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Credo
Middle child had her Quest Credo service at church today. After a year of classes, and a field trip to Boston, each student was asked to write a "Credo" or statement of faith outlining somehow what they believed in to be read in a Sunday service that they helped lead. I think they did an awesome job, and I was blown away by Miss T's credo ( Read more... ) -
gender
Why is it so ingrained that we have to sort people into genders? It seems like some mammalian holdover - we have to figure out right away if we’re going to compete, dismiss, or flirt with someone. I remember an androgynous person in a class I took in college, and it drove me NUTS trying to figure out if they were a butchy woman, or an effeminate ( Read more... ) -
riots
So I found out there were riots this week in Baltimore when I got robocall from the school saying that all field trips to Baltimore were cancelled this week. I was like Oh? Did Baltimore go away this week? Apparently so. Later we got a robocall that after school activities were also cancelled. Again, I was like Oh? Are the riots coming our way? No ( Read more... ) -
It's the small things
I love when kids get excited about little things. Miss B was telling me all about the Starlab that came to their school last week. It's this transportable planetarium thing that travels between the schools. From what I can gather, it's a moonbounce inflatable sort of thing that sets up in the gym and hosts mini planetarium shows inside for the ( Read more... ) -
End of break
Yah, kids went back to school after Spring Break today. So hard getting up at early o'clock again. Nice that the sun was up though. It is good to finally hit the light half of the year.
Still, playing the "where is my brain" game is hard. Zombie Monday - ho! -
I did this thing
So I did this really weird thing. At least weird for me. I flew across the country to go to a con alone where I knew no one. I've been to a number of cons over the years, really I have. But I realize that the majority of cons that I go to are ones that I've been going to for over TWENTY years. It would be safe to say, I know some folks at these ( Read more... ) -
Spring Break
The kids are on Spring Break for a week. Sigh. What is it about Spring Break that makes everyone's brains electrify? They were normal(ish) people a week ago. For some reason, the temporary cessation of schooling has caused everyone to go MAAAAD. Everyone is in a hideous mood, fighting, acting insane . . . it's like crazy pollen in the air. Bri ( Read more... ) -
Fools
For April Fool's day this year, I went around and put googly eyes on everything in the kitchen until I ran out of them. I had a big bag of googly eyes and some poster tack putty - it was a match made in heaven. Lest anyone think I am uber-creative, I ran across the idea on-line. The kids liked it to varying degrees. The oldest boy noticed, but ( Read more... ) -
Die, snow, die
Went shopping a Target on Sunday while my Miss T was at her youth Sunday school class. I hadn't been down to Target in awhile, but I have to say I think things have changed at Chez Tarjay. It used to be kind of an upscale Walmart - with the usual wash of general goods, but of a slightly better quality. From what I could see being there this weekend ( Read more... )
