http://www.theinspiredfamily.com We are loving, homeschooling, writing, photographing, techy, gardening, travelling family... laced with a little inspired crazy! Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:22:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I love this place. Sure it’s a shack.... but it's a shack one and a half blocks from the beach! A clean, tidy concrete box with two rooms and a small, only but barely functional bathroom. One room is where we sleep. Eldest miscreant on the sofa. Middle miscreant in a ... http://www.theinspiredfamily.com/2008/10/299/ It's 6 weeks, 5 extra bloody pounds(if I'm lucky) and we've finally arrived.  Our final destination, via one and a half weeks at home and a week on the West Coast.  Now we can truly relax... OK, as much as you can totally relax while husband- and me, to a ... http://www.theinspiredfamily.com/2008/09/ahhhhhh-friggin-finally/ More like peacefully aglow... for my first week back to BSM in I'm not sure how long.  A little glow from the Pacific Northwest... and yes, it's raining! Join Tracey over at Mother May I for more Best Shots this Monday! http://www.theinspiredfamily.com/2008/09/bsm-not-exactly-rockin/ I can't believe it's seven days since last post... things are moving at quite a clip around here and when I do have a chance to sit down I've photos to edit, my own professional website to update and nothing less than what has become a nasty Flickr obsession to ... http://www.theinspiredfamily.com/2008/09/days-are-passing-fast/ We are three days into a very structured school schedule.  Trying my best to get us into a healthy learning routine before we head out again.  The beauty of this next trip is that it is just us... the miscreants, the husband and me.  No more family.  No more visiting. ... http://www.theinspiredfamily.com/2008/09/three-down-aaaaaarghhhhh/ The new, bright, shiny object that has captured the attention and limited imagination of the American press and has landed the Veep candidacy for the GOP called it right, albeit with subtlety:  pitbulls and hockey moms are scary.   That Sarah Palin is a pistol.  I am typically afraid of pistols. ... http://www.theinspiredfamily.com/2008/09/lipstick-or-no-lipstick/ Whoa... I've been plum suckered. I am in the process of making the leap to Mac-dom.  As though transitioning back home from one 3-week trip only to prepare for another month long trip two weeks from now weren't enough, I thought I'd throw in the addictive task of getting to know ... http://www.theinspiredfamily.com/2008/09/macd-to-distraction/ I've been on the Michael Phelps diet.  It was all anyone was talking about  during the Olympics... so I figured, "Hey, the old bod could use a boost, a jolt to the system and what the hey, I'm on holidays, after all.  Relaxed.  What better time to implement a new ... http://www.theinspiredfamily.com/2008/09/it-doesnt-work-i-promise/ A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. -George Bernard Shaw http://www.theinspiredfamily.com/2008/08/say-it/ This is supposed to be a Best Shot Monday post.  It isn't.  I have wads of photos filling up cards, yet to be transferred over to computer for editing.  We just arrived at the in-law-family-beach-house in Delaware last night after many hours on the road and tons of fun visiting ... http://www.theinspiredfamily.com/2008/08/time-to-relax-a-little/