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Mothering Magazine Sponsored Chat with Hathor the Cowgoddess --Hathor lives in the middle of urban sprawl with her dearest super-husband and three wee and wise kids. She has had an unassisted birth in the middle of her 700 square foot apartment, she breastfeeds on demand and in public, she shares sleep, maintains constant contact and unschools. Not only does she do all of this, she does it with grand style and verve. With extravagant and outrageous behavior. And with her trusty sidekick baby in a sling.

Hathor is the completely true product of the imagination of Heather Cushman-Dowdee, an outraged (because she might look distracted but she is paying attention! ) mama who has done almost all of the above (that part is autobiography)... except for the part that she totally makes up (those parts are wishful thinking). The raucous exploits of Hathor and her family are produced in comic form on the web and printed in many, many zines and magazines and books, too.

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5/2/07

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21:03:30 Webmama_Tina http://www.bloggerschoiceawards.com/blogs/show/6920
21:03:33 alealynette I tried to vote, but the website was messed up that day.
21:03:42 Webmama_Tina i think its working now
21:03:55 Jessica_mother_of_1 i don't know who it is but ill vote
21:04:02 alealynette I'll have to try again. 
21:04:28 Webmama_Tina yup seems to be
21:04:34 Webmama_Tina www.thecowgoddess.com
21:04:48 Webmama_Tina http://www.bloggerschoiceawards.com/blogs/show/6921
21:04:49 Webmama_Tina  also
21:05:27 Jessica_mother_of_1 ok
21:05:39 Webmama_Tina there's some pretty amazing blogs on there
21:05:42 Webmama_Tina hiya hathor!
21:05:48 hathor Ooooh, there I am!
21:05:49 Webmama_Tina just was voting for your blog and passing along the links
21:05:51 Webmama_Tina :)
21:06:07 hathor Hi ya! I'm so glad there are people here, I forgot to addy for it today!
21:06:14 Webmama_Tina :)
21:06:15 Webmama_Tina yup
21:06:16 hathor Oh, good, thanks for voting!
21:06:23 Webmama_Tina i'll go post to the IM group...brb
21:07:00 Jessica_mother_of_1 brb
21:07:02 hathor At first I wasn't going to try to get votes, and then I saw that it is possible for a comic about attachment parenting to actually win..
21:07:12 hathor wouldn't that be cool?
21:07:15 Webmama_Tina yeah that would be!
21:07:28 Webmama_Tina makes me want to work more on mine! LOL!
21:07:30 alealynette I was really excited to hear about it.
21:07:42 Webmama_Tina i am impressed by some of the designs on some of those blogs!
21:07:55 Webmama_Tina and i just need to find more time to blog! i do it in spurts
21:07:58 Webmama_Tina hard to find time!
21:08:01 mom2radata They make me feel inadequate, I haven't had time to blog lately
21:08:04 hathor Yeah, some of them are great, have you seen prairie mom?
21:08:14 Webmama_Tina no but i like the woulda coulda shoulda one!
21:08:24 Webmama_Tina i'll check out the others when i get a chance
21:08:29 alealynette LOL I haven't updated mine since before I got preggo...that was 7 mo ago!
21:08:51 Webmama_Tina looks like i need to look into some other programs cuz there are some neat possibilities with things like wordpress...i just use blogger
21:09:14 hathor http://www.thepioneerwoman.com/
21:09:18 Webmama_Tina i really like sharp, crisp, colorful and fun looking blogs
21:09:22 hathor her pictures rock.
21:10:05 mom2radata I haven't seen prairie mom.   Do you know juliepersons?    We might start a blog on this website.     http://www.iowansforchildbirthoptions.org   Do you think we would get more attention as a group, if we did?
21:10:27 hathor so, I showed up a bit late, should we do some questions?
21:10:51 Webmama_Tina yes lets get officially started, sorry, got sidetracked reading blogs, LOL!
21:10:56 Webmama_Tina Welcome to this week's Mothering Sponsored chat! This is a moderated chat. Please make sure you read and fully understand the Moderated Chat Instructions before participating in this chat. Instructions can be found here: http://www.mommychats.com/modrules.htm ...A Friendly Reminder: Please do not post unless it is your turn to ask a question. If you have a question, please post a single \?\" and you'll be added to the queue. Have your question ready when your name is called. "
