Lady Liberty

German homeschooler needs your help.

2007-02-06T14:05:00.000+01:00

Here is the story of Melissa Busekros, a 16 year old girl, who has been ripped from her family and placed in a child psych ward.

Here is the list to write or call to protest.

I have found an address to write Melissa directly.
Melissa Busekros
Klinikum Nürnberg-NordHaus 48 B
Prof.-Ernst-Nathan-Str. 1
D-90419 Nürnberg
Germany/Deutschland

Here is where I got it from:
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sheilalange/280578/address+for+Melissa.html

Bill Number S.CON.RES.2

2007-01-30T18:12:00.000+01:00

Bill Number S.CON.RES.2

Opposition to all these non-binding agreements that just tell the enemy that we are leaving soon. You can have the hold things.

It IS NOT in our interest to create chaos, leave the country in upheaval, and expect a weak and fledgling government to do what we lack the will to do. It IS OUR DUTY to secure the peace from the violence we have spawned.

I will send off an email later tonight.

Home Education in Britian

2006-11-27T18:40:00.000+01:00

Seeing I am in Europe, I try to keep up-to-date on what is going on here. The has been a growing concern here because of the movements of the government in the UK. I am going to just reprint what is going on in many blogs. The part where we get to what can you do. I think if they can get most HEor's(Home Educator's) to respond the government will know it will have an up hill battle, so I think publishing this is a good idea. We can always pray. Then, we can also write and email news agencies. I do not agree with calling or email government officials unless they are your own. So here is the situtation:

a) The DfES is in charge of .......
b) They are planning .......
c) There is a man proposing.....
d) To keep home education alive you need to email/write to.......and say..

So, consider these answers a starting point:

a) The Department for Education and Skills is the government department that is responsible for developing strategies in education. They see part of their remit as aiming to achieve excellence for all and their functions will accord with the Every Child Matters agenda.

b) Following last year's DfES consultation on draft local authority Home Education guidelines, (which many HEors felt did not adequately or fairly represent the views of a large portion of the HE community, and even DfES admit was "targetted"), the DfES intend to conduct another consultation on Elective Home Education. They describe the proposed consultation as being "a full one, conducted via the Department's consultation website.".. where they hope to ensure that the documents are accessible to as many people as possible.

c) Put simply, it appears that the DfES is considering using the Every Child Matters Agenda to insist that home educators conform to standards as decided by the state. This will doubtless mean that they would like to impose a system of routine monitoring to assess progress. It would also, in all probability, mean that they would like to intervene in the matter of educational content, either explicitly through the imposition of a curriculum or through the method of punitive monitoring. DfES's complaints with the current system is that whilst schools are subject to close inspection, home educators appear to get away with it and that "whilst s437 of the Education Act 1996 provides a remedy for LAs which have concerns that there may be no suitable provision, this is unwieldy, time consuming and expensive and in some cases will be nugatory where home educators are making good provision but are resistant to LA enquiries."

d) To keep Home Education as we know and love it,

1. Write to Elaine Haste of the Elective Home Education Department (DfES) at info@dfes.gsi.gov.uk and ask to be included on a list of those who receive information about the consultation.

Ssample letter/email to DFES :
"I am a home educating parent. I understand that there is to be a DFES consultation about light touch changes to the "monitoring" of home educated children. Please keep me informed of any further developments with regard to this consultation. Yours sincerely"
info@dfes.gsi.gov.uk
Elaine.HASTE@dfes.gsi.gov.uk
Elaine Haste
Elective Home Education
DfES
Mowden Hall,
Darlington
DL3 9BG.

NB: This does NOT mean that you have taken part in the consultation and the DfES cannot honestly claim that you have. The reason why this last point is important is that HEors who are experienced in the area of government consultations are rightfully cynical about the uses to which these exercises are put. On previous occasions, HEors have found that they may as well have been shouting at the moon, since their views were not adequately or fairly represented in any conclusions or practice, though the DfES nonetheless was able to band it about that they had consulted us. So why bother signing up now if we don't plan to actually take part in the consultation? Signing up is important because the DfES needs to know just how many of us they are going to have to deal with. They need to realise just how many of us will resist changes in a serious way. If the powers that be think that they currently have significant problems with the dealing with HEors under the present legislation, they need to realise just how many more problems they are going to have should they change the situation in the way they appear to intend. This will only happen if the numbers of us who look as if we are going to be resistant to change really stack up.

2. Spread awareness. Send this post (or improved version) anywhere you think helpful. Tell at least 4 other HEors what is going on and get them to sign up, as above. Get them to tell at least 4 others. Put this on Local HE Lists everywhere. Blog the story if you have an HE or any other kind of blog. Use this explanation there if you don't have the time to re-write it fully. Every one of us counts.

