Posted on July 31, 2009 by topsytechie
The first night of my trip to Florida, I was tucked into my king size bed, in the deepest of travel-ridden comas when I was awakened by my cell phone. Once the consciousness began to return, I noticed it was 1:30 in the morning and that the origin of the call was listed as “HOME”. [...]
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Posted on July 30, 2009 by topsytechie
I can’t say I’m a regular viewer of the show “The Office.” I’ve probably seen maybe four or five full episodes, and maybe snippets of at least five more. But the characters and the catch phrases have become part of the current culture, so that even if you have never viewed a single episode, you [...]
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Posted on July 27, 2009 by topsytechie
And yes, of course, I used that title to increase my blog traffic for today. But I’m in Florida as this “goes to press” so just try to find me and make me change it. Ha!
Anyway… I’ve been discovering some great new blogs. And I was so proud of myself. Until, of course, I saw [...]
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Posted on July 24, 2009 by topsytechie
I think I’ve blogged about the fact that H-T is a visual learner. He is actually a visual AND kinesthetic learner, but I think the visual part may take precedence.
So I’m always looking for great learning tools for the visual learner, and I happened upon one this week that I wanted to share. It’s called [...]
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Posted on July 17, 2009 by topsytechie
They are both – – strangely – – my television addictions of the summer.
I’ve always had eclectic tastes in music, movies, and television, but this summer’s crop of Netflix rentals has even me asking: “What the…”
I’m a cynic. I hate starting a show and getting involved with the characters and plots only to have [...]
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Posted on July 11, 2009 by topsytechie
Well of COURSE it is! At least MINE is. I mean, how else would you follow the exploits of my Coon Dog Clan or my missing doggie?
Anyway, if you feel that your blog would make a good newsletter, there is a new tool for making that happen. Introducing…Five Filters.
Five Filters is a free RSS to [...]
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Posted on July 10, 2009 by topsytechie
Summer is so…so…unstructured, isn’t it? I guess that is a good thing, because we all need some “unstructured,” right? But what about us ADD-types? I’m beginning to think that there is such a thing as TOO much unstructured.
My exercising, for instance, has gone the way of the dinosaur. During regular homeschooling months, I always fit [...]
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Posted on July 6, 2009 by topsytechie
Its bad to hate a holiday, (and although I’m not necessarily Little Mary Sunshine, I still enjoy a good celebration), but after this weekend, I’m officially putting July 4th on my Grudge List. Stupid Independence Day.
It started out okay. We headed to a waterfall we had never visited (which was basically at the bottom of [...]
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Posted on July 2, 2009 by topsytechie
After a great week with our out-of-towners, we had a truckload of pictures to go through. I have always loved pictures. The smiles on the faces…the candid poses…seeing which shmuck had the closed eyes in each group pic. So much fun.
Until this year. This year, looking at pics has been less like fun and more [...]
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