I’ve been meandering around the web this evening, avoiding the last little bit of work I have to complete before the weekend, and I have added a few more blogs to my blogroll.

I don’t know how I’ll have time to keep up with that many sites, but I sure want to!

I’m new to blogging about homeschooling. I don’t actually consider what I’m currently doing as fully homeschooling, but I’m prepping for next year in which ( I think ) I will be following a little more formal plan.

But reading what other homeschooling moms and dads, especially those who have been at it for a long time, are doing, thinking and writing is amazing.

I was also blown away by the Carnival of Homeschooling, which, as I browse this and past carnivals, is sooo full of fascinating information I could spend the better part of a month just catching up!

I’m very happy right now just watching and participating in David’s learning adventure, but I also look forward to whatever genius must be bestowed after years of teaching your kids at home… whatever it is, these bloggers sure have it good.

I watched “The Lost Tomb of Jesus” last night on the Vision channel.

I’m agnostic, so I don’t have a stake in this particular issue, and I found it quite interesting. The hypothesis that is presented doesn’t come off as probable, but definitely in the range of possible.

There are some things that seemed a bit off to me though.

1) Why was the tomb between Bethlehem and Jerusalem, and why did the producers believe that was the most likely place for it, rather than in Nazareth or between Nazareth and Jerusalem. After all, Jesus was from Nazareth, was he not? Bethlehem was just where his parents were forced to go for a census at the same time he was born. They fled thereafter, but is there any indication they ever returned and called it home?

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