3. Spread the positive word about home education (personalised learning, healthy happy children etc) possibly using the recent media stuff about "toxic childhood". This would be the "battle of hearts n minds" stuff.

4. If you are a member of Education Otherwise you might want to communicate your feelings to the EO Government Policy Group (governmentpolicy@education-otherwise.org) about what you would ideally like EO to be doing about all this. You could also speak to your Local Contact. If you are a member of any other home education support organisation (or you know anyone who is) please pass on general information about the forthcoming DFES consultation.

5. If you have any energy left, I would also write to your MP, whose seat will doubtless be a much more marginal than it has been for years. Tell her/him, for example, that you don't want your private family life invaded, that should the situation change and HEors be told what to do, you believe that changes will lead to a challenge in the law that holds that parents should be responsible for the education of their children.

Virtual Talmund

2006-10-11T18:06:00.000+02:00

Of Love and Torah is a post I was reading on Beliefnet in arguelment with another post called A Slippery Slope to Idolatry .

I am not buying her arguement for the kissing of the Scroll as that it is all God has left us. If God is alive then the is always hear or touch him again. As a born-again believer, I am glad I do not have to think this way. God is always with me. Yes, he has given me His Word, but there are many things I do not know. There are times my bible is not with me. God can always speak to me directly. How can you ever expect to hear from God if you think all you have left of Him is something He had written.

Luis Posada Carriles

2006-09-21T12:44:00.000+02:00

Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela, went all hog wild about the US and the The Devil, aka Bush.
Luis Posada Carriles is a 77 year old bad man who is sitting in jail waiting to be deported, but the States can't find anyone they like to deport him to. The way Chavez went on about him you would think he was having a good old time running a 7-11 or something. The man is insane calling Bush a "Yankee". I don't care were he went to school Bush ain't no Yankee.
I also agree with Goldberg advice to Bolton.

Creation

2006-09-20T08:43:00.000+02:00

I post a comment on Dare to Know's blog.
Here is the complete answer.

Yes, I do believe that God(elohiym) created the heavens and the earth, but not in the way it is taught.

Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Gen 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

The words without form is the Hebrew word tohuw . It is also found in Isa 45:18, translated vain.

Isa 45:18 For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I [am] the LORD; and [there is] none else.

So if God did not create it that way something must have happenned inbetween verse 1 and 2 to cause the world to be tohuw.

Ok let's cut to the chase. Most people believe in a 7 day creation. I do not believe that and do not believe the Word of God supports that. Genesis 1:1 uses the word create(bara). God does not use the word again till the 4th day where he created(bara) great whale. I know we have all learn on the first day God created, but it does not say that.

Gen 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

Now to answer DTK's question.

Gen 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

How can you replenish something that has not been plenished before. I believe everything they find fall in the first heaven and earth. Animals and man that are now are different than what was then. I believe the life that is now, the life that leaves the body when it is dead is different from that what which was before.

Talk Like a Pirate Day

2006-09-19T15:06:00.000+02:00

I nows bees called Bloody Lucy Straw and i cans bees found on die Sad Serpent.
Arrrr.

Deutsch Welle article(in english)

2006-09-19T12:39:00.000+02:00

DW has an article about homeschoolers in German. After the article there is a space to send them your commensts.

Please, please, please send in a comment. Even if it is just a couple of lines.

Below is the letter I sent in:

I am an American living in Germany. I am married to a German and have three children. I wish they allowed homeschooling here. It would give us so much flexablity. Homeschooling for the government is not about what is best for the child, but about control.
For instance, the eight year old Timo G., 100% handicapped, who has been learning at home for awhile at to the recommendation of his medical specialists. This should come to an end, the responsible leader of the Local Education Authority decided. Timo must be driven daily to a special education school which is 75 miles from home, despite the fact that several medical opinions proved that this travel and the separation from his known environment would disturb the development of the boy massively. As the family does not accept this verdict, the authorities are now threatening to remove custody.The system does not take into consideration a slower child or even a gifted child. A child may excel at Math, but have problems with German. The child fails to keep up with other in one subject, but is bored in another. Homeschooling parents, like other parents, only want what is best for their child.
The system is not fluid enough to deal with changes in a child's life. Like two grandparents dieing within weeks of each other. The child does not have time to grieve, he must perform he is in the fourth class and if he does not he will end up in the lower schools.
Do I want control? Yes, I do, but I share the brunt of the responsiblity for my child. I do not have learn every year my children's strengths and weakness. I do not have to figure out how to challenge 33 children individually. I only have 3.

here I am again

2006-08-31T22:56:00.000+02:00

Nothing new really.
I can not get into my homeschooling blog so I decided to post here.
I doubt I will be posting here much though.
I am doing somethings though.
I am trying to lose weight. I was reading a book and am now trying to do a more natural eating kind of thing.

