Month: September 2015
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I got teachers to see and sandwiches to eat!
My 10-year old travels by himself on the subway to school each morning along with many other 10+ year olds. I usually walk him to the station each morning to […]
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The elk did it!
I knew it! It’s always the elk. You can’t hide those antlers in a security video!
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The Beatles broke up?!
Today I had to deliver news to my kids that no parent wants to have to say…… Oh wait, I meant that no parent in 1970 wants to say. “The […]
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Why kids love medical books
My youngest son was asked to do a short book report the other day on any book he wanted. He chose the book about sickness and diseases that he got […]
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Cheesus Crust Superstar
This is an actual ad from Pizza Hut in the newspaper in Stockholm. I think it’s funny but I wonder how well it would go over in the U.S.? I’m […]
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Up, up and away in my beautiful baboon
This is what I thought was being played on the radio back when I was about 8 years old. “Wouldn’t you like to ride in my beautiful baboon?” I would […]
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Italian for crazies
I’m trying to learn Italian at home with the Rosetta Stone program. Rosetta Stone is a great program for learning languages because it covers listening, writing, reading and speaking, though […]
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The importance of parents
The other day, my husband and I walked down to the post office (a ten minute walk) to pick up some packages. Before we left, we told our television watching […]
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My brilliant idea!
It is often said that your brain works to solve problems while you sleep. In fact, there are many famous stories of people waking up with wonderful ideas or solutions […]
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Never make a grocery list while tired
I was exhausted Monday and decided to make my grocery list for the next day right before bed. Here is the list I made, which I did not look at […]