My Mom has a special sort of Homeschool-Mom-Genius-Gene that I really, really hope I inherited. She was able to expertly turn everything into a learning experience, yet somehow make it extraordinarily fun at the same time. (Okay, most things were fun. Finding my little brother’s dissected frogs in brown paper bags in the fridge was […]
Geography Geektasticness.
Disclaimer: Nerdalicious Homeschooling Post ahead. Feel free to skip if you don’t give a flip. After Ali learned all of her states (and a lot of countries) a couple of years ago, she lost interest in geography (or maybe I did…or both), and so she forgot many of them. However, thanks to some of her […]
Bathing Practices As Indicated in Children: A Scientific Study.
You asked for it, so I’m here to deliver. I collected and analyzed the data that you so generously provided (via this post and on Facebook) regarding the frequency of the bathing of your children. In particular, I collected, where given: Number of children per family, Number of baths per week, And, since so many […]
Dr Pepper TEN: An Investigative Report.
On our trip to Atlanta last weekend, Chris and I were introduced, via the ripe discovery grounds of a Quickie Mart, to Dr Pepper TEN. Being an avid Diet Drink Hater up until this year, I’m still trying to discover ones that I can stomach, and possibly even enjoy. And Dr Pepper TEN was delicious […]
iSchool.
Ali is infinitely more interested in learning if it’s happening on an electronic device. (I have NO idea where she gets her geekiness.) After seeing her excel greatly in schooling while using apps on my iPhone, we bought an iPad as an investment in our homeschooling future. Obviously, there are still many things that we […]
The Final Weigh-In.
Six short months ago, two people sat on the couch. One, a woman in her late 20s, two kids down the road, feeling antsy about how to get rid of the baby weight. The other, a man in his mid-30s, who had been stuck in a continuously yo-yoing range of chubby to walrus since the […]
Football, Four and Under.
Football season is in it’s third week and in full obsessive-insanity in the state of Alabama. Tattoo shops are filling up with loyalists wanting to bleed for their team, babies all over the state are being given abusive names such as Crimson, Saban, and Chizik, and billions of dollars are being spent just to watch […]
It’s Like Riding a Bike…
This photograph describes my daughter in a way that words cannot. This is The Essence of Ali. There’s a certain gene of cautiousness that runs deep in Chris and his family, and Ali got every last drop of it. Origami would be a risk in her book, what with the potential for paper cuts and […]
Objectively Losing It.
Chris and I started our weight loss initiative on April 6, aiming to meet our goals by October 1. My goal was to be 130 pounds. Which, after getting a new scale and coming to grips with the fact that I weighed more than I thought, meant that I needed to lose 26 pounds. I […]
A Mid-Life Crisis, of the Feline Persuasion.
My cat has gone crazy. Not to say that I haven’t had my issues with her in the past, but this time is different…odd…and a bit unsettling in an eerie sort of way. It all started last week when she disappeared. (And, might I add, she is an indoor cat.) We saw her the night […]