My Own Thoughts

Women are Hypocritical when it comes to choosing by looks this article says. It says that women choose based on the looks of the guy. Two proofs were offered for this. One was an internet dating service where the guy put up his real picture and didn't get “any significant” response. (Meaning no gorgeous women?) [...]

I have a friend with a brain tumor. They took part of it out less than a month ago. They couldn't get it all. Now, as of last week, it was the same size it was before. That's not good. The doctor is freaking out. The kind of cancer they identified it as can't grow [...]

I teach my kids at home. I happen to be very qualified. I have a Bachelor of Science in Education although I do not hold a teacher's certificate. (I forgot to send something in and didn't get it 20 years ago. Now I would have to take new classes every year to get one.) I [...]

Texas requires that if you are going to homeschool you establish and operate as a private school. You must have written curriculum for reading, math, grammar, spelling, and good citizenship. There are no attendance requirements, no recording requirements, no filing requirements. That means I live in one of the best states in the Union for [...]

The Stumbos' (in NC) troubles began in September 1999 when their 2-year-old daughter slipped outside halfway through dressing – without any clothes – to chase her new kitten. Although an older sibling retrieved her a few minutes later, it was too late. A passerby reported the family to social services. Two hours later, a social [...]

First, always hire a kid to do it. It's cheaper and easier than hiring someone else or doing it yourself. Second, if the kid goes out of town, do it yourself. The first week. Third, if you didn't mow it yourself the first, second, or third week, don't expect to be able to mow it [...]

We have two cell phones and a landline. We have thought about dropping the landline. However, we have two kids at home who might need it. So instead we are planning on dropping the options: call waiting, caller ID, voice mail. That will drop the cost almost in half. I think it would be interesting [...]

My youngest came down and saw my hair. He says it looks like Ozzie Osborne's. I think that is worse than the wicked stepmother.

I was going for the Snow White look, but I think I got the wicked stepmother instead. For 15 years I have mostly been a red head. I had a few weeks, maybe three, with dark brown almost black hair. I also had a few months with blonde (or blonde-pink) hair. Before that my hair [...]

Since I homeschool, I have to purchase the textbooks for my kids. Today I will go check out A Beka's presentation at the Holiday Inn. It's on the NE side of Houston just like I am. Then next Tuesday I'll go check out Bob Jones and buy the ones I need from there. Then on [...]

It seems like I get my best ideas for my book (first draft finished) and its sequel (outlined but not written) at church. Today I even got some good names. Today the sermon was on the 23rd Psalm. The preacher was quoting from Phillip Kelver (?) A Shepherd's Look at the 23rd Psalm. I think [...]

The standard fix for a fibroid tumor is a hysterectomy. I don't know why and although my doctor knows what she does, she doesn't answer questions well. Or maybe I don't ask them well. Why do I need a hysterectomy? I don't know. My mom had one in her early 30s which fixed her menorrhagia [...]

My youngest was supposed to be spending the week with his grandparents. Yesterday, however, he called home and said he was sick. (I think it was the pound of chocolate candy he ate.) I went and got him last night. He took a bucket to throw up in and went straight to bed. He's been [...]

Not mine. Some good friends of mine are adopting a daughter from China. After working on it for two years, they received pictures of her from the Chinese government this week. They are so excited! The little girl was born Christmas day, 2001 and abandoned four days later near the Culture Center. She was wearing [...]

I finished the first full draft of my novel. I like it a lot, but I don't know what other people will think of it. I have meant to submit chapters to my critique group, but only put two up and the responses were pretty minimal. I took chapter one to a scifi convention last [...]

My husband is thinking about selling his car so he can commute on a bike. However, he's never ridden a motorcycle before and he doesn't know how it will go. Now he is thinking about taking the riding class and then renting a bike to ride for a week and try it out. Does anyone [...]

A friend of mine and my family for the last 27 years had what they thought was a stroke when she started slurring her words and lost the use of her right arm and leg. Turns out it was a fast-growing, highly aggressive brain tumor. They went in to cut it out. Took them two [...]

Two years ago, my husband got laid off from a high tech job. He's a programmer. Thankfully, before the severance ran out, he had another job. The work is good. It's on the platform he loves and has worked in. We wouldn't have survived long without a job, because we had no savings. However, the [...]

My oldest son, E-, has always had a problem with reflux. He threw up all he drank every time I tried to burp him as a baby. So no burping for him. I think he is allergic to several foods I love, because I threw up eight months when I carried him, an average of [...]

I decided, since I lost weight on Atkins but not anything else, that I would try it again. There is good news. I am not as sick as I was last time I started. I didn't get constipated. I didn't have bad stomach cramps. I haven't been so nauseous I thought I was going to [...]