I did pretty good to day. I did overeat a little of the Chinese food, but I did not finish all the rice. So I think I am getting a little better. I need to do some exercise, but I just to lazy.

The house isn't to bad. Got two loads done this week, but that was only because it got so cold here. It is now taking about 2 days for things to dry and I hate the idea of having to go to the laundry room to hang up clothes to dry. But i think I might have to Monday seeing the clothes are starting to pile up.
I need to send in for my absentee ballot, but I am not excited about this years voting.

Blogs of Summer

2006-07-26T13:47:00.000+02:00

Looking to help an European homeschooler get some votes.
Vote for Wired Wisdom.

places I been to

2006-07-26T13:11:00.000+02:00

World

create your own visited countries map
or vertaling Duits Nederlands

The States

create your own visited states map
or check out these Google Hacks.

Surfing around

2006-07-24T11:25:00.000+02:00

Suring and reading HS blogs. Going through my political blogs and I was thinking did Iraq get its domain back. We they did. .iq is back up and running. Since qug 2005 and no one told me.

2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict now has a wikipedia page. All the names and keywords for searches.

And this Tyre is an interesting cities. I wounder when Israel will get to it.

GKS does not want to watch Emily Erdbeer(Strawberry Shortcake) in Deutsch. She was screaming that no, no. At first I could not figure out the problem.

No much to say.

2006-06-25T18:39:00.000+02:00

I am still here.
Nothing big to report.
Yesterday we went to te library.
They are not allowing purses any more.
This is a problem people stealing books??? Oh, to have such problems.

On Tuesday, I started a bike riding class. in the 30 minute bus/tram/subway ride we counted 102 German flags. I really wish it would stay. They could at least put them out for Reunivication day.

Nordsee, a fish fast food resturant, is have Sesame Street charaters in the kid's meals. I am so happy.

Olympics

2006-05-15T10:40:00.000+02:00

Going through my Olympic links.

I will have a personal boycott of the Bejing Olympics.
So my next one will be Vancouver 2010.
Hopefully we will get to go to Canada next year, but not Vancouver.
Next is London 2012.
Hoping to go to England in 2009, but maybe we should wait until it is closer to the Grames.
Then the bid for Winter 2014 and Summer 2016. I was hoping maybe the kids will be old enough by the London games to travel nicely and enjoy the games.

Egypt

2006-05-15T09:49:00.000+02:00

Schule zuhause

2006-05-15T08:05:00.000+02:00

This Sunday, May 21 WDR will be doing some type of report called

"Schule zuhause"

Airing: Sunday, 21. Mai 2006, 16.10 Uhr - 16.40 Uhr
Repeating: Tuesday, 23. Mai 2006, 11.45 Uhr - 12.15 Uhr
I found this on:
www.homeschooling.de

If it is good, I was thinking on sending in an email thanking them on their reporting.
Now if I can just get my hubby to watch.

Parties and my dirty little secret

2006-04-16T21:41:00.000+02:00

Yesterday we went to a birthday party for my husband's bestfriend's daughter.

Since it is a holiday here most people are away so their was only family really there.

The mother hired a babysitter for the kids so they could play in the back. But the mom had her hands full serving cake and coffee to the adults. And then abendbrot(evening meal) to the adult guest. She packed nice bubbles and tops(along with the candy) into the giftbags. The little ones are out playing with them now.

Well someone said the K word.(kindergarten) And I could see my hubby trying not to say. That's nice. She won't put them into kindergarden. I sorta stayed next to hubby all afternoon. I was not sure what to talk to the others about.

I've just realized that I am very different then them.(Or maybe it is just my thinking.) but what do I have to talk to them about. How can I start a conversation without insulting someone? The German school system that is boxing my oldest son in or how I am not putting the little ones in kindergarden. How do I explain the latter in my broken German. I consider myself a libertarian. Most people here are socialist. Even my form of Christian is different than most.(Not that most people are christians here.) For as bad as it sounded I did enjoy myself and I know the kids did to.

Batized Pagan Spring Holiday

2006-04-16T21:28:00.000+02:00

Let me start my asking what do eggs and bunnies have to do with the death and ressurection of the son of God?

I don't do much for this holiday. I don't buy the kids chocolate. Normally I don't buy anything at all, but I saw this very, very large duck for 5€ and could not just pass it up.
I don't have to worry about the kids missing out. Oma(Grandma) and her sister buy more than enough chocolate for all. In fact, after seeing all the chocolate, I was wondering if we new any poor folks to donate it to. The kids also get presents for Easter here too. The got a Bobby car. It is a riding toy. To bad it is still raining so they have to play with it upstairs.

