I actually have a copy of TWTM (not mine- borrowed), and seriously... I did NOT "get" it! That's why I was actually going
when you said your dh didn't get AO, but got TWTM lol I didn't "get" AO either, until I sat down and literally spent HOURS pouring over the site, reading through the FAQs, reading the links provided throughout the FAQs, etc. I now "get it", and actually wrote up a CM-y schedule for us. I don't know if we will follow it though.
There are many things in the CM style that appeal to me. For instance, at first I TOTALLY didn't "get" the idea of reading from 10 different books per term--it made more sense to me to just read one, move along, read another, move along, etc. I spent a lot of time reading through the FAQs and articles there, and now I completely "get" it and wanna do it!! LOL (and was about to type it out but now I can't find it
) Anyway, it included some of the main tenents from CM that I liked, such as journaling, nature walks, copywork, read-alouds from multiple "good" books....