Welcome, Almare!
If I wanted to homeschool a putative child, it wouldn't be because I thought I'd be a better teacher mano a mano than many of the well-trained people out there. It would be because I was suspicious of a school system, or wanted the kid to get one on one attention.
This is pretty much me. There have been times in the past, even in the recent past, where I felt like homeschooling was the best option, especially for an unusually bright child. And I have issues with public schools that have nothing to do with teachers--I loathe the overemphasis on standardized testing in general, and Seattle schools in particular are suffering because of financial mismanagement. I don't feel good about putting Annabel in that environment unless something changes in the next four years. OTOH, I don't think I'd be good at homeschooling, because it'd be another one of those Perfect Mommy ideals that'd fall victim to the reality of my life as a working writer, just like homemade organic babyfood and cloth diapers never quite happened for me.
So. In the next four years we either need to move to a place with excellent public schools, or find a way to afford private school. Guess I'd better get cracking on that bestseller, huh?
Almare, could I get your e-mail address? You don't have an address in your profile.
Coming in late on the wedding-gown thing: I shall never forget Miss Eli, in a fabulous strapless white pearl satin dress, wading waist-high into the pool, like the prow of a majestic ship.
Gnnrrrrrkkkk.
Was going to call in sick just because, um, I didn't want to go to work? I then foolishly checked my work e-mail and discovered that no one else in my department was going to be at work today, thus, I am in my office.
Due to the insane amount of work we received last week, I need to clean up the stuff what slipped through the cracks, or in other words, Deal With People Who Are Understandably Shirty With Me.
However, I am Avoidance, Yay! I think I need lunch and to find my happy place before I can do this without quitting.
I think I need lunch
I'm about to slip out of the office early and go have pancakes. I highly recommend this method of coping.
hivemind
I am trying to find out the title for a movie that I only ever saw the trailer for. It was a British film about 2 or 3 young people living in a flat and I think placing an ad for a flatmate. I can;t remember the explination, but I think they then kill the new flatmate and try to hide it. This must have been 5-7 years ago that I remember seeing the trailer. Any ideas? I don;t remember any of the actors.
Msbelle, Shallow Grave. With the Ewan.
Undoubtedly a x-post.
Shallow Grave, Danny Boyle's first movie, with Ewan MacGregor. (eta: iirc, they don't actually kill the new guy, he just dies)
One of the actors you don't remember? A very young Ewan Mcgregor.
