Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

I am tired today. Time change. Early swim meet. Driving to get my other son from a friend’s. I am tired today. I’m taking part in a monthly blogging challenge through Two Writing Teachers. 

My boys swim competitively. It wasn’t originally part of our “athletic” plan for the boys – one who is now 6 and one who is now 10. When they finished up their swimming lessons sessions two springs ago, I asked the swim director, “What should I do with them for the summer as far as lessons?” Her…

Today I ran drove. I ran drove here. I ran drove there. I ran drove to two banks. I ran drove to the library I ran drove to the post office. Back Home I ran drove to the outlets to shop and drop off our international student. I ran drove to Costco. Back Home.  I visited with friends who stopped at our house.…

One of the writing resources I use with my 5th grader is Giant Write Every Day .   I don’t use it every day, but it does make for nice writing prompts when I want to refresh his writing.   Since I pulled out a page for him today, I thought I’d use the same prompt for today’s slice.   Five…

We rarely take a snow day.  As a homeschool family, we just keep trucking along with schoolwork. Now. Before you shake your head and sigh. Let me explain what “trucking along with schoolwork” on a snow day truly means. It means the boys get to hang out with their friends – from the neighborhood and…

Every Wednesday afternoon I sit.  I sit with one son for a half-hour.  I sit with the other one for the next half-hour. Sometimes her dog joins us.  We are used to his barking when we walk through the door.  We chuckle at how he slides against the floor. One son prefers to snuggle with…

I stare at my blank screen. The words just don’t flow easily today. Do I write about what our typical Tuesdays? Do I write about how we regularly visit our chiropractor’s office? Do I write about how my boys are part of the swim team? Do I write about the homeschool history class the boys…

Another Monday starts my week. Coffee. Iron my husband’s dress shirt. Breakfast for my boys. Roast in the crockpot. See my husband off to work. “Yes, you can play xbox with your friends who have a snow day.” Math and spelling for one.  (We homeschool.) Math and Reading Eggs for another. Listen to a recorded interview…