A few weeks ago our high school band, of which both of my boys are a part of, had their district band assessment. Now, when they first told me about this, I kind of got a screwed up look on my face. You see, our ‘school district’ is comprised of TWO schools – our elementary [...]

I just got the coolest music CD for my nephew, Scooter Pie. I can’t wait for him to hear it. His name (other than Scooter Pie) is DJ. They didn’t have DJ, but, they did have Daniel. I am hoping that he gets called Daniel enough to appreciate the fact that the singers are singing [...]

My kids just had fall break last week. And tomorrow they go back to school. I am so relieved. And not for any of my usual reasons – selfishly wanting quiet, or needing to get work done. I am relieved because fall break just feels WEIRD to me. I’m from Texas, for those of you [...]

I’ve always dreamed of my children being in academic decathlons, but, this decathlon – a solar decathlon – it sounds very cool! And the pictures further prove the coolness! There are twenty different teams from universities around the world trying to build the most energy-efficient solar homes. The competition is a week long and happens [...]

What, I mean, what, could I possibly even say to that? Oh, I don’t know, maybe I could tell you about something “nuke-you-ler”, or maybe I could tell you that I, too, “do the Google” – but, I don’t know. I know I certainly don’t want to get on my No Child Left Behind soapbox, [...]

Those are the words of my sweet 10 year old daughter. She had to write a paragraph at school about a beautiful garden, and those words just really struck me. Are you just experiencing that waterfall with her upon hearing those words? I know that I am! It’s funny, because, a group of friends and [...]