My big mistake with homeschooling my younger two was not straying away from the book work more than we did. I felt a ton of pressure to get through their work books so they would learn what other kids their age would be learning and stay on track.
I am the kind of person who loves deals, thinks used is just fine and dandy, and doesn’t pass up much that is free.
Talk about a growing season right now, mainly thanks to the blessed rains. The garden is growing, the grass is growing, spring babies are growing, the number of flies is growing, the weeds are rapidly growing, the laundry pile is growing, and the to-do list is growing.
It’s that time of year where looking at my calendar gives me anxiety with all that is going on, but if I don’t look at it daily, there are going to be some major repercussions. My children aren’t even involved with that much, so my suffering is minimal compared to most, but it’s our lifestyle that is picking up as well. The garden calls to me all day, every day. It says it’s currently needing the rest of its seeds in the ground and that it’s growing some nice little weeds pretty much everywhere. I was actually folding laundry, the first time in two weeks, up on the couch this week. I folded a bit and was putting it away in between and suddenly just stopped, and I sat there thinking “what am I doing, I need to be in the garden”. The laundry isn’t going to feed us the entire summer, so I picked my priority. I find that laundry is never, ever my priority, no matter the season and it seems the bigger the garden, the more canning there is, the more animals there are, and so on…the bigger the laundry pile.
February usually means 4-H Club Day is upon us. Club day is a day for individual presentations of all kinds; demonstrations, illustrated talks, readings, public speaking, talks about a certain project, musical talents, skits, and more. With Saturday, our 4-H Club Day came and went, and I’m pretty relieved that it has. There was much prep and practice beforehand, luckily, with two homeschooled, it was a bit easier to work time in for all of that.
For three years running, Beyond Reason has considered the new year’s resolution. A new year’s resolution is just a goal, a commitment, ranging from the very specific (lose ten pounds/only eat a whole food plant-based diet/save $5,000) to the very abstract (workout more/eat better/save something). In a vacuum, a new year’s resolution isn’t funny. Luckily, a new year’s resolution, however specific or abstract, involves a human. A human is funny. A human with goals is the gift that keeps on giving.
Rob Perez Beyond Reason This time of year, every trip to the mailbox results in a handful of holiday cards. I mostly like holiday cards.… Login to continue reading Login…
Rob Perez Beyond Reason Most of the year, Beyond Reason steadies its gaze on the present. The here, the now, the au courant. We do… Login to continue reading Login…
Rob Perez Beyond Reason Personally, I think it’s the length of the Christmas season that makes us a little bit crazy. Unofficially, Christmas lights go up the day after Halloween…
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