Diana – Free Range Dreams Homeschooling

February 3, 2020 1 Comment

Homeschool Valentines Day History

With Valentines Day coming up, take the opportunity to learn about the origins of the holiday and check off history, religion, geography and social studies for today! For younger kids, this is a great book about Saint Valentine by Robert Sabuda with beautiful mosaic artwork: Older kids can learn about Valentines...

July 22, 2017 2 Comments

Broken Photos!

All my old photos were hosted by PhotoBucket and PhotoBucket recently made a change that took all photos off third party sites so you will see those broken link images all across the internet, including my old traveling pictures 😭 I have to go through my accounts and find each picture so...

July 19, 2017 1 Comment

Too Comfortable?

When we get really comfortable, are we still growing? I think we humans thrive on constant challenges. That’s why routines start to feel like ruts. And you start to wonder if this is really all there is to life. All of which is to say, it’s time for us to move...

February 23, 2011 19 Comments

Cloth Diapers On the Road

Question: are you crazy to move into a 22 foot motorhome with cloth diapers for two and no washer/dryer?! Answer: yes But here’s the plan: First, I am switching to flat diapers in preparation for our newborn-to-be. I love flat diapers for several reasons: they are super cheap they take up...

February 9, 2011 6 Comments

Welcome!

I’m just creating this blog as a record of our dream-chasing journey around this beautiful country. The blog is just a baby, and I have a lot to add. The next few months will have a lot to say about transition. We have a lot of work to do to shake...

February 3, 2011 5 Comments

Driving the MotorHome Around Town

*I wrote this on 26 January, but it didn’t get posted until now–documents my first driving experiences with Benny* It’s true, we plan to fulltime in the motorhome without a toad, or pulled (towed) car. That means that we will use our motorhome for all of our errands, grocery shopping, and...

February 2, 2011 1 Comment

Benny the Holstein?

Today I learned that when you say, “I’m just going to get some milk out of Benny,” it makes him sound like a cow. And a girl.

I drove on veggie power!

Today I drove on veggie power for the first time! I’ve been driving on diesel for a couple of reasons: 1) learning curve was slightly curvier than expected and we had to iron out a few kinks in our use of the vegetable oil system (which David could only do on...

February 1, 2011 3 Comments

Driving on Veggie Oil

David and I strongly believe in the importance of taking actions that support our personal survival as individuals, as a family, as part of our various groups, through the survival of mankind, living things, and the material universe, as well as spiritually, because we are intimately connected with each of these...

January 26, 2011 2 Comments

Learning to Drive the MotorHome

The first weekend I spent 20 minutes driving around a parking lot and parking in the spaces. This weekend I drove us to the library, and later to the health food store and Grammy’s house. Today I drove the girls to the health food store by myself. On the way home...

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