tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378450001604002654.post4463530252702380476..comments2024-03-28T04:36:56.831-04:00Comments on House Unseen. Life Unscripted.: 5 things to remember when you're suffering from the winter blahsDwija {House Unseen}http://www.blogger.com/profile/17887429052179249473noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378450001604002654.post-45730622850554435292015-03-08T22:22:29.702-04:002015-03-08T22:22:29.702-04:00I hate teaching school in February also! One thing...I hate teaching school in February also! One thing that perked me up was to pick a subject that I love and teaching that to almost total exclusion of everything else for a week. I've got a colicky baby. My "teaching" often felt like shouting Wikipedia facts over a crying baby. It wasn't pretty. BUT my elementary age kids all learned a piece of info in February that I personally loved as a child. When my kids started talking about this subject while driving around together in the car, I suddenly felt like a million bucks! I think just one happy teacher moment in the middle of a dreary winter season is like a single crocus bringing a sign of Spring. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14927751448670046314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378450001604002654.post-91855414932496270792015-03-05T10:13:54.234-05:002015-03-05T10:13:54.234-05:00If laying in a sunbeam and letting your children e...If laying in a sunbeam and letting your children eat dry Cheerios off the floor is wrong, I don't think I want to be right!Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09332944027749421229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378450001604002654.post-52865063431769727972015-03-04T23:16:04.001-05:002015-03-04T23:16:04.001-05:00I move things around. Called "searching for t...I move things around. Called "searching for the Holy Grail of homeschooling, stay-at-home mothering, will February ever end?" redecorating. If my kids walk into the room and see me staring blankly at the (couch, bookshelf, thingamajig) one will often pipe up "Wouldn't that look good over on the other wall?" With 7 people in 1100 sq. ft. there are still a few changes I can make. Its us searching, for something to make the yoke of this small burden a little lighter. Like a horse shifting in the saddle. And it usually works!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01411525674462732405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378450001604002654.post-11792890370031665972015-03-04T09:18:57.445-05:002015-03-04T09:18:57.445-05:00ROFL. You make me so happy, Dwija. I don't eve...ROFL. You make me so happy, Dwija. I don't even have any kids and this blog cheers me up. :0)RhiannanThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08826174097808628264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378450001604002654.post-26089409025177622742015-03-03T20:31:06.116-05:002015-03-03T20:31:06.116-05:00What a fun and easy list! Yes, you'd think tha...What a fun and easy list! Yes, you'd think that we'd just know these things as at-home moms who also do the homeschooling gig. But I don't and then February arrives and I'm all like 'hey why does this hurt so bad?!' Thanks for the reminder to keep it simple and change things up just a little. It will do wonders, even if we've finally turned the calendar page from that dreaded February.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604810218733272554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378450001604002654.post-69637412179741137112015-03-03T15:50:05.463-05:002015-03-03T15:50:05.463-05:00I often felt this same way at the end of September...I often felt this same way at the end of September when it was SO FREAKING HOT that you would burn your fingers on the door handle to your car and the weather looked nice out, but you couldn't even dream of going to the park because every bit of equipment would singe little people's skin, and then you get your $325 electric bill because of the a/c running all day and night. Same trapped feeling!Dwija {House Unseen}https://www.blogger.com/profile/17887429052179249473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378450001604002654.post-91055207544150525812015-03-03T15:46:26.455-05:002015-03-03T15:46:26.455-05:00This is the February that never ends....it goes on...This is the February that never ends....it goes on and on my friends.....Dwija {House Unseen}https://www.blogger.com/profile/17887429052179249473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378450001604002654.post-79042203207600130052015-03-03T15:22:41.438-05:002015-03-03T15:22:41.438-05:00Some days my well of ideas to keep my kids from ki...Some days my well of ideas to keep my kids from killing each other runs dry, and then things get really ugly. I mean, we're all alive but on those days I feel like a real winner as a mother because it seems that the kids all went to bed grimly resentful of each other and I tucked them in with an attitude much close to "good riddance" than "good night". <br /><br />We do take "sun days". You're right-they're a huge pick-me-up.<br /><br />Today I am going to do a cooking with the kids session and let them make bagels. Hoping it will improve everyone's sanity rather than the opposite. :P<br /><br />Laying in a sunbeam in a semi-dozing state sounds like something I do when I'm pregnant. Just sayin'. Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05117120475033380036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378450001604002654.post-31583263221665171352015-03-03T15:11:41.944-05:002015-03-03T15:11:41.944-05:00P.S. They get lots of colds. P.S. They get lots of colds. Mitzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13058758507978295767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378450001604002654.post-13514907358287353782015-03-03T15:09:39.861-05:002015-03-03T15:09:39.861-05:00I love this post! You know we live in San Diego. ...I love this post! You know we live in San Diego. It is warm here. It is sunny here. It NEVER gets below 50 during the day. "BAD WEATHER" is really a light drizzle. You'd think we'd be outside year-round. But ... we live with my dear 77 yo m-i-l who takes care of our 3 Littles while we work during the week. She has weak lungs and has suffered through horrible bouts with pneumonia. So when the Littles get colds, all weekend activities are severely curtailed and they spend all free time bundled up and sweating it out (she's a HUGE believer in sweating it out. She puts three top layers on them and thick socks and sometimes knitted hats and pins a dish towel around their necks. I saw this in a movie once ... a 1930s movie!!! Starring Robert Montgomery! [Side note: Robert Montgomery was gorgeous, even with a dish towel pinned around his neck.] I don't really think it works, but it can't hurt. Also they drink copious amounts of water). We do get cabin fever. Thank you. Thank you for the ideas!Mitzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13058758507978295767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378450001604002654.post-35136374758860311712015-03-03T14:09:56.189-05:002015-03-03T14:09:56.189-05:00Great post for the winter blahs. I used to teach k...Great post for the winter blahs. I used to teach kindergarten at a Catholic school and we definitely went through this is in the classroom when we were stuck inside for long stretches of cold winter days!! Now a stay at home mom of one and can feel a different winter blah being stuck inside. So yes I think each stage of life has it when you live with winter. :) Was there any equivalent when you lived in California...or does it make you want to move to some place warmer ever? Last thought, sometimes I think that those of us that live in wintery places will have a little time off in purgatory because of the yuckiness of some of those wintery, winter days!Jen in NEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06435121145254507280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378450001604002654.post-79182778044238617922015-03-03T13:19:20.141-05:002015-03-03T13:19:20.141-05:00We're from Cleveland and February is killing u...We're from Cleveland and February is killing us.... as it does every single year. I know it's March... but it's still snowing and still freezing so really, still February. Loooong, grey, February :( Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12945264080694886265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378450001604002654.post-25699399706236727462015-03-03T13:08:28.524-05:002015-03-03T13:08:28.524-05:00"And stop calling me Shirley!" ;-) I&#..."And stop calling me Shirley!" ;-) I'm a single gal who grew up with lots of kids (oldest of 4, neighborhood babysitting, church childcare, & then my Mom did home childcare for several years), knows a bunch of homeschooling moms and kids, and is intrigued by the dynamics of personal relationships/temperaments/families/why x did y -- and I really love your 'blog, Dwija! The recovering perfectionist in me is also very appreciative of how real you are here, too. Godspeed!<br />~MargoBMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09398647817599257561noreply@blogger.com