournal.net/2008/10/15/autumn-afliction/ I am not Super Mom.  I struggle with my children too.  Sometimes on what seems like an almost daily basis, I match wits against the formidable Triad of Chaos.  And honestly, to date the score is about even.  There are days that I yell.  Days that I give up and just ... http://muddlehood.homeschooljournal.net/2008/09/22/the-official-super-mom-disclaimer/ 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 ... http://muddlehood.homeschooljournal.net/2008/09/03/scanning-the-headlines/ This summer, I have been very focused on reading, researching and generally studying all manner of subjects associated with gifted children, gifted education, the pros and cons of labeling children as gifted, the concept of intelligence in general, testing for giftedness, American culture and its view on intelligence and giftedness and ... http://muddlehood.homeschooljournal.net/2008/09/02/the-giftie-in-the-mirror/ 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 ... http://muddlehood.homeschooljournal.net/2008/08/20/mesopotamian-hothousing-karmic-retribution-torrential-downpours-and-other-assorted-musings/