ricotta.
Posted by malindar in Food, Uncategorized, Yummy Recipes on February 24, 2014
i’m discovering that i love to do things myself. i mean, i knew that, really. i make cakes. sew clothing. scrapbook. paint stuff on my walls (other than just all-over color). garden. knit and crochet. but making crazy food…food that is kind of expensive if you just buy it…is kind of awesome. yogurt, for example. […]
because
…because i have done nothing else worth writing about in the past several weeks: this is what happens when you say, “hey, can i schedule some cakes this month?” people say, “oh, yeah. let me help you out with that.” i’m not complaining. my friend Juliet […]
testing.
Posted by malindar in Uncategorized on February 5, 2014
so, this week’s big unschooling dilemma: end of the year evaluations. yep, quarterly reports are due around here, which means…well, i have to wrap my brain around all of the things my kids have accomplished over the past 10 weeks of homeschooling/unschooling and put it on paper. well, an email. whatever. oh, and figure out […]
thinking.
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, God, Life, Reflection, Writing on January 31, 2014
have you ever noticed that when you sit down to write something which will eventually receive a) a grade or b)a potential critique…you write more intently and more intentionally than you would if you were sitting down to write yourself a note? think back to college. high school, even. you write yourself a note–something you […]
on hold.
Posted by malindar in Fitness, Hypothyroid, Weight Loss on January 30, 2014
a month into my most recent (new) workout program (update on P90X3 coming soon)(i’m sure you’re chomping at the bit!!), and i keep glancing at the mirror, expecting something different. there’s this feeling of insanity about once a week when i get very real with myself before changing out of my workout attire (unforgiving stuff, […]
play.
Posted by malindar in Homeschooling, Kids, Reading, unschooling on January 28, 2014
more unschooling thoughts…there are always more, of course, but…in an effort to keep you up to date with my thinking…today my friend Ralph referred me to this article. Dr. Peter Gray, research bio-psychologist, has some wise, wise words. and while my children may be out of the official “play” stage as one would think of […]
purpose.
Posted by malindar in God, Homeschooling, Kids, unschooling on January 25, 2014
in the past three weeks, i have challenged my kids to think pretty deeply about who they are. what they like. what they love. who they want to be some day. i have encouraged them to dream. picture their lives 5 years from now. 10 years from now. think about the people they know whom […]
control.
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, God, Life, Reflection on January 23, 2014
i don’t really think of myself as a control freak. i like to know what’s going on, i like to have a firm grasp on my reality. but i don’t think i’m a control freak. (my children would disagree, i’m sure.) (and maybe a few other people.) (i digress.) things have felt pretty seriously out […]
so far.
Posted by malindar in Family Life, Homeschooling, Kids, Life, Reflection, unschooling on January 22, 2014
so. we’re a week and a half in. we are still alive. i feel this, in itself, is an accomplishment. here is what my kids are doing: Bryson is spending a lot of time building. and, umm, building some more. yesterday, he found the supplies on Garry’s Mod to build a hovercraft, figured out […]
question.
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, God, Life, Reflection on January 21, 2014
i have a question for you: when someone presents information to someone you love that flies in the face of what you believe and makes your heart race…what do YOU do?? and just for kicks, what do you do when, after deciding to move on and let it go because it’s not worth your stress, […]
All Is Grace 