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NERD & NURTURER: LEMON BALM SUGAR: AN EXPERIMENT AND A RECIPE So, I devised an experiment. Granted this experiment would not pass a test of scientific rigor, but we are talking about a product with an extremely high margin for error, after all. Now, without further audieu, and in super-short science report form, I give you the NERD & NURTURER: GIVE YOURSELF A HUG Every negative feeling I had was viewed as something unnatural - something to rid myself of. I always ended up feeling like a failure because I couldn't stop the negative though process from occurring. Negativity was wrong. Therefor I was wrong because I felt that way. NERD & NURTURER: A RELUCTANT HOMESCHOOLER: FOUR REASONS I States like mine, where I have a minimum of record-keeping requirements and virtually no oversight to make sure I've fulfilled even those obligations, are a dream environment for the more libertarian-minded homeschool community. Personally, I disagree. I want to be regulated. NERD & NURTURER: WHY I DON'T LIKE CHESTER AND THE BIG BAD I'm all about children's books that promote kindness and tolerance for everyone and, on the first several readings, I really liked Chester and the Big Bad Bully. As time went on, though, I began to resent that book and the terrible lesson it taught my child. NERD & NURTURER: SOME DAYS ARE SUCH A BLAST... A If you've been reading this blog, you've read about an exceptionally good day in our homeschooling life. Now, to provide some reality and perspective, I’ll tell you about what a bad day looks like in ourhousehold:
NERD & NURTURER: 17 THINGS I LEARNED AT DRAGONCON DragonCon is known for the "Con Moment:" the life-changing, re-defining experience that occurs when you're surrounded by thousands of people who have identity-structuring things in common with you (most often and at the very least: a modicum of social awkwardness and a passionate enthusiasm for *something* in geek culture) NERD & NURTURER: SUPER-SATURATED LEARNING SOLUTION The first day with a chill in the morning air, a hint of my favorite season coming around the bend, we decided to scrap our day's lesson plans for a visit to our local nature center. NERD & NURTURER: AN ACCESSIBLE BIRTHDAY PARTY An Accessible Birthday Party. A few years ago, we attempted our first big birthday party for the J-Rex. It was, of course, a dinosaur theme, and we had all the typical activities you tend to have in birthday parties. There was one little problem, though: the J-Rex didn't enjoy the activities as much as her guests because several, such as the NERD & NURTURER: RE-THINKING FASHION FOR THE FAT, NERDY GIRL This may come as a surprise to people who know me, but, I admit it, I like fashion. Yeah, I know it sounds strange coming from me, but I like art and that's what fashion is: art on the body, just like my tattoos or long-disused piercings. NERD & NURTURER: SAVE IT ALL AND MAKE STOCK! I love fresh vegetables!Unless you have your own garden, though, fresh isn't always cheap nowadays.Personally, I like to visit our local Korean grocery store and plan meals around the veggies they have on sale. Even still, though, I would prepare my vegetables in the modern manner of chopping off the ends and peeling straight into the trashcan.
NERD & NURTURER: LEMON BALM SUGAR: AN EXPERIMENT AND A RECIPE So, I devised an experiment. Granted this experiment would not pass a test of scientific rigor, but we are talking about a product with an extremely high margin for error, after all. Now, without further audieu, and in super-short science report form, I give you the NERD & NURTURER: GIVE YOURSELF A HUG Every negative feeling I had was viewed as something unnatural - something to rid myself of. I always ended up feeling like a failure because I couldn't stop the negative though process from occurring. Negativity was wrong. Therefor I was wrong because I felt that way. NERD & NURTURER: A RELUCTANT HOMESCHOOLER: FOUR REASONS I States like mine, where I have a minimum of record-keeping requirements and virtually no oversight to make sure I've fulfilled even those obligations, are a dream environment for the more libertarian-minded homeschool community. Personally, I disagree. I want to be regulated. NERD & NURTURER: WHY I DON'T LIKE CHESTER AND THE BIG BAD I'm all about children's books that promote kindness and tolerance for everyone and, on the first several readings, I really liked Chester and the Big Bad Bully. As time went on, though, I began to resent that book and the terrible lesson it taught my child. NERD & NURTURER: SOME DAYS ARE SUCH A BLAST... A If you've been reading this blog, you've read about an exceptionally good day in our homeschooling life. Now, to provide some reality and perspective, I’ll tell you about what a bad day looks like in ourhousehold:
NERD & NURTURER: 17 THINGS I LEARNED AT DRAGONCON DragonCon is known for the "Con Moment:" the life-changing, re-defining experience that occurs when you're surrounded by thousands of people who have identity-structuring things in common with you (most often and at the very least: a modicum of social awkwardness and a passionate enthusiasm for *something* in geek culture)NERD & NURTURER
Wanna-Be. I'm a wannabe and it's ok. I want to be a lot of things: I want to be a known writer. I want to be a perspective-changer. I want to be a free spirit, wild and content in my imperfections. I want to be the kind of mother who teaches her child the most important of truths. I want to be a good example, to live my beliefs, practice whatI
NERD & NURTURER: IT AIN'T EASY BEING MOM This year, the J-Rex and I have had a difficult time in terms of our relationship, going through some growing pains on both of our parts. The strain got to me so much at one point that I broke down and did what so much parenting advice says is the exact wrong thing to do: I laid my own faults on the table. NERD & NURTURER: FACING FEARS & GROWING UP AT AMICALOLA FALLS Over the past year, I've been working on my fitness levels, with the goal of reigniting my once-hobby of hiking and backpacking. As part of this adventure, this Summer, I gathered the family and we went on a hike to the top of one of our local waterfalls, Amicalola Falls.Amicalola being only a 2-hour drive from our home, we made a spontaneous day trip of it, expecting to have a pleasant dive NERD & NURTURER: A NEW SCHOOL YEAR AND A SOLAR SYSTEM ON Using printable planet cut-outs, we created, not a mobile, but a solar system on our ceiling with the planets' (very loosely estimated) relative distances from the sun accounted for. NERD & NURTURER: AN OPEN HEART "You may like an orange, but you can't love it." I never really understood that. Why can't I love that orange? Why can't I see it not just for being a tasty fruit that's filled with vitamin C and sugar but also for its role as a beautiful individual organism in this incredible biosphere of ours? Is that not worthy of love? NERD & NURTURER: GIVE YOURSELF A HUG Every negative feeling I had was viewed as something unnatural - something to rid myself of. I always ended up feeling like a failure because I couldn't stop the negative though process from occurring. Negativity was wrong. Therefor I was wrong because I felt that way. NERD & NURTURER: SOME DAYS ARE SUCH A BLAST... A If you've been reading this blog, you've read about an exceptionally good day in our homeschooling life. Now, to provide some reality and perspective, I’ll tell you about what a bad day looks like in ourhousehold:
