passive indulgence
On Report Cards and Conferences
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012All of the Girls did exceptionally well on their report cards. Even though it is socially unacceptable to note, they are smart little ladies. I was recently talking to a friend of mine about how often I hide my inner geek. (Here I am just using the word geek to represent any sort of intellectual [...]
Such Strength in Such a Small Girl
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011“Mom why do I always have to have everything happen to me?” ~ Madeline while driving to the dentist to her abscess tooth extracted this morning. “I don’t know Mimi.” ~ Mommy as her heart is breaking with the knowledge of all Mimi has had to endure in her lifetime. “I don’t like it” ~ [...]
TV Obsession
Friday, February 18th, 2011Paul has a pretty obsessive personality. He either hates something or LOVES it. One of his great loves is tv. He could watch it all day and never be bored. I personally, don’t understand this, but it makes him happy. As you know we don’t have cable and only use a regular antenna. TV is [...]
College
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011When we thought about having children, and adding to our brood as time went on, college was a discussion we often had. How would we send these children off to college, should they want to? We started saving via a 529 savings plan and thought nothing about it. As time wore on we needed to [...]