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A Bit of French & the Blue Screen of Death

by Filed Under: Blogging, Just Me, Minnesota Me 19 Comments

Hey everyone, it’s me—trying to get my blogging sea legs back after the unexpected loss of my computer. It happened like this: I was in the kitchen signing our Christmas “Ordinary Time” newsletters (hush) at 4:00 a.m. the other morning (double hush) when I walked past my desk and saw that the screen had gone all blue on me.Scanning the text, I saw, … [Read more...]

7 Quick Takes Friday

by Filed Under: 7 Quick Takes Friday, Minnesota Me 20 Comments

~ 1 ~I finished watching the movie Inception! My final opinion, should you be interested, is in the com-box of this post.~ 2 ~Speaking of television and watching it and whatnot, do you plan to watch the play-offs this weekend? Believe it or not, I have become a HUGE fan of the sport, in part because I have NO CHOICE (read: two sons, ages 13 … [Read more...]

Buster the Horse

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Minnesota Me, Toddler George 14 Comments

This is George.Wait. Let me amend that.This is George and his new rocking horse, Buster.I’ll pull back a bit so you can see the whole thing:As you can see, it has been so long since the last time I posted that George is now five and will be leaving for kindergarten in the fall.Except that we home-school.And they don’t accept barefoot kids, … [Read more...]

Just don’t call me Word Monkey

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Motherhood, My Boys 4 Comments

Jem was doing his history vocabulary in the next room. “Mom?” he called out. “Insufferable means obnoxious and difficult to endure, right?”“Yes,” I told him.A minute or two passed and then, “A manuscript is a hand-written book, right?”“Jem,” I said, growing fairly impatient. “Go look your words up in the dictionary if you’re not sure.”“I prefer my … [Read more...]

To the Brink and Back Again

by Filed Under: Hearth & Home, Homeschooling, Honest Blogging, Minnesota Me 16 Comments

Last night I hit a bit of a low. It’s winter; it’s (very nearly almost) post-Christmas; we’ve got a bad case of cabin fever.Their creativity is a mark of their genius, I’m sure.Still. Why can they be creative and neat? So I ate.And I ate.And I ate and I ate and I ate and I ate.Feeling dull (mentally) and thick (physically), I crawled into bed at … [Read more...]