NERD & NURTURER: WHY I DON'T LIKE CHESTER AND THE BIG BAD I'm all about children's books that promote kindness and tolerance for everyone and, on the first several readings, I really liked Chester and the Big Bad Bully. As time went on, though, I began to resent that book and the terrible lesson it taught my child. NERD & NURTURER: NOVEMBER 2013 the ponderings of a nerdy nurturer. For a long time , I was pretty down. I was seeing my lifestyle fall apart around me, watching from the sidelines as I kept losing and losingfamily members and friends, jobs, possessions, confidence NERD & NURTURER: MAY 2013 It has been a very wet and weirdly cold Spring in my region of the world. I've lost a good half of the foxglove patch and a planter full of tomato, carrot, and marigold seeds due to drainage issues (and my poor placement of the patch), watched hard rains pummel and move seeds around their pots and in our few ground plots, have seen several herbs shrivel due to lack of sun and warmth, andNERD & NURTURER
Wanna-Be. I'm a wannabe and it's ok. I want to be a lot of things: I want to be a known writer. I want to be a perspective-changer. I want to be a free spirit, wild and content in my imperfections. I want to be the kind of mother who teaches her child the most important of truths. I want to be a good example, to live my beliefs, practice whatI
NERD & NURTURER: SUPER-SATURATED LEARNING SOLUTION The first day with a chill in the morning air, a hint of my favorite season coming around the bend, we decided to scrap our day's lesson plans for a visit to our local nature center. NERD & NURTURER: AN ACCESSIBLE BIRTHDAY PARTY An Accessible Birthday Party. A few years ago, we attempted our first big birthday party for the J-Rex. It was, of course, a dinosaur theme, and we had all the typical activities you tend to have in birthday parties. There was one little problem, though: the J-Rex didn't enjoy the activities as much as her guests because several, such as the NERD & NURTURER: TRYING HARD, A SELF-REFLECTION Sure, I did workI researched, read, learned on my ownbut only when it was fun and only with the things that piqued my interest for only as long as my interest stayed piqued. I never worked hard. NERD & NURTURER: THIS TIME IT'S DIFFERENT Good begets good and I began to see a lot of positive changes in my life manifesting in rapid succession. As my inner extrovert began to re-emerge, I began forging new friendships and rekindling old ones, bringing in an influx of members of my soul-tribe into my life that Ihad never expected.
NERD & NURTURER: LEMON BALM SUGAR: AN EXPERIMENT AND A RECIPE So, I devised an experiment. Granted this experiment would not pass a test of scientific rigor, but we are talking about a product with an extremely high margin for error, after all. Now, without further audieu, and in super-short science report form, I give you the NERD & NURTURER: 17 THINGS I LEARNED AT DRAGONCON DragonCon is known for the "Con Moment:" the life-changing, re-defining experience that occurs when you're surrounded by thousands of people who have identity-structuring things in common with you (most often and at the very least: a modicum of social awkwardness and a passionate enthusiasm for *something* in geek culture) NERD & NURTURER: GIVE YOURSELF A HUG Every negative feeling I had was viewed as something unnatural - something to rid myself of. I always ended up feeling like a failure because I couldn't stop the negative though process from occurring. Negativity was wrong. Therefor I was wrong because I felt that way. NERD & NURTURER: STEPPIN' INTO SECOND I am proud to announce that our first week of second grade is finished and went far better than I could have expected! I thought about how amazingly smooth our week went and all the changes I'm seeing in the J-Rex and realized that I needed to look at what I'm doing well now so that I can keep it up. NERD & NURTURER: MAY DAY PLAY DAY May Day is a dual holiday for me: As a born and raised political liberal and fan of the labor unions, I am happy to recognize all the working class people that fought so hard to make our lives easier today with the 40-hour work-week and safe working conditions on International Workers' Day! As a pagan, I also observe May Day as Beltane, the celebration of Spring, fertility, and life.NERD & NURTURER
Wanna-Be. I'm a wannabe and it's ok. I want to be a lot of things: I want to be a known writer. I want to be a perspective-changer. I want to be a free spirit, wild and content in my imperfections. I want to be the kind of mother who teaches her child the most important of truths. I want to be a good example, to live my beliefs, practice whatI
NERD & NURTURER: SUPER-SATURATED LEARNING SOLUTION The first day with a chill in the morning air, a hint of my favorite season coming around the bend, we decided to scrap our day's lesson plans for a visit to our local nature center. NERD & NURTURER: AN ACCESSIBLE BIRTHDAY PARTY An Accessible Birthday Party. A few years ago, we attempted our first big birthday party for the J-Rex. It was, of course, a dinosaur theme, and we had all the typical activities you tend to have in birthday parties. There was one little problem, though: the J-Rex didn't enjoy the activities as much as her guests because several, such as the NERD & NURTURER: TRYING HARD, A SELF-REFLECTION Sure, I did workI researched, read, learned on my ownbut only when it was fun and only with the things that piqued my interest for only as long as my interest stayed piqued. I never worked hard. NERD & NURTURER: THIS TIME IT'S DIFFERENT Good begets good and I began to see a lot of positive changes in my life manifesting in rapid succession. As my inner extrovert began to re-emerge, I began forging new friendships and rekindling old ones, bringing in an influx of members of my soul-tribe into my life that Ihad never expected.
