Monday Afternoon Nothingness

Good Monday Afternoon!

The girls are playing dress up and the boys are outside (darn).  Therefore, I have a few quiet moments to waste on the computer!

Laundry Schmaundry!

I was asked a few more questions, so I thought I would take a minute to answer them.

From Zoe

1-I hear you talk about your great love for diet pepsi (especially in combination with popcorn). I am a diet coke and a diet dr pepper fan. Ihave never really cared for diet pepsi. Plus, i live in the south and drinking pepsi is pretty much a sin here. Anyways, costco had a coupon for diet pepsi a few weeks ago and I decided to give it another try. So, I committed to a bulk box of diet pepsi. Not my wisest decision. and, I have to say, I still greatly dislike it. I might even hate it. If you lived nearby, I'd give you the rest of them!

So, what are you thoughts on diet coke and diet dr pepper? even coke zero? I especially love a diet dr pepper with vanilla syrup added in from my local sonic.

You know who likes Diet Coke?

My dad.

You might need to rethink your choices in soft drinks.

Ha!  I kid, I jest.

Ok.  I am a hardcore Diet Pepsi fan and know not of these Sonic sodas of which you speak.  I would happily take all your Diet Pepsi from you, you weirdo.

2-About this ruralville lifestyle, how rural are we talking? like, how far is the closest gas station or grocery store? like, the pioneer woman rural?

There are people who live on our road, but I cannot see any other houses from my house.  I can see horses.  That's all.  The nearest gas station?  Probably about 15-20 minutes away.  The nearest grocery store is also 15-20 minutes away, but it is tiny, expensive, and kind of  . . . not-so-nice.  It is in the opposite direction of the town we originally came from, so we don't go that way much.  If we head to the town we came from, we can get there in about 35-45 minutes, depending on roads and just where we are going in town.

We opt to go to our original town because there is just more to do there and we get all of our errands done at once.

Do you homeschool because the nearest school is super far away or because that is a value/conviction? or both? I am planning on homeschooling, so i am always interested to hear why people choose to do it. I noticed you started doing it once you guys moved to ruralville.

I have always been torn with the school decision.  I grew up in a Christian school, so that is what I wanted for my kids.  But it was too expensive.  So, we put the girls in public school in town and we were happy with that choice, although I did have some concerns.  But my concerns were not on the quality of the education they were receiving, but more on the social environment.

However, I have always gone back and forth about whether or not I should homeschool.  I was worried about socialization and I was worried about not having enough time to homeschool the girls and still be a mom to the boys.

I didn't want my boys to always "be in the way," if that makes sense.

Moving made the decision for us.  There is a school about 20 minutes away, but we are not comfortable sending our kids there at this time.  Homeschool has been a good fit, for the most part, and we are all happy with the decision.

I am not opposed to any option and I feel there are pros and cons to each choice.  I think each family should pray about the decision and do what they think is best for their family.

From Casey:

Hi Taylor! I only thought of my question while I was reading other people’s questions so maybe if you have time you could still answer it? Or maybe save it for the next round of questions? Well anyway my question is- do LJ’s brothers also want to move their families out to ruralville and live little house on the prarie style with all the animals and wood chopping and peeing and such or is he the only lumberjack in his family? Just curious thanks!

We have not met one other person who would want to move to Ruralville.

It's a good thing we bought a house in such a desirable location!

I do think all of his siblings would prefer to have a bit of land.  And all the menfolk love all things hunter-ish and chainsaw-ish and lumberjack-ish.  Except, not so much Jason.

Remember Jason?

Jason also dislikes huckleberry picking.  Me and Jason are kindred spirits.

I am ingorant to all of David's kin's personal peeing preferences.  They might like to pee outside?  Who knows?

They are quite frugal by nature, so they may see it as a great way to save on toilet paper and water costs.

From Queen of the Brussels Sprouts

Are the rabbits going to be for 4-H or for food?

Sorry…I had to ask!

Yeah.  We won't be eating rabbits.

I've got enough to problems with the deer and elk in the freezer.

The rabbits are pets!

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The boys just brought in the mail for me.

Helpful!

Today is a sunny, albeit chilly day.

Yes.  My son is riding a Dora bike.

What of it?

Spring!  Oh, Spring?  Wherefore art thou, spring?

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Last night, The Lumberjack and I started watching this TV series called "Lost."

Have you heard of this?  We've never seen it.

We watched two episodes and all I can say is:

OHMYGOSHWHEREARETHEYANDWHYARETHEREPOLARBEARSONATROPICALISLAND!?

That show is intense.

Alright.  This is Taylor Maliblahblah, signing off.

I am about to summon the boys in for naps (darn), rally the girls for homeschooling (sigh), put on a pot of coffee (yay!), and try to not participate in too much self-loathing on account of me skipping out on some good, quality laundry time.

Happy Monday!