Posted on November 10, 2009 by topsytechie
You head to the microwave to warm a cup of tea, and discover that the clay version of the angel of death (complete with sword) beat you to it…
(warning: this could become an occasional regular feature. You have no idea the crazy things that randomly show up around my house!!!)
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Posted on October 27, 2009 by topsytechie
I think I need to start a whole weekly meme called “loose ends Tuesday”, because every Tuesday seems to be dedicated to just that, lately. So here goes…
If you haven’t entered the October giveaways at SecularHomeschool.com yet, be sure and stop by and enter before the end of the month. I am giving away [...]
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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 October 6, 2009 by topsytechie
Come on…you know you are feeling bored today. Listless. Lifeless. Nothing to do. It’s a Tuesday, for crying out loud! So what’s a homeschooling mom to do?? Check out Goby!
Here are all the deets from AppScout…
Find Something Fun to Do with Goby – AppScout
Just wanted to share because it was “kewl”. Have a great day, [...]
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Posted on October 1, 2009 by topsytechie
I loved this meme over at Obi-Mom Kenobi’s blog a couple of weeks back, and I’ve been meaning to get around to posting it. In the craziness of this week, a meme is about all I can hardly “eke out”, so hear goes…
1. Extreme pettiness. The year was 1982. Middle school. State cheerleading finals. (Yes, [...]
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Posted on September 15, 2009 by topsytechie
If so, now’s the time!
Netflix sent me a promotion code that I am allowed to email to friends and family. The code is good for one free month of Netflix subscription.
If you’ve been wondering whether Netflix is for you and your family (how good the movie selection is/how easy it is to rent/how quickly the [...]
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Posted on September 10, 2009 by topsytechie
I was sitting there, at the dentist office, waiting for Uber to get a cavity filled (his first cavity – – yikes!), and I realized I had already used my mini-container of hand sanitizer three times since we arrived.
Once – after using the pen that you sign in with
Again – after sitting down and [...]
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Posted on September 4, 2009 by topsytechie
So something eerie has happened to my two sons this week. This whole interest-led, unstructured approach to learning has had an incredibly strange backlash-effect.
My sons started SETTING THEIR ALARM CLOCKS. And even weirder, Uber got up three mornings this week BEFORE his alarm clock went off. Do you know why??
He said he wanted to go…wait [...]
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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 May 9, 2009 by topsytechie
I’ve been happily working from home for the last three years, and it has been the best career decision I’ve ever made. It allows me to be flexible, spend lots of time with my boys, and buy my “work clothes” from the pajama section at Target.
So when I hear of a work-from-home opportunity, I feel [...]
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