NERD & NURTURER: LEMON BALM SUGAR: AN EXPERIMENT AND A RECIPE So, I devised an experiment. Granted this experiment would not pass a test of scientific rigor, but we are talking about a product with an extremely high margin for error, after all. Now, without further audieu, and in super-short science report form, I give you the NERD & NURTURER: 17 THINGS I LEARNED AT DRAGONCON DragonCon is known for the "Con Moment:" the life-changing, re-defining experience that occurs when you're surrounded by thousands of people who have identity-structuring things in common with you (most often and at the very least: a modicum of social awkwardness and a passionate enthusiasm for *something* in geek culture) NERD & NURTURER: GIVE YOURSELF A HUG Every negative feeling I had was viewed as something unnatural - something to rid myself of. I always ended up feeling like a failure because I couldn't stop the negative though process from occurring. Negativity was wrong. Therefor I was wrong because I felt that way. NERD & NURTURER: STEPPIN' INTO SECOND I am proud to announce that our first week of second grade is finished and went far better than I could have expected! I thought about how amazingly smooth our week went and all the changes I'm seeing in the J-Rex and realized that I needed to look at what I'm doing well now so that I can keep it up. NERD & NURTURER: MAY DAY PLAY DAY May Day is a dual holiday for me: As a born and raised political liberal and fan of the labor unions, I am happy to recognize all the working class people that fought so hard to make our lives easier today with the 40-hour work-week and safe working conditions on International Workers' Day! As a pagan, I also observe May Day as Beltane, the celebration of Spring, fertility, and life. NERD & NURTURER: "YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU WANT TO!" No one can "do anything they want to." We each have one or, at most, a small few things that we can truly be great at, that we are "meant" to do. These cannot just be NERD & NURTURER: THE CARETAKER The path has been twisting, turning, and a bit of a zig-zag, but it has brought me blessings beyond fairness: I have been lucky enough to be given more opportunities to grow and to love than most people get in a lifetime and I'm less than halfway through mine so far. NERD & NURTURER: THIS TIME IT'S DIFFERENT Good begets good and I began to see a lot of positive changes in my life manifesting in rapid succession. As my inner extrovert began to re-emerge, I began forging new friendships and rekindling old ones, bringing in an influx of members of my soul-tribe into my life that Ihad never expected.
NERD & NURTURER: LIFE AS OF LATE Things are Changing. I'm not even sure what all the changes will turn out to be but I know they will be hard (their foreshadowing already is) and they will be BIG. I am both afraid of the losses that will come with these changes and excited to find out what this great unknown ahead of me has in store. All I know right now is that I'm ready to jump in (though I might still be clinging to my NERD & NURTURER: QUITTING SMOKING .As I get ready to publish this post, I am officially two weeks nicotine-free. Statistically, this is the point at which my body is 100% free of its dependence on the chemical! I began writing this post a week into my journey and have decided to complete and publish the post today as a celebration of my nicotine independence day. NERD & NURTURER: A NEW SCHOOL YEAR AND A SOLAR SYSTEM ON Using printable planet cut-outs, we created, not a mobile, but a solar system on our ceiling with the planets' (very loosely estimated) relative distances from the sun accounted for. NERD & NURTURER: GIVE YOURSELF A HUG Every negative feeling I had was viewed as something unnatural - something to rid myself of. I always ended up feeling like a failure because I couldn't stop the negative though process from occurring. Negativity was wrong. Therefor I was wrong because I felt that way. NERD & NURTURER: RE-THINKING FASHION FOR THE FAT, NERDY GIRL This may come as a surprise to people who know me, but, I admit it, I like fashion. Yeah, I know it sounds strange coming from me, but I like art and that's what fashion is: art on the body, just like my tattoos or long-disused piercings. NERD & NURTURER: SURVIVING THE STORE WITH A SCAVENGER HUNT Knowing I'd be distracted looking for the things I need, I didn't want to neglect the J-Rex's schooling for the duration of the trip and I also wanted to avoid the inevitable chaos that typically accompanies store trips with young children. So, I decided to turn our errand into an adventuresome scavenger hunt that incorporated math concepts we're currently working on, visual scanning practice NERD & NURTURER: SUMMER, WHAT SUMMER? TIPS FROM A WASHED Some plants fared better than others in similar conditions: While spiders ate my Summer Savory and Parsley, somehow the cucumbers beatout the cobwebs to
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Wanna-Be. I'm a wannabe and it's ok. I want to be a lot of things: I want to be a known writer. I want to be a perspective-changer. I want to be a free spirit, wild and content in my imperfections. I want to be the kind of mother who teaches her child the most important of truths. I want to be a good example, to live my beliefs, practice whatI
NERD & NURTURER: SUPER-SATURATED LEARNING SOLUTION The first day with a chill in the morning air, a hint of my favorite season coming around the bend, we decided to scrap our day's lesson plans for a visit to our local nature center. NERD & NURTURER: AN ACCESSIBLE BIRTHDAY PARTY An Accessible Birthday Party. A few years ago, we attempted our first big birthday party for the J-Rex. It was, of course, a dinosaur theme, and we had all the typical activities you tend to have in birthday parties. There was one little problem, though: the J-Rex didn't enjoy the activities as much as her guests because several, such as the NERD & NURTURER: 17 THINGS I LEARNED AT DRAGONCON DragonCon is known for the "Con Moment:" the life-changing, re-defining experience that occurs when you're surrounded by thousands of people who have identity-structuring things in common with you (most often and at the very least: a modicum of social awkwardness and a passionate enthusiasm for *something* in geek culture) NERD & NURTURER: GIVE YOURSELF A HUG Every negative feeling I had was viewed as something