Yes, November was National Novel Writing Month. I don’t recall having heard about this before but I did probably, since Chris Kocher did a piece on some locals last year that were participating.
This year was my first year. I had all the enthusiasm of someone who found something new. I love to write so why [...]
Archive for the ‘Just my Thoughts’ Category
National Novel Writing Month
Posted in Just my Thoughts, tagged nanowrimo08 on 2 December 2008 | No Comments »
Advertising on High School Tests
Posted in Family, Just my Thoughts, tagged advertising, education, usatoday on 2 December 2008 | No Comments »
I was truly amazed by the article that appeared in USA Today on December 1st - “Ads on tests add up for teacher.” Now, don’t get me wrong. I think it is outrageous the amount of money that teachers spend out of pocket for what should be standard supplies for their classrooms. Those teachers who [...]
Fun Stuff
Posted in Just my Thoughts, tagged random on 1 December 2008 | 1 Comment »
Lisa posted a Do it, Done it list on her blog - after seeing it on Lain’s. What fun!
Put the items you’ve done in bold. I’ve italicized things I want to do.
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4 Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can [...]
Ten Commandments Hike
Posted in Family, Just my Thoughts, tagged boyscoutsofamerica, dutytogod, badenpowellcouncil, tencommandmentshike on 30 November 2008 | No Comments »
The third annual Baden Powell Council Boy Scouts of America Ten Commandments Hike was on Friday, November 28. This hike was open to boy scouts, girls scouts, religious and other youth groups. The title is a bit misleading as the layout this particular year involved a bit of driving but there was still some hiking [...]
Pumpkin Soup with Bleu Cheese and Bacon
Posted in Food and Recipes, Just my Thoughts, tagged pumpkin, recipe, soup on 30 November 2008 | 1 Comment »
Let me start by saying my family gets annoyed with my soup attempts. They do not believe that a soup course is necessary with big family meals. This year, though, we were eating Thanksgiving dinner later - around 3:30 pm - due to work schedules. I served the soup at 1 pm as a way [...]
Thanksgiving, 24 years ago
Posted in Family, Just my Thoughts, tagged thanksgiving, birth on 25 November 2008 | 1 Comment »
I visit Binghamton.MomsLikeMe.com on a frequent basis. I really like some of the discussions there and have met several people in real life and they are wonderful people. There was a question on Thanksgiving posted that gave me pause. The question dealt with how many Thanksgiving dinners one was attending this holiday. It took me [...]
What American Accent Do You Have?
Posted in Just my Thoughts, tagged quiz, accent on 25 November 2008 | 2 Comments »
I don’t normally take these quizzes but this one intrigued me when I saw it on Deana’s blog. I just had to find out.
What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The Inland North
You may think you speak “Standard English straight out of the dictionary” but when you step away from the Great Lakes you [...]
Make Ahead Mashed Potatoes
Posted in Family, Food and Recipes, Just my Thoughts, tagged potatoes, recipe, thanksgiving on 24 November 2008 | 1 Comment »
The only thing I truly hate about holidays is the amount of time I spend in the kitchen. Now, at my house, this is not truly an issue as the house is small but at others, it isolates the cook. One way I get around it is to make items in advance. Today I made [...]
Looks Like the Decision Is Made
Posted in Family, Just my Thoughts, tagged oneonta on 22 November 2008 | 1 Comment »
Last weekend my 18 year old son went on an overnight visit to his top choice of colleges. He had applied to four schools - SUNY Oneonta (early action), College of St Rose, York College and Duquesne University. He was, although he admitted the campus was not his favority, really taken by the program at [...]
Christmas Cards
Posted in Art, Just my Thoughts, tagged Art, christmascard, poinsettia on 22 November 2008 | 2 Comments »
I love the tradition of sending out Christmas cards. I usually make and send out approximately 60 of them. I have my first design done and am going to post it here. I have to say, I really want the card itself to be a deeper green, more of a forest, but this is all [...]
-
Flickr Photos
More Photos
