Likes and ambitions

Once again I am going to say how much I really, really like Freecycle. Last week I picked up a huge bag of clothes for Gideon. Sizes ranged from 1 - 3. They were all in good condition and free! What could be better.

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Last night over washing dished Brandon and I started talking once again about owning a house. We would love to build a house, doing most of the labour ourselves. I have been watching a show called Grand Designs. Lots of inspiration for building your own house, making it a green home, using sustainable designs, ans so forth.

The last few episodes have really focused on green building. One family used recycled tyres filled with dirt to make walls. Another family used straw bales for the walls.

Anyway I think it would be great to do something like that and then turn it into one giant unit study for the kids schooling.

They would learn how to work within a budget, make presentations, come up with designs, etc.

Of course this would have to wait until the kids are somewhere in their teens. Maybe by that time we will have the money actually saved up!

Anyway that is our dream.

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I have begun ordering all the homeschooling books we will need for the next year or two. Now is a great time due to the AUD gaining strength against the USD. I seem to spend a lot of time just hunting down good prices. I did find some of what I wanted on a homeschooling classified site. eBay and Amazon have also been helpful.

We like some of Charlotte Mason's philosophy on education as well as the classical system. So I think we would be considered eclectic as far as our curriculum goes. I like to take pits N pieces and make our own.

We have been talking about what language to focus on. Either Spanish or French, any opinions?

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One last like. The Grand Final. Nothing like getting together with some friends and watching the team you barrack for strive to win the final. Go Cats!