HTML and I go way back. We first met through the Hot Dog web editor. (Yeah, that was the software’s name: Hot Dog. It was published by a company called Sausage.) Hot Dog would do just about anything for you – click a button, and you’ve got a web link [...]

I’ve always had a fascination with sea travel, ships, the open ocean, unknown islands. (Of course, there’s the other side of being a sailor…stagnant drinking water, maggots in the hardtack, floggings…) I’ve had only three pseudo salty dog experiences in my life:

When I was 11, I went on a snorkeling trip off the [...]

When we first moved into this house, it was summer and I was pregnant and sick so we had no school lessons and all the time was free time. Nicholas was six and James was three at the time. I usually got up around 9 every morning, but sometimes Nicholas got up earlier [...]

I had a somewhat unique opportunity yesterday – I got to lead a breastfeeding class at the WIC office. For those who don’t know WIC is Women, Infants, and Children, a government-sponsored program that provides vouchers for nutritious food to pregnant and breastfeeding mothers and children up to age five.
The History
I started [...]

How are your kids in math? How are you in math? I’ve always been a slow math-figure-outer. Well, the concepts themselves made sense, but working out problems was hard. I remember in fifth grade that I was the slowest in my class about finishing our daily math assignments. My teacher [...]

So we went to a homeschool convention last May. (Did I ever post about that?) At a homeschool convention, you start to get hungry, then hungrier, then thirsty, then parched and famished and ravenous. But you’re not thinking about food. You want the books!
We went to a mid-sized convention – not [...]

Books for young boys to read can be hard to find. Series for girls are plentiful – Nancy Drew, Babysitter’s Club, American Girls, Little House on the Prairie – there’s just no shortage. Nick has loved to read for almost three years now, and finding a steady stream of books for him hasn’t [...]

I don’t know why this is called “alpha meme,” but I thought it was cute and wanted to post it. I saw it on Freaky Frugalite, my favorite blog (seriously). Tomorrow, the curtains!
My roommate and I once: bought a beta and named him Bert.
Never in my life have I: been out of the [...]