Nerd Alert: Moore’s Law and Unschooling.

I’m sitting here dyeing my hair and waiting for my hair color to develop…because why pay $50 at the stylist for a color I love when I can pay $10 for a freakish color that turns my hair a weird reddish shade (no matter which color I choose!) and then pay $70 to go back [...]

Back again.

We took a hastily planned, last minute trip to celebrate my younest sister graduating from college. Yay!
It was an 8 hour drive made more complicated by the DVD player in our minivan breaking as I pulled down the driveway. A happy perk to having kids that adore TV in any form [...]

Glitter–the bane of my existence.

Sassy found a big, mega sized bottle FULL of multicolored glitter. Not too hard to do around here, now that all the kids crafts & necessary equipment is down at kid level, so it is accessible to them.
There was a time when I had all ‘messy stuff’ up and out of reach, [...]

Unschooling Highs and Lows.

Lows:
* Golfer informed an entire classroom of kids and teachers who were playing a game where you write down an answer quickly, “Hey, I don’t go to school, so I don’t write. Can I just raise my hand when I have the answer?”
* When asked to solve a math problem ‘the way [...]

Favorite Poems by Walt Whitman.

I was an American Studies major in college. It was a true liberal arts experience, and I chose it because of the unique way I was able to create my own course of study. I was allowed to pick and choose any course from any department so long as it reflected a [...]

Wordless Wednesdays–Number 7

From Mama P’s photo challenge, “Number 7” which is also one of our favorite songs from TMBG Here Come The 123s.”.
The song is about a bunch of 7’s invading a house yelling, “We want CAKE! Where’s our CAKE?!” Classic.

This was taken August, 2004 at the cabin up by Yellowstone. [...]

National Parks Week

April 18-27!
Time to visit a National Park!
Golfer and Naturalist at Yorktown Battlefield, Virginia.

National Park Week is an annual Presidentially proclaimed week for celebration and recognition of Your National Parks.
Your National Parks are living examples of the best this Nation has to offer – our magnificent natural landscapes and our varied yet interrelated heritage. Parks can [...]

360 Mile Car Trip!

Alright..pictures of our Great Western Adventure ‘08 (all 1,200 of them!) have been organized, edited, and in some cases deleted (RIP, blurry pictures. You were badly taken, but I still loved you).
This was a really fantastic trip. Sure, there was massive vomiting there for a while, and 3450304598 drinks were spilled, [...]

Idol Gives Back

So, I’m trying to organize my way through almost 1,000 pictures taken on our trip last week…that’s my all time high of 200 pictures a day. Thank goodness for digital, where I can view, edit, and (as hard as it is) delete without paying a dime.
I’m taking a break to watch American [...]

If I were a punctuation mark, I’d be a…

You Are a Comma

You are open minded and extremely optimistic.
You enjoy almost all facets of life. You can find the good in almost anything.
You keep yourself busy with tons of friends, activities, and interests.
You find it hard to turn down an opportunity, even if you are pressed for time.
Your friends find you fascinating, charming, and [...]