Kidney appreciation day

I have learned a valuable lesson over the last 24 hours: never take your vital organs for granted.

A couple of days ago I came down with a bladder infection.  Nothing major, but unpleasant nonetheless.  I figured I could just flush it out with some cranberry juice and water.  No big deal.  Things didn’t . . . → Read More: Kidney appreciation day

The first review, part I

I’ve decided that the first book I will experiment with will be one on feeding my child, since I feel extraordinarily clueless in this department.  You’d think it would be pretty easy and straightforward, but now that she is eating mainly solids and largely eschewing pureed baby food, I’m kind of at a loss.  . . . → Read More: The first review, part I

Update!

Ok, so I recently learned about the “I Pledge…” video that is to be shown to students (I told you I was a little out of the loop).  To be honest I really don’t like the whole wording of being “a servant to the President”, and it would be better if they displayed a picutre of . . . → Read More: Update!

Political propaganda or a valuable learning opportunity?

I will be the first to admit that I am a little out of the loop when it comes to politics.  I realize that many will point their fingers and cry, “Shame!  Don’t you realize what our ancestors went through??  Do you take our democratic society for granted??  Don’t you realize you are not . . . → Read More: Political propaganda or a valuable learning opportunity?

The case of the missing motivation

Oh my.  Sigh…What to do in such a situation?  I seem to have lost my motivation, have you seen it?  It’s actually gone missing for a couple of weeks.  I keep thinking it will come back, like a rogue cat off for an adventure but returning home eventually.  Perhaps a little mangled and worse . . . → Read More: The case of the missing motivation