Sally Ann Vinke

Hello list! Thought it was time to just say a simple hello. I'm Sally
from Colorado, Mom to 11yo daughter Corey, who has always been
unschooled. I've been enjoying just watching/listening, and deliberately
refraining from replies for a bit; have a habit of being very
opinionated, and don't want to get off on the wrong foot ;)
~~~~~~~~~~
Sally

MO Milligans

Sally Ann Vinke wrote:

>Hello list! Thought it was time to just say a simple hello.
==
Welcome, Sally. What part of CO do you hail from? We, my wife and I (and
kids) used to live in CO in the Co. Springs & Woodland Park areas :) We're
now in Mizzura :) (Missouri to you non-MO folks<g>)

Todd
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"Despite the high cost of living
it's still extremely popular!"
http://rambleman.tripod.com/index.html

Sally Ann Vinke

We live in Longmont, in Boulder County. Originally from the east coast
(CT for me, ME for hubby), we've recently been considering a move to
Toronto in the next few years.
~~~~~~~~~~
Sally

On Friday, October 4, 2002, at 01:03 PM, MO Milligans wrote:

> Sally Ann Vinke wrote:
>
> >Hello list! Thought it was time to just say a simple hello.
> ==
> Welcome, Sally. What part of CO do you hail from? We, my wife and I (and
> kids) used to live in CO in the Co. Springs & Woodland Park areas :)
> We're
> now in Mizzura :) (Missouri to you non-MO folks<g>)
>
> Todd
> -------------------------------------
> "Despite the high cost of living
> it's still extremely popular!"
> http://rambleman.tripod.com/index.html
>
>

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MO Milligans

Sally Ann Vinke wrote:

>We live in Longmont, in Boulder County.
==
Ah, okay, thanks :)

>we've recently been considering a move to Toronto in the next few years.
==
If'n you don't mind me askin', is there any particular reason, or is it
just somewhere you've always wanted to try and live in? Just curious, so
you don't need to answer if it nunuv my damn business. <g>

Todd
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"Despite the high cost of living
it's still extremely popular!"
http://rambleman.tripod.com/index.html

[email protected]

In a message dated 10/4/02 12:46:15 PM Central Daylight Time,
sally@... writes:


>
>
>
> Hello list! Thought it was time to just say a simple hello. I'm Sally
> from Colorado, Mom to 11yo daughter Corey, who has always been
> unschooled. I've been enjoying just watching/listening, and deliberately
> refraining from replies for a bit; have a habit of being very
> opinionated, and don't want to get off on the wrong foot ;)
> ~~~~~~~~~~
> Sally

Welcome Sally! BTW, there are no opinionated people here at all! <eg> ;o)
~Nancy


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Sally Ann Vinke

Well, it started as a feeling of approaching a time when we want a
change of pace and location. Colorado has been a great place for the
last decade, but we're starting to burn out on it. (I have a history of
moving often, and this is the longest I've been anywhere since I left
home at 18). We are feeling a need to return to city life, having been
pretty *burbed* out, lol! Originally, we planned to return to New
Orleans, where I lived for 5 years (and hubby lived with me for
6+months), but recent developments in crime and drug use (specifically a
heroin epidemic)have sort of scratched that from the list.
SO.....Toronto seems to creep up in our lives repeatedly, in the form of
loving many people (especially comics) from there, seeing scenes in a
film and saying *ooooh, where's that?*, and other more random but
insidious instances. Upon deeper investigation, we find there are
numerous things about Canadian culture, and Toronto in particualr, that
interest and intrigue us. It's a very diverse city, very clean, has a
comparably low crime rate, good opportunities for hubby's employment,
good value for our money, favorable laws with regard to homeschooling,
non-vaccinizing (I don't think that's a word, lol), gun control,
parental rights, etc, etc. It will of course demand more intensive
research before a final decision is reached, but I'm psyched to even
THINK about a nice, emphatic change of lifestyle.