We went out for dinner. Greek. I had a wonderful dish with beef and lamb. No cheese in site. I guess it was kinda kosher. I also had matza for dinner. Trying to stay away from pork is really rough in German.

All in all a great day. Got the playroom clean this evening and trying to get GKS to sleep up here to night. I doubt it will happen.

Interesting Homeschoolers

2006-04-13T14:31:00.000+02:00

I will be adding blogs of homeschoolers for a while.
They will be one of three catagories.
Black, single parent or outside of the US.
At this time I do not homeschool,(it is not legal here) nor am I single, but I have been a single mother.

I like to have ammunition when people throw the idea back at me.
Many think HS is only for very religious white families who want to keep their children locked away from the world.
But this is not the case. Yes, black folk HS also.
This is my next addition to my collection of blogs.

Days Of our Lives

another addition
It's A Small World After All

Trying to homeschool in Germany

Found my favorite Russian
At Home in Russia

Filing

2006-04-12T15:30:00.000+02:00

Declaration of Independence

One Child Policy Homeschool

2006-04-12T14:45:00.000+02:00

I am going to start listing a the foreign homeschooling blogs I can find.

This is an American in China.

The just happen to have one child.

I wish I could find that Russian one again.

Green fields and open horizons

2006-04-10T18:52:00.000+02:00

Green fields and open horizons

Is a blog I found here.
I just want to keep a of it.
Thankfully, it was only started in January so it will only take a few days to go the arcthives.
I have already found a paper that is interesting and maybe an expert to help me spread my propoganda.

Ok, maybe it will take me a little longer to get through this blog if she as all these gems.

In Heidelberg

2006-04-09T10:17:00.000+02:00

We are here in Heidelberg.
GTH is off to the States this evening for two weeks with his father.
Hubby then goes back to Nürnberg so he can work till Thursday.
Still getting hell for not putting the kids in kindergarden.
I can handle his mom. She states her option and leaves it at that. She does not fight or argue. This is going to be a rough 4 years.

Today is Thursday.

2006-04-06T09:12:00.000+02:00

This is talk bad about German school system day.

GTH gets out at 11:15 and then has to be back for an Ethiks(ethics) class at 1:30.
So my day is shot. I can not go in the city to buy a needed birthday present and I can't go anywher later bcause he gets home at about 3:00.
I get no real time with him, because in the inbetween time he has to eat and do homework.

Did I tell you his teacher only corrects tests. They correct each others class and homework. I don't think anyone has looked in his workbooks.
You see these are not part of his grades. It is only the tests that go into his grades. Well, how many are there? Well, all tests are written. They do not believe in multiple choice tests. They start in November and they come in groups. he report card he received in Feburary is from a group of test about 12 maybe 15 for each subject.

Ending not so good

2006-04-06T08:51:00.000+02:00

Well, the merger between Lucent and Alcatel has begun. They will operate as two seperate companies for the next 6 months to a year.

The day was going pretty well: I got the kids dress and everyone ate breakfast.
The shelving was put together, but one was not correct.
I read two stories to the kids(in English).
I got out a few emails. And found somestuff on Charlotte Mason that I really want to take my time and read. I don't think this program is for me. I like the idea, but I am not the orginized Victorian. Plus, GTH has a problem reading things that do not intrest him.
GTH gave me a few of his tests. The Math is good. A solid 2(B). The German is the problem. He brought home a diktat(dictation) with a 4(D). This is the heart of the problem. Where do we go from here? Well he now has Haupschule(lower school) grades.
He can take a test for Gymnasium(Higher school) or Realschule(middle school). They are given on the same day,but there is a second date. so if we put him in the Gymnasium test first and he fails, will he be up for the Realschule test.
Yesterday was not a good day.

Not a bad day.

2006-04-05T09:42:00.000+02:00

The days have been ok.

The last two days GTH has gotten in to Europe Go. I got this from Five Home Ed in Kent Gregory is learning alot about the EU. I am not sure what since it is in German. I guess I will have to make an account for myself in English. It is to bad there is not a Parent/Teacher mode so you can see how well your child/children are doing. Hook all the children into one overseer account so you can see with just a few clicks.

The guy from XXXLutz came today. So we now have the shelving and draws for under GTH's desk, but the shelves for the others bedroom is not correct. My long awaited bookshelf that was suppose to go on the wall is not here. So I have to put the books away again. So I can again have no clue what books I have.

I have decided to get educational games for the kids birthday coming up. They really don't need anything else except for playdoh. I am going to have to start planning birthday parties. What joy.

