Archive for August, 2006

A couple weeks ago, Melissa at The Lilting House tagged me with this homeschooling meme. I am finally getting around to responding.
1) ONE HOMESCHOOLING BOOK YOU HAVE ENJOYED
While it’s not exactly a homeschooling book, Dumbing Us Down by John Taylor Gatto had a profound effect on me.
2) ONE RESOURCE YOU WOULDN’T BE WITHOUT
The Internet. Gah [...]

I made a nice birthday card from my Grandma the other day. I put it at the bottom of the stairs so I would remember to bring it up to the office and put postage on it.
Today I suddenly remembered that I never mailed the card and, in fact, had not seen it since I [...]

This is a photo of me and My First Love (MFL), circa 1982. Aw, aren’t we cute? I loved this boy. Loved loved, as I’m sure no other teenager with raging hormones has ever loved. We would pass notes in school and sit on a park bench during lunch playing this little game that involved [...]

1. L had his first sleep-over last night. His cousin stayed over here and the boys were up until 2 am playing cards and Playstation and eating ice cream and pizza goldfish. I have so many great sleep-over memories from my own childhood. Do people still play “light as a feather?”
2. Is it weird to [...]

Last week I put up a gate in front of our stairs.
A gate. Like, for a dog. Except, not for a dog. For my daughter.
I have an odd mindset when it comes to children and certain safety precautions. Maybe it’s because my first child was so easy - he listened when you said “no,” [...]