Again, this is about another stolen idea. The stool that I sit on every second that I’m home when I use the computer has thoroughly scratched up the floor underneath it. The floors around here are all scratched up anyway, but this was getting ridiculous. I’ve tried those stick-on chair pads, but they keep falling [...]
Continue reading...12. May 2010
I had a flash of inspiration that will never come to fruition. When faced with a stressful situation, I find that a good coping mechanism is daydreaming. I had some stress a while ago, and the idea of Pop Tart Pie was born. It’s construction should be exceedingly simple: a regular pie, but with some [...]
Continue reading...12. April 2010
One of the good things about working at a preschool is that there are round yellow column blocks that you can shove in your shoes at naptime to try and push out the parts of your new shoes that are irritating your bunions. That’s right – I said bunions. Stupid knobbly feet that prevent me [...]
Continue reading...3. April 2010
Happy Easter! The Lord is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia! Let me tell you of a Friday morning experiment. Because I no longer have unique ideas of my own, I am reduced to copying others. Megan at notmartha.org (as I’ve said before) is living the life I’m meant to live: she’s younger, more creative, [...]
Continue reading...17. March 2010
Naps – especially Sunday afternoon naps – are very precious to me. On Sunday when we were in Lincoln, Lloyd had to go to school for a while before choir. I went to the school library and arranged seven padded chairs to make a remarkably comfortable bed. (Any students who might be reading this – [...]
Continue reading...26. February 2010
So, I have this brand new paper iPad that I just put together. I also have a new teacher at school who is a bigger Apple Fanboy than I am. But I don’t know just how to best put it to use. Any ideas?
Continue reading...2. February 2010
Behold! Wolverine-like Lloyd! Lloyd made a survey for the middle schoolers to fill out that gave them four choices for his hair, and four for his beard. The hair part I’ll still keep secret, but of Abraham Lincoln, Wolverine, Fu Manchu, or goatee – they chose Wolverine. He decided to ease into the look with [...]
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1. June 2010
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