yesterday my daughter, M (6) decided she didn't wish to go to her pottery class. as much as my "old school" brain (in the deschooling process) wanted to coerce her to go anyway so she could "finish what she started" and to "get our money's worth", i called myself on that and chose the r…
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Added by bLISs on July 9, 2009 at 2:30pm —
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i was watching the michael jackson farewell yesterday (and actually am watching it again as i type this on video tape) and i got to thinking about his heart essence. it came from a higher place. an authentic place. his soul is beautiful and lives on, i'm sure.
i don't kn…
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Added by bLISs on July 8, 2009 at 4:00pm —
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“It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than dominate them" Alex Karras
this is so very true. about myself and who i am. how i express myself...this says it all. it also says a lot about so many people who won't allow themselve…
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Added by bLISs on July 5, 2009 at 12:30pm —
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i just came across this photo of my daughter & i when she was about 16 mos. old. we were at the brookfield zoo train stop in chicago. we had ventured out on our own from my aunt's house in western springs & being the resourceful woman that i am, got us there & back no problem. i love this about myself. not everyone seems very competent (or confident, rather…
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Added by bLISs on June 29, 2009 at 1:30pm —
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such as:
what school do u go to?
what grade are you going to be, M?
this frustrates me & so far i'm not sure how to answer this for M. so far she's telling people "waldorf" & "first grade". a little boy her age asked what school she went to (to me) & i told him she doesn't go to a school & that she is homeschooled-i figured he wouldn't know what "unschooled" is...
wondering what other RUers tell other kids that ask. or adults. i really don't wish to get into debates or uncom…
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Added by bLISs on June 27, 2009 at 10:14pm —
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my daughter has known i had been on the fence regarding continuing to waldorf-school or to RU her as of the fall. of course, she's wanted to stay at her 'school' because of her friendships. that is truly the only true reason for her wanting to be there...not reason enough…
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Added by bLISs on June 26, 2009 at 12:30pm —
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the universe never ceases to surprise me. yesterday my mother told me she was leaving earlier and that she had an appointment before she started work at 2pm. i must have somehow asked where she was going...i don't think i meant to suggest this but she then told me she was looking at…
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Added by bLISs on June 26, 2009 at 10:49am —
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is it cruel to move away from toxic parents??? i mean really...is it somehow mean to 'take away' grandkids from them when they 'love them' so much and have 'known them since birth...'.
i don't think so. grandma can always move where we do. as i said in my other post yesterday she can move where i do for once in her life. i've always moved to where she went to be by HER. not always digging the places she went despite them being northern calif and central oregon. i do like it here...the climate i…
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Added by bLISs on June 25, 2009 at 2:14pm —
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do any of you know what these are...especially the tannish/creamish one at the top w/ the scalloped wings...isn't she or he beautiful??? she has a fuzzy head...so cute! i thought she was a silk moth but i'm now thinking umbrella moth...? i can't find her online and i thin…
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Added by bLISs on June 25, 2009 at 2:00pm —
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...that i'm "homeschooling" my daughter (instead of sending her to 'school). i didn't say "unschool" because i just knew she'd really balk at that. so i toned it down a bit and said homeschool. i've insisted many times in the past that i would be unschooling my kids...but never stuck with it...but this time i MEAN IT. I AM DOING THIS. i already AM. why do i consider my RUing my little family 'official' once i tell my mother? i'm the mother of my kids for gods sake.
so i held my breath and just…
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Added by bLISs on June 24, 2009 at 11:00pm —
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my mom just rudely informed me that i'm "reading all the wrong books..."
she just now is telling me someone suggested a movie called pearl something so i just smart-assedly said "oh well you watch all the wrong movies so ..." she said 'WHAT are you talking about...you are making such huge generalizations!" and i quoted what she said about my reading all the wrong books...she said that was ridiculous and that things better change around here or she can't live here.
now she is ranting about some…
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Added by bLISs on June 21, 2009 at 12:46pm —
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daughter has on a short hannah montana shirt. its sleeveless and only goes about midway down her torso. there's a lotta belly showin'...
