For parents of school-age kids–even homeschool kids– late April to May becomes a frenzy of class parties, concerts, awards ceremonies, and the like. Not to mention we’re in full swing of spring sports. It can make a mom twitchy about the eye lids. Fortunately, I’m beginning to see the light at the end of the [...]
I have had the feeling I’ve been forgetting something for at least the past week (I forget exactly). And sometimes I’ll remember one of the things I’ve forgotten, but there’s always something else lurking in the shadows of my mind. What I need is a Rememberall, but like Neville, I’d still be unable to remember [...]
Yesterday, my heart was too full for the frivolity and fun of links. My prayers are with the families of little Martin Richard, Krystal Campbell, and the other as yet unnamed victim Lu Lingzi, as well as all of the injured and their families. As awful as it is at a time like this, it’s [...]
Is everyone enjoying their April? My in-laws have been visiting from Minnesota for the past week and the weather has been gorgeous. They leave today and tomorrow it will be rainy with a high of 50. How very like April. “April is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and [...]
Summer is going too fast and my to-do list isn’t getting any shorter. Perhaps that’s because I keep adding to it. Links? Sometimes things are “traditional” and “old fashioned” because they work. Families with married parents do much better than families headed by single moms. Um, duh. Beyond the basic reality of many hands make [...]
We picked up our CSA box today and it’s a squashapalooza! (And tomatoes. Including the yummy cherry tomatoes I took out of the box to snack on before snapping the picture.) Leave your squash recipes in the comments. And… links! Geekery! Taking Legos to the new extremes. How the states got their names. (Also wonderful, [...]
We are in Minnesota this week visiting MTG’s family. In our over 1000 miles of driving (so far) we have seen 1,000,000 corn fields, 250,000 soybean fields, 1 sunflower field and 1 wheat field. Those first two may be slight exagerations, but the last two are cold, hard, depressing facts. Thanks, Nixon. You scurvy dog. [...]
There seems to be too many digits in our temperature lately. Somebody fix that. Links! Price controls, regulations, and general interference by the federal government has lead to shortages in drugs. Who’d a thought? (Oh yeah, anyone with a brain.) Our periodic rage inducing TSA link, agent spills a man’s grandfather’s ashes and laughs. Okay, [...]
Ah, the lazy hazy days of summer. Hey! My days aren’t lazy! I demand a refund! Alas, one more week before I can become an official summer bum. This week we have Girl Scout Twilight Camp, which is a lot of fun, but also tons of work and exhausting. So bunch of links before I [...]
No, not funny pictures of cat with silly captions. The kind where you find out your cat needs his Magnificent Tail amputated and then find out that may not be possible because he may have “significant heart disease.” That sort of Cat Edition. sigh This is an all-visual Terrible Tuesday. I’ve got no energy for [...]