Comments on: Spoke Too Soon

By: Chuck Pelto

Chuck Pelto — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 16:25:53 +0000

P.P.S. Hey! Aren’t you and sidewinders related?

By: Chuck Pelto

Chuck Pelto — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 13:30:36 +0000

P.S. The winds dragged him through that nice 3″ spined cactus—the type that penetrates boot leather—before he found the snake.

By: Chuck Pelto

Chuck Pelto — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 13:27:53 +0000

TO: Kate
RE: A Bad Day, Eh?

You wouldn’t be a reincarnation of Lucille Ball, would you?

RE: A Real Bad Day…

…would be jumping into the NTC with high winds and landing on a side-winder. [Note: It actually happened to a man in my batt.]

Count your blessings….

…and keep up the good work.

Regards,

Chuck(le)

By: The Parenting Weblog

The Parenting Weblog — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 15:12:05 +0000

Homeschooling…

[photo source: smart austin] Recently, I met a lady who has been, for the past 3 years, homeschooling her 8 year-old child. For her, it was a relatively easy decision to make. Since she was an educator herself, even……

By: wg

wg — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 05:04:17 +0000

Kate, I’ve had days like that. I’m just glad they don’t all seem to hit me at the same time.

My sympathies with the difficulty…I get the impression you’re already seeing the humor in it. Have a martini…I’ll hoist a Guinness for ya at this end.

By: Buddy

Buddy — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 04:47:49 +0000

You’ll have days like that. Weeks sometimes. Don’t worry about being too strict on the routine, you can do homeschool ANY time. After the first year, it tends to get easier. On days like that my wife is like ‘oh screw it, lets go to the park’ or something like that. Call it ‘PE’ day.

-b

By: Rose

Rose — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 02:52:44 +0000

You’ll be laughing about this tomorrow, if not tonight.

The Big-Eyed Boy is indeed a lucky child. I envy both of you, and raise my martini glass to you.