A few days ago I inadvertently got into a political argument about race and Obama with two other homeschooling moms. It’s been a while since the incident, so I feel comfortable writing about it rationally. The day of the incident, I was so mad that there was no way I was going to try to [...]
Filed under: Homeschooling, Memphis, voting on October 30th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
We took all three of the kids to see “High School Musical 3″ in the movie theatre tonight. We watched the first two movies on the Disney Channel, free of charge. They sucked us in with the first two so they could charge us $40 to see the third installment.
Phillip had a hard time staying [...]
Filed under: Disney, Phillip, family, funny kids, growing up, kids on October 26th, 2008 | No Comments »
Having lived in the South all of my life, I sometimes get tired of people drawing sweeping stereotypes about Southerners. Even people who used to live here can’t seem to stay away from self-deprecating humor. Here Dooce, a former Southerner who now lives in Utah, makes fun of her hometown. Um, I live in Bartlett, [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on October 22nd, 2008 | No Comments »
A sad amendment to the notes I wrote about Elizabeth’s second teacher change. We found out last week that her teacher, Mr. Cowart, had been in the hospital with a very serious case of pneumonia since his leave of absence. We also learned that he had battled cancer in the past and that it may [...]
Filed under: Elizabeth, grief, kids, parenting, school on October 1st, 2008 | 2 Comments »