DJ has played sports for years. She started playing soccer at 5 and has continues to play each fall. She loves sparring in taekwondo. She loves pushing herself to learn more. And while that has all been fantastic, the one thing she has always lacked is her desire to compete. Let me rephrase that because…
Tag: parenting
Why School Events Drive Me to Drink
I am so not a fan of back to school nights or school social events. Maybe it is because I’ve been doing these for longer than most adults thanks to G. Or maybe because there are just too many elements of junior high among the adults. For example, these events at their school tend to…
POD – A View into Saturday
Definitely an autumn morning…..overcast, hazy, and cool. And leaves starting to turn. This picture was taken at 7:30am – before the first soccer game of the season. My kitty G taking my picture – my hobbit impression – he got a litre of a good beer. I felt like a hobbit.And I realized he needed…
Wednesday Ramblings
I had several blog post ideas started, but I got distracted last night while trying to write….so you get Emmy’s ramblings. –> My cat decided last night to bring me a live mouse. She was carrying it around by the scruff of the neck only to set it down to play with it, then catch…
Re-examining the Word "Slut"
I had two things annoy me on Sunday. One was my MIL who will get her very own post in a day or two. Figure G and I should talk about our plan of attack with that one before I vent about it. The other was an article I read on an online technology magazine…
The Joys of Parenting?
To steal a quote that TL posted recently…. “To have a child is to know that of all the lives you might have lived, only one was ever really possible.” ~Robert Brault I recently reflected upon this quotation after a former coworker on her blog (she has no idea I read nor will she) posted…
Glee as a Teachable Moment
“What does ‘fag’ mean and why is he saying it like that?”~DJ midway through the latest Glee episode.A question I figured she would ask. For those of you who have not watched Glee, let me summarize. It’s about a group of students which includes a couple jocks, couple cheerleaders, a gay teen, a disabled teen,…
The Bechdel Test
In 1985, Alison Bechdel in her comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For introduced this concept. See below:Basically, it goes like this. In order to pass this “test”, a movie must have all of the following: Two female characters present who have names. The two female characters must talk to each other. They must converse…
Random Wednesday Ramblings
Thanks for all of the comments on the past couple posts about the party. Someone asked me if there will be a part 3, and the answer is no. That was my night. Garbanzo and DJ are away at an overnight field trip. I’ve been getting pictures from him on my iPhone continuously for the…
Friday Field Trip
I love it when Dad’s do awesome things in the name of doing something cool for their kids. Check out Jim’s Pancakes – a dad who create the most awesome pancakes for his little girl. And he makes some amazing stuff. Kind of on the opposite end of spectrum is a great site – a…
