“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” Alice…in Wonderland
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Last cannonball of summer
Okay. This is it. This is the no-fooling, grab it while it’s hot, last day of summer. Cannonball! Today we went to the pool for the last day. We’ll laze about reading Harry Potter, and taking our last “light” summer day. (No, we still aren’t finished with history and geography. Yes, we will get finished […]
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First day of high school?
Little Miss is doing a rolling start on some of her classes, even though the Thompson Family Academy doesn’t officially start until September 1st (as God and J.K. Rowling intended). She actually started her online Latin class last week, but today was a really big day for her — and for me. Today I dropped […]
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Weaker brothers (and sisters)
A passage that came to mind while yielding for pedestrians in the parking lot, from The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis: I think I warned you before that if your can’t be kept out of the Church, he ought to at least be violently attached to some party within it. I don’t mean on really […]
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Terrible Tuesday: last vestiges of summer
Lots of kids — homeschool, private school, public school, whatever else school there is (submarine school?) — are back to school this week or next. We’re holding on to summer as long as we can, even though Little Miss started one on-line class last week and starts a class at private school this week. This […]
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Not bad advice
One of the landmines parents have to walk through is teaching their kids not to tattle, but to always tell if someone is hurting themselves or others or going to do something that will end really badly for them. While my experience is that all kids will tattle occasionally, some kids are just natural tattlers. […]
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Never give up! Never surrender!
I’m going to try to plant a fall garden. Emphasis on try. I thought you all should know. Resources for fall gardening in Texas here and here. The Farmer’s Almanac has a nifty tool for best planting dates in your area. (Yes, I am crazy. Why do you ask?) Men generic cialis viagra are […]
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Incoming!
Today, our daughters get smartphones. Or smartish phones. While we’re not quite Amish, we tend to be late adopters when it comes to technology and our kids. Of course, compared to some of our friends, we’re cutting edge. I guess it’s all in the eye of the beholder. We’ve drawn up a contract using this […]
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Crappy news
I took Keaggy into the vet because his back leg is swollen and weird looking, although he’s walking fine on it. X-rays revealed that it’s cancer of his bone and joint. At 17, none of the long-term treatments are feasible — amputation or chemotherapy. Right now, he isn’t walking funny, he’s eating, sleeping, and peeing […]
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Cat herder, extraordinaire
One of my favorite Superbowl commercials happens to be an excellent metaphor for my life right now. Right now I’m trying to get everything ready we can start the school year strong after Labor Day. Except we never really quit the last school year. We have just over two weeks to get through the […]
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Back on native soil
And it’s good to be home. Oh, Texas, I love you. “Texas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession. Above all, Texas is a nation in every sense of the word” – Author John Steinbeck. One can simply buy Kamagra through any conventional as well as http://amerikabulteni.com/2011/12/17/iste-new-york-timesa-gore-2011in-10-kitabi/ generic levitra australia online pharmacy with […]
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