Just out of curiosity, are any listers from Toronto or other Canadian
regions?
~~~~~~~~~~
Sally

On Friday, October 4, 2002, at 01:29 PM, MO Milligans wrote:

>
> >we've recently been considering a move to Toronto in the next few
> years.
> ==
> If'n you don't mind me askin', is there any particular reason, or is it
> just somewhere you've always wanted to try and live in? Just curious, so
> you don't need to answer if it nunuv my damn business. <g>
>
> Todd
>


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debi watson

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Debi
>>Just out of curiosity, are any listers from Toronto or other Canadian
regions?



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Tia Leschke

> Just out of curiosity, are any listers from Toronto or other Canadian
> regions?

I'm clear on the other side of Canada, on Vancouver Island. If you want to
"meet" a lot of Canadian homeschoolers, try [email protected].
Or [email protected]. The first is much higher
traffic and has all kinds of homeschooler (with lots of unschoolers). The
second is much lower traffic, but all unschoolers.
Tia

Sally Ann Vinke

Thanks so much for the info; talking to Canadian home/unschoolers would
certainly be helpful in the research and decision making process. :-)

sally

On Friday, October 4, 2002, at 09:32 PM, Tia Leschke wrote:

> > Just out of curiosity, are any listers from Toronto or other Canadian
> > regions?
>
> I'm clear on the other side of Canada, on Vancouver Island.  If you
> want to
> "meet" a lot of Canadian homeschoolers, try hs-ca-
> [email protected].
> Or [email protected].  The first is much
> higher
> traffic and has all kinds of homeschooler (with lots of unschoolers). 
> The
> second is much lower traffic, but all unschoolers.
> Tia
>
>

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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MO Milligans

At 04:34 PM 10/4/02 -0600, Sally Ann Vinke wrote:

>Well, it started as a feeling of approaching a time when we want a
>change of pace and location. Colorado has been a great place for the
>last decade, but we're starting to burn out on it. (I have a history of
>moving often, and this is the longest I've been anywhere since I left
>home at 18). We are feeling a need to return to city life, having been
>pretty *burbed* out, lol!
==
I see :) Ready for some "city life", eh? Can't imagine why, but that's a
personal thang, I guess. <smile> Thanks for explaining :-)

Todd
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"Despite the high cost of living
it's still extremely popular!"
http://rambleman.tripod.com/index.html

learn2day2002

--- In Unschooling-dotcom@y..., Sally Ann Vinke <sally@v...> wrote:
>
> Just out of curiosity, are any listers from Toronto or other
Canadian
> regions?
> ~~~~~~~~~~
> Sally
>
Hey Sally,

We live in Vaughan, "The City Above Toronto", as our city slogan
says. :) We're just north of TO.

I have been mostly lurking as well. We started homeschooling just
this past spring, and the kids (10,8,5) have been very happily
unschooling since. And I've been reading & reading and have come to
realize that unschooling just makes amazing sense to me. I no longer
see this time as a "break". I will not be trying to introduce
any "educational structure" - they are way too busy learning! Just a
quick thanks to everyone on this list; it really helps put everything
into perspective.

Anyway, you're welcome to contact me if you're interested in some
more info on our fair city! We still say we are from Toronto
whenever we leave the local metro area ;).

Back to lurkdom!

Pam

Sally Ann Vinke

Hi Pam

Thanks for the response, and yes, I just might write privately for some
inside into on the area. Enjoy the unschooling; I chose it in much the
same way. As I researched more and more in prep to homeschool,
everything I read about unschooling just resonated so deeply, it all
made sense. Needless to say, the more years we live this way, the more
convinced we become it was absolutely best choice we could have made.

sally

On Saturday, October 5, 2002, at 07:40 PM, learn2day2002 wrote:

> Hey Sally,
>
> We live in Vaughan, "The City Above Toronto", as our city slogan
> says. :)  We're just north of TO.
>
> I have been mostly lurking as well.  We started homeschooling just
> this past spring, and the kids (10,8,5) have been very happily
> unschooling since. And I've been reading & reading and have come to
> realize that unschooling just makes amazing sense to me. I no longer
> see this time as a "break". I will not be trying to introduce
> any "educational structure" - they are way too busy learning! Just a
> quick thanks to everyone on this list; it really helps put everything
> into perspective.
>
> Anyway, you're welcome to contact me if you're interested in some
> more into on our fair city!  We still say we are from Toronto
> whenever we leave the local metro area ;).
>
> Back to lurkdom!
>
> Pam


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