How did I manage to NOT post this in May 2014? It is rather badly overgrown now, but the patio is one of my favorite places to sit and read, or work, this time of year. Grant had to shift gears mid-year about his senior project. He came up with a really great idea: fix […]
Category: Kid Activities
A full week teaching!
I am still having pretty much the time of my life with the 7th and 8th graders I get to work with. There are plenty of things that are confusing, but I have so much support that I only have to ask a question (or if I have to fix things retroactively) and I get […]
The rest of the story…
I have been remiss in my “mama” mode for quite some time. I reported my own finishing, but neglected to trumpet my elder’s significant events this month! Here is a pic of him at his girlfriend’s house before the senior prom… And here is a pic of him a few days later, with his brother, […]
Mother’s Brag
AS in me, being a mother, bragging on my own child. Proud as I am of the kids, every so often one of them is particularly cute. Here is a pic I took this evening after the Alice in Wonderland performance, he’s posing with his makeup artist! Wish you could see the really amazing silver […]
What I’ve been up to…
Kids. More stuff with kids. LOTS of stuff with kids, and a welcome break from incessant studying. I officially finished my studies at Evergreen for the quarter on Wednesday evening when I showed up for an evaluation conference that was canceled at the last minute. Handed in my paperwork and gratefully went home early. I […]
Stidkid #2 in action
The students sparred as part of their taekwondo test. Here he is, with the glasses and long hair, starting on the right. Unfortunately, I can’t rotate the board-breaking video, so this will have to do. This was light sparring, the fellow on the left (all of the people on the left) were either instructors or […]
PhotoJournal
Days like yesterday are the reason Life is worth living!   Unfortunately none of the pics of one of the kids turned out. Oh well, here are: The Tacoma Art Museum (a couple of establishing shots, and one each of me, stidgmere and a stidkid with the blocks or prints we made yesterday) and the Glass […]
Another Birthday, Another Millstone
 [Note: this post is being written late and is subject to revision when I am coherent again…] Here are three best friends at a birthday party. They were pretty excited and happy, having just come from a movie and anticipating a pizza supper with cake for dessert. I did have to remind them a couple […]
Bragging Rights
As you-all probably know by now, I am unjustifiably proud of my kids. Well, it’s school play season again, and our younger has a great part (again). Here he is in a few pics from today, ladies and gents, I present Nicely-Nicely Johnson! Makeup artist at work: How to take a hat off, you can […]
Recovering slowly…
Initially, I didn’t have time or energy yet to write a full report on the last two three weeks, but I revised this the next day to cover the high (and low) lights. Suffice it to say, busy had been the operative word non-stop until December 20. And the next day I spent trying to […]