Neopets and My kid's teacher

2006-03-29T11:18:00.000+02:00

Neopets is doing a new plot. So yesterday I was getting up to speed. GTH is also up-to-date on his account also.

GTH's teacher decided to take the kids to see some kind of play.(This is after the circus they went to next week.) The thing is that she doesn't send any type of note home. Just tells the kids and then the kids tell their parents. A note would be nice. Tell me where you are going , what play you are going to see, how much and when you want the money, and when you plan on being back. I know others kids are responsible, but mine is not. And what if it is something I do not want my kids to see.
They like to take kids out on field trips alot here in Germany. In fact they get to have my kid more than I do. I can only do so much with him, because he is in school or doing homework or out at some class(ping pong or turnen) or out playing with his friends. I really want my kid back.

Dreams

2006-03-29T11:13:00.000+02:00

Monday night my husband told me that his company might be merging with another(a French company) and what hubby does the other company already has a dept for that so we might be moving in a year or two.
I seems that this part is in Italy.
So I preceded to have dream that night that we moved to Italy and that I could homeschool. I sleep quite well that night.
I have found a hs board.
I think it is possible because the kids are all American citizens.
I will never happen, but we will probaly end up in Heidelberg.

We're moving along well

2006-03-23T07:56:00.000+01:00

Last night and this morning were not that bad.
It is fun to see what the end result will be when the two small ones get to sleep. GTS did not want to stay in bed. By the time GTS and GKS were asleep, GTS was in the above bunk with GKS. Had to have hubby bring him down. It is to high to do it myself.
GTH and I got through Hinduism and Budhuism in his second grade book. I am going to look at 5th grade curriculms today. I, also, need to work on the Illinois book with him today. We are using the Highlights Which Way series. God bless me with being able to find and purchase this one from the used bookstore in Hedielberg.

This morning went really great. All the kids were up. I had items printed out from Aish to give them to color while I read from the Torah portion.(Ex 35 and 36) We will read the next two chapters. I think I will look up some puzzles for Shabbat for GTH.

GTH is to school now. GKS and GTS are watch Sesamstrasse. It is about plants today.

Today's List for Blogging

2006-03-22T13:35:00.000+01:00

There are a lot of things I am looking into to day.
Post I would like to do on the next few days.
Claude Allen
Kosher
Preparing for the Feast of Unleaven Bread

As of right now, I did music with the small one. I final got out those instruments I bought before Christmas and let the two of the bang and shake there way to sleep.
I still need to empty the dishwasher. Print out some letter K things.
GTH put his homework in his book and is working on it right now.
I got to dust yesterday and hubby cleaned all the prints and smudges of the TV.(Does anyone know the best way to clean a flat screen?)
the desk is a mess. And I have a few emails to get out.
Nice relaxed day here.

Last few days not bad.

2006-03-21T14:45:00.000+01:00

Yesterday, GTH was home in the morning. The teacher decided no school since they were going to the circus.
I found this out Friday. I knew they were going to the circus, but I did not know that it would be in the afternoon. One thing about the states is they ask for your permission for every trip. You get written what it will cost, where they are going, and when.
He they believe that a 9/10 yo should be responsible for informing their parents. In the States, we know that some teenages are not good at this.
So at the last minute I am told that I will not have my child in the afternoon. That I have to bring him along with all my errands instead of changing my schedule(it was to late to change anything Friday). If i would have know a week ago, I could have made other plans. But i can not do it last minute.

But the day went well, I think we all enjoyed ourselves. GTH got to go to the Turnen(gymnaistics) class for the little ones.

GTH and I started the Geography section of "What your 2nd Grader Should Know."
Hopefully we can get some more in tonight and he can go over his "Horse and His Boy" quiz. Chapter 5 did not come out so good.

Dinner out

2006-03-16T10:53:00.000+01:00

Yesterday, did go that well, but it is my own fault.
I put off cleaning the house and then my hubby calls and says they might come to the house.(I knew they might.)
So I spend all my time getting the house ready.(They never did come over.)
I forgot to pack toys, so the kids were rowdy.
The only problem with going out with my hubby collegues is they talk mostly about work. They try to include me, but I think they see a lady who is only interested in changing diapers.
I have to do something.

Well, I need to get more done today.
I need to fill the washer.
Change my sheets. Prepare for GTH to change his sheets tomorrow.
The bedrooms need to be clean.
I need to find a Tupperward Lady. They have these real nice Spongebob sandwich holders.
I need to go to Kik to buy some kids clothes.
Gregory need to work on his Illinois book this afternoon and "the Horse and His Boy" this evening.

