We live out in the country a good 30 minutes from the nearest store. Over the years I have perfected a system where I basically take one day a week and throw it into the garbage of “errands.” I literally put in an 6-8 hr workday visiting all of the stores on my list and… Continue reading Shopping, an Odyssey*
I know from reading other blogs that I am not the only one who is suffering through this time feeling mopey and sad. I am finding it hard to keep myself motivated to nag the kids about their schoolwork, to clean the house, and even to make dinner. It just feels like every day is… Continue reading Dinnertime Experimentation
I feel like I should be better at this quarantine thing. It’s not like I don’t have experience homeschooling or living like a hermit. I’ve done both, extensively. I guess it is the unexpected nature of this experience that is throwing me for a loop. The unexpected nature, and the end of the world aspect.… Continue reading Letting Go
One of the first rules of homeschooling a group of children is that one of you will be having a bad day. Every day. Without fail. The second is that everyone will need to change their clothes COMPLETELY at least once, if not twice a day. I don’t understand how, with all of us hunkered… Continue reading Random Bits of thoughts
Yesterday the governor of Virginia closed the schools for the rest of the school year. Not only that, but they closed ALL businesses where you cannot maintain a distance of six feet – basically all personal care businesses – salons, dentists, chiropractors, etc. It seems utterly insane to do this without an economic plan in… Continue reading I guess this is life now
Holy Mother. Our governor has just closed all schools for the rest of the school year. I’m not even sure how to process this. And, I’m not sure what this means for my high schooler. Or what this might mean for our potential move. I just can’t even…
I feel like a bit of an internet cliche, but here we are. Four of the six of us have really been getting into puzzles since we’ve been home during our “quarantine.” We put this puzzle together on Thursday night and Friday. Thursday night I made analog night – no devices, no tv, no movies,… Continue reading Puzzling
It seems that everyone has more time due to the quarantine and forced social distancing. It’s not that way for me. My life goes on. Still the same, but now complicated by the fact that my three older children are home. One is in high school and has been in contact with his teachers, one… Continue reading Quarantine, one week in
I’m not going to lie. I’m frazzled. As I alluded to in the previous post, I am a person who makes rules for myself. I don’t make a lot, because I want to keep them all. But, I make them. And, the thing is, to make rules is to assume a certain order. Order has… Continue reading How’s Your Quarantine?
Last week, seems like ages ago now, I was thinking about rules. My rules. The rules I make for myself. The rules I live by. I always imaged that everyone did this. But, my husband doesn’t. Why would anyone else? On Gretchen Rubin’s personality quiz, I’m a questioner, which makes sense. It also makes sense… Continue reading Breaking Free