Monthly Archives: March 2006
Senseless Tragedy
A mother who “disciplined” her adopted 4 year old son to death in the area where I am from got her “advice” on childrearing from the Pearls. Yes, the vast majority of those who read the Pearls don’t kill their … Continue reading
Filed under in the news, parental ponderings
Wimpies (aka Sloppy Joes)
I haven’t posted a recipe since Lexi was born and I want to get back into the habit. We’ve been eating a lot of easier recipes lately, for obvious reasons. Last night we had Wimpies. Some people call these Sloppy … Continue reading
Book Club Update and More
The book club discussion went great. Everyone really liked and appreciated the book with one exception, who hated everything about it. There’s one in every crowd… All of you homeschooling families really ought to check out this week’s Hathor for … Continue reading
Hotslings
The “it” pouch sling is definitely hotslings, and I’ve been stalking the website ranking all the fabrics since Kate was born. I don’t own one, I make my own pouches, but there are a few prints I would love to … Continue reading
Filed under family life
Annual TCL Tournament Challenge Group
We’re hosting our third annual ESPN Tourament Challenge group. Fill out ONE bracket for the group here. The password is tclhoops. The first year, Dawn Garrett won and last year I took the title (for obvious reasons.)
Filed under sports
I love it too much
I am facilitating a discussion of My Name is Asher Lev on Tuesday and I am really nervous about it. I’ve been to book clubs, but I’ve never led one and I LOVE this book. I don’t know how I … Continue reading
Filed under books
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday to my sister, Laura. Of the four of us, she is definitely the funniest and most enigmatic. She’s also been either class president or student body president since the fifth grade (she’s a senior in high school this … Continue reading
Filed under family life
Silence is Golden
We’re all enjoying Mike’s spring break this week and blogging will probably continue to be light, unless I get inspired. I make no promises. I did upload a few new pictures of the girls to various albums.
Filed under family life, photo love
UNC News
I’m sure many of you have heard that an alumnus drove his car into the Pit on UNC’s campus in an attempt to harm people. It makes me ill just thinking about it. How can hurting college students “avenge the … Continue reading
Filed under in the news
No More Green Cape
Things just didn’t work out on the house’s end. A hard providence, but a good one. Ah, well.
Filed under family life
Offer Accepted!
The seller accepted our offer! I guess I’ll tell you a bit more about the house. It’s 4 bedrooms, 1 bath (~1400 sq. feet) in an urban neighborhood with a decent fenced-in yard. My family has lived in rural or … Continue reading
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| McLain
| Barbery
| Fitzpatrick
| Zusak
| Tickle
| Ricks
| Lupton
| Green
| Metaxas
| Wolters
