The bathroom still stinks. Seriously. Not sure there is anything to do about it. Reminds me of the time in NY that I pulled what looked like a rat out of our drain.
The owner seems to think we’re crazy for not wanting to sleep with our mattress on the floor. He says, “Tell me you can just sleep on the floor!” All this, after we confirmed that he would be providing us with a double bed frame, twice, via email.
The stove got fixed, so at least I’m not still cooking …

We arrived here on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica yesterday, having moved our  family from the Central Valley. I know it’s only been 24 hours, but I’m not exactly happy right now. We’ve discovered several problems with our new rental and I’m not sure how long I am going to be able to stand it. I’m planning to start looking for a new rental pronto and I hope that we will find one.
Here are just a few of the complaints I have, for anyone who has the patience to …

I don’t know what’s up with Baby B, but it is seriously exhausting me. She nursed literally all night long, with only two brief episodes of fitful sleep. I hardly slept at all.
While I enjoy co-sleeping, I’m not one of the lucky ones that is generally able to fall right back asleep while still breastfeeding. I’m usually pretty much awake while nursing B, then I usually detach her and put her back in the center of the bed before I fall back asleep myself. For me, sleep doesn’t come easily …

Some interesting posts up at the November 2009 edition of the Carnival of Unschooled Life. It’s nice to see all the many ways that Unschooling works in different families.
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I was thinking about the drinking and driving issue because it came up recently on an unschooling Yahoo group that I read.  Various unschooling parents were talking about how they dealt with drugs & alcohol with their kids. Many had made sure that they told their kids that they would always be happy to pick their kids up, day or night, if they needed a safe ride home or were too drunk to drive, no judgements. No questions asked. Thing is, I believe them.
When I was a teen, there was …