Posted in I learned something new today, Rants & Rambles, Raquel on Jun 30th, 2005 1 Comment »
So, there’s a new pro-college blog. Yes, it’s almost a week old, but I just found out about it. I decided I should read it because it’s obviously written by women who have intelligent reasons to advocate college, not by people who think college is good just because ‘that’s what everyone does’. I knew I [...]
Posted in I learned something new today, Not Much of Anything, Rants & Rambles, Raquel on Jun 30th, 2005 5 Comments »
What is the definition of education?
I’m curious about variety and overlap of opinions in the readership of this blog. If you have an opinion about the answer please post it in the comments. Summaries would be nice, but feel free to add a long winded explanation. Oh, and James and Seth–I know you’ll find something [...]
Posted in I learned something new today, Life, Children and Dishes, Raquel on Jun 30th, 2005 1 Comment »
getting sincere compliments on my writing from people who know what they’re talking about (Sure, I can practice writing, but I’m not ready to write anything good. Am I?)
picking up a telephone to call someone–just to say hello
trying to say “I love you” when someone might realize I really mean it
realizing that the people [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes on Jun 29th, 2005 No Comments »
(Note: This is written slightly mist-eyed as the females in this house are getting hopelessly maudlin.)
He’s getting so big! Tonight Noah sat in a booster seat at the table for dinner. We had tried this before and he just wasn’t ready for it, but tonight he did really well. He was so excited [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, Quotes, Rants & Rambles, Thoughts on Being Womanly on Jun 29th, 2005 1 Comment »
I have been noticing a strange phenomenon cropping up in my manner of speaking. Lately I have found myself saying things like- “The other day we did such and such and I was worn out by the time it was done, but for reasons X, Y and Z it was worth it.” Or something like [...]
Posted in On Being Single, Rants & Rambles, Raquel on Jun 28th, 2005 3 Comments »
I just wrote a post about long term goals, so it seems that I shouldn’t have a post about short term impatience coming right after it. But I do.
I understand that fairy tale endings aren’t realistic. Maybe I don’t completely understand it at this point in my life, but I do live in a [...]
Posted in Rants & Rambles, Raquel on Jun 28th, 2005 No Comments »
I was going to post another poem I’ve written, but–you may breathe a sigh of relief–I couldn’t find it. So instead I’m going to write about oak trees.
Someday I would like to own a piece of property. Land in the country appeals to me, but I suspect my piece of property with be in [...]
Posted in I learned something new today, Projects, Raquel on Jun 28th, 2005 1 Comment »
Warning–this post really is about beading. I find the subject fascinating but you may find it rather dull.
I feel positively hyper–well, for me anyway. I’ve decided to order a bunch of beads and I have so many ideas for projects. I’ve never done any beading before. I did make a couple of necklaces [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes on Jun 27th, 2005 3 Comments »
Saturday we went to a fireworks display that is the finest I have ever seen. Even though it was going to be a late night we took the kids and I am glad we did. We got there maybe two hours before the fireworks started and had a rough time keeping the chillins entertained. Seth [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes on Jun 27th, 2005 1 Comment »
Our milk jugs of the week are dented. Every time I get one out to pour some milk I laugh because they are both in sorry shape. I managed to bang one into something resembling its normal shape, but until we finished the other one I laughed every time I saw it. But I was [...]