Schafer Vanessa

Hey Kendrah,

You might want to try freecycle. If you have a want,
you can post it on there, and you might find someone
willing to part with what you need. There are also
lots of things offered on the website too. Hope this
helps some. Sounds like you are in for lots of fun.


--- Kendrah Nilsestuen <carebear-79@...>
wrote:

> I got three replies to my question and wanted to
> take the time to
> respond to everyone who responded to me, I'll just
> do it in this one
> email:)
>
> Melissa wrote
> <<We (ok, me, dh kind of
> came home and said "Bored today?") cut a hole in the
> wall between so
> there's a doorway of sorts between the two
> (actually, it's more like
> a hobbit hole).>>
>
> Fun!
>
> <<Everyone has a computer in their room, it was
> worth
> the money (haha, we bought them at university
> overflow sales for way
> cheap) so that everyone had the opportunity to
> play.>>
>
> Good Idea. I'll have to keep my eye out for
> something like this.
>
> <<It's kind of nice, keeps things interesting.
> Why not move her kitchen and craft stuff to the
> basement? Our
> basement is kind of kid's zone, definitely all about
> the kids.>>
>
> Certainly a possibility to consider. Thanks for the
> input on how your
> house is set up Melissa. I'm trying to figure out
> the best way to do
> it with two kiddos, couldn't imagine it with seven!
>
> Lisa wrote:
>
> <<I kind of think of my entire house as an
> unschooling pantry and make
> sure it's stocked with interesting things all the
> time. I sort of
> drift during the day to various areas to see what
> they are doing, they
> drift back and forth as they need me or need
> something they can't
> find.>>
>
> Yes I love this its definitely what I'm trying to
> achieve.
>
> <<I think if you were to walk into any unschooler's
> home you would find
> something different. The beauty of unschooling just
> like
> homeschooling in general is that each person can do
> what works for
> them and their family.>>
>
> Yes, I realize this. I thought I'd ask to get input
> on how other's do
> it. But of course ultimately it is what works best
> for us. I think I
> know what I plan to do, and if it doesn't work, we
> can always change
> it up till it does!
>
> Marcia wrote:
> <<A mindset that EVERYTHING is of value ....and to
> overlook clutter
> of projects
> in the making ( a creative mess is better than tidy
> idleness...and
> process is
> more important then product <<G>>.>>
>
> I straighten at least once a day. I can't stand not
> being able to
> find things, and spending a lot of my life searching
> for things, so I
> do like to keep a moderately tidy home. However,
> this did strike me
> as it makes me realize maybe I shouldn't be cleaning
> up everything so
> soon. For example, sometimes my dd likes to pretend
> to go grocery
> shopping. She'll pull out our tote bags and her
> grocery cart and go
> to the pantry. She'll fill up the cart and ring up
> her groceries and
> bag them. Then she leaves them on the floor and
> moves on to something
> else. Then I put it all back. Maybe next time I'll
> leave them for a
> little while to see if she wants to come back to
> them. Maybe she'll
> want to put things away in *her* kitchen. Maybe
> she'll want to return
> a defective item to the store clerk (usually me).
> Maybe she'll want
> to cook a meal with what she bought. Or maybe she'll
> be done with it
> and not give a care if I put the things back. I
> could at least give
> her the opportunity to decide though:)
>
> Thanks everyone,
> Kendrah
>
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>
>


Vanessa



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