Rough weekend

2006-03-15T10:06:00.000+01:00

It was rough for me.
I was crying for a day and a half. I think it is a mixture of stress and PostMS.
The latter is something new for me.

I decide to just change my attidude.
I decided to be thankful and grateful. And to pile coals of fire on someones head.
Hopeful it would warm them up.

Last night was nice.
I got through the grammer part of "What Your Second Grader Should Know" with GTH.
Yes he is behind, but we are moving quickly. He has read the Greed gods and the American Tall Tales. Tonight we are going out to dinner so we will do nothing tonight.
We are up to chapter 4 of the quiz for "A Horse and His Boy".

GTS knows the letter "E" now.
This will help when we are on the elevator.
Here in Europe they have the ground floor(Edre). Then the next floor is the first floor.
Our next letter will be "K".
This is the basement/celler(keller).

Day 3

2006-03-10T08:36:00.000+01:00

This is a record.
I even took a shower today.
I am going to try to follow the fly lady.
She say to get dress with your shoes everyday. Well we don't we shoes, but I am dress to my houseshoes.
We are working on the kicten this week.
Boy does it need it.

GTS is up, dressed and now eating his banana.
I should have gotten GKS up, but I think it is to late now.
I'll just let her sleep and not give her a nap this afternoon.

THe house is still clean.
We went out for Greek food for dinner.
The two smaller one where roudy until there food came.
They both scarfed the food down. It is the first time they both ate what was put in front of them. I sat eat quite happly.

We go some news from the kindergarden we use for the NICE(English) club.
it seems they want to have it till 4:30. That mean we need to start later or get a new place. I am not looking forward to coming home an hour later. Today I got home at 6:30. My husband was already here. This is fine if the house is clean. But getting home at 7:30? my kids would be starving by then. I would have to eat out. Not that big a deal, but where would that leave my husband. And it would not work when we need to go to Heidelberg. I guess I have some thinking to do.

Second day in a row

2006-03-10T08:28:00.000+01:00

This is a mile stone.
The day went pretty well.
My son(GTH) and I read this morning. He ate and drank, but did not take anything with him.
I got the kids up and dress and we were out by 9:30 to pick up the plane tickets, but they need the address where GTH is going have to go back tomorrow. We got pretzels and meat for the evening. I did gravy for the meatballs and only had to heat up the meatballs by the time GTH got home from school. We prayed before eating. GTH has a split day so he has to go back at 1. After eating i put the kids in for a nap and headed out to Lidl for batterries. Made it back in more than enough time. The house looks pretty neat.
Oh, we also got in one of those ernie phone in from ebay. The two little ones are fighting over it. Hubby wants to know why ididn't get 2.

Ok, I'm back again

2006-03-09T08:18:00.000+01:00

I am really going to try to post everyday.
Yesterday, was a good day.
The apartment is pretty clean.
Just the floors need to be washed.
But the laundry is piling up.
And I have to do sheets. I don't think there is enough space in the drying room for all my stuff.
Today I need to pick up the plane tickets for my son. He will be visiting his father for the Easter vacation for two weeks.
I also have to go get milk, toast and batteries. We have no place to play music in the house. I guess I can do that when my son comes home for his break.
I got some great info on homeschooling yesterday also.
Lots of conventions coming up. Looking into getting some tapes. I also want to contact the Heidelberg homeschoolers.

Combat Training

2005-11-23T16:05:00.000+01:00

Monday, I did 10 Hindu squats. I did not thing the would still be hurting the next day. But they did, so added to the cold I was getting I did not end up at my Kick aerobic class. I tried to do the Hindu pushups. I will settle on doing 20 girlie pushups and work my way from there. I used to be able to do a bridge with no problem when I was younger. I guess I will have to work on it. I have this nice little hill coming out of my driveway, so I can do small sprints. That Just leaves jumping rope. Now we have rope in the house, but as a kid I always prefered telephone wires.

Foreign killers in Iraq

I was reading on Vodkapundit http://www.vodkapundit.com/mt/mt-tb.cgi/3993(you have to go to the comments section) I can not find any real numbers. What is the amount of FK vs. IK? The closes I get is an all over number of detainees. But what are the number for just the past year, past six months, past month? The MSM is so lacking.

Ok I'm back,

2005-11-11T14:50:00.000+01:00

maybe.

Yes, I voted in the elections. Yes, I voed for the Libertarian. He wasn't the greatest of candidates, but I just could not not vote.
Have to get some house cleaning done and get some of the plot for Neopets
done. I am still on the first crystal.

Germans vote for change....Jein?