unnatural - something to rid myself of. I always ended up feeling like a failure because I couldn't stop the negative though process from occurring. Negativity was wrong. Therefor I was wrong because I felt that way. NERD & NURTURER: LEMON BALM SUGAR: AN EXPERIMENT AND A RECIPE So, I devised an experiment. Granted this experiment would not pass a test of scientific rigor, but we are talking about a product with an extremely high margin for error, after all. Now, without further audieu, and in super-short science report form, I give you the NERD & NURTURER: STEPPIN' INTO SECOND I am proud to announce that our first week of second grade is finished and went far better than I could have expected! I thought about how amazingly smooth our week went and all the changes I'm seeing in the J-Rex and realized that I needed to look at what I'm doing well now so that I can keep it up. NERD & NURTURER: RE-THINKING FASHION FOR THE FAT, NERDY GIRL This may come as a surprise to people who know me, but, I admit it, I like fashion. Yeah, I know it sounds strange coming from me, but I like art and that's what fashion is: art on the body, just like my tattoos or long-disused piercings. NERD & NURTURER: MAY DAY PLAY DAY May Day is a dual holiday for me: As a born and raised political liberal and fan of the labor unions, I am happy to recognize all the working class people that fought so hard to make our lives easier today with the 40-hour work-week and safe working conditions on International Workers' Day! As a pagan, I also observe May Day as Beltane, the celebration of Spring, fertility, and life. NERD & NURTURER: BECOMING A MODERN-DAY APPLE ANNIE When you're stuck at home because the job search isn't panning out, you have to think outside the box. In the depression, when so many were out of work and scrounging for the money they needed to get by, people began to realize the value of making use of any talents/skills to earn even the smallest amount of money here and there.NERD & NURTURER
Wanna-Be. I'm a wannabe and it's ok. I want to be a lot of things: I want to be a known writer. I want to be a perspective-changer. I want to be a free spirit, wild and content in my imperfections. I want to be the kind of mother who teaches her child the most important of truths. I want to be a good example, to live my beliefs, practice whatI
NERD & NURTURER: SUPER-SATURATED LEARNING SOLUTION The first day with a chill in the morning air, a hint of my favorite season coming around the bend, we decided to scrap our day's lesson plans for a visit to our local nature center. NERD & NURTURER: AN ACCESSIBLE BIRTHDAY PARTY An Accessible Birthday Party. A few years ago, we attempted our first big birthday party for the J-Rex. It was, of course, a dinosaur theme, and we had all the typical activities you tend to have in birthday parties. There was one little problem, though: the J-Rex didn't enjoy the activities as much as her guests because several, such as the NERD & NURTURER: 17 THINGS I LEARNED AT DRAGONCON DragonCon is known for the "Con Moment:" the life-changing, re-defining experience that occurs when you're surrounded by thousands of people who have identity-structuring things in common with you (most often and at the very least: a modicum of social awkwardness and a passionate enthusiasm for *something* in geek culture) NERD & NURTURER: GIVE YOURSELF A HUG Every negative feeling I had was viewed as something unnatural - something to rid myself of. I always ended up feeling like a failure because I couldn't stop the negative though process from occurring. Negativity was wrong. Therefor I was wrong because I felt that way. NERD & NURTURER: LEMON BALM SUGAR: AN EXPERIMENT AND A RECIPE So, I devised an experiment. Granted this experiment would not pass a test of scientific rigor, but we are talking about a product with an extremely high margin for error, after all. Now, without further audieu, and in super-short science report form, I give you the NERD & NURTURER: STEPPIN' INTO SECOND I am proud to announce that our first week of second grade is finished and went far better than I could have expected! I thought about how amazingly smooth our week went and all the changes I'm seeing in the J-Rex and realized that I needed to look at what I'm doing well now so that I can keep it up. NERD & NURTURER: RE-THINKING FASHION FOR THE FAT, NERDY GIRL This may come as a surprise to people who know me, but, I admit it, I like fashion. Yeah, I know it sounds strange coming from me, but I like art and that's what fashion is: art on the body, just like my tattoos or long-disused piercings. NERD & NURTURER: MAY DAY PLAY DAY May Day is a dual holiday for me: As a born and raised political liberal and fan of the labor unions, I am happy to recognize all the working class people that fought so hard to make our lives easier today with the 40-hour work-week and safe working conditions on International Workers' Day! As a pagan, I also observe May Day as Beltane, the celebration of Spring, fertility, and life. NERD & NURTURER: BECOMING A MODERN-DAY APPLE ANNIE When you're stuck at home because the job search isn't panning out, you have to think outside the box. In the depression, when so many were out of work and scrounging for the money they needed to get by, people began to realize the value of making use of any talents/skills to earn even the smallest amount of money here and there. NERD & NURTURER: "YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU WANT TO!" No one can "do anything they want to." We each have one or, at most, a small few things that we can truly be great at, that we are "meant" to do. These cannot just be NERD & NURTURER: LIFE AS OF LATE Things are Changing. I'm not even sure what all the changes will turn out to be but I know they will be hard (their foreshadowing already is) and they will be BIG. I am both afraid of the losses that will come with these changes and excited to find out what this great unknown ahead of me has in store. All I know right now is that I'm ready to jump in (though I might still be clinging to my NERD & NURTURER: THIS TIME IT'S DIFFERENT Good begets good and I began to see a lot of positive changes in my life manifesting in rapid succession. As my inner extrovert began to re-emerge, I began forging new friendships and rekindling old ones, bringing in an influx of members of my soul-tribe into my life that Ihad never expected.
