Craziness
Lisa Heath & Mark Irons
Living in an expat enclave in conservative Hong Kong, I am surrounded by
boring, staid, overly "nice", closed minded "successful" professionals and
their wives/husbands and I'm desperate for more craziness in my life. I
miss my sister terribly after reading your posts as she's the kind of person
who do all those mad sorts of things including dying her hair pink! She
always helped me to let go and be silly! But she lives in New Zealand, ho
hum.
I was trying to think of something crazy I'd done with my kids recently
(apart from wearing some pretty funny dress-ups...) and I have to say I
can't really think of anything, and that's been an eye opener for me - I
need to get more silly (and work less, trying to do that...)
Anyway, I'm sure I'm going to like being part of this list since it's
exactly what I'm looking for as I embark on the wonderful, scary, exciting
and yes, crazy, adventure of unschooling my little girls (4 1/2 and 16
months).
All the best,
Lisa Heath
Hong Hong.
boring, staid, overly "nice", closed minded "successful" professionals and
their wives/husbands and I'm desperate for more craziness in my life. I
miss my sister terribly after reading your posts as she's the kind of person
who do all those mad sorts of things including dying her hair pink! She
always helped me to let go and be silly! But she lives in New Zealand, ho
hum.
I was trying to think of something crazy I'd done with my kids recently
(apart from wearing some pretty funny dress-ups...) and I have to say I
can't really think of anything, and that's been an eye opener for me - I
need to get more silly (and work less, trying to do that...)
Anyway, I'm sure I'm going to like being part of this list since it's
exactly what I'm looking for as I embark on the wonderful, scary, exciting
and yes, crazy, adventure of unschooling my little girls (4 1/2 and 16
months).
All the best,
Lisa Heath
Hong Hong.
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> 3. Re: homeschoolers on wife swap and suchlike
> From: catsellsavon@...
> 4. Re: was -wife swap and suchlike - crazy stuff
> From: andre whetstone <tuathadedans@...>
> 5. Please Read This Before You Go Back To Your Local Supermarket!
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> From: "Ren Allen" <starsuncloud@...>
> Subject: homeschoolers on wife swap and suchlike
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> " Yeah, that's not too bad, but if I had to go to a job
> where I had to dress up, wear heels, MAKE-UP... Yuck. <g> "
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> From: "Ren Allen" <starsuncloud@...>
> Subject: homeschoolers on wife swap and suchlike
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> " I have to say I am glad I was picked as
> the normal mom. :) sometimes you are not sure which one you are. LOL"
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> HA! MY kids decided *I* was the crazy Mom and they wouldn't be able to
> handle a "normal" Mom so I am forbidden to ever participate in that
> show. :)
> It probably didn't help diffuse my "crazy" image when I jumped in the
> bathtub with Jalen and Sierra last week...fully clothed.
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> Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 22:48:43 EST
> From: catsellsavon@...
> Subject: Re: homeschoolers on wife swap and suchlike
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> It probably didn't help diffuse my "crazy" image when I jumped in the
> bathtub with Jalen and Sierra last week...fully clothed.
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> That just sounds fun.. not crazy! LOL
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> Cathey Jones
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> Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 05:49:22 -0800 (PST)
> From: andre whetstone <tuathadedans@...>
> Subject: Re: was -wife swap and suchlike - crazy stuff
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> LOL... Now I know why I love this list... other people that are fun crazy
> and don't follow rules... some recent silly stuff we have done include:
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> a bath tub full of jello
> a snow ball fight inside the car
> a muddy puddle war in WalMarts parking lot
> Letting my 4yr old put make up on me while we waited for our meal at a
> local "upscale" Mexican restaurant ( she also spoke only Spanish the whole
> time which would not be that weird except she only knows words she learned
> from Dora the Explorer and she used none of them correctly just strung
> them all together :)
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> anyone else want to share some wacky adventures? to show my kids I am
> not alone in my wackyness!!
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> Blessings
> Andre' (now with bright pink hair)
> unschooled among the Amish in Rural Indiana and giving the town something
> to "talk" about
> Broguen 17 - LeCe 15 - Trinity - 11 - Aubra Faye 4
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> catsellsavon@... wrote:
> It probably didn't help diffuse my "crazy" image when I jumped in the
> bathtub with Jalen and Sierra last week...fully clothed.
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> That just sounds fun.. not crazy! LOL
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> Cathey Jones
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> Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 22:39:58 -0000
> From: "sandyduncam" <sandyduncam@...>
> Subject: Please Read This Before You Go Back To Your Local Supermarket!
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> You wouldn't go into a car dealer and pay the sticker price so why in
> the world would you pay full price for your groceries and other
> expenses? This was the sentence that I overheard that really caught
> my attention. At the end of our school's PTA meeting, several of us
> began talking about the soaring costs of everything, one of the
> members told us how she is saving a tremendous amount of money on
> groceries, eating out, pictures and just about everything else you
> could imagine. To make a long story short, she said she joined a
> program at: http://couponsforlife.com She told us that the sampler
> package includes savings on just about everything you could imagine.
> I was shocked she joined since I have known this woman a very long
> time and she has always been a huge skeptic. I asked her what made
> her decide to join this. She told me she checked the company out with
> the better business bureau who verified that they have been in
> business since Oct. 1983 and they have an outstanding record with
> them. She said she also checked them out with Paypal who processes
> their payments and Paypal informed her that the company has provided
> all business paperwork, and has had several thousand customers
> through their payment process. They went on to say that they offer a
> guarantee for this company's products. In her words, that was enough
> for her to try them out and she "has never been happier with a
> company's products" in her life. The rest of us couldn't wait to sign
> up. She showed us some receipts in her bag and savings were eye
> popping!
