Last minute gift review: Compose Yourself
We’re at T-minus one week, ONE WEEK PEOPLE, until Christmas Eve. Are you ready? I am. Maybe. Kinda. I should probably wrap gifts and make sure I’m not missing anyone. And I think I need to get a few more …
No such thing as balance in gifted parenting
I’m on an eternal quest for balance. How hard can it be, right? I’m an intelligent, reasonably functional woman who is above average in adulting, you’d think I’d have a handle on balancing this whole gifted parenting thing. Surprise! I …
My mad NaNoWriMo procrastination skillz
So we’re well into NaNo now, and while I am making my daily word goals, there will inevitably come a time when ye olde words refuse to come out and play. I don’t have the time these days to sit …
What a difference a year makes
I was sitting and thinking the other day (dangerous, I know) about change, and just how much change we’ve seen here the last few years. And for the first time, I wasn’t angry about it. I just sat with it, and …
From annoying to absurd
The other day I had to buy printer ink. I tend to run the printer dry, get pissy that printouts have all the color saturation of glass, and eventually make the trek for replacements. After shelling out the cost of …
2e Tuesday: Homeschooling through crippling self-doubt
We are a comparative society. From the moment our kids are born they’re ranked in some way against others. APGAR scores, height and weight, when they sleep through the night, are they gaining weight, how early they potty train, when they talk, when …
NaNoWay!
Just when I think I can’t go any further ’round the bend or even more batshit crazy, I outdo myself. In the midst of building my flute studio and homeschooling and blogging and maybe putting together a presentation for SENG 2016 …
Another 25 Things I Want My Sons to Know
My dear boys, I realized I had more to tell you. Hunker down at my feet, young ones, and feed upon my wisdom. Remember that every person you meet, nice ones and mean ones and pretty ones and plain ones and …
25 Things I Want My Sons To Know
Boys, you’re at an age when you should start learning some things from your parents that may not have been covered previously. Yes, we’ve made sure you were potty trained before school and that seatbelts are non-negotiable, but sometimes the …
A real pain in the neck
I sprained my neck. Oh, I’m sure I could call it something slightly less embarrassing, like a neck tweak or stiff and sore muscles, but it’s way past that. It’s a sprain. In my neck. There are usually two reactions to such a …