NERD & NURTURER: A NEW SCHOOL YEAR AND A SOLAR SYSTEM ON Using printable planet cut-outs, we created, not a mobile, but a solar system on our ceiling with the planets' (very loosely estimated) relative distances from the sun accounted for. NERD & NURTURER: QUITTING SMOKING .As I get ready to publish this post, I am officially two weeks nicotine-free. Statistically, this is the point at which my body is 100% free of its dependence on the chemical! I began writing this post a week into my journey and have decided to complete and publish the post today as a celebration of my nicotine independence day. NERD & NURTURER: GIVE YOURSELF A HUG Every negative feeling I had was viewed as something unnatural - something to rid myself of. I always ended up feeling like a failure because I couldn't stop the negative though process from occurring. Negativity was wrong. Therefor I was wrong because I felt that way. NERD & NURTURER: SOME THINGS SHOULDN'T EVER GO ON A TO-DO LIST At first, I decided to put both "tasks," blogging and gardening, on my to-do list like everything else I felt like I needed to do. Then, a few days went by and I couldn't get to everything. I would look at the words, "write a blog post" and "plant beans" and feel like something was slipping away from me with every day of productivity that Iaccomplished.
NERD & NURTURER: RE-THINKING FASHION FOR THE FAT, NERDY GIRL This may come as a surprise to people who know me, but, I admit it, I like fashion. Yeah, I know it sounds strange coming from me, but I like art and that's what fashion is: art on the body, just like my tattoos or long-disused piercings. NERD & NURTURER: SURVIVING THE STORE WITH A SCAVENGER HUNT Knowing I'd be distracted looking for the things I need, I didn't want to neglect the J-Rex's schooling for the duration of the trip and I also wanted to avoid the inevitable chaos that typically accompanies store trips with young children. So, I decided to turn our errand into an adventuresome scavenger hunt that incorporated math concepts we're currently working on, visual scanning practice NERD & NURTURER: SUMMER, WHAT SUMMER? TIPS FROM A WASHED Some plants fared better than others in similar conditions: While spiders ate my Summer Savory and Parsley, somehow the cucumbers beatout the cobwebs to
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Wanna-Be. I'm a wannabe and it's ok. I want to be a lot of things: I want to be a known writer. I want to be a perspective-changer. I want to be a free spirit, wild and content in my imperfections. I want to be the kind of mother who teaches her child the most important of truths. I want to be a good example, to live my beliefs, practice whatI
NERD & NURTURER: SUPER-SATURATED LEARNING SOLUTION The first day with a chill in the morning air, a hint of my favorite season coming around the bend, we decided to scrap our day's lesson plans for a visit to our local nature center. NERD & NURTURER: AN ACCESSIBLE BIRTHDAY PARTY An Accessible Birthday Party. A few years ago, we attempted our first big birthday party for the J-Rex. It was, of course, a dinosaur theme, and we had all the typical activities you tend to have in birthday parties. There was one little problem, though: the J-Rex didn't enjoy the activities as much as her guests because several, such as the NERD & NURTURER: 17 THINGS I LEARNED AT DRAGONCON DragonCon is known for the "Con Moment:" the life-changing, re-defining experience that occurs when you're surrounded by thousands of people who have identity-structuring things in common with you (most often and at the very least: a modicum of social awkwardness and a passionate enthusiasm for *something* in geek culture) NERD & NURTURER: GIVE YOURSELF A HUG Every negative feeling I had was viewed as something unnatural - something to rid myself of. I always ended up feeling like a failure because I couldn't stop the negative though process from occurring. Negativity was wrong. Therefor I was wrong because I felt that way. NERD & NURTURER: LEMON BALM SUGAR: AN EXPERIMENT AND A RECIPE So, I devised an experiment. Granted this experiment would not pass a test of scientific rigor, but we are talking about a product with an extremely high margin for error, after all. Now, without further audieu, and in super-short science report form, I give you the NERD & NURTURER: STEPPIN' INTO SECOND I am proud to announce that our first week of second grade is finished and went far better than I could have expected! I thought about how amazingly smooth our week went and all the changes I'm seeing in the J-Rex and realized that I needed to look at what I'm doing well now so that I can keep it up. NERD & NURTURER: RE-THINKING FASHION FOR THE FAT, NERDY GIRL This may come as a surprise to people who know me, but, I admit it, I like fashion. Yeah, I know it sounds strange coming from me, but I like art and that's what fashion is: art on the body, just like my tattoos or long-disused piercings. NERD & NURTURER: MAY DAY PLAY DAY May Day is a dual holiday for me: As a born and raised political liberal and fan of the labor unions, I am happy to recognize all the working class people that fought so hard to make our lives easier today with the 40-hour work-week and safe working conditions on International Workers' Day! As a pagan, I also observe May Day as Beltane, the celebration of Spring, fertility, and life. NERD & NURTURER: BECOMING A MODERN-DAY APPLE ANNIE When you're stuck at home because the job search isn't panning out, you have to think outside the box. In the depression, when so many were out of work and scrounging for the money they needed to get by, people began to realize the value of making use of any talents/skills to earn even the smallest amount of money here and there.NERD & NURTURER
