I am serving my community by being on my school district’s 1:1 committee. The purpose is to see why our district might want to have 1:1. I feel that I’ve been a very very good person at keeping an open mind, not blogging about 1:1, putting bias aside from a couple families that I know…
I’ve proposed several times over the 13 years this house that I’d like the impact wall to be red. My husband always says no very firmly. I asked if he likes [insert one of four family members with red walls here]’s house. I’ve never heard, “How can they stand that room?” or “I get a…
Contrary to popular belief, honeybees do not hibernate. They stay active all winter long. The hive must stay warm, the bees must eat and feed their queen, and they have to defend against other animals seeking a warm place. I did a few different things this winter compared to the past winters, and I hope…
Since we are waiting for warm weather to finish up the laundry area of our kitchen (we have to move the exterior doorway), we’re updating the front hallway. It was formerly a cream colored hall with plenty of orange crayon streaks, pencil markings, and dark patches from dirty feet. You’d think four kids had lived…
I have used the French braid to deal with the skimpy amount of hair on the sides of my head since age 14 or so. Which means I’ve been doing it for a long time. I thought I’d snap a photo of what it looks like, then compare it to the fishtail pony. Here is…