#87CEFA |
Your dominant hues are cyan and blue. You like people and enjoy making friends. You're conservative and like to make sure things make sense before you step into them, especially in relationships. You are curious but respected for your opinions by people who you sometimes wouldn't even suspect. Your saturation level is lower than average - You don't stress out over things and don't understand people who do. Finishing projects may sometimes be a challenge, but you schedule time as you see fit and the important things all happen in the end, even if not everyone sees your grand master plan. Your outlook on life is bright. You see good things in situations where others may not be able to, and it frustrates you to see them get down on everything. |
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Fun
Monday, October 29, 2007
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Patience
Lauren has her first loose tooth, and it's so hard for her to understand that although she'll lose it soon, she probably won't lose it today. Actually, both the front bottom ones are loose, but the one on the left is really on its way.
Sniff.
Sniff.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
What I'm Reading
One of the other moms at dance recommended My Sister's Keeper, so I got it from the library and started it yesterday. Holy crap, what a tear-fest. It's good so far, but really, I don't have time right now to spend half the day sobbing. And since I heard the ending is an even bigger heartbreak, I think it might go back to the library unfinished. Maybe not, because I do think it's a good book.
So instead I'm going to pick up Microtrends, which I heard about on NPR and sounds really interesting.
I also reserved The Other Boleyn Girl. I don't know where I heard about that, but I tend to like chick historical fiction, so I'm looking forward to that.
Of course, I also have a huge stack of school books, but those aren't "fun." I do plan to do a lot of school-related blogging next month, though.
So instead I'm going to pick up Microtrends, which I heard about on NPR and sounds really interesting.
I also reserved The Other Boleyn Girl. I don't know where I heard about that, but I tend to like chick historical fiction, so I'm looking forward to that.
Of course, I also have a huge stack of school books, but those aren't "fun." I do plan to do a lot of school-related blogging next month, though.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Follow that pumpkin
According to the general plan I had going, we weren't going to cover physics at all until the spring, but yesterday at the pumpkin patch, while rolling pumpkins down the hill, we started talking about inertia. Here's a nice starter site for dealing with Newton's three laws of motion.
Newton's Three Laws of Motion
Newton's Three Laws of Motion
New Fall Shows
I've succumbed to the lure of a fair bit of new fall programming. I've managed to avoid Life, Dirty Sexy Money, Kid Nation, and Journeyman, but there are 4 or 5 new shows that I'm recording. None of them have the obsession of first-season Lost, but some of them are fun.
First, Chuck and Reaper. They have similar plot lines--slacker guy gets in over his head with a new job that he can't tell anyone about, there's a cute wannabe girlfriend, and an annoying sidekick--but so far, I like Chuck better. First, I think the character of Chuck is nicer than Sam, who whines a lot. Also, the actor playing Chuck is cuter (that has nothing at all to do with my husband having dark, mildly curly hair, and working on computers all day, either!). I laughed harder than anything else this week when one of the characters got trapped in a cage, and they started playing the opera music from Shawshank Redemption. Gorgeous. Although Ray Wise really works as the Devil, I like Adam Baldwin better as a semi-antagonist.
Pushing Daisies. I like it, but it's really verging on twee for me. It's very cute, very clever, and very aware of that. Certainly unique, but we'll see how it holds up.
Bionic Woman. If I had to give up one new show, this would probably be it. It takes itself pretty seriously, and doesn't have the fun of, say, Alias (which I sadly didn't discover until it was almost over).
I'm also watching the final episodes of Queer Eye, which is still fun, but not as fun as it was when it first came out. I'm really looking forward to November 14--Season 4 of Project Runway!