i've decided instead of getting all worried and bent out of shape that she can expose her belly if she chooses to. its JUST a belly. its an adorable belly and i am not going to encourage her to be ashamed of her body. if someone else has a freakin' problem w/ my 6.5 yo daughter exposing her belly to the world and holding a little leather purse than so be it. i…
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Added by bLISs on June 21, 2009 at 12:39pm —
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i'm going thru a lot at home w/ my mother and w/ my daughter...can't seem to get out of this vicious cycle w/ my daughter. it should be simpler to undo i thought...but man...she and i keep going round and round. she just continues to be sooo rude. but then i look at myself sometimes and i can be rude. i complain. i bitch. i talk about people. i'm impatient. i'm angry. i'm disappointed in others...etc. etc. etc. i go to extremes ie. i hate my mother!!! i love my mother!!! and my daughter witnesse…
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Added by bLISs on June 20, 2009 at 11:00pm —
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i'm proud of me. i just answered a question on yahoo answers...
learning and taking baby steps (actually i think they are more at the toddler stage at this point... hee!) in being more positive. i'm tired of complaining. i'm tired of complaining i'm tired. i'm tired of being tired. i'm tired of being tired of being tired...
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How would you describe humanity in just a few words?
Human race as a hole -how would you describe it? For me, I know that there are lots of good peo…
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Added by bLISs on June 20, 2009 at 10:30pm —
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i just read in a mini national geographic booklet about mammals that moose go under water as deep as 18 feet to feed on plants. this amazes me. they are hooved animals so how would they they get around easily in water, i wonder...
i am now awe inspired. will research with my daughter today if she cares to learn about it...or i'll just learn something new for myself...this is really cool. i love learning new things such as this.
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Added by bLISs on June 20, 2009 at 10:23am —
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ok. i still don't agree (not that i need to or have to...) w/ some unschoolers with the thought that says let my child choose at the age of six whether or not she wishes to go to school. i still say that she is too young to even fathom her reasons...she has no reasoning. or maybe she has some but she just can't comprehend the choices that lay before her. her only reasons for staying at her school are her friends. that is no reason to go to a 'school' IMHO. she is very social. i don't care for my…
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Added by bLISs on June 18, 2009 at 12:09am —
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i am hurting. M 'charged' D after school. knocked her down!
i think its cuz
D is such a martyr ummmhmmm
victim goody two shoes...apparently all day she was getting good girl and kudos...danielle is so helpful. danielle is so nice...etc. so megh finally had it when D wouldn't let M jump rope with her 2 at a time
finally we came to an agreement that after 10 jumps D would allow megh to join in w/ her. well when M joined D didn't want her there. little brat! (i am so angry...and venting...…
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Added by bLISs on May 7, 2009 at 12:00pm —
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according to the 'guidelines for 1st grade readiness' the waldorf kindergarten teachers follow when assessing their students (note:
THEIR...!?!?!)...
from SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, part D...(excerpt) "school-ready child: "play of horses and dogs (
shows readiness for authority of first grade, obeying a 'master'").
i'll be DAMNED if my daughter will be obeying any master of a mr. L next year... YIKES.
maybe play of horses and dogs equals loyalty to FAMILY...being the pack/herd…
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Added by bLISs on May 4, 2009 at 9:30pm —
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it sure seems like i vent and rant on here a lot...i guess i do... i just need to let out this steam or i will blow!
i've said that it's the last straw a few times in regards to my daughter's school... well this morning topped the cake and the waiter was out of straws...yup...NO MORE STRAWS to bargain me out of whether or not to pull her out after kindergarten graduation day this june.
this morning was 'grandparents day' at school. the grandparents had to be there at 8:30am for an all schoo…
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Added by bLISs on May 1, 2009 at 9:30pm —
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i typed outa whole big blog yesterday only to lose it thanks to my internet connection going off and on. grrr.
i really need to sort out my thoughts on some things...one being that there really is no different in the 'acting out' of kids...it is what it is and whether a kid has more of a martyr/'i'm a victim' style or more of a leader/assertive/aggressive style, its all the same when they mistreat one another & lack empathy... i will blog more about that when i have time. i have a LOT to sa…
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Added by bLISs on April 29, 2009 at 4:00pm —
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