Comments for Magic and Mayhem http://magicandmayhem.homeschooljournal.net A peek into our crazy homeschool life Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:26:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.4 Comment on “To My Grown-up Son” by themindfulhomeschool http://magicandmayhem.homeschooljournal.net/2008/10/09/to-my-grown-up-son/#comment-356 themindfulhomeschool Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:18:56 +0000 http://magicandmayhem.homeschooljournal.net/2008/10/09/to-my-grown-up-son/#comment-356 That is beautiful! And timely. Lucy That is beautiful! And timely.
Lucy

]]> Comment on Anna’s Horse Lapbook! by Nerrida http://magicandmayhem.homeschooljournal.net/2008/04/29/annas-horse-lapbook/#comment-355 Nerrida Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:26:59 +0000 http://magicandmayhem.homeschooljournal.net/2008/04/29/annas-horse-lapbook/#comment-355 My girls are very inspired by your horse lapbook - thankyou for sharing it. They are off to do theirs now. My girls are very inspired by your horse lapbook - thankyou for sharing it. They are off to do theirs now.

]]> Comment on Invisible Art! by Heather http://magicandmayhem.homeschooljournal.net/2008/10/05/invisible-art/#comment-354 Heather Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:59:00 +0000 http://magicandmayhem.homeschooljournal.net/2008/10/05/invisible-art/#comment-354 Oh very fun. Great project. Oh very fun. Great project.

]]> Comment on Invisible Art! by Karen B http://magicandmayhem.homeschooljournal.net/2008/10/05/invisible-art/#comment-353 Karen B Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:46:44 +0000 http://magicandmayhem.homeschooljournal.net/2008/10/05/invisible-art/#comment-353 Beautiful artwork! Beautiful artwork!

]]> Comment on Invisible Art! by Michie http://magicandmayhem.homeschooljournal.net/2008/10/05/invisible-art/#comment-352 Michie Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:35:23 +0000 http://magicandmayhem.homeschooljournal.net/2008/10/05/invisible-art/#comment-352 The pictures are very pretty! Fun project! The pictures are very pretty! Fun project!

]]> Comment on How low can we go? by Alicia http://magicandmayhem.homeschooljournal.net/2008/09/30/how-low-can-we-go/#comment-351 Alicia Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:54:23 +0000 http://magicandmayhem.homeschooljournal.net/2008/09/30/how-low-can-we-go/#comment-351 LOL Lonni, I didn't even hear that! I'm sure Daryl thought it was funny. :) Congrats to your hubby for the new, more rewarding job. I think you're absolutely right about money after what we truly need not necessarily making life any better or helping us feel any happier. Sounds like an awful lot of us are going to be keeping the heat off/down this winter! LOL Lonni, I didn’t even hear that! I’m sure Daryl thought it was funny. :) Congrats to your hubby for the new, more rewarding job. I think you’re absolutely right about money after what we truly need not necessarily making life any better or helping us feel any happier.

Sounds like an awful lot of us are going to be keeping the heat off/down this winter!

]]> Comment on Down by the Station by Lonni http://magicandmayhem.homeschooljournal.net/2008/10/03/down-by-the-station/#comment-350 Lonni Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:04:09 +0000 http://magicandmayhem.homeschooljournal.net/2008/10/03/down-by-the-station/#comment-350 That same train parked in front of the old train depot in our town on Tuesday. There were hundreds of people lined up to see it so we didn't get to go inside. Someone had thought to bring their beautiful yellow biplane out and fly over when the train came in and it also followed alongside the train as it made its way west. We checked out the train downtown then drove west and met hubby on a country road and got some good pics and video of them traveling together. Very cool. My fil was amongst the crowd downtown and told us about being only 2 years old at the time but remembering his mother bringing him along to see his uncle board a train there to go off to the war. And that this uncle gave him a quarter and how they waved to each other for as long as they could see the train. He still has the quarter. His uncle returned after the war but lived with shrapnel in his back and had a pretty tough time. He got teary telling it (the emotion that was in that crowd 65 years ago seemed to have left a deep impression) and I wondered how many other people in the crowd were feeling some really old emotions seeing the Challenger pull in. That same train parked in front of the old train depot in our town on Tuesday. There were hundreds of people lined up to see it so we didn’t get to go inside. Someone had thought to bring their beautiful yellow biplane out and fly over when the train came in and it also followed alongside the train as it made its way west. We checked out the train downtown then drove west and met hubby on a country road and got some good pics and video of them traveling together. Very cool.

My fil was amongst the crowd downtown and told us about being only 2 years old at the time but remembering his mother bringing him along to see his uncle board a train there to go off to the war. And that this uncle gave him a quarter and how they waved to each other for as long as they could see the train. He still has the quarter. His uncle returned after the war but lived with shrapnel in his back and had a pretty tough time. He got teary telling it (the emotion that was in that crowd 65 years ago seemed to have left a deep impression) and I wondered how many other people in the crowd were feeling some really old emotions seeing the Challenger pull in.

