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You Had To Be There: "What the douche?"
My evil offspring is fond of the saying "What the deuce?!"... except I just heard her surprised exclamation "What the DOUCHE?".
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Random bits: Laurel's BFF, Los Lupes in Addison, Squeaky went shopping, I was serenaded in meows by
Random interesting things that have happened in the past few days ( Read more... ) -
Doing nothing is surprisingly exhausting.
I finally wibbled toward not attending Worldcon this year, although the Fluorospherian party was ridiculously tempting. johno, we'll meet at some con in the future ( Read more... ) -
Happy birthday, sunshine.
Dear Laurel,
Eight years ago today, you were born. In that time, you have more than doubled in height and septupled in weight, developed your own sense of style, and made it abundantly clear that you would like a daybed. (We are working on that last item, but you'll see that when you come home from summer vacation.)
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Laurel's artwork to be included in an upcoming student exhibit.
Laurel's artwork has been chosen for inclusion in a student art exhibit on display 17-28 March at the Chase bank in Farmers Branch (12875 Josey Lane, Google Maps).
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New books (Road to Reality, Motivation Breakthrough) and math manipulatives.
Gearing up for birthday week is fun. My latest Amazon.com order arrived yesterday, so I gave Vogon part of his gift early: a copy of Roger Penrose's The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe [review in Physics World].
I'm digging into Richard Lavoie's The Motivation Breakthrough with a pack of post-it flags and a notebook. ( Read more... ) -
Gods of Math: please don't strike me down for saying "skip counting".
One negative to growing up on Saxon math: I have helped Laurel build a great fact base, but she's struggling with explaining the concepts ( Read more... ) -
Photo: Laurel's artwork in the 2007-2008 Texas Education Agency events calendar.
A few days ago, the mail included a big envelope from the Texas Education Agency (TEA). I guessed that it might be Laurel's 2006-2007 Reflections entry, which had been displayed in the state exhibit ( Read more... ) -
Laurel and Sarah in today's YourHub.com print version!
In the Evergreen area today? If you pick up a copy of today's News or Post, you can see Laurel on the cover of the YourHub.com print section.
She's wearing a propeller beanie for the Fourth of July in the first and second photos here: 978.884_evergreen, 394.264_holidays, 306.85_family, laurel, 779_photographs