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21:11:07 hathor yes, starting a blog as a group on an established website is a great way to get attention
21:11:14 Webmama_Tina Please join the Mommy Chats egroup at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mommychats to receive notices about upcoming chats and changes to Mommy Chats. 
21:11:40 Webmama_Tina any particular topic you'd like to cover today hathor? or just open the floor up to questions?
21:11:54 hathor Oh, we can talk about whatever!
21:12:07 hathor any questions?
21:12:28 hathor  they can of course be about how amazing I am, (as hathor of course;o)
21:12:33 Webmama_Tina lol\
21:12:37 hathor I'm pretty normal really as heather
21:12:51 hathor really normal
21:12:59 Webmama_Tina how about what are you up to this week in your unschooling world? :)
21:13:11 hathor Well, this week we 
21:13:14 Webmama_Tina anything special? topics of interest worth strewing for
21:13:19 Webmama_Tina ?)
21:13:24 Jessica_mother_of_1 ok im back
21:13:26 Webmama_Tina woops i mean :)\
21:13:31 Jessica_mother_of_1 what do we do here
21:13:32 Webmama_Tina can't type tonite
21:13:38 Webmama_Tina Welcome to this week's Mothering Sponsored chat! This is a moderated chat. Please make sure you read and fully understand the Moderated Chat Instructions before participating in this chat. Instructions can be found here: http://www.mommychats.com/modrules.htm ...A Friendly Reminder: Please do not post unless it is your turn to ask a question. If you have a question, please post a single \?\" and you'll be added to the queue. Have your question ready when your name is called. "
21:13:40 hathor have started a singing class, went surfing, went to dance class, history class
21:13:50 hathor pretty un un schooly huh?
21:13:52 Webmama_Tina singing class...how fun!
21:14:00 hathor yep, the kids love it
21:14:18 Webmama_Tina oh i don't know...unschooling sometimes seems to be in the eyes of the beholder, lol...so many variations :)
21:14:30 hathor and tomorrow we're doing a sale of mother's day crafts, that we've been elves for for months now
21:14:32 Webmama_Tina not like there's any strict rules ;)
21:14:33 Jessica_mother_of_1 sorry first time here 
21:14:39 Webmama_Tina no worries jessica :)
21:14:44 Webmama_Tina glad you're here!
21:14:49 hathor and Friday we go t o San Diego to go paddle boarding
21:14:55 Jessica_mother_of_1 ty for having
21:14:57 Webmama_Tina how fun!
21:15:01 hathor phew! we sound busy
21:15:07 Webmama_Tina definitely
21:15:08 alealynette History class???
21:15:09 Jessica_mother_of_1 me
21:15:19 Webmama_Tina :)
21:15:29 Jessica_mother_of_1 what r we doing tonight
21:15:35 Webmama_Tina anyone have a question for hathor? just post a single question mark and i'll start a queue
21:15:53 hathor Yeah, some mothers we know do a charter strict homeschooling and they invited my kids to come do a history class, they liked the idea and have been going all year.
21:16:07 alealynette Oh ok.
21:16:12 Webmama_Tina if you're not familiar with our cow goddess guest, lol, www.thecowgoddess.com   might spark some questions
21:16:24 Webmama_Tina *cow*\
21:16:30 Webmama_Tina oops
21:16:32 alealynette ?
21:16:33 Webmama_Tina *cow*
21:16:36 hathor It's on wed. and seems to feed their love of  playing 'school'. they can of course decide not to go at any time...;) 
21:16:38 Webmama_Tina alealynette, go for it
21:17:14 alealynette How do you document unschooling activities for the school system?
21:17:14 Jessica_mother_of_1 ?
21:17:32 hathor We don't have to here in California, 
21:17:42 cubanayogini ?
21:17:46 hathor but about this time of year we start making a list 
21:18:08 alealynette That's it, I'm moving out of ohio.
21:18:09 hathor of everything we've done, and divide it up into class
21:18:40 Webmama_Tina current chatter: alealynette ...upcoming chatters: Jessica_mother_of_1, cubanayogini 
21:18:46 hathor descriptions and list all the library books and make this HUGE 10 page sheet and then I 'share' it with my grandmother
21:18:52 Webmama_Tina yeah california rocks for homeschooling (CA here too)\
21:18:55 hathor and my 'mother and my MIL
21:19:03 mom2radata ?
21:19:15 hathor Yes, you should totally come out, the weather is awesome though the smog is icky!
21:19:22 Webmama_Tina current chatter: alealynette ...upcoming chatters: Jessica_mother_of_1, cubanayogini, mom2radata 
21:19:46 hathor Jessica_mother_of_1 your question?