Have you ever signed your child up for an activity without realizing what you were getting yourself into? I have. Almost every time my son tries something new. While he doesn’t take after me […]
Nine Professors that You Meet Online
I have studied at a state university, a catholic junior college, and a private nonprofit university. I have been a day student, an evening student, and an online student. Some would say that this makes […]
Four Days in Virginia Beach
You may not have noticed, but I switched from a weekly posting schedule to a whenever-I-have-time posting schedule. August is a busy month for us and it’s also when we usually go on vacation. So […]
What to Expect When You’re a New Theater Parent
My son has participated in a local theater camp for the last three summers. At the end of camp the kids (ages 8-16) put on a musical at the high school. The kids and the […]
Five More Things that I Learned in the Past Five Months of Composting
July marked one year that I have been composting and it has already outlived many of my other hobbies. This is half by choice and half by virtue of the fact that composting is not […]
How to Survive Taking a Child to Their First Movie
I took my son to see his first movie when he was three. Every detail was planned in advance. Yet an impending sense of doom plagued me as we stepped up to the ticket window. […]
Five Things That Suck and Three That are Kind of Nice about Being an Introvert
I’m not obsessed with anything this week except trying to enjoy summer before the Labor Day fireworks herald its unofficial end. My post was going to be about enjoying summer without breaking the bank, but […]
