Yesterday, dh, Perry, and I rode a 40 mile loop down by Lacey: we left Lacey, headed to Yelm on highway 510, and then at Yelm, got a bike trail back to Lacey to close the loop ( Read more... )

I've complained before about the history/language arts/math/science projects that are really art projects.

I hate those. Because dh and I don't have an artistic bone in our bodies, and neither do AC or Perry. Invariably those projects ended up in tears.

Perry had Yet Another One this week.

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There is a stereotype out there that women mutlitask well and that men do not ( Read more... )

Got up. Early because the cats seems to be able to wake me up at 6am and once I've gotten up to feed her, I can't get back to sleep. Of course, AC and Linnea are usually up about 5 minutes after I feed her, sigh ( Read more... )

I really should have a "Maman brag" tag so the rest of you could exclude it from reading!

This is something Linnea drew. I don't know why, I'll have to ask her, they're probably studying Rome in school. (Perry is too but there is no way Perry could draw anything as complex.)

The Pont du Gard was probably her inspiration.


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For anyone reading Kristen's Cashore's Graceling and Fire books, the third one, Bitterblue just showed up from my pre-order at amazon ( Read more... )

Completely inaccurate, but funny: "When you get older, your atomic bonds loosen somewhat."

My weight watchers email this week included a link about how gigantic sizes have gotten, the dreaded "vanity sizing". As always, this annoys because while I know there is vanity sizing at that end of the spectrum, so many women can be a size 8.. but there is anti-vanity or make-you-feel-ever-crappier-about-yourself sizing at the high end too. The ( Read more... )

I am SO proud of my spindly legged little boyo! He biked 40 miles on roads today, and did incredibly well!

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Wow. Wiped ( Read more... )