How we spent Earth Hour

So, all day we’d planned on how we’d spend Earth Hour tonight, starting at 8 pm. Golfer and Hubby had tickets to the Nuggets game, so Naturalist and I decided to read by candlelight (with Sassy hopefully sound asleep for the night).
We ate lunch, had friends over, cleaned up, ate dinner, blah blah blah, [...]

Roadtrip!

I am currently in talks with my soap partner in crime to take all our kids, pack up my minivan, and head to Moab, Ut, down to Four Corners, over to Durango, and then back home. Starting date: this monday. !!!
The last time I was in Moab, it was as [...]

Feeding the Elephant.

I recently read an excellent article in Edutopia that got me thinking more about the current culture of testing and grades in public schools. I’d already been thinking about it because many of Naturalist’s friends and my friends’ kids are knee deep in the state NCLB testing. This week long (WEEK LONG!!! [...]

Not Wordless Wednesday–Self.

Because really, who am I kidding? I couldn’t be wordless if someone gagged me. I love to talk. In very roundabout ways…eventually getting to a point, but taking my sweet time getting there. I could never write a comic strip…it would be all words with a tiny little picture down at [...]

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

What better way to wish you all a happy and lucky day than by sharing a pic. I took of Kevin Garnett when he came in to town to play the Nuggets. Get it? Boston Celtics…clover on the back…green uniform…
My love for KG deserves it’s own post, but has origins back in 2002 when [...]

Blog? What Blog?

Two words: March Madness.
Two more words: American Idol.
Two additional words: Nice Weather! (Yeah!)
And a final two words: Other Blog.
So many things, so little time!
Here are two things that the kids are having fun with…Tiger and Calypso, the best hamsters in the world.

“Hey Dude, how’s your dinner?”

“Not bad!”

No More Skittles!

Article about what happens when you buy skittles from another student in New Haven, Connecticut.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Contraband candy has led to big trouble for an eighth-grade honors student in Connecticut.
Michael Sheridan was stripped of his title as class vice president, barred from attending an honors student dinner and suspended for a day after [...]

What We’re Watching–Food Fight

An abridged history of American-centric warfare, from WWII to present day, told through the foods of the countries in conflict.
For the official cheat sheet (breakdown of the foodstuffs), visit:
here.
For a breakdown of the actual battles portrayed in the film, visit:
here.
I’ve learned not to underestimate the power that fun and humor [...]

Spring Forward

Did you remember to spring forward an hour?
It wasn’t difficult for me, because I never had set my wristwatch to fall back an hour in October. It’s typically what happens. I don’t want take the time to mess around to change my watch, and then spend the next 6 months mentally [...]

Homeschooling (kind of) Banned In California?

Fact, or fiction?
Fact, kind of. The State’s stance on homeschooling:
A California appeals court ruling clamping down on homeschooling by parents without teaching credentials sent shock waves across the state this week, leaving an estimated 166,000 children as possible truants and their parents at risk of prosecution.
California courts have held that … parents do not [...]