Tiffany did warn me

Peace Fleece easily becomes tangled from the nifty twisted skein it arrives in. She did warn me. That's why I started rolling it into a ball. Then it got tangled anyway. Then it broke. Now I'm winding a second ball as I untangle. Very, very slowly.

I had thought to take Luthien to the splash park and go to the Brymstonne meeting tonight. But I'm starting to get queasy again (maybe it's hunger?) and she's still napping. I think we'll just stay home. The only real downer to that is that I wanted to go to the library. Oh, well. There's always tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow.

Warning signs

When Luthien pulls a towel out of the cupboard and lays down on it, it is a warning sign.

Warning: incipient vomiting.

Other peoples' blogs

So far, most of the blogs I've looked at online have seemed way cooler than mine. I wonder if that's simply a function of other peoples' lives looking more interesting?

I've been reading this blog the past couple of days: http://lionesshomeschool.blogspot.com/

She's a Pagan doing classical education. It's reassuring I'm not going to be the only one, and her blog is brimming over with fun ideas and interesting links.

Luthien is napping. Ah, sweet bliss! But I hope I don't have to wake her up. We have to leave in 45 minutes to go babysit Xander.

I wish I could find a full-time way to get paid for having fun.

Luthien Loves Frogs and Dogs, I research Classical Homeschooling

I really can't fault Luthien's obsessive interests. I do the same thing. Right now, I have homeschooling on the brain, and have been doing a lot of reading and research.

She's been into frogs, dogs on the TV, and www.starfall.com. I now wish I hadn't given up our copy of Scooby-Doo, which went to my niece Dakota at the height of her scooby groove. It's Lady and the Tramp every day. We had checked out a Wishbone DVD from the library, but the time came to return it and they didn't have any others. I couldn't talk her into Benji or Lassie at the library. I tried putting in the Fox and the Hound instead of Lady and the Tramp, but it just made me cry and failed to hold her interest. And I thought Bambi was depressing!

Starfall is really teaching her things. She's started associating sounds with letters. Too bad the computer network won't work when it heats up around here. Or at all, this morning.

As for frogs, I found a cool area rug at Ikea on Wednesday. Now Luthien can jump from lilypad to lilypad around her room!

Too smart by half!

Last night, fairly late, when I was about ready to herd Luthien off to bed, she asked me if she could have some "flower butter" (sunflower seed butter). I told her no, she'd already had her snack and it was almost bedtime. She threw a brief fit, and then wandered off to talk to Windy.

Windy got my attention, and I came into the kitchen to find that Luthien had gotten into the fridge, taken out the jar of sunflower seed butter, gotten a spoon, opened the jar, and gotten herself a big 'ol spoonful!

I took it away, put it back in the jar, and put the jar up high in the fridge. She was most put out. I told her "no does not mean get it yourself."

I really want to nurture her independent streak, but not without getting run over!

Luthien is vacuuming

I'm delighted. I do have to go turn the vacuum around for her (she can't steer it too well yet), but she's making definite inroads on the pretzels and dried cereal she flung all over the living room floor from the vantage of her high chair (and the couch).

Given how often she's tried to insist that "mommy do it" lately concerning picking up her toys, I'm happy with any volunteerism on her part in cleaning up around here, especially since the place needs to be in order for a friend's graduation party tomorrow.

I'm done, vacation has officially begun!

I'm done. Totally and completely.
No more school, no more books (except fun ones),
no more hurrying, no more day care.

It's just Luthien and me, facing one long, hot, summer of each other's company day in, and day out.

I'm really looking forward to going out to Texas to visit family in June.

The Health Benefits of Procrastination

I wrote a paper today. It was due at 5 PM. I spent most of the morning reading the material I had gathered in my research, and started writing around mid-morning.

I completely forgot about Luthien's speech therapy appointment, so when Jenna arrived the living room was a mess (I usually tidy up before she comes), I was in my pajamas, and Luthien was starkers.

Luthien fortunately went down for a reasonably long afternoon nap, which permitted me to get the paper finished with a minimum of protestation from her (relatively speaking). I finished the paper at ten until four, frantically got Luthien and myself dressed and our bag packed with library books to return, the paper to turn in, and Luthien's towel and swimsuit for the trip to the splash park I promised her as the compensation for being ignored all day while mama focused on homework.

We left the house at 4:12 PM. We arrived at the Anthropology building on campus, approximately 4.5 miles away, at 4:41 PM, a good twenty minutes before the office (wherein lay the TA's box into which I had to place the paper to turn it in) was supposed to close (and about ten minutes before the time they often lock the door).

29 minutes from home to campus, with a fairly strong head and cross wind, and Luthien as well as a laden backpack on board. Yep. Procrastination does have its health benefits.

It's Official

As of today, I am the wife of a restaurant owner.

We now get to see David's sleeping back in bed, and if awake may see him for 10 minutes before bed and 30 minutes upon awakening. The rest of the time, he'll be at work.

But at least now we don't have to worry about him getting fired!