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Second College Visit: Lock Haven University
Today Miss 16 and I went on a tour of Lock Haven University and we both fell in love. The drive down was fairly uneventful, actually that’s not true ~ I did break out into song and dance during our 2 hour drive. Miss 16 sat quietly staring at me while shaking her head. On the way down we wondered what the campus would be like and if we’d like it. Miss 16 said she hoped it would be something like the scene from Oz ~ that we’d drive through the rain and Emerald City would burst through the haze. Well, it wasn’t Emerald City but it was The Haven.…
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Is This Bad Parenting or Just Kids Being Kids?
I watched this video of the Masche sextuplets on the Today Show and I was absolutely floored. Fa~loored! Those kids were absolutely positively out of control and the parents weren’t doing anything to stop it. You’ve got little boy standing behind Natalie Morales in the chair swinging at the other kid and hitting her in the back, the others are running around like they’ve just escaped from prison… Of course, the parents couldn’t regain control of their kids because their home training should have started at home. Seriously folks, you don’t let your kids go to someone’s house (and for all intents and purposes, the Today Show set is the…
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Book Review: What We Have: One Family’s Inspiring Story About Love, Loss, and Survival by Amy Boesky
What would you do if your family was genetically predisposed to cancer? Would you live your life in fear of developing the disease or would you live every day as if it were your last? This is the backdrop against which author and English professor, Amy Boesky, has lived her life. The women in her family have what can only be described as a generational curse ~ by the age of forty~five all of them develop and ultimately die from ovarian cancer. This memoir is a touching tribute to the women in her family and their attempts to live life to the fullest even in the face of overwhelming odds.…
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First College Visit: Wilkes University
I took another step towards letting go of Miss 16. We visited Wilkes University today. Commence wailing and moaning. Our appointment was at 1 PM, the admissions rep didn’t meet us until 1:17. I’m the type of person who is early for everything, especially when other people are dependent on me. Needless to say I was slightly peeved and told Miss 16 that we were leaving if our rep didn’t show up by 1:20. It’s not like we just showed up, we had an appointment… Anyway, the rep (along with two of her colleagues) met with us for about 20 or 25 minutes. I took notes while Miss 16 asked and answered questions. …
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Wordless Wednesday: The Library
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Book Review: What to Read When by Pam Allyn
Even though I’m a librarian, I sometimes have trouble finding age appropriate books. Don’t believe me? Then read this post. I mean, I know how to help college students conduct research, I know how to preserve documents and I know how to make early American history relevant to today’s present but sometimes finding a children’s book stumps me. That is where What to Read When: The Books and Stories to Read with Your Child ~ and All the Best Times to Read Them by Pam Allyn comes in handy. Pam Allyn is the the founder and executive director of LitLife, an internationally recognized organization that trains hundreds of K~12 teachers…
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Coffee Talk: The Jensen Project
Disclosure: I did not receive any compensation for this post, I just think it’s great that Proctor & Gamble and Walmart sponsor Family Movie Night. However, my husband is employed by Proctor & Gamble.
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Libraries are Hawt
Everyone knows that I heart the Old Spice guy (Isaiah Mustafa). Who else could make riding a horse backwards look so cool? Now thanks to a Twitter campaign by @wawoodworth, the Old Spice Guy is defending libraries and making them sound so hawt… Is that not hilarious?
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Coffee Talk: Thank You
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Wordless Wednesday: Monkey Love
To find out the deal on the monkeys, click the picture… For more Wordless Wednesday, check out 5 Minutes for Mom…
