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No ambition 25 Aug 2013 | 11:54 pm
I suppose that, using popular terms, I could be defined as someone who has "no ambition". I always loved learning, and thus got through school with mostly good grades; I proceeded to a university degr...
Jiggety jig 22 Aug 2013 | 12:39 pm
For the time being (I don't know for how long) we are connected to the internet again, and I feel, once more, as if I have so many delightful things - such as crochet patterns, poultry forums and Jane...
The good, the bad and the ugly 21 Aug 2013 | 12:38 am
The neighborhood where we currently live consists chiefly of caravans (mobile homes/trailers), which are rented out very cheaply. It makes sense, therefore, that these are occupied by families who for...
An internet fast 13 Aug 2013 | 02:15 am
Once more, I find myself without regular internet connection - with hardly any internet access at all, actually. We are able to get some access through my husband's mobile phone, but naturally, it isn...
More images of summer 5 Aug 2013 | 02:24 pm
I'm beginning to think that, in a way, it's better for me to have just enough internet time to check my emails and answer some of them, do the little this and that I need to do online... and post here...
Homeschooling: how do people do it? 31 Jul 2013 | 02:47 pm
Although my children have not officially reached school age yet, I'm already reading up as to what people do in their homeschool, as well as observing the (few) homeschooling families I know locally. ...
I have my camera back! 30 Jul 2013 | 04:15 pm
That is to say, I finally found the battery charger. My four Silkie chicks; very cute, I know, but all chicks are cute and fluffy; Silkies, on the other hand, have an even bigger potential for fluffi...
And summer goes on... 29 Jul 2013 | 03:47 pm
... with all the good things, for many of which I really wish I had a camera, but somehow I can't find the battery charger - and so we just enjoy, day by day, the simple pleasures of summer: long days...
The speed limit of life 24 Jul 2013 | 11:02 pm
After a little hesitation, I thought I would touch upon a topic that is perhaps out of the scope of my usual blog posts; I mean the terrible tragedies that happened here lately, of babies and small ch...
Debt-free life and peace of mind 23 Jul 2013 | 12:25 am
An important part of simple, peaceful life is discharging your debts; not always easy, as circumstances can be different, but it is an essential. And when I say debt, I include mortgage in the definit...