One of the joys of having my two daughters is being able to watch Little Bear on Noggin with them. Somehow, I completely missed Little Bear with my sons, which is a shame. It is such a wonderful show – like the classical music of the cartoon world. It’s literature for the preschool set. This [...]
Archive for January, 2008
I love Little Bear
Posted in entertainment, family, tagged family, kids, life, Little Bear, preschoolers, wonderful things on January 31, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Unpopular Public Schools in Nevada
Posted in culture, education, tagged education, integrity, public schools on January 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Las Vegas Review Journal recently ran an article about a survey of parents in Nevada and their attitudes towards the state’s public education system. This is crazy:
Just 11 percent of Nevada residents who responded to a recent survey on educational issues said they would send their children to public school if they had the [...]
Any professional writers out there?
Posted in writing, tagged bad grammar, editors, help, magazines, writing on January 30, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I’m in need of a little help. I have recently begun building a freelance writing business. Several months ago, I was hired to be a regular contributing writer for a start-up Christian Lifestyle magazine which is available in 30 states in Walmart, Borders and other national outlets. I’m not making money doing [...]
The Carnival of Homeschooling Is Up!
Posted in education, homeschooling, tagged blogs, carnival, homeschooling, resources on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you are homeschooling or interested in homeschooling, be sure to stop by the Carnival of Homeschooling hosted at Life on the Road. It’s a trip around the homeschool blogosphere without having to spend hour searching for something interesting.
Of particular interest to me was a review of the latest Caldecott award winner – The Invention [...]
Infant “Container Syndrome”
Posted in blog stuff, kids, tagged babies, child development, container syndrome, department of duh, dr. sears on January 29, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I love Dr. Sears. When my oldest son was a couple of months old I found a copy of his The Baby Book and felt like I had found a kindred spirit in parenting. I remember reading a part in his book about how unnatural it was for us to put our babies in carriers, [...]
Praise God!
Posted in current events, tagged commercials, making the world a better place, really terrible crap, wendy's on January 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Wendy’s has decided to stop running those awful commercials with guys wearing red pigtail wigs. The world just became a little better place to live in.
A prayer to begin your day with
Posted in religion, tagged Catholic practices, God, prayer, religion on January 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
As my family and friends who read this blog already know I was raised Catholic. I stopped considering myself Catholic over a decade ago because I believe the RCC to be in error on a great number of issues. However, I do think that the Catholic Church has managed to hold on to [...]
So does this mean they’re going to grow up to be terrorists?
Posted in being mom, family, humor, kids, tagged funny, kids, life, zoo tycoon on January 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This afternoon my 8 year old was annoying me so I suggested that he play his zoo tycoon game on another computer. This is one of those games where you have to set up a business and run it well to make more money to re-invest into the business and grow it, etc. Part of [...]
The Emerging Church Promise and Failure Part 2
Posted in religion, tagged ancient practices, art, christianity, doxology, emergent church, Emerging Church, religion, worship on January 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In my last post, I looked at how the emerging church movement is trying to re-construct Christianity in regards to praxis, or the living of a Christian life. Today I’m going to look at the emerging church’s approach to doxology.
Part 2: Doxology or “Doing” Church”
To start, I want to acknowledge that I’m using the [...]