Wanna-Be. I'm a wannabe and it's ok. I want to be a lot of things: I want to be a known writer. I want to be a perspective-changer. I want to be a free spirit, wild and content in my imperfections. I want to be the kind of mother who teaches her child the most important of truths. I want to be a good example, to live my beliefs, practice whatI
NERD & NURTURER: SUPER-SATURATED LEARNING SOLUTION The first day with a chill in the morning air, a hint of my favorite season coming around the bend, we decided to scrap our day's lesson plans for a visit to our local nature center. NERD & NURTURER: AN ACCESSIBLE BIRTHDAY PARTY An Accessible Birthday Party. A few years ago, we attempted our first big birthday party for the J-Rex. It was, of course, a dinosaur theme, and we had all the typical activities you tend to have in birthday parties. There was one little problem, though: the J-Rex didn't enjoy the activities as much as her guests because several, such as the NERD & NURTURER: 17 THINGS I LEARNED AT DRAGONCON DragonCon is known for the "Con Moment:" the life-changing, re-defining experience that occurs when you're surrounded by thousands of people who have identity-structuring things in common with you (most often and at the very least: a modicum of social awkwardness and a passionate enthusiasm for *something* in geek culture) NERD & NURTURER: GIVE YOURSELF A HUG Every negative feeling I had was viewed as something unnatural - something to rid myself of. I always ended up feeling like a failure because I couldn't stop the negative though process from occurring. Negativity was wrong. Therefor I was wrong because I felt that way. NERD & NURTURER: LEMON BALM SUGAR: AN EXPERIMENT AND A RECIPE So, I devised an experiment. Granted this experiment would not pass a test of scientific rigor, but we are talking about a product with an extremely high margin for error, after all. Now, without further audieu, and in super-short science report form, I give you the NERD & NURTURER: STEPPIN' INTO SECOND I am proud to announce that our first week of second grade is finished and went far better than I could have expected! I thought about how amazingly smooth our week went and all the changes I'm seeing in the J-Rex and realized that I needed to look at what I'm doing well now so that I can keep it up. NERD & NURTURER: RE-THINKING FASHION FOR THE FAT, NERDY GIRL This may come as a surprise to people who know me, but, I admit it, I like fashion. Yeah, I know it sounds strange coming from me, but I like art and that's what fashion is: art on the body, just like my tattoos or long-disused piercings. NERD & NURTURER: MAY DAY PLAY DAY May Day is a dual holiday for me: As a born and raised political liberal and fan of the labor unions, I am happy to recognize all the working class people that fought so hard to make our lives easier today with the 40-hour work-week and safe working conditions on International Workers' Day! As a pagan, I also observe May Day as Beltane, the celebration of Spring, fertility, and life. NERD & NURTURER: BECOMING A MODERN-DAY APPLE ANNIE When you're stuck at home because the job search isn't panning out, you have to think outside the box. In the depression, when so many were out of work and scrounging for the money they needed to get by, people began to realize the value of making use of any talents/skills to earn even the smallest amount of money here and there. NERD & NURTURER: "YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU WANT TO!" No one can "do anything they want to." We each have one or, at most, a small few things that we can truly be great at, that we are "meant" to do. These cannot just be NERD & NURTURER: LIFE AS OF LATE Things are Changing. I'm not even sure what all the changes will turn out to be but I know they will be hard (their foreshadowing already is) and they will be BIG. I am both afraid of the losses that will come with these changes and excited to find out what this great unknown ahead of me has in store. All I know right now is that I'm ready to jump in (though I might still be clinging to my NERD & NURTURER: THIS TIME IT'S DIFFERENT Good begets good and I began to see a lot of positive changes in my life manifesting in rapid succession. As my inner extrovert began to re-emerge, I began forging new friendships and rekindling old ones, bringing in an influx of members of my soul-tribe into my life that Ihad never expected.
NERD & NURTURER: A NEW SCHOOL YEAR AND A SOLAR SYSTEM ON Using printable planet cut-outs, we created, not a mobile, but a solar system on our ceiling with the planets' (very loosely estimated) relative distances from the sun accounted for. NERD & NURTURER: QUITTING SMOKING .As I get ready to publish this post, I am officially two weeks nicotine-free. Statistically, this is the point at which my body is 100% free of its dependence on the chemical! I began writing this post a week into my journey and have decided to complete and publish the post today as a celebration of my nicotine independence day. NERD & NURTURER: GIVE YOURSELF A HUG Every negative feeling I had was viewed as something unnatural - something to rid myself of. I always ended up feeling like a failure because I couldn't stop the negative though process from occurring. Negativity was wrong. Therefor I was wrong because I felt that way. NERD & NURTURER: SOME THINGS SHOULDN'T EVER GO ON A TO-DO LIST At first, I decided to put both "tasks," blogging and gardening, on my to-do list like everything else I felt like I needed to do. Then, a few days went by and I couldn't get to everything. I would look at the words, "write a blog post" and "plant beans" and feel like something was slipping away from me with every day of productivity that Iaccomplished.
