Posted on October 9, 2009 by topsytechie
Ok, so I totally ran out of time to do a Friday’s HHH post today. It’s been one of those days.
Where the phone rings so much that you get a temporary case of tinnitus.
Where you forget to put a VERY LATE bill into the mailbox, so you have to drive to the post office, which [...]
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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 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 January 1, 2009 by topsytechie
It’s New Years, and I am feeling random. So let’s throw momma under the train and rabbit chase for a minute.
~~Have you checked out my blogroll lately? I’ve made some changes as my feed reader has updated, and you might just find that one of my new favorites is your new favorite as well! How [...]
Filed under: Holidays and Special Events, Random, dogs, education, family life, humor, internet, movies, photos, technology | Tagged: Discovery Education, dogs, Ebay, New Year's, The Debaters, webinars | 3 Comments »
Posted on November 18, 2008 by topsytechie
I didn’t post yesterday cause I was in a state of shock. SHOCK, I tell you.
Why? Cause it would seem that our little teeny tiny house is not just snug – – but snug as a BUG on a rug. WE HAVE FLEAS!
Technically, it is the dogs who have fleas, but we are pretty sure [...]
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Posted on November 4, 2008 by topsytechie
Now that I got your attention, I guess I had better admit that I VOLUNTARILY walked a mile to vote.
Sometimes it is just so awesome to live and homeschool in the city! Like this gorgeous, 65 degree day, when the boys and I were able to combine civics with PE today and head out on [...]
Filed under: dogs, family life, homeschool, humor, photos, politics | Tagged: election, Kids Vote, littering, poll watchers | 5 Comments »
Posted on October 27, 2008 by topsytechie
Yes, the Topsy-Techie household remodeling project is about 90% complete. I think I may have mentioned that we live in a SMALL house (2 bedrooms, 1 bath), and our boys are growing at the rate of about 8 cm per day. They are like bamboo…you can literally watch them growing. Add in some privacy issues, [...]
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Posted on October 21, 2008 by topsytechie
Remodeling should definitely come with some kind of warning on the package. Last night, I got up as usual in the pitch black darkness to take care of business, and had forgotten about the dining room rug rolled up in the hallway.
So I guess you know what happened next. Tripsy-daisy, right into the [...]
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Posted on August 27, 2008 by topsytechie
I love the Works For Me posts over at RocksinmyDryer.typepad.com, but since not much ever works correctly around the Topsy-Techie household, I thought I would talk about what I WISHED worked…
Case in point: Using my son’s Wii Remote as an All-Purpose Remote Tool
Thanks to a blogging buddy’s Teaching and Learning Spanish blog, I discovered [...]
Filed under: Wii, YouTube, assistive technology, computers, digital life, dogs, educational technology, electronics, humor, internet, technology, travel | Tagged: Las Vegas, Lego Indiana Jones, whiteboard, Wii remote, Works for Me Wednesday | 7 Comments »