This year, it was Peter’s turn to hide our presents and put together the Christmas treasure hunt. I’m beginning to suspect he has ties to the nefarious G.N.O.M.E., which stole my presents in 2007, and surfaced this year, having taking presents from everyone except Peter, and leaving notes like this behind: Our first clue was…
Category: Daft Musings
My Alice in Wonderland Year
Personally, 2009 has been a year full of the unexpected. I got a job; Neil discovered a math community; Kelly went to private school; and Peter may be on the cusp of a new direction. I’m not quite sure what to make of it all, much less what to expect for 2010, but it has…
How to Kill a Magazine
Peter and I have discovered there is one sure way to kill a magazine: get Peter a gift subscription to it. This first happened many years ago, when we were new parents. I found out about a new parenting magazine, called Dad, directed to fathers. In my experience (back when I was still a new…
Another Test–Do not be alarmed
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From my garden
This tomato grew in my garden. Then Peter and Kelly gave it eyes and a smile. See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from carolynbickford’s posterous
RSS Feed Mania
I found out yesterday that I could feed my latest blog postings to my Twitter feed. I could also feed every quiz, poll, and repost I put on Facebook to my Twitter feed too. It must be annoying my Twitter followers like anything, since they all have better Twitter etiquette than this. On the other…
From Homeschool to Private School
I love homeschooling, but I originally only planned on homeschooling my academically precocious son. In November, Kelly joined Charybdis and Scylla when I saw her class and couldn’t leave her in there. But it was tough. No matter how we framed it, for Kelly, being pulled out of a class with her peers seemed like…
Testcode
Credit Card Type Credit Card TypeVISAMasterCardCard number First Name Last Name Update: Gosh, sorry all. I wanted to test some code for my work, and my blog happens to be the most convenient server for me to post things into. Then I got access to a real serer, became all caught up in the joys…
Why Homeschoolers Take the Summer Off, Like Everyone Else
Last year I pondered why do homeschoolers take the summer off, like everyone else. The intelligent thing to do, it seemed to me, would be to have school during the summer when everyone else is packing the vacation spots and prices are high. This year, I discovered why: it’s nearly impossible to get any schoolwork…
Vegas Donut Wars
When we stayed with my friend Chris in North Las Vegas last year, we were delighted to find a Dunkin Donuts near her house. Peter thought we’d left the franchise behind east of Chicago, but here it was, appropriately enough, in Sin City. So for breakfast on this trip, we wanted to go to a…