Entries Tagged as 'education'

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

the end of school is the start of the can-can, or vice versa

Well, it finally happened. My child graduated first grade. Ugh. I am so not ready for her growing up so freakin fast. Know what I mean?
Naturally, she her mom, not so much is excited to have summer come.
But I have to wonder if she was gladly anticipating school being out,
or this annual [...]

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Saturday, May 29th, 2010

the good rut

Have you seen the calendar? It’s half flipped through already. Which means it’s time to mark an end to whatever chapter you or your loved ones being formally educated are completing (there’s not a graduation ceremony for “School of Hard Knocks” is there?).
For our family, last year it was don’t-forget-the-hanky, kindergarten graduation. [...]

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Sunday, April 11th, 2010

writing right now, or in a minute

I went to a writers’ conference this weekend. You may know about these–large groups of writers, illustrators, agents and editors gather. The meetings are both invigorating and inspiring while simultaneously causing great angst and new depths of neuroses.

I mean, really, those winners of the joke contest were so much funnier than me.
Now that [...]

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Sunday, March 21st, 2010

7 Things They Don’t Tell You About Being a Woman in Her 40’s

[Okay, I'm 29, not really, 39 43 and not waaaaaay into my 40's, so I may need to amend this list in a few years to add more data for you young'uns.]
This is my Public Service Announcement for women out there younger than I am.
See, I give back but no, you can’t have [...]

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Sunday, March 7th, 2010

a tiny post

We had a wee party, for a few small guests. A little laughter was shared and few happy grins.

Sure, they left a trail of glitter and itty bitty beads, but they otherwise acted sweet.

[And, no, I did not help the kid make these. We paid a local professional to show her. My [...]

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Monday, January 4th, 2010

the babysitter suck up

The Kid is amazingly in tune with the world on so many levels, handling the universal tv remote, instant streaming Pingu on Netflix by herself, and painting her fingernails with permanent markers. OK, not so much that last one.
But yesterday, after having a babysitter, she made the following confession:
Mommy, I’m nice to all the babysitters [...]

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Monday, December 21st, 2009

so, that’s how it is, is it?

I had an eye-opener conversation with the Kid and her buddy, let’s call her Doey.*
Come with me, inside the mind of the six year old…
In their 1st grade class, they had just decorated little gingerbread houses (graham cracker, actually) and were back at our house nibbling on various sugary paraphernalia, when Doey noticed the [...]

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