]]> Comment on How low can we go? by Lonni http://magicandmayhem.homeschooljournal.net/2008/09/30/how-low-can-we-go/#comment-349 Lonni Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:29:32 +0000 http://magicandmayhem.homeschooljournal.net/2008/09/30/how-low-can-we-go/#comment-349 We're doing this too, even though it makes it hard to get going in the morning! Brr! I told hubby awhile ago it would be much cheaper to invest in a pile of wool socks and long johns for everyone here and leave the heat turned down lower than our usual comfortable setting. I second your motion -- housecleaning is a great way to get warmed up and I've been motivated to clean JUST for that reason a few times. So I guess it's good that it's always getting so messy around here?? We too live cheap but are happy anyway. :o) A choice was made early last year to walk away from a job hubby hated and take a much "nicer" job that cut our income by about half (he had recently gone on commission and was finally making the good money he'd longed for when this other job came up). I knew his quality of life would improve so I pressed him to jump ship while he had the chance and it was the best thing he could have done for himself. The rest of us weren't hurt by having less freedom to spend and we don't feel deprived. Inexpensive stuff like garage sales and home cooking and little things like just sitting around a campfire together can do wonders for creating a feeling of abundance. I've always said, if I had to choose, I'd much rather be poor and happy than rich and miserable. Thinking of people I know...it's plain to see that "rich" or "poor" is mostly a state of mind (not talking about the truly poor people struggling to survive). Seems like nobody ever has enough, so aren't we all essentially in the same boat, if we hang onto that thinking? I read an article recently about how once you get above having enough $ to cover basic needs, happiness level does not increase proportionately right alongside of income level and in some (many?) cases happiness actually went lower (stress, anxiety, depression). I like knowing that...that it's not worth chasing that rainbow...that we're good just the way we are. It all boils down to knowing what really matters....that things are just things...and that you can't buy happiness, you have to make it. :o) If the inspiration for this post came from me kidding Daryl about being so poor that the baby had to sleep on newspaper (at the park that day), I was totally just being silly. I don't see you as poor. Far from it! We’re doing this too, even though it makes it hard to get going in the morning! Brr! I told hubby awhile ago it would be much cheaper to invest in a pile of wool socks and long johns for everyone here and leave the heat turned down lower than our usual comfortable setting. I second your motion — housecleaning is a great way to get warmed up and I’ve been motivated to clean JUST for that reason a few times. So I guess it’s good that it’s always getting so messy around here??
We too live cheap but are happy anyway. :o) A choice was made early last year to walk away from a job hubby hated and take a much “nicer” job that cut our income by about half (he had recently gone on commission and was finally making the good money he’d longed for when this other job came up). I knew his quality of life would improve so I pressed him to jump ship while he had the chance and it was the best thing he could have done for himself. The rest of us weren’t hurt by having less freedom to spend and we don’t feel deprived. Inexpensive stuff like garage sales and home cooking and little things like just sitting around a campfire together can do wonders for creating a feeling of abundance. I’ve always said, if I had to choose, I’d much rather be poor and happy than rich and miserable. Thinking of people I know…it’s plain to see that “rich” or “poor” is mostly a state of mind (not talking about the truly poor people struggling to survive). Seems like nobody ever has enough, so aren’t we all essentially in the same boat, if we hang onto that thinking? I read an article recently about how once you get above having enough $ to cover basic needs, happiness level does not increase proportionately right alongside of income level and in some (many?) cases happiness actually went lower (stress, anxiety, depression). I like knowing that…that it’s not worth chasing that rainbow…that we’re good just the way we are. It all boils down to knowing what really matters….that things are just things…and that you can’t buy happiness, you have to make it. :o)
If the inspiration for this post came from me kidding Daryl about being so poor that the baby had to sleep on newspaper (at the park that day), I was totally just being silly. I don’t see you as poor. Far from it!

]]> Comment on How low can we go? by Gerky http://magicandmayhem.homeschooljournal.net/2008/09/30/how-low-can-we-go/#comment-348 Gerky Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:47:34 +0000 http://magicandmayhem.homeschooljournal.net/2008/09/30/how-low-can-we-go/#comment-348 My parents and I have a contest each fall/winter to see who can go the longest without turning our heat on. We always win because my mom hates to have a cold bathroom. Cool and I talked about this last night and we set our goal for December this year. We are in Iowa so a bit south of you. I hope you reach your goal! Gerky My parents and I have a contest each fall/winter to see who can go the longest without turning our heat on. We always win because my mom hates to have a cold bathroom.

Cool and I talked about this last night and we set our goal for December this year. We are in Iowa so a bit south of you.

I hope you reach your goal!

Gerky

]]> Comment on Being Present by Christine http://magicandmayhem.homeschooljournal.net/2008/10/01/being-present/#comment-345 Christine Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:18:21 +0000 http://magicandmayhem.homeschooljournal.net/2008/10/01/being-present/#comment-345 Thank you for this reminder. I let myself get caught up in the dailiness and the grind of life way too often. I forget that it is fleeting. I appreciate your wisdom and your insight... I've linked to this post on my blog in one of my posts, hope you don't mind. Thanks again for this... :) Thank you for this reminder. I let myself get caught up in the dailiness and the grind of life way too often. I forget that it is fleeting. I appreciate your wisdom and your insight… I’ve linked to this post on my blog in one of my posts, hope you don’t mind. Thanks again for this… :)

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