What do we *really* want to teach our children

I was so appalled to read about this misguided teacher in Florida. Aside from the unbelievable cruelty of this act, what has this woman really taught her classroom of 5 year olds? Compassion? Nope. Empathy? Nope. Tolerance? I think not. What she's really taught them is "conform, or you too will be ejected."

Kindergarten, Survivor Style. Sigh. I think Ms. Portilo needs to investigate other career choices.

Cousins!

Cousins! Cousins! Here come the boys! Bedlam! Mayhem! Noise! Noise! Noise!

The Souzas arrived today to help finish the basement! YAY!

Souzas do not waste any time. Demo is complete.

I love Souzas!

Stolen from Epona Harper who stole it from RaisedbyMoogles who stole it from someone else...you follow the chain, I have a bathroom to build!


Go here. Keep refreshing until you've collected five quotes that really resonate with you, then post 'em to your journal.


We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.
Bertha Calloway

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be.
William Hazlitt English essayist (1778 - 1830)

The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.
Thomas Moore Irish poet (1779 - 1852)

Nobody will ever win the Battle of the Sexes. There's just too much fraternizing with the enemy.
Henry Kissinger US (German-born) diplomat & scholar (1923 - )

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
Ralph Waldo Emerson US essayist & poet (1803 - 1882)

Indiana Jones and the 1040 of Doom

As an accountant I was quite amused by this letter to Indiana Jones from his CPA.

Happy Birthday!

I have abandoned Ondigo to the joys of basement renovation and I have taken the Birdling and Pigboy to the beach to celebrate my family's March and April Birthdays.















Are you jealous? You should be.

Yipee! It's a FLOOR!

Well, will you look at that! I have a floor!

Oh! And I also have HOT WATER!

It's the little things that make one content, you know?

There's a Hole in My Basement!

Well...the plumbing contractors were here yesterday. There is now a very large hole in my basement.....

And my water heater doesn't work...

Waiting on the plumbing inspector....

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sigh....