Yuckiness in my head

There are at least four things that happened today that are worthy of sharing as blog posts.  And I’m not going to do it.  It’s after 9 pm and I have had a cold for nine days now.  It hasn’t helped matters any that I haven’t been able to fall asleep until after midnight for the [...]

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7 Quick Takes #5

After a several-week hiatus, I’m once again participating in 7 Quick Takes Friday.  Please note that I wrote this on Thursday evening, so “today” in the post means “yesterday” if you’re reading this on Friday.
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I have a small, clean rock on my desk.  I found it in my dryer today.  Peter has been bringing home [...]

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A geographer’s son

Yesterday, Peter was playing and he said, “Mommy, let’s pretend you’re Mount Everest.”  He had his little people climb up me.
Only a geographer’s child would say that.  Or maybe a mountainclimber’s.
He can also tell you the name of the only volcano in Antarctica.  Until we read him that book, I wouldn’t have even thought there would [...]

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Hanging in there

It’s been an exhausting week.  Tuesday was the first day of school, but I didn’t teach–all the French teachers in the school board had a professional development session in the afternoon.  Since I only work half-time, I didn’t have to work in the morning, but just didn’t want to miss the first day of school [...]

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Off to a good start

Yesterday was my first day of work at my new job.  Actually, it was my first half-day of work (it went from 7:45 to 12:30).  It was a Mass for all the administrators and the new teachers in the school board (it’s a Catholic school board).  Going to Mass and being blessed is a nice [...]

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7 Quick Takes #3

As usual, I’ve been delinquent in blogging, so I’m going to try to get caught up by participating in 7 Quick Takes Friday, hosted by Jen at Conversion Diary.
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We had a great “intro to camping” trip with friends last weekend in Niagara Falls.  We stayed at a campground with a playground and two pools (one regular size, one [...]

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The problem with my brain…

is that it doesn’t have an “off” switch.
I have a wonderful brain.  I wouldn’t trade it for anything.  There are countless facts, memories, and skills stored in it.  It can analyze and synthesize and do all kinds of critical thinking.  It keeps me entertained all day long.  And sometimes all night as well.  That’s the [...]

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7 Quick Takes #2

I can’t believe it’s Friday again.  I’m not sure I have seven interesting things to write about for 7 Quick Takes Friday, but I’ll try.  It’s harder because I actually posted updates on my blog this week, so I don’t have a week’s worth of news to share.
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I have been enjoying reading Conversion Diary, a [...]

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End of July

This month has flown by.  We’ve finished two read-aloud books, The Wheel on the School and Little House in the Big Woods.  On Wednesday, we started a third–Little House on the Prairie–which will take almost a month to read at our regular pace (a chapter a day, and there are 26 chapters).
Yesterday was Peter’s last swimming [...]

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Trying on memories

Yesterday, Don and I both tried on things we hadn’t worn in a long time.
As I was organizing the closet in my room (the last thing I had to do upstairs), I found my wedding dress, which I hadn’t seen in years.  It’s been folded up inside a black garbage bag for over eleven years [...]

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