photo friday: plants
The Photo Friday challenge for last week was “Plants.” This week’s challenge is “The Face.”
what i learned today
Flood: My Pine Lake Photos Flood Episode on our GBK radio station Language Arts: Cursive may be a fading skill, but so what? Camille is learning cursive, but I won’t make her use it. (I don’t use it.) The Case of the Missing โGโThis local McDonalds is advertising a burger that would make even the
seattle? atlantis? where are we?
What’s that bright orb up there in the sky? For a while there, we felt that we had been transplanted to Seattle. Day after day of gray, rainy skies. And then the torrential storms came…the ground was already saturated, so with no place for the water to go, it headed to the creeks and rivers.
what I learned today
books: From my neighbor Allison’s shared book blog:BBAW Day #5 – Giveaway!: This time for a copy of The Associate by John Grisham homeschooling: Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity
what i learned today
books: From my neighbor Allison’s shared book blog:BBAW Day #4 – Giveaway!: This time for a copy of Testimony by Anita Shreve. Dan Brown book selling better on Kindle than hardcover? Don’t, and never have, lived in Philly, but this is good news, nonetheless Nutter: “Plan C is Terminated”Plan C included closing the doors to
what i learned today
books: From my neighbor Allison: BBAW Day #2 Giveaway: Simon Bloom: The Gravity Keeper and Simon Bloom: The Octopus Effect by Michael Reisman Camille and I both enjoyed the first Simon Bloom book, so if you like to read what Camille likes to read, you’d enjoy it.
camping at last
I have a fond memory of camping as a kid. Sleeping in the tent, drinking hot tang and playing in the “woods” around the site. In fact, Rob and I registered for a tent, sleeping pads, a camp stove, etc. for our wedding and took it all with us to go camping at Cinnamon Bay
what i learned today
pets: Gazoo, our kitty, loves to help me feed the turtle (Dumbledore) twice a day. Turtle food is her absolute favorite treat. Cat nip does nothing for her, but the turtle food? Makes her go nuts.
what i learned today
books: From my neighbor Allison: BBAW Day #1 Giveaway: Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich (I don’t read mysteries, but maybe you do …) AND another: BBAW Day #1 – Another Giveaway! The giveaway books are The Chocolate Lovers’ Club by Carole Matthews and Mating Rituals of the North American WASP by Lauren Lipton. travel: The
what i learned today
books: The Amazon Kindle iPhone app has greatly improved. I bought a book at 2am last night while camping and read it on my phone. Awesome! (But I’m not yet loving the book club book: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance – Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!) music/radio: This American Life Episode
what i learned today
music: Cool “meta” video from They Might Be Giants: The Making of Electric Car Mr. Stinky Feet gives back social networking: Are you ready for Twitpocalypse Redux? Wow… Shutterfly is different from the last time I went … neat looking “blogs”! Love how I can take a Word file emailed to my gmail acct, open
photo friday: urban landscape
The Photo Friday challenge for last week was “Urban Landscape.” This week’s challenge is “Fear.”
what i learned today
social networking: Google owns a microblogging service called Jaiku. My “handle” is gbkgwyneth. I shouldn’t say bacon when I mea meatless breakfast strips (aka “fake bacon”). We’re paying too much for our webhoster. We have the basic plan, but the silver plan costs what we are currently paying and offers more benefits, like mySQL. work
social networking for work
Today at work, I attended a virtual meeting regarding choosing the right social networking tool. When I first had access to the IBM network while our company was being integrated, I was surprised, and overwhelmed, at the various social networking choices that were available within IBM. I’ve heard all the reasons that people don’t like
sun and surf
As happy as I was to get home and stay home for more than a couple days, after two weeks I knew that I needed to get away. The drudgery of being at home was getting to me. Even if I can’t get away from the homeschooling and work, a change of scenery always helps
quidditch, stormtroopers and the mario bros.
Every year, the streets of Atlanta are stormed by fairies, darth vaders and everything in between. Even though we’ve been living here for 10 years, I had never managed to make it to the annual Dragon*Con parade. This year I vowed to finally make it there to witness the Stormtroopers marching down Peachtree. What an
photofriday: seaside
The Photo Friday challenge for last week was “Seaside.” I didn’t submit an entry, but here’s my favorite seaside photo from the week. From Myrtle Beach – Aug/Sept 2009 This week’s challenge is “Urban Landscape.”
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