NERD & NURTURER: RE-THINKING FASHION FOR THE FAT, NERDY GIRL This may come as a surprise to people who know me, but, I admit it, I like fashion. Yeah, I know it sounds strange coming from me, but I like art and that's what fashion is: art on the body, just like my tattoos or long-disused piercings. NERD & NURTURER: SURVIVING THE STORE WITH A SCAVENGER HUNT Knowing I'd be distracted looking for the things I need, I didn't want to neglect the J-Rex's schooling for the duration of the trip and I also wanted to avoid the inevitable chaos that typically accompanies store trips with young children. So, I decided to turn our errand into an adventuresome scavenger hunt that incorporated math concepts we're currently working on, visual scanning practice NERD & NURTURER: SUMMER, WHAT SUMMER? TIPS FROM A WASHED Some plants fared better than others in similar conditions: While spiders ate my Summer Savory and Parsley, somehow the cucumbers beatout the cobwebs to
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Wanna-Be. I'm a wannabe and it's ok. I want to be a lot of things: I want to be a known writer. I want to be a perspective-changer. I want to be a free spirit, wild and content in my imperfections. I want to be the kind of mother who teaches her child the most important of truths. I want to be a good example, to live my beliefs, practice whatI
NERD & NURTURER: SUPER-SATURATED LEARNING SOLUTION The first day with a chill in the morning air, a hint of my favorite season coming around the bend, we decided to scrap our day's lesson plans for a visit to our local nature center. NERD & NURTURER: AN ACCESSIBLE BIRTHDAY PARTY An Accessible Birthday Party. A few years ago, we attempted our first big birthday party for the J-Rex. It was, of course, a dinosaur theme, and we had all the typical activities you tend to have in birthday parties. There was one little problem, though: the J-Rex didn't enjoy the activities as much as her guests because several, such as the NERD & NURTURER: 17 THINGS I LEARNED AT DRAGONCON DragonCon is known for the "Con Moment:" the life-changing, re-defining experience that occurs when you're surrounded by thousands of people who have identity-structuring things in common with you (most often and at the very least: a modicum of social awkwardness and a passionate enthusiasm for *something* in geek culture) NERD & NURTURER: GIVE YOURSELF A HUG Every negative feeling I had was viewed as something unnatural - something to rid myself of. I always ended up feeling like a failure because I couldn't stop the negative though process from occurring. Negativity was wrong. Therefor I was wrong because I felt that way. NERD & NURTURER: LEMON BALM SUGAR: AN EXPERIMENT AND A RECIPE So, I devised an experiment. Granted this experiment would not pass a test of scientific rigor, but we are talking about a product with an extremely high margin for error, after all. Now, without further audieu, and in super-short science report form, I give you the NERD & NURTURER: STEPPIN' INTO SECOND I am proud to announce that our first week of second grade is finished and went far better than I could have expected! I thought about how amazingly smooth our week went and all the changes I'm seeing in the J-Rex and realized that I needed to look at what I'm doing well now so that I can keep it up. NERD & NURTURER: RE-THINKING FASHION FOR THE FAT, NERDY GIRL This may come as a surprise to people who know me, but, I admit it, I like fashion. Yeah, I know it sounds strange coming from me, but I like art and that's what fashion is: art on the body, just like my tattoos or long-disused piercings. NERD & NURTURER: MAY DAY PLAY DAY May Day is a dual holiday for me: As a born and raised political liberal and fan of the labor unions, I am happy to recognize all the working class people that fought so hard to make our lives easier today with the 40-hour work-week and safe working conditions on International Workers' Day! As a pagan, I also observe May Day as Beltane, the celebration of Spring, fertility, and life. NERD & NURTURER: BECOMING A MODERN-DAY APPLE ANNIE When you're stuck at home because the job search isn't panning out, you have to think outside the box. In the depression, when so many were out of work and scrounging for the money they needed to get by, people began to realize the value of making use of any talents/skills to earn even the smallest amount of money here and there.NERD & NURTURER
Wanna-Be. I'm a wannabe and it's ok. I want to be a lot of things: I want to be a known writer. I want to be a perspective-changer. I want to be a free spirit, wild and content in my imperfections. I want to be the kind of mother who teaches her child the most important of truths. I want to be a good example, to live my beliefs, practice whatI
NERD & NURTURER: SUPER-SATURATED LEARNING SOLUTION The first day with a chill in the morning air, a hint of my favorite season coming around the bend, we decided to scrap our day's lesson plans for a visit to our local nature center. NERD & NURTURER: AN ACCESSIBLE BIRTHDAY PARTY An Accessible Birthday Party. A few years ago, we attempted our first big birthday party for the J-Rex. It was, of course, a dinosaur theme, and we had all the typical activities you tend to have in birthday parties. There was one little problem, though: the J-Rex didn't enjoy the activities as much as her guests because several, such as the NERD & NURTURER: 17 THINGS I LEARNED AT DRAGONCON DragonCon is known for the "Con Moment:" the life-changing, re-defining experience that occurs when you're surrounded by thousands of people who have identity-structuring things in common with you (most often and at the very least: a modicum of social awkwardness and a passionate enthusiasm for *something* in geek culture) NERD & NURTURER: GIVE YOURSELF A HUG Every negative feeling I had was viewed as something unnatural - something to rid myself of. I always ended up feeling like a failure because I couldn't stop the negative though