The Thoughtful Homemaker

I have always been fascinated by the vampire myth. I still have a journal primarily about vampire myths written in 2003, BEFORE Twilight. It is not a fictional story, just entry after entry on the vampire myth and where it may have come from. I was alone in Hawaii with an 18 month Victoria while […]

This knight’s armor wasn’t exactly shining, but he is very interesting nevertheless. This is a rewrite. I think my writing was so terrible that I feel that I didn’t give this prince enough respect.
Enrique was the younger son of King Fernando III, a great-grandson of Eleanor of Aquitaine. Fernando was King of Castile, Leon, […]

I was doing some research on Melusine, an actual mythological being from Anjou and found a weird book “The Dragon Legacy: The Secret of an Ancient Bloodline” by Nicholas De Vere. I was specifically reading about Melusine but as I read on the book got weirder and weirder.
It started out very interesting. I studied […]

I am right now working on a post about a very interesting prince Enrique of Castile, the brother of Alfonso X of Castile and Eleanor wife of Edward I. It is a lot of work. In the meantime I will post about another favorite Medieval Warrior. The warrior is Robert Guiscard.
A minor lord name Tancred […]

This is the first day we went back to our old routines. Aziz started his training again. The kids went to school and Aron had his first day of joy school. I held it at my house and it went well. I had a lot of fun with the boys. We made igloos out of […]

I am trying to be a better blogger this year. It does take a lot more work than you might think!
So it is the start of a new year, twenty ten not two thousand ten. I was tired of saying “two thousand” so I am excited to say twenty ten. I didn’t do too […]

Today is an international holiday and a very important holiday in my favorite nation in the world, the Czech Republic. November 17 is International Student’s Day. It is a day we remember the students who protested dictatorships and fought for democracy and freedom. (I will try to forget those students who fought against freedom) This […]

On November 15:

1515 Thomas Wolsey became a Cardinal. He was the builder of Hampton Court one of the largest palaces in Europe. I was able to go there last April.

I even got to meet King Henry VIII while there heh heh heh! (Is that a codpiece or is he happy to see me? Wife […]

On November 15th . . .
655- King Penda of Mercia by Oswiu of Northumbria during the Battle of Winwaed. Hwat! Both Mercia and Northumbria were Kingdoms in England in the Dark Ages. Penda was an Anglo-Saxon supposedly descended from the Norse God Woden. (Wednesday is named after Woden, the God who carried off the spirits […]

In high school it drove me crazy when we were taught the tradition left-right political spectrum. This is what it looked like:
Communism—–Democracy—–Fascism
That simply didn’t make sense to me. What about monarchy? Isn’t fascism similar to Communism? Aren’t they both ruled by tyrants? Why are Nazis to the right and Communists to the left? The […]

The current political debates are sickening and prove how dumb the masses are becoming. Can’t someone form an objective opinion anymore? If you do then you are accused of being on the payroll of the oil companies or being a Bush operative. I mention the right point of view because it is usually the right […]

I am getting a little bit better. I am still real tired and still trying to get my insurance fixed. I am being careful about the medications I take.
The kids are getting used to their summer routine and so am I. I still am not well enough to do fun summer things like go to […]

I am reading about the scandals of the early 1300’s trying to understand what happened. I just could not visualize what was going on. That is because I was trying to interpret 14th century history in a post- modern way which is impossible. Ideas of family life and even privacy and “rights” were different back […]

Of course we all know that Edward II has a bit of a reputation. He was considered a terrible king and a homosexual who had a weakness for spoiling his favorites. Edward was the only son the Edward I “the Hammer of the Scots” and Eleanor of Castile whose other sons had died young. They […]

My mind has been so busy lately. I have a weird idea in my head and so I am working on that. I am carefully researching the descendants of the sisters from Provence, Marguerite, Eleanor, and Beatrice. There is a sister named Sanchia but she only had one son who never had children of his […]

I haven’t been great about keeping up with my blog. I haven’t felt real well and plan to go to the doctor tomorrow. My ears have been bothering me and this morning when I got up my ears hurt so bad and my head was spinning. I don’t feel like I have an infection, but […]

Handel died on 14 April 1749. He is buried in Westminster Abbey. When he was buried, thousands showed up to mourn him. Sing along with the video!

I am now back from my trip to London. I enjoyed my trip and recommend anyone to go to London. Though the UK Pound is worth more than the dollar, things were not as expensive as I expected them to be. They even have a 99 pence meal at McDonald’s and sandwiches everywhere for around […]

Just five more days of election nonsense. I think this is the most disappointing election I have ever lived through. McCain had only just recently began getting his message together and the Democrat position is based on lies and scare tactics. The truth is that I think Obama is going to win. I am not […]

King Carlos II of Spain
King Carlos II of Spain was the last Hapsburg to rule Spain. He lived from 1661-1700 and ruled from 1665 to 1700. He was extremely disfigured and mentally retarded after years of double cousin and uncle/niece marriages. He mouth was so disfigured that he was unable to close his mouth and […]

I have a question, what do you think are the most dangerous ideas? The ideas that have caused the most damage to society? This is a difficult question but here are a few of mine:
1. Emperor worship, when one man anoints himself as god and the rest are slaves
2. Government worship which can easily lead […]

ABC News posted a story saying that Sarah Palin went to six different colleges!!!!! She didn’t even get a law degree!!!!! I guess that is one more reason why I can never aspire to do anything for my country. I went to four different colleges, though one was during high school and another was an […]

We all hear about women in power, but what about mothers in power? The recent choice of Sarah Palin as Republican Vice Presidential nominee who is a mother of five raises that question. Is it possible for a conservative mother to be in a position of power? Being a history freak, I decided to look […]

I took these pictures in November 2004. I was in Hawaii and my husband was in Iraq. While I was cleaning my two year old daughter decided that she was thirsty after marking up the computer desk with permanent marker and stole the apple juice. She hid under the desk while I looked for her. […]

Remember when you were a child you would have arguments on the best time of the year and you would defend your birth month. I remember my cousins and I would fight about that. Adam had Halloween to brag about. Take that! I get candy! Then someone born in February would brag about Valentine’s Day […]

September 1982. I was excited about Kindergarten. As soon as I got into my classroom, I ran straight for toy kitchen set that was in the back. The teacher called for me and had me sit at my table. My teacher was Mrs. Lloyd. She was a black lady with dyed blond flybacks and a […]