Our family is a lot of things. Kinda big, kinda kooky, a little bit country, a little rock and roll. One thing that is very true about us is that we're always up for saving some money. It naturally follows then that we use cloth instead of disposable when it comes to diapers. We also use cloth baby wipes, dry most of our clothes in the sun, and use natural soapy stuff to clean the whole lot.
It is then easy to see how having a broken washing machine could throw a monkey wrench into the works.
Thankfully, we decided to get the extended warranty. Service calls are free until Smersh (the baby) is five. Even when the service call is to clean out the internal drain for the washer.
Woo-hoo! Clean, unsmelly laundry. Our Frigidaire is the best.
In other news, school proceeds apace. Well, mine does. Poor Pickle (the oldest) has been sick so much this month that she's missed four days now. I'm sure we'll get in some kind of trouble for that. Yet another reason why we're considering homeschooling. One of my to-dos for the week is to research ready-made homeschooling curricula. If push comes to shove and we end up pulling her out, I'd like to be ready already. Having something pre-made that will cover the requirements for Texas allows me to break everything down and administer the daily stuff. SWMBO can then simply do the daily task, or at least make sure it gets done.
Союз is away. What an awesome rocket. Interestingly, there isn't a direct translation of "rocket scientist" in Russian. I forget what they call smarty-parties like that, but calling them a rocket scientist sounds funny.
That's all I have time for today. Tune in next time for socks, destruction, and a new kitty(?).
Cheers,
-- Zach
We use this for literature, history, etc.:
ReplyDeletehttp://amblesideonline.org/index.shtml
This for math:
http://www.stanleyschmidt.com/FredGauss/index2.html
and this for science:
http://www.teachengineering.org/browse_curricularunits.php?order1=&order2=1&page=1&admin=&lowgrade=&highgrade=&type=&subtype=&code=&query=&matching=&alpha=&sehl=&search=true
All you actually have to do to homeschool in Texas is provide the school with a letter saying that you are going to educate your child in a private home school in the areas of reading, writing, math, and good citizenship.