Got it on Craigslist!

Isn’t it adorable? A real deal Thinking Chair!! Got it for a steal on Craigslist! My older son’s old bike he outgrew (like everything else these days) – sold it on Craigslist! The ball pit for the younger son? Found it Craigslist! The backless bar stools we replaced with chairs with backs (ah comfort) – sold [...]

A Nightmare That Will Last Forever

“All we wanted was a family. Instead, we were landed with a nightmare that will  last forever,” So says an embittered consumer who didn’t get the commodity she ordered an anguished mother who was implanted with the sperm from a man with a different race.   More family structures are crashing down.  As IVF numbers increase, [...]

A parent’s worst nightmare…?

Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we ad-lib to conceive… From LifeSiteNews Single mom wants baby. But she’s on a budget, so sperm donor is out of the question. So she goes the way of “ex-boyfriend with benefits” – sorta – she pays him $1400 for his “service” – you know his guy friends [...]

Saying Merry Christmas is worse than fornication…

…or getting drunk or even killing someone… So says an Islamic scholar. And…ready for a firestorm…..I agree with him….. What I mean is…if this man believes that Allah is the true god and there is no other god than Allah….to acknowledge and to encourage and to “bless” if you will a false god IS worse [...]

1-800-222-1222

Know that number. It’s poison control. It’s been 11 years since I’ve had to call it for my firstborn. I had to call it last night for my second. (No cliffhanger – he’s fine). Take a minute to do an internet search for it and find your local center.  Order the free magnets and stickers.  Maybe [...]

“You…you…daffy daffy daffodil!”

I just love daffodils – what’s not to love? They are sunny yellow. Frilly petals. And the name…who can be angry when they say daffodil? Which is why I instructed one of “my boys” (in a former life I worked as a school based mental health counselor) to substitute the word daffodil when he was [...]

Healthy aka yucky lunches spawn new breed of criminal…

Straight A student suspended for possession of…..Oregano.   From AOL news…. Seventh-grader Adam Grass and three other students at Hickory Middle School in Chesapeake, Va., were suspended last week after being caught with what teachers initially thought was a bag of marijuana but turned out to be a stash of oregano, The Virginian-Pilot reports. Unfortunately for [...]

Because Mosquitos have rights, too ya know!

A chuckle from today’s  Medline Links – Genetically modified fungi kill malaria-causing parasites in mosquitoes (No, that’s not the funny part – although that is quite the mouthful, isn’t it?) Here’s what made me snort coffee: Spraying malaria-transmitting mosquitoes with a genetically modified fungus can kill the malaria parasite without harming the mosquito, potentially reducing [...]

No! I’m not blogging on Wisconsin!

But I still shake my head at what passes for logic or thoughtful discourse when we approach the topic of education.  So in a fit of snark, I pick these two unrelated and yet very similar vignettes… Rand Paul on Letterman and a poorly named “Living Ark” classroom project in London.  First: A transcript from Rand Paul’s Letterman [...]

It’s off to the funny farm for you…Reason 10,012 to homeschool Update: More school insanity

Technically it’s probably reason 10,013 because I think a good argument could be made that nasty school lunches qualify as another good reason to homeschool.  Especially when you can make even brussel sprouts taste yummy…But I digress… From KSEE News in California (where else, eh?) Imagine if you will that you are a military wife and the love of [...]