Why Parents Drink

I have been a busy bee lately. We just finished up our annual testing and will be leaving this afternoon for a much needed family trip. I am leaving a funny story for anyone who happens to stumble on by.

The boss wondered why one of his most valued employees had not phoned in s ick one day. Having an urgent problem with one of the main computers, he dialed the employee's home phone number and was greeted with a child's whisper. 'Hello?'
'Is your d addy home?' he asked.
'Yes ,' whispered the small voice.
May I talk with him?'
The child whispered, 'No.'
Surprised and wanting to talk with an adult, the boss asked, 'Is your Mommy there?'
'Yes.'

'May I talk with her?'
Again the small voice whispered, 'No.'
Hoping there was somebody with whom he could leave a message, the boss asked, 'Is anybody else there?'
'Yes ,' whispered the child, ' a policeman '.
Wondering what a cop would be doing at his employee's home, the boss asked, 'May I speak with the policeman?'
'No, he's busy ', whispered the child.
'Busy doing what?'
'Talking to Daddy and Mommy and the Fireman ,' came the whispered answer.
Growing more worried as he heard a loud noise in the background through the earpiece on the phone, the boss asked, 'What is that noise?'

'A helicopter ' answered the whispering voice.
'What is going on there?' demanded the boss, now truly apprehensive.
Again, whispering, the child answered, 'The search team just landed a helicopter .'
Alarmed, concerned and a little frustrated the boss asked, 'What are they searching for?'
Still whispering, the young voice replied with a muffled giggle. ..
'ME .'

Finally, some recognition

There was an article in our local paper on Sunday about home schooling. It was well written and painted the growth of home schooling in a positive light. Something that I completely appreciate. Read the article

While I appreciate everyone's concern regarding my choice to home school my kiddos, I find it quite amusing that so many people pigeon hole us as one single group of "religious freaks". This is noted several times over in the comments of the article above. The idiotic comments were almost as fun to read as the article.

Books Books and more books

Whenever I need a recharge, I read. Today, I felt the need in a big way. I joined a book club. One of those personal ones where you get 5 books for your introductory offer, then you are required to purchase 4 more over the next 2 years thing. This one, I did all for me.

Found a bunch of vegetarian cookbooks, meditation books, yoga, green gardening, all that jazz. Nothing that my kids will want to steal from me. At least not yet. THEN, I went to the library. I grabbed 4 more. All home schooling related. I seriously need a recharge in that area. I am trying to locate one that will give me some advice on getting my act together. You know, the whole mom, taxi driver, event coordinator, educator, social guru thing. But without it throwing the bible at me on every page. For now, I settled on these:

The Homeschooler's Guide to ... by Vicki Caruana
Home Learning year by year - by Rebecca Rupp
The Homeschooling Handbook by Mary Griffith
Homeschooling for Success by Rebecca Kochenderfer

Now, if I could just find that one titled How to get them to eat all of their broccoli - I would be all set.