Proof that I Socialise...

It always makes me giggle (and sometimes want to tear my hair out) when people say that home educated children don't socialise. The first thing that I get asked when I tell someone that I am home educated is nearly always "but what do you do about friends and socialising?". Well, to answer this question, I normally just say "I pretty much do what every other girl my age does", and that is either because a)- it is the first thing that pops into my head, or b)- it's the quickest way to explain. BUT, today I will give my precious readers the privilege of a longer answer.

I (as a home educated nearly 15 year old), socialise by going shopping, either with friends or on my own. Now, talking to the shop keeper working in my local co-op store is socialising in some form isn't it? And obviously when I go clothes shopping with friends, that's socialising too. I also socialise by going to various home education groups- we're not locked away under the stairs you know! At these home education groups, we can do various arts and crafts, play hundreds of games- in board game form or roleplay games-, sit and chat to each other, OR, go on various outings to various places together. Why just yesterday, I went to a village near us called Cockington, for a guided walk around Cockington Court, with a home ed group (where surprise surprise- we all socialised!!!). I had a wonderful day, and I learnt a lot. Need proof? Okay then...

Now, I spoke to every single one of those kids, and some of the grown ups too. I don't have any more photos of Cockington, because it was raining really badly yesterday. BUT, can you only socialise with friends? Or can you socialise with family too? Of course you can! We also went to Brixham yesterday, so this picture is of me and my siblings attempting to catch something in some rockpooling nets that we bought the other day. The beach had no rockpools, so we had to make do with the sea instead lol.

And sometimes, we just chill out at home:

We have been to Dawlish Warren and Decoy Park recently, with a home education group. We constantly meet up with friends in our home, and are always invited to go over to theirs. We meet up at parks, historical houses, tourist attractions, and other places of various educational interest. We have "not-back-to-school" picnics, and we are currently planning to have a home educators BBQ. So as you can see, we are not locked away all day, someplace dark. We are not forced to do schoolwork for hours on end. We do happen to get out and about, and meet friends. And we do enjoy ourselves, and have fun whatever we do.

I have the best friends in the world, and I am grateful for every single one of them :)

Chelsea xxx

Dentists, Digital Art, and A Very Happy (not-very-well) Girl :)

Hey everyone :) So...I went to the dentists today. Well, technically not the"dentist", but the orthodontists. For those of you that don't know, a wear a brace on my teeth. And guess what??? I only have ONE MORE CHECK UP APPOINTMENT! That means, the appointment after the checkup appointment, that I should be able to have the braces taken off!!! Oh, I'm sooooo happy :P But basically, today they put a stronger wire on the brace, which is making my mouth hurt a lot. But, it will all be worth it when they're taken off :) No need to mention that I am very happy is there?

In other news, I have been (and still am) ill :( I have a cough, a cold, an incredibly sore throat, amongst occasional mini-headaches. None of us here have been very well at the moment, we all have nasty coughs, colds, and various bugs. Not nice :(

Moving swiftly on- I said yesterday in my tag post that I made digital art, so I wanted to share some with you:

This is one of the first ones I've made...

This one is an avatar picture for me (hence the name on it) :) I make these for other people too.

 Erm yeah. If you are my friend on Facebook, you'll see more of these :) If you want an avatar like the one above, just let me know in the comments, telling me your name & if you want a particular theme or not (for example, summer, Miley Cyrus, Love, Christmas etc.)

I honestly don't know what to write about now, so I am going to log off before I just start speaking gibberish x)

Lots of Love,
Chelsea xoxo

20 Things You Maybe Didn't Know About Me =)

1. I am starting up a YouTube makeup and beauty channel.
2. I dress like a goth/emo/scene kid/punk (although I do not label myself with those names now), complete with black makeup n_n
3. I have Twitter. You may have noticed the widget that I added to my sidebar.
4. I review for Chicklish.
5. I adore raspberry yogurt :P
6. I can actually be extremely geeky!
7. I have been on TV. For like... 30 seconds, but still.
8. I love to write, but have never finished writing a novel (reason being, I am lazy).
9. I have a kitten named Harry. Wanna see? Oh, okay then...

10. I am (attempting) to learn Japanese.
11. I am getting more and more obsessed with music. I never used to be that big a fan of it :)
12. I can be extremely random.
13. The pages that I have become a fan of on Facebook practically tell my life story.
14. I overuse smileys x)
15. I am 5'3" tall.
16. I make digital art :) If you are on my Facebook you should know this.
17. I ADORE photography. Honestly, I could spend ages looking at Tumblr blogs like Restart my Heart just for the photos. I also take photographs :)
18. I love Family Guy (if you don't know, it's a tv show).
19. I would rather have 1 best friend that truly knows me than 100 friends that don't.
20. When I write neatly, I dot all the little i's and j's with hearts, stars, or flowers, and I do a lot of the letters swirly (:

{Starting Over}

Yep. I'm starting afresh on this blog. I have deleted all previous postings. The reason? I feel like I need to. My blog posts before were a jumbled mess. They had no particular meaning to anyone, and I just don't even know why I put them there. I think I just posted them to look interesting, or to be like most teenagers (meaning some kind of cool), all of which I am most definitley not. I'm not saying that I was fake, because I wasn't. Everything that I have ever written is/has been true. I'm just saying that my posts were a mess, simply rubbish that most people didn't want to read.

Truth is? When I did something that would have made an interesting blog post, I was too lazy to blog about it. And when I did nothing? Well I decided to blog, because I felt bad about not blogging. It's crazy.  

So, you are not getting rid of me :P I'm still going to be blogging here, at Unschooled Musings. And I'm hoping it will be regularly, with lots of photos. I will be blogging about my thoughts, feelings, and of course, I will still blog about what I do each day. Just... in a better, more interesting, less jumbled way.

I hope this made sense to you, I'm writing it super duper quick, because I'm trying to get on with my new project about World War I  :o)

Lots of Love,
Chelsea xxx