Tim Tams are in my future.

You know your kids are getting big when they borrow your boots.

PSA:if you buy green cury paste from an Asian food market, it will be MUCH spicer than the stuff sold at the grocery store or TJ's

I am in a February Funk! It's gray and gloomy and my kids are cranky and I just don't feel like doing school today!!! Waaah.

Coffee counts as food right?

Dd passed!!!!

Sacha's charter school added a new class to the Spring schedule -- Creative Constructions. They will be exploring construction, engineering, and architecture. He is very excited!

Really disappointed I can't get a library card without a driver's license :( I don't drive, darn it.

Dd passed her EFL exams !!!

My son asked today if he could draw a picture instead of doing the writing assignment I was explaining to him. He said, "You know, a picture is worth a thousand words."

They say Confucius does his crossword with a pen.

whistling a happy tune

Apartment shopping in So Cal is so depressing. Everything under 2k/month is a dump.

First meeting with our Educational Facilitator at Sacha's charter school tomorrow. Kindy here we come!

Why does food that's bad for you taste so good? Sigh.

Shocked! Sailor Dude and his skipper just qualified for a national-level regatta. We think this is good???

Question: If *WE* are online right now, then who is teaching the kids? Hmmm....

Reminder: When at the library, have ds list off books he has read and enjoyed,instead if his age or grade. Hopefully, then, he will not be handed a ton of books in large print that he thinks are boring baby books.

5 Minute Pity Party begins now. Use yours to stomp, whine, cry, scream in the closet.

Another year of Science Olympiad is completed with four medals at States. Next year---high school division C!

I think the Kindle Fire HDX is the stupidest thing I ever bought, Seriously can't express how much I hate the whole thing!

DD just found out she was cast as Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream! I have a feeling school plans will go out the window today!

Kiddos new favorite snack, tinned sardines. The smell is...strong.

Okay, I am going to admit it. Maybe unschooling grammar wasn't such a good idea after all. Sigh.

What a weekend----dd's FLL advanced to the next round and today we watched two friends become PhDs at the winter hooding ceremony!