process from occurring. Negativity was wrong. Therefor I was wrong because I felt that way. NERD & NURTURER: LEMON BALM SUGAR: AN EXPERIMENT AND A RECIPE So, I devised an experiment. Granted this experiment would not pass a test of scientific rigor, but we are talking about a product with an extremely high margin for error, after all. Now, without further audieu, and in super-short science report form, I give you the NERD & NURTURER: STEPPIN' INTO SECOND I am proud to announce that our first week of second grade is finished and went far better than I could have expected! I thought about how amazingly smooth our week went and all the changes I'm seeing in the J-Rex and realized that I needed to look at what I'm doing well now so that I can keep it up. NERD & NURTURER: RE-THINKING FASHION FOR THE FAT, NERDY GIRL This may come as a surprise to people who know me, but, I admit it, I like fashion. Yeah, I know it sounds strange coming from me, but I like art and that's what fashion is: art on the body, just like my tattoos or long-disused piercings. NERD & NURTURER: MAY DAY PLAY DAY May Day is a dual holiday for me: As a born and raised political liberal and fan of the labor unions, I am happy to recognize all the working class people that fought so hard to make our lives easier today with the 40-hour work-week and safe working conditions on International Workers' Day! As a pagan, I also observe May Day as Beltane, the celebration of Spring, fertility, and life. NERD & NURTURER: BECOMING A MODERN-DAY APPLE ANNIE When you're stuck at home because the job search isn't panning out, you have to think outside the box. In the depression, when so many were out of work and scrounging for the money they needed to get by, people began to realize the value of making use of any talents/skills to earn even the smallest amount of money here and there.NERD & NURTURER
Wanna-Be. I'm a wannabe and it's ok. I want to be a lot of things: I want to be a known writer. I want to be a perspective-changer. I want to be a free spirit, wild and content in my imperfections. I want to be the kind of mother who teaches her child the most important of truths. I want to be a good example, to live my beliefs, practice whatI
NERD & NURTURER: AN ACCESSIBLE BIRTHDAY PARTY An Accessible Birthday Party. A few years ago, we attempted our first big birthday party for the J-Rex. It was, of course, a dinosaur theme, and we had all the typical activities you tend to have in birthday parties. There was one little problem, though: the J-Rex didn't enjoy the activities as much as her guests because several, such as the NERD & NURTURER: LEMON BALM SUGAR: AN EXPERIMENT AND A RECIPE So, I devised an experiment. Granted this experiment would not pass a test of scientific rigor, but we are talking about a product with an extremely high margin for error, after all. Now, without further audieu, and in super-short science report form, I give you the NERD & NURTURER: DAYDREAMING: LITERACY AMONG THE VISUALLY Daydreaming: Literacy Among the Visually Impaired. I'm a daydreamer. I like to daydream about futures that will never be and realities far from my own. Sometimes, I like to daydream about awesome things that could be: I dream of a big warehouse filled with large-print (in high contrast and with wide spacing), braille, e-book, and audio-book NERD & NURTURER: THE CARETAKER The path has been twisting, turning, and a bit of a zig-zag, but it has brought me blessings beyond fairness: I have been lucky enough to be given more opportunities to grow and to love than most people get in a lifetime and I'm less than halfway through mine so far. NERD & NURTURER: SUPER-SATURATED LEARNING SOLUTION The first day with a chill in the morning air, a hint of my favorite season coming around the bend, we decided to scrap our day's lesson plans for a visit to our local nature center. NERD & NURTURER: AN ACCESSIBLE BIRTHDAY PARTY An Accessible Birthday Party. A few years ago, we attempted our first big birthday party for the J-Rex. It was, of course, a dinosaur theme, and we had all the typical activities you tend to have in birthday parties. There was one little problem, though: the J-Rex didn't enjoy the activities as much as her guests because several, such as the NERD & NURTURER: EVOLUTION & CHANGE When I started this blog, I was temporarily homeschooling the J-Rex and trying my hand at urban farming, suburban condo-style. The vast majority of my initial posts were about my first excellent year in the garden and the incredible (and a few not-so-incredible) experiences the J-Rex and I were having in our homeschool journey. NERD & NURTURER: AN OPEN HEART Love is a crazy thing. In modern society, we are brought up to believe that love is a strong worda word to be used with caution. We are taught that it is acceptable to like a thing but not to love it. NERD & NURTURER: QUITTING SMOKING .As I get ready to publish this post, I am officially two weeks nicotine-free. Statistically, this is the point at which my body is 100% free of its dependence on the chemical! I began writing this post a week into my journey and have decided to complete and publish the post today as a celebration of my nicotine independence day. NERD & NURTURER: OVERDUE LIKE A LIBRARY BOOK Instead, I find myself doing what so many in our ADD technology and social media-driven modern society do: I scroll through my Facebook feed desperately seeking somethinga connectiona justification for my distractionan inspiration to do something elseand rarely finding more than a momentary, virtual, not-fully-real bandaid to place on the gaping wound of my distraction. NERD & NURTURER: 17 THINGS I LEARNED AT DRAGONCON DragonCon is known for the "Con Moment:" the life-changing, re-defining experience that occurs when you're surrounded by thousands of people who have identity-structuring things in common with you (most often and at the very least: a modicum of social awkwardness and a passionate enthusiasm for *something* in geek