Are either paving my way out of purgatory...Or into it.(I'm cleaning the classroom. Can you tell?)AMDG, … [Read more...]
Gray Day
Everything is gray.I watch, but nothing moves today.Name that book!And then, while you’re at it, swing by my house and give me a spa treatment. Could you? Because we’re going on what seems like Day 188 of No Sun Whatsoever and I’m looking like the walking dead. Truly. I could be an extra on the set of Twilight, it’s that bad.So I’m just making … [Read more...]
Quote of the Day
“Alright, who locked the dog in the bathroom?!!” … [Read more...]
(One-Sided) Conversations with my 4-Year-Old
At 5:45 a.m.Angela the Exporer (upon noting that it was still dark outside): Where is the sun, Momma?I think: It’s in its bed, just like you should be. I say: It’s on the other side of the world, Honey.Angela: Let’s go there right now!* * * * * * *Angela the Patriot (upon noting the flag outside our entrance window): The flag is flapping, Momma. … [Read more...]
Ta Da!
Please tell me that it’s beautiful. … [Read more...]
Druthers
Of all the interesting things I could think to do with $3,000, installing a new furnace is not one of them.Replacing my dingy kitchen linoleum and the worn out carpet in the family room? That would be a pleasure for me to tend to.Exchanging my unpredictable old stove with a brand new gas range? Totally fun, the stuff of dreams.Investing in another … [Read more...]
The Cloud of Unknowing
It was just a silly little library book, really, and yet I longed for it more than anything.Why? It had gone missing. I searched the house from top to bottom (once, twice, three times easily) and asked the kids to do likewise. They gave me an indulgent nod and assured me that they would, though I knew full well that its retrieval was far more … [Read more...]
Okay, so seeing this:
...made me almost overlook this:I said almost. … [Read more...]
A Day in the Life of our Homeschool
Alternately Titled: What they’re doing when you hope they’re not doing anything ‘cause they’re being really quiet and you’re getting a lot of work done. Starring Angela(Literally) … [Read more...]
I may be old…
…but I’m not stupid.I’m also faster than my daughter Cate, which is why—when she came charging up the yard at me during tonight’s water balloon fight and called out “Stand still and bend over!”—I declined.Stand still and bend over, indeed.Shaking my head at my child’s audacity, I am … [Read more...]
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