First, Chuck and Reaper. They have similar plot lines--slacker guy gets in over his head with a new job that he can't tell anyone about, there's a cute wannabe girlfriend, and an annoying sidekick--but so far, I like Chuck better. First, I think the character of Chuck is nicer than Sam, who whines a lot. Also, the actor playing Chuck is cuter (that has nothing at all to do with my husband having dark, mildly curly hair, and working on computers all day, either!). I laughed harder than anything else this week when one of the characters got trapped in a cage, and they started playing the opera music from Shawshank Redemption. Gorgeous. Although Ray Wise really works as the Devil, I like Adam Baldwin better as a semi-antagonist.
Pushing Daisies. I like it, but it's really verging on twee for me. It's very cute, very clever, and very aware of that. Certainly unique, but we'll see how it holds up.
Bionic Woman. If I had to give up one new show, this would probably be it. It takes itself pretty seriously, and doesn't have the fun of, say, Alias (which I sadly didn't discover until it was almost over).
I'm also watching the final episodes of Queer Eye, which is still fun, but not as fun as it was when it first came out. I'm really looking forward to November 14--Season 4 of Project Runway!
Monday, October 08, 2007
Hello, Mother Nature?
Michigan calling here. We'd like October back, please.
Remember October? It's the best month here. A month of chilly nights, and days that are made for sweaters. A month of going to the apple orchard, picking the perfect pumpkin, and getting great fall color on film.
It is NOT a month to go swimming, so last week's 90 degree temps were rather uncalled for. Our church had a soup lunch for www.bread.org, and while everything was tasty, the air conditioning was a little incongruous.
According to the weather channel, you're only giving us one nice day this week--tomorrow. After that, the temps are going to be in the high 50's. None of the previously mentioned activities are as much fun if you have to do them in a parka. True, it will probably warm up again, but the leaves will probably be gone by then, the apples will be iffy, and my Dad insists that THIS is the week to get a pumpkin (we always go with him), even though Halloween is still three weeks away.
So, Mother Nature, how about it? Can we get back to a regular old glorious October? Please?
Remember October? It's the best month here. A month of chilly nights, and days that are made for sweaters. A month of going to the apple orchard, picking the perfect pumpkin, and getting great fall color on film.
It is NOT a month to go swimming, so last week's 90 degree temps were rather uncalled for. Our church had a soup lunch for www.bread.org, and while everything was tasty, the air conditioning was a little incongruous.
According to the weather channel, you're only giving us one nice day this week--tomorrow. After that, the temps are going to be in the high 50's. None of the previously mentioned activities are as much fun if you have to do them in a parka. True, it will probably warm up again, but the leaves will probably be gone by then, the apples will be iffy, and my Dad insists that THIS is the week to get a pumpkin (we always go with him), even though Halloween is still three weeks away.
So, Mother Nature, how about it? Can we get back to a regular old glorious October? Please?
Friday, October 05, 2007
Homeschool Holes
Apparently, there are some things home schooled kids are less likely to learn. My stepsister has recently put her kids back in public school, after homeschooling for about five years.
The first week, she realized that her kids haven't learned how to keep track of their assignments and homework. Last week, she realized that her kids (or at least one) didn't know that you can't "help" someone else during a test. Oops.
Hearing about this is interesting to me, and makes me think about whether my own kids would also have these issues. I asked Sarah if you could help someone during a test, and she dismissively told me that of course you couldn't. As for the keeping track of assignments, I'm sure that would prove difficult at the public school level, although she does have some co-op assignments to keep track of.
She's also discovered how much homework her kids have, which makes me wonder if we do enough sheer volume of work.
The first week, she realized that her kids haven't learned how to keep track of their assignments and homework. Last week, she realized that her kids (or at least one) didn't know that you can't "help" someone else during a test. Oops.
Hearing about this is interesting to me, and makes me think about whether my own kids would also have these issues. I asked Sarah if you could help someone during a test, and she dismissively told me that of course you couldn't. As for the keeping track of assignments, I'm sure that would prove difficult at the public school level, although she does have some co-op assignments to keep track of.
She's also discovered how much homework her kids have, which makes me wonder if we do enough sheer volume of work.
Thursday, October 04, 2007
HomeTeam
Today was our second homeschool co-op day, and it went pretty well. I was overwhelmed again, but not nearly as overwhelmed as before.
