Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Digest Number 690
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In a message dated 7/18/2000 4:41:06 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
<< you might check with your local ag extention
office and see if their is a local 4-H'er that would "mentor" your son when
he first gets his rabbit. The older kidlets had 4-H show rabbits and they
mentored new rabbit owners. >>
I just changed to digest as there are far too many e-mails for me to read but
did like the response about rabbits. thank you I will check and see about
meeting some other kids that have rabbits before we embark on this epic
journey.
Dawn F
[email protected] writes:
<< you might check with your local ag extention
office and see if their is a local 4-H'er that would "mentor" your son when
he first gets his rabbit. The older kidlets had 4-H show rabbits and they
mentored new rabbit owners. >>
I just changed to digest as there are far too many e-mails for me to read but
did like the response about rabbits. thank you I will check and see about
meeting some other kids that have rabbits before we embark on this epic
journey.
Dawn F
[email protected]
In a message dated 7/18/2000 4:41:06 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
<< once again I'm mega-fed-up with the
whole tidying-up thing. >>
Hi Tracy:
We've gone to the "twice a day clean up", just after lunch, before Max goes
down for his nap, we sing the "clean up" song and we put toys in crates and
containers, not necessarily back in their rooms and baby goes down for a nap.
Zak can then get out whatever he wants, and he usually wants his train
track, although he's been building robots out of legos lately. We build
while I'm watching BBC America, Changing Rooms, to get some ideas on
decorating and I don't feel so stressed out. Then hubbie does the 2nd clean
up with Zak just before Max goes to bed and then hubbie and Zak pull out
something to play with (I'm not around for that part as I work in my office).
Hubbie and I clean up any left overs when Zak goes to bed. This seems to
have been working for us. It's not perfect and I'm learning that's ok, but I
at least feel it's somewhat tidy for some of the day, especially when I'm
sitting with my tea watching Changing Rooms.
The other problem of the hubbie is a different kettle of fish. My husband
has a problem with me not cleaning the bathrooms. I refuse to do it, so he
has to. He's tried to go more than a week but can't so he ends up cleaning.
I think it's who it means the most too ends up doing it, unless you both care
about it the same. Hubbie likes a tidy house as much as I do so it's not a
problem. However getting him to move things from the kitchen counter and
putting them in their proper place is another matter and as long as it
matters more to me than him I guess I'll continue doing that.
When things get to where I'm annoyed it's definately time for a sit down chat
with hubbie about how I'm feeling.
Dawn F
[email protected] writes:
<< once again I'm mega-fed-up with the
whole tidying-up thing. >>
Hi Tracy:
We've gone to the "twice a day clean up", just after lunch, before Max goes
down for his nap, we sing the "clean up" song and we put toys in crates and
containers, not necessarily back in their rooms and baby goes down for a nap.
Zak can then get out whatever he wants, and he usually wants his train
track, although he's been building robots out of legos lately. We build
while I'm watching BBC America, Changing Rooms, to get some ideas on
decorating and I don't feel so stressed out. Then hubbie does the 2nd clean
up with Zak just before Max goes to bed and then hubbie and Zak pull out
something to play with (I'm not around for that part as I work in my office).
Hubbie and I clean up any left overs when Zak goes to bed. This seems to
have been working for us. It's not perfect and I'm learning that's ok, but I
at least feel it's somewhat tidy for some of the day, especially when I'm
sitting with my tea watching Changing Rooms.
The other problem of the hubbie is a different kettle of fish. My husband
has a problem with me not cleaning the bathrooms. I refuse to do it, so he
has to. He's tried to go more than a week but can't so he ends up cleaning.
I think it's who it means the most too ends up doing it, unless you both care
about it the same. Hubbie likes a tidy house as much as I do so it's not a
problem. However getting him to move things from the kitchen counter and
putting them in their proper place is another matter and as long as it
matters more to me than him I guess I'll continue doing that.
When things get to where I'm annoyed it's definately time for a sit down chat
with hubbie about how I'm feeling.
Dawn F