2005-09-19T17:37:00.000+02:00

http://www.typepad.com/t/trackback/3209864

ok the jein was stolen from the comments of the above blog.
The thing is this, Germany is facing 11% unemployment and some people still don't think they need a change. There sticking the head in the sand. But they are sticking the head in the sand about another thing. What if neither party can get the 51%, the 300 seats, what happens then.
No one wants to even think of that question.
Does anyone know the answer?
Please tell me.

So Are we having four candidates debates are not?

2005-09-19T17:27:00.000+02:00

http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/09/16/or-maybe-not/

Ok, star ledger is saying there will be one.
"Corzine and Forrester, both multimillionaires, opted out of the program and are funding their own campaigns but have agreed to participate in one of the ELEC debates on Oct. 18."
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1127106055149360.xml&coll=1&thispage=2

Palowski in Debates.

2005-09-16T12:09:00.000+02:00

http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/09/14/pawlowski-will-debate-major-candidates/

I don’t see the problem with the matching funds.Take ‘em and then right the state a check.You could make a real big deal of it.I find it interesting that he needed to take out a personal loan.Not very incouraging.

I agree the spirit of the law was broken, but not sure how much.I read another article that it was $150,000.Not sure I trust the reporting if they can not get there numbers straight.http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj—governorsrace-de0914sep14,0,3225200.story?coll=ny-region-apnewjersey

Also in another article it states that the Corzine camp has just decide(or is just stating) that it will not be in any more debates that it has already agreed upon. The Forrester camp has not made a decision. So I fail to see the fraud.http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050915/NEWS03/509150464/1007

It seems that none of the organisers of debates(NJN and LWV) was aware of others trying to get into debates and are not sure what they are going to do.

New Begining sorta

2005-08-30T06:41:00.000+02:00

I will now try posting everyday.

Yesterday was good.
I got some clothes into the second hand shop. It is about 30€-40€ if everything sells. I agreed to split what I make on my son's clothes with him. Maybe this will get him to take better care of his clothes.
The house is somewhat clean. Got the sink nice and fat and chalk free.
I think I found the address to some old freinds in Georgia. Will write them today, if all goes well.
The most interesting this I found out today is the good-bye is "God be with you" shortened.

THE NATIVE HAWAIIAN RECOGNITION BILL (AKAKA BILL)

2005-02-28T14:32:00.000+01:00

Ok, I am opposed to this bill.
First, is a draft of the letter I will be sending to my Sentators and House rep.
Then comes links I used to get my information.
I am going to try to watch the senate hearing on it live on http://indian.senate.gov/ or hope that c-span will show it.

Dear _______,

I am writing to you today about H.R.309, Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2005.
I think this a new way to spend more money or at least a way to spend money that is now not constitutional to spend in such a way.
If the Hawiian want there own government let them spend there own money. They should not be asking the ferederal government to subside socialise programs without any over sight to how that money is spent.
If they want true sovernity, let them leave the Union completely. If they wish to preserve, develop, and transmit to future generations of Native Hawaiians their lands, let them buy land then they can do with it what they please. They are afforded the same rights as any other US citizen to practice their religons and pass down their culture. There is no need for a new law to give them these rights. They already have them just like all Americans. But asking the other US citizens to foot the bill for there culture is unamerican.

Please join Senator Kyl, Senator Craig, and Congressman James Sensenbrenner in opposing this bill.

Native Hawiians site

WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE NATIVE HAWAIIAN RECOGNITION BILL (AKAKA BILL) ?

and where I started

Jews and the Sabbath and other musings

2005-02-27T21:56:00.000+01:00

I was wondering how Jews in Germany opperate. Since basiclly nothing is open on Sunday, what do they do that day? My husband and I do big shopping on the weekends. (Aldi twice a month.) We went to look at beds yesterday. This is something a Jewish couple could not do.

Well I did a short walk today with the two smaller one. Almost 2 year old walking and the little one in the carriage. I am not sure how much of the German way of life I can give them.

Bush shut down the city of Mainz and people are pissed. Get over it. That's what it is like when any US president leave the White house. I remember when Bush Sr went to NY once, it took me 3 hours to get home when it normally only takes 1 and 1/2. And I was in NJ. I also remember when Gore was campaigning in NJ the parkway was jammed for hours. My question is this. If mainz was shutdown completely where were all those protester at?

Bush Snubbed?

2005-02-24T13:41:00.000+01:00

The Sun is reporting that charic snubbed Bush by speaking french at dinner.
Like Bush cares.
You give 2.5 million pounds(about $4.7 million) to my favorite charity, you can call me the n word.

What I'm reading.

2005-02-24T12:06:00.000+01:00

Ok, I am over half done with Bob Woodward's Plan of Attack.
I am also printing out and reading Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself.

That along with my daily blogs.