Lauren was in Arts & Crafts, but when it got merged with Bible Stories, we switched her to Gym. She gets Story Time at the library, and Bible Stories at church, and it's good for her to be able to run around in a directed way, so it's a good switch.
The Yearbook is still a behemoth, but at least now I can see what most of it looks like. I had no idea when I said I'd do it that I'd be in charge of the Pizza lunch fundraiser, and getting class picture day set up in addition to doing the actual book itself. Luckily, the woman who did the class last year is still around, and still does most of the pizza stuff, and is good for lots of ideas. We have lots of ideas for other fundraisers, and hopefully the final cost of the yearbooks will be small.
I'm still trying to figure out how we'll be able to do layouts, since we don't have access to the computer ourselves. We can do hard copy layouts, but then we'd have to have prints of all the pictures, which would be kind of a waste. Still working on that. At least now I have a plan and a goal, though, so I feel a lot better about it.
Lauren was in Arts & Crafts, but when it got merged with Bible Stories, we switched her to Gym. She gets Story Time at the library, and Bible Stories at church, and it's good for her to be able to run around in a directed way, so it's a good switch.
The Yearbook is still a behemoth, but at least now I can see what most of it looks like. I had no idea when I said I'd do it that I'd be in charge of the Pizza lunch fundraiser, and getting class picture day set up in addition to doing the actual book itself. Luckily, the woman who did the class last year is still around, and still does most of the pizza stuff, and is good for lots of ideas. We have lots of ideas for other fundraisers, and hopefully the final cost of the yearbooks will be small.
I'm still trying to figure out how we'll be able to do layouts, since we don't have access to the computer ourselves. We can do hard copy layouts, but then we'd have to have prints of all the pictures, which would be kind of a waste. Still working on that. At least now I have a plan and a goal, though, so I feel a lot better about it.
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Better Perspective
I need to not blog about stuff the same day it happens. I'm a lot more sanguine about yesterday this morning. Apparently, I need to be kicked out of my comfort zone harder than I realized in order to make something new happen. Will post progress later!
Monday, October 01, 2007
Groan
I had lots of different things I wanted to blog about: our new school schedule, my enormous Yearbook task for the co-op, an article I read about "haves and have-nots," a super cool article & website about hypercars, and whether Kwame Kilpatrick or Jenny and the Lansing Losers is a bigger black eye to Michigan right now.
Instead, I'm going to be miserable & panicky because one of my ESL students, the one who got me the most hours per month, has told my company that it's not working out and she (apparently) wants another tutor. I hate rejection, even for something like this.
The worst part is that I feel surprised, but not surprised. I knew she wanted more formal, grammar-based, more challenging lessons, but I thought she was happy with the more relaxed focus we had going. We'd been reading a book, "Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office," and going over terms & concepts she didn't get. We'd also been going through a grammar book and a book of business slang, but she didn't seem as interested in those. We also spent a lot of time in conversation, which I thought was helpful (my other ESL student and I do the same thing, but now I'm starting to second guess that as well), but I guess was not as professional.
So that's about twelve hours a month for the rest of the year that I've lost, and it really sucks.
Instead, I'm going to be miserable & panicky because one of my ESL students, the one who got me the most hours per month, has told my company that it's not working out and she (apparently) wants another tutor. I hate rejection, even for something like this.
The worst part is that I feel surprised, but not surprised. I knew she wanted more formal, grammar-based, more challenging lessons, but I thought she was happy with the more relaxed focus we had going. We'd been reading a book, "Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office," and going over terms & concepts she didn't get. We'd also been going through a grammar book and a book of business slang, but she didn't seem as interested in those. We also spent a lot of time in conversation, which I thought was helpful (my other ESL student and I do the same thing, but now I'm starting to second guess that as well), but I guess was not as professional.
So that's about twelve hours a month for the rest of the year that I've lost, and it really sucks.
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