Monthly Archives: April 2008

When Mom Can’t Teach, Teach Thyself

For several months Miss Sam has nagged me beyond sanity to help her learn how to make an animated video. Considering that I have zero experience in this venue I delayed her requests with ‘wait until we get you a new computer with more capacity’. Well her thirteenth birthday arrived with the much anticipated ‘new [...]

Pin Ball Thinking

Have you ever had so many things on your to do list that the best you can do is crumble it up and throw it away and start all over? That’s how I feel about all the thoughts that are pin balling around inside my head. I wish I could just flip open the top, [...]

Sometimes We Forget

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Addiction Number 9,293

I confess. I am a Big Brother Junkie. Ever since Eddie McGee won Big Brother One in 2000. Is it possible that Big Brother Nine (the first mid-season production) is almost over and I will have to go cold turkey until summer???? Noooooo! What is this Big Brother junkie supposed to do???
Well just for today [...]

Homeschool Split Personality Disorder

Ellen from Fun Learning has invited me to join her new Homeschool Hi-Lights, a Monday meme for homeschoolers. It’s a great opportunity for me to share our experiences with ‘home learning’ by highlighting some of the ‘ah ha’ moments of the past week. Thanks Ellen!
I have been receiving the hard copy of Family Times for [...]

Frugal Mania

I have never been taught the value of a dollar. My parents kept things like that a secret. Although I remember being yelled at for asking to use the car during one of our country’s ‘gas rationing’ years, I don’t remember my parents explaining why during their rant. Thankfully my lack of financial knowledge has [...]

I’m Baaaaaack!

It didn’t take as long to clean my nasty house as I thought it would! However, it may take a little bit more to do a clean sweep of this nasty mood I seem to be in. Could it be withdrawal from blogging?????

Creating Time For Creativity

Don’t despair! I will return refreshed and full of wit and wisdom on Saturday. Just in time for my weekly column Got Good Mental Health? over at The PMS Club! If you left a comment on my last post at Got Good MH? be sure to stop back by and see my replies.

Don’t underestimate the [...]