“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” Alice…in Wonderland

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    Picking up the check

    April
    Picking up the check

    Everything we do requires trade-offs. Say “yes” to one opportunity, and you have to say “no” to others. Choose the right turn; miss out on the adventures to your left. Everything has an opportunity cost, and there is no way to avoid paying it. TANSTAAFL and all that jazz. One of the marks of maturity […]

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    Social media, how does this thing work, anyway? Part 3

    April

    One of the most basic of social media rules is “Be consistent with your posting.” IOW, don’t be me. Let’s wrap this up! We started with a basic overview of social media and then went over a few basic rules. Today, I’m going to go over a few specifics for 4 platforms: Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram, […]

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    Social media rules and guidelines, part 2

    April

    Yesterday, I shared a brief overview of different social media platforms. If you want to know how to use something, you have to know what it is. Today, I’ll be sharing my “rules” for using each platform. By “rule” I simply mean the methods I find most effective based on my experience and research. I […]

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    Social media use and misuse for beginners, part 1

    April

    So. Hi. Now before you go on about how I said “I’m back, baby!” and then was decidedly not back, I want to say I’ve been a little busy. I do that homeschooling thing, ya know. And we graduated our first kid this year! That’s right, I’m the parent of an adult child. Whoa. But senior […]

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    Belonging

    April
    Belonging

    This is a post I’ve been writing off and on for quite some time. Every time I see a parent post a video of her doped up kid after a dental appointment or a Facebook post attempting to shame a kid into good behavior, I cringe.  One of the primary responsibilities of a parent is […]

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    Not bad advice

    April
    Not bad advice

    One of the landmines parents have to walk through is teaching their kids not to tattle, but to always tell if someone is hurting themselves or others or going to do something that will end really badly for them. While my experience is that all kids will tattle occasionally, some kids are just natural tattlers. […]

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    Terrible Tuesday: breathing room

    April
    Terrible Tuesday: breathing room

    After last week (and the week before that, and the week before that), I need a break. We’re doing a whole lot of nothing this week. Well, not nothing. I’ve got a project and homeschool planning, and we still have to do our summer school schedule. We’re doing a whole lot of going nowhere. Well, a […]

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    Love the one you’re with.

    April
    Love the one you’re with.

    But not in the slutty hippie song way, and with better grammar. Love the one with whom you are? That doesn’t scan. Anyway, this was very convicting and has encouraged me to do social media fast today and possibly every Sunday. Thus the cost of all these are the most often conditions related to the […]

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    In which I demonstrate that I’m grumpier than the rest of the planet

    April

    This story illustrates the irresistible force  of the combined power of the internet, cute kids and puppies.  Two little girls want a puppy, so their dad says, “sure if you get a million likes on facebook.” One million clicks later, the family is scoping out shelters for a new dog. Everybody wins. Pardon me while […]

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