Family Life & Kids
My Girls (& a Boy)
May 19, 2012
I'm getting ready to spend three days away with my firstborn. The getting ready part is packing our house so I can be gone for a few days and still meet next weekend's moving deadline. Going away and leaving the rest of the crew at home is a pretty big ...
Did I Mention our Life is Crazy Sometimes?
May 16, 2012
I know, from experience, it doesn't stay this way. This moment of craziness does not define my life. This flux and change, and creative problem solving, is part of the package of creating the life we want for our family.
A River Runs By It
May 11, 2012
At the edge of the property where we live (for just a few more short weeks) is a river. One of the fairly major rivers in the region actually. This is a salmon river and the local village was built around the salmon fishing industry more than a century ago. ...
Why FIMBY is not a hair, makeup, fashion, or home decor blog
May 7, 2012
We went backpacking this weekend. It was fabulous. Understand when I say fabulous I don't mean that every single moment was bliss. Backpacking is hard physical work. And when it rains (it did) it's muddy and wet. And it can be cold. And smelly. Your shoulders get sore, so do ...
Ready, Set... May (& We're Going To Montreal)
May 1, 2012
So, so much going on this month, where to start. The school books are now closed, and we're starting a two month break from our regular learning routine (all that stuff I wrote about in this curriculum post). Celine will continue with her self-directed studies and Damien will continue to ...
An Iterative Process & Spring Breakthroughs
April 25, 2012
Damien and I move forward in our life goals through an iterative process. For those of you unfamiliar with the term, it's geek speak for the cyclical process of refining an idea, with each refinement (or repetition) getting you closer to the desired goal. What this means practically is that ...
Spring is For Science
April 21, 2012
It's amazing the difference one month makes this time of year. Spring's arrival on the calendar last month was still very much winter. But in one month the longer and warmer days have worked their magic. And now, mid April, it's truly spring.