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andre whetstone
I can relate with being surrounded by ultra conservitives... when we first moved here yrs ago I "toned" myself down and did all the " normal" things that the mothers around here did and tried to "blend in"... after a while I realized I was not happy....I never really did "fit in" and I was doing my children a disservice by not being "true" to my nature ... so I slowly started letting myself "out" .... this last step was the pink hair -( thanks to Hannah Jenner, my girls and I make it a practice to do one crazy thing each day - life is too short)
I no longer get as many invitations to the local home school mothers activities.... but wow .. life is fun again ... I would not change a thing
Good Luck
Andre'
unschooled and living out loud among the Amish in Indiana
BROGUE 17 - LE CE 15 - TRINITY 11 - AUBRA FAYE 4
Lisa Heath & Mark Irons <lisamark@...> wrote:
Living in an expat enclave in conservative Hong Kong, I am surrounded by
boring, staid, overly "nice", closed minded "successful" professionals and
their wives/husbands and I'm desperate for more craziness in my life.
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
I no longer get as many invitations to the local home school mothers activities.... but wow .. life is fun again ... I would not change a thing
Good Luck
Andre'
unschooled and living out loud among the Amish in Indiana
BROGUE 17 - LE CE 15 - TRINITY 11 - AUBRA FAYE 4
Lisa Heath & Mark Irons <lisamark@...> wrote:
Living in an expat enclave in conservative Hong Kong, I am surrounded by
boring, staid, overly "nice", closed minded "successful" professionals and
their wives/husbands and I'm desperate for more craziness in my life.
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Absolutely!! I live in the Texas Bible Belt where "what Baptist church do you go to?" is a really common question. Boys tuck their shirts in and "yes, maam" is said by children and adults to anyone over about 25. I also tried to fit in and was able to pull it off for about 3 years but I was miserable. So I came out and yes, my invitations fell off for awhile as well. But then I ended up finding a group of women that are just as nuts as I am and I couldn't be happier.
Julie S.
Julie S.
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From: andre whetstone <tuathadedans@...>
Date: Monday, March 20, 2006 7:21 am
Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] Craziness
> I can relate with being surrounded by ultra conservitives... when
> we first moved here yrs ago I "toned" myself down and did all the
> " normal" things that the mothers around here did and tried to
> "blend in"... after a while I realized I was not happy....I never
> really did "fit in" and I was doing my children a disservice by
> not being "true" to my nature ... so I slowly started letting
> myself "out" .... this last step was the pink hair -( thanks to
> Hannah Jenner, my girls and I make it a practice to do one crazy
> thing each day - life is too short)
>
> I no longer get as many invitations to the local home school
> mothers activities.... but wow .. life is fun again ... I would
> not change a thing
> Good Luck
> Andre'
> unschooled and living out loud among the Amish in Indiana
> BROGUE 17 - LE CE 15 - TRINITY 11 - AUBRA FAYE 4
>
> Lisa Heath & Mark Irons <lisamark@...> wrote:
> Living in an expat enclave in conservative Hong Kong, I am
> surrounded by
> boring, staid, overly "nice", closed minded "successful"
> professionals and
> their wives/husbands and I'm desperate for more craziness in my
> life.
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Nancy Wooton
I just found this quote on my A Word a Day email; I thought it
appropriate for the thread :-) Nancy
I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on
the
edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center. -Kurt
Vonnegut, Jr., writer (1922- )
appropriate for the thread :-) Nancy
I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on
the
edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center. -Kurt
Vonnegut, Jr., writer (1922- )
On Mar 20, 2006, at 5:34 AM, jnjstau@... wrote:
> Absolutely!! I live in the Texas Bible Belt where "what Baptist
> church do you go to?" is a really common question. Boys tuck their
> shirts in and "yes, maam" is said by children and adults to anyone
> over about 25. I also tried to fit in and was able to pull it off for
> about 3 years but I was miserable. So I came out and yes, my
> invitations fell off for awhile as well. But then I ended up finding
> a group of women that are just as nuts as I am and I couldn't be
> happier.
>
> Julie S.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: andre whetstone <tuathadedans@...>
> Date: Monday, March 20, 2006 7:21 am
> Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] Craziness
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>> I can relate with being surrounded by ultra conservitives... when
>> we first moved here yrs ago I "toned" myself down and did all the
>> " normal" things that the mothers around here did and tried to
>> "blend in"... after a while I realized I was not happy....I never
>> really did "fit in" and I was doing my children a disservice by
>> not being "true" to my nature ... so I slowly started letting
>> myself "out" .... this last step was the pink hair -( thanks to
>> Hannah Jenner, my girls and I make it a practice to do one crazy
>> thing each day - life is too short)
>>
>> I no longer get as many invitations to the local home school
>> mothers activities.... but wow .. life is fun again ... I would
>> not change a thing
>> Good Luck
>> Andre'
>> unschooled and living out loud among the Amish in Indiana
>> BROGUE 17 - LE CE 15 - TRINITY 11 - AUBRA FAYE 4
>>
>> Lisa Heath & Mark Irons <lisamark@...> wrote:
>> Living in an expat enclave in conservative Hong Kong, I am
>> surrounded by
>> boring, staid, overly "nice", closed minded "successful"
>> professionals and
>> their wives/husbands and I'm desperate for more craziness in my
>> life.
>>
>>
andre whetstone
> I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without goingI LOVE IT ... THANKS ... ITS GOING ON MY BULLETIN BOARD
> over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't
> see from the center. -Kurt
> Vonnegut, Jr., writer (1922- )
:)
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andre whetstone
> I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without goingI LOVE IT ... THANKS ... ITS GOING ON MY BULLETIN BOARD
> over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't
> see from the center. -Kurt
> Vonnegut, Jr., writer (1922- )
:) ANDN
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