A World without walls
everyday life while homeschooling overseas
A few weeks ago, I found that the head of the herbal school I 'attend' was planning to do a webinar for free about the medicinal qualities of every day herbs and spices. I was so excited and went and signed up immediately! There is, however, always a catch to these things: It started at 5pm PST. Ugh. Forward that 10 hours and you get my time. So this morning, I did the unthinkable. I got up at 3am so I could listen to a 2 hour long webinar all about herbs and spices! I must be crazy! It was really good, though, and I learned a lot! It was easy to concentrate since I knew no one was going to be asking me for anything at all, and I wasn't ignoring anyone by doing 'my own thing'. So I honestly enjoyed that aspect of it! Problem was, though, that by the time he was winding down, so was I! It ended at 5am, and I was nodding off. I went back to bed and slept until 7! Ha! I'm still tired, but I'm happy I learned some new and useful things. I want to go and retype the notes I took and look over his presentations from the recordings so I can pop all of this in my herbal notebook for later reference. I plan to start using a lot of it now. Did you know that turmeric is an ingredient in Tylenol?? (it's listed by its Latin name.) If I could find an herbal alternative to help my headaches, do you realize how BIG that would be??!? Wow. I learned not only WHAT they do, but dosages and how best to administer the herbs--quantities, with what 'carriers', what works best together, etc. Very handy information. I am absolutely loving all of these courses, classes, readings, etc. It's amazing to feel more well informed about the plants around me. :)
And now, it's on to the rest of my day. The kids and I actually wrote up our schedule on our whiteboard in the kitchen, and for some reason that was VERY motivational to a few young people! They finished their school work in record time and are happily playing with Legos or barbies or whatever it is they're involved with. I don't think I've ever seen Josh and Claire get through with their math that fast--and Peter did ALL of his schoolwork in 10 minutes. Good grief. If only they'd realize that if you just sit down and DO IT, it gets done and you're 'free'! Some days, they get it. Other days, it actually can take up to 3-4 HOURS for some of my older kids to finish their math...with a lot of dawdling, tears, and sighs of exasperation (on all sides). Here's to good mornings! *Cheers*
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As a Stay At Home Mom of 4 wonderful children, I have the amazing opportunity not only to home school them, but to do so in many different places! I am married to the most amazingly wonderful (and handsome) man in the whole world! Together, we seek out, every day, that Joy in the Journey that makes life exciting! Archives
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