Doing things I like to do
Dawn Falbe
I have wanted to see Apollo 13 for a while and finally I listened to what
many of your unschoolers have said since I joined this list; do something
you want to do and see what happens.... Well Max was down for a nap and I
told Zak the movie I was going to watch and what it was about. He sat with
me for about 1 1/2 hour of the movie (that much took me nearly 3 hours to
watch as I had to stop and start it every few minutes to answer
questions)... I always thought I was a mind of useless information... I know
a little about a lot of different things... I didn't know I knew so much
about the space mission, considering I would have been 11 at the time and
lived in England, and I don't think I even knew anything about America
accept that it was the place we sent felons too (or was that Austrailia)...
(You can tell how much I listened in school).... Anyway I digress.... It
was wonderful to sit with my first born and answer his questions as he fired
them at me one after the other.... After he'd finished watching he built a
spaceship in the living room, using jelly beans for the controls (which of
course he eventually ate)... He then branched out and built a more elaborate
one in the garden and we all had to come and ride on the space ship. It
happened to be a very cold day in Tucson (if that's possible) and so he gave
us blankets to keep up warm and toasty... I was going to suggest a hot
toddy but decided 4pm was probably not the time for that (LOL.... just a
joke we don't drink).... We talked about going to different planets and who
had walked on the moon, about another movie Mission to Mars that Zak caught
a glimse of, how many planets, their astrological significance and their
astronomy significance...
What a wonderful experience it was and all because I decided to do something
that I'm interested in....
Dawn
If you want to watch Spartacus, rent the video or DVD, and put it in and
watch it! (Sandra Dodd)
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Dawn Falbe
Astrologer Coach
(520) 312-5300
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www.astrologerdawn.com
dawn@...
Enlightening you on how to discover and live your Soul Purpose
"The people who get on in this world are people who get up and look for the
circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them." - George
Bernard Shaw
"The only time my education was interrupted was when I was in school" -
George Bernard Shaw
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many of your unschoolers have said since I joined this list; do something
you want to do and see what happens.... Well Max was down for a nap and I
told Zak the movie I was going to watch and what it was about. He sat with
me for about 1 1/2 hour of the movie (that much took me nearly 3 hours to
watch as I had to stop and start it every few minutes to answer
questions)... I always thought I was a mind of useless information... I know
a little about a lot of different things... I didn't know I knew so much
about the space mission, considering I would have been 11 at the time and
lived in England, and I don't think I even knew anything about America
accept that it was the place we sent felons too (or was that Austrailia)...
(You can tell how much I listened in school).... Anyway I digress.... It
was wonderful to sit with my first born and answer his questions as he fired
them at me one after the other.... After he'd finished watching he built a
spaceship in the living room, using jelly beans for the controls (which of
course he eventually ate)... He then branched out and built a more elaborate
one in the garden and we all had to come and ride on the space ship. It
happened to be a very cold day in Tucson (if that's possible) and so he gave
us blankets to keep up warm and toasty... I was going to suggest a hot
toddy but decided 4pm was probably not the time for that (LOL.... just a
joke we don't drink).... We talked about going to different planets and who
had walked on the moon, about another movie Mission to Mars that Zak caught
a glimse of, how many planets, their astrological significance and their
astronomy significance...
What a wonderful experience it was and all because I decided to do something
that I'm interested in....
Dawn
If you want to watch Spartacus, rent the video or DVD, and put it in and
watch it! (Sandra Dodd)
********************
Dawn Falbe
Astrologer Coach
(520) 312-5300
********************
www.astrologerdawn.com
dawn@...
Enlightening you on how to discover and live your Soul Purpose
"The people who get on in this world are people who get up and look for the
circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them." - George
Bernard Shaw
"The only time my education was interrupted was when I was in school" -
George Bernard Shaw
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In a message dated 3/21/02 4:00:38 PM, dawn@... writes:
<< I don't think I even knew anything about America
accept that it was the place we sent felons too (or was that Austrailia)...
(You can tell how much I listened in school).... >>
Both! <g>
Sounds like you had a blast!
You never know about movies. They don't have to be "educational" or weighty
or "classical." We've gotten some great insights and connections from the
silliest and goofiest stuff. One non-goofy example though:
Kirby was into a kind of Shakespeare phase a couple of years ago, and I
rented the Romeo+Juliet with the guns. I watched some with him, and I was
folding laundry and this and that, in and out. When it was in Act III or
other mid-parts, I suggested maybe he should watch the next another day.
Partly I was getting antsy because I'd seen it already, and partly I was
afraid it was too long a stretch for him, and didn't want him to feel
obligated. He said "No, it's good."
And he watched it to the end, with rapt attention. And we discussed it off
and on in little spurts for the next couple of days.
Sandra
<< I don't think I even knew anything about America
accept that it was the place we sent felons too (or was that Austrailia)...
(You can tell how much I listened in school).... >>
Both! <g>
Sounds like you had a blast!
You never know about movies. They don't have to be "educational" or weighty
or "classical." We've gotten some great insights and connections from the
silliest and goofiest stuff. One non-goofy example though:
Kirby was into a kind of Shakespeare phase a couple of years ago, and I
rented the Romeo+Juliet with the guns. I watched some with him, and I was
folding laundry and this and that, in and out. When it was in Act III or
other mid-parts, I suggested maybe he should watch the next another day.
Partly I was getting antsy because I'd seen it already, and partly I was
afraid it was too long a stretch for him, and didn't want him to feel
obligated. He said "No, it's good."
And he watched it to the end, with rapt attention. And we discussed it off
and on in little spurts for the next couple of days.
Sandra
Nancy Wooton
on 3/21/02 3:03 PM, Dawn Falbe at dawn@... wrote:
loved it so much I took just me and the kids to a matinee a few days later
(dh was jealous!). Owned the CD of the soundtrack, then the video, then the
DVD :-) If Ron Howard wins the Oscar for "A Beautiful Mind," it will be
justice -- he should have won for "Apollo 13."
I should add, I guess, that I grew up a "space geek"; my dad was an
aerospace engineer. Dh and I even went to Edwards AFB to witness the first
nighttime space shuttle landing. The technogeeks in Mission Control
reminded me of my dad :-)))
("October Sky" is good, too.)
Nancy
> I have wanted to see Apollo 13 for a while and finally I listened to whatThat is on my top 5 movies list. We saw it in the theater with dh, and I
> many of your unschoolers have said since I joined this list; do something
> you want to do and see what happens
loved it so much I took just me and the kids to a matinee a few days later
(dh was jealous!). Owned the CD of the soundtrack, then the video, then the
DVD :-) If Ron Howard wins the Oscar for "A Beautiful Mind," it will be
justice -- he should have won for "Apollo 13."
I should add, I guess, that I grew up a "space geek"; my dad was an
aerospace engineer. Dh and I even went to Edwards AFB to witness the first
nighttime space shuttle landing. The technogeeks in Mission Control
reminded me of my dad :-)))
("October Sky" is good, too.)
Nancy