Yesterday, I printed out loads of stuff for Volcanos. One of my son's subjects, HSU, deal with the sciences. The topics coming up is fire. If anyone has any links to the subject of fire for a 3rd grade I would be interested. The list includes forest fires, making glass and fireworks. Maybe I could find something under "only you can prevent forest fire".

Libertarians and totalitarianism

2005-02-23T13:37:00.000+01:00

Jonah Goldberg of the NRO Corner has published a letter from a reader thatsome libertarians would not mind a large government as long as it does not step on there toes. The author must know many faux libertarians. That is by no way the libertarian idea. i have not read anything that would back up such an idea. The author should insist that the person should re think if they are a libertarian.

nothing big really

2005-02-22T07:08:00.000+01:00

Well, I spent 31€ on a pair of shoes for a child under two. It won't stop snowing here so I had to buy her some boots. Yes, she had a pair of boots but she grew out of them at the end of December. Well, I can use them for the younger one to so it is not to bad.

My son got his report card Friday. Its not to bad, but not good enough to get into Gymnasium. I guess we all have to work a little harder.

Brits misplace plutonium

2005-02-18T10:59:00.000+01:00

What did some one put it in the bathroom, but someone else move it to the kicten?

I suggest they look in the refridgeator and the oven. I always double check in there when I looked everywhere else.

PLUTONIUM "LOST" AT SELLAFIELD

yahoo search

ARD; Monday, Feb. 7

2005-02-10T10:04:00.000+01:00

Tarifgespräche im öffentlichen Dienst
The goverment talking with unions to get their budget in accordance with EU law.

Economy Minister Wolfgang Clement wants to reform tax laws as soon as possible. The only they have been talking about reform for 2 to 3 years. I don't think they are going to make it in time for the 2006 election, but they can try.

CDU/CSU discuss the gains in the extreme right parties. They seem to thimk that it is the lack of jobs that is causing the problem, but as one person said. If they are so disatified with the SPD, then why are they not going to the CDU or the CSU?

More talk of turkey entering the EU. I don't have a problem with Turkey, but they are not Europe.

Treffen in Ramallah Rice's trip to Palastein

US-Haushalt für 2006 bush's budget for 2006

Selbstmordanschläge. People dead in Iraq

18 Tote bei Gasunfall.
Spain's Crown Prince mourns 18 dead in gas leak

Rosenmontag the day before Fats Tuesday and Ash Wenesday.

Wetter

done. Wow they get alot said in 15 minutes. Yes this is from 8:00 to 8:15. You can see it here.

Iran

2005-02-09T17:37:00.000+01:00

I am in the middle of reading Bob Woodward's Plan of Attack.

This is not about how I payed 13,90 € or how the baby ate started to eat it.

This is about when Powell says the attacking Iraq was not on the table.
No, but they were making up the shopping list.

Off to clean the kitchen.

This is only a test.

2005-02-09T13:58:00.000+01:00

One blog I go to daily is Davids Medienkritik.
In one post he declares that the Germany media will not turn its camera's and pen's inward to the current SPD administration. Exspecially on the current 5 million unemployed.
I will watch ARD the first channel for a week and give you what is on.
Make your own decision.

ARD, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005

Rice visit.

Indonesia

Voting in Bankok.

The Pope.

Germany's Clement announces plans to cut corporate tax rates

Advertize the round table discussion(withour a round table) later that night
on the 5 million unemployed.

Fußball Skandal

Sports

Carnival

Volcano eruption in Hawaii.

Wetter.

Sorry I am sick.

2005-02-09T13:41:00.000+01:00

It seems I came down with that flu that has been going around Germany. I hit me hard. Good thing my husband was home for carnivel.
Will update later.

Why Germany?

2005-02-05T06:30:00.000+01:00

GrandeJolie asks why Germany.
Because I married a German.
I really didn't see it coming. I was more into British accents, but here I am in the country of beer(can't stand the smell and don't drink it).
Actually Germans drink more coffee than beer, but that might vary since I live in Barvaria.
Well, the two younger are up so I have to go.
Will post more later today.

Social Security and other things today

2005-02-04T22:12:00.000+01:00

I only caught the end of CNBC. Not sure if it was the squawk box, but they were going at it about SS. I wonder if all the debates are this lively.

Germany's unemployment numbers are up. My question is, if there are no jobs then why are foreigners still coming? Some of us in the western world are just to good to take some jobs I guess.

I get to watch WWE tonight. It is a rare treat for me. It comes on 10pm on Friday and my husband hates the show, but he has gone to bed early.

First post

2005-02-04T14:20:00.000+01:00

Hello to anyone reading this.
I can not believe how nerves I am.
It is not like I have never posted any thing before.

It will take a few days, but I will be trying to make it look nice.