It seemed like a great idea, in January, to commit to reading 52 books in 2009. Unfortunately, I have lagged behind since almost the first week. And then convention hit and I didn’t have time for any reading. But, now it’s summer and I feel like maybe, just maybe, I can catch up. So far [...]
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I may reach 52 yet…
Posted in Life and other stuff on June 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Maybe he likes to listen to strings?
Posted in Life and other stuff, Suzuki Violin on August 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
During our last afternoon at Suzuki Institute there were excited conversations about a bear in a tree across the street from the school. He was busy eating cherries and possibly listening to fine music.
The boys and I went out after our last class to see if he was still there…and he was. The bear graciously [...]
Early Childhood Education is Out to Lunch
Posted in Life and other stuff, tagged BC ministry of children and families, early childhood development, early childhood learning agency on July 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
http://www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/early_childhood/index.htm
You’ve got to be kidding me. My province is considering full-time pre-kindergarten programs for 3 and 4 year olds??? Apparently our goal is to be the most literate and best educated jursidiction on the continent and they’re going to achieve this by yanking three year olds out of their homes and placing them in school [...]
Warning!
Posted in Life and other stuff on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
These are jalapenos. They are hot. If you are cutting them, and some jalapeno juice squirts near to your eye do not go to the sink and rinse the juice away with water. If you do, it will spread the jalapeno juice over the skin of your face and eventually it will get into your [...]
I made a cake
Posted in Life and other stuff on June 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I couldn’t have done it without the step-by-step photo instructions at The Pioneer Woman. Sam is having his Sunday school class over tomorrow for a swim and some cake and I’ve been looking for an excuse to make PW’s 4th of July cake for a long time. This counts as a good enough excuse, I [...]
Year end thoughts on Worldview
Posted in Life and other stuff, Workish Posts, tagged Christian education, worldview on June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In the last few weeks I’ve spent a lot of time listening. Listening to Mp3s from the BC Christian Home Educators’ Convention, listening to Greg Bitgood’s podcasts and listening to the last few sermons at church and I’ve been inundated with the importance of discipleship. Homeschooling has been revolutionary for me. I grew up attending [...]
Back on the FlyLady bandwagon
Posted in Life and other stuff on June 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Hot Spot #1. Right in the middle of my kitchen. There’s no excuse for this – I’d never let my kids do this, so why do I do this? I have no clue…but maybe FlyLady can put an end to this slovenly mess.
This room looks mostly Ok, except for the flaming hotspot under the coffee [...]
Wordless Wednesday
Posted in Life and other stuff on May 14, 2008 | 8 Comments »
The second best hotel
Posted in Life and other stuff on May 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We tagged along with dh to Banff right after convention and I just about decided to stay there forever. We had been hoping to stay in the Banff Springs Hotel, but it was full so we ended up in the Rimrock Hotel. Wow. I could live there. The first thing that impressed me was the [...]
Seriously?
Posted in Life and other stuff on October 25, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I don’t know about you, but scary stats or no scary stats I’m not carrying a flag across the street. My geek radar goes nuts just thinking about it (not that there’s anything wrong with geeks or with carrying flags across the street). I can appreciate the fact that 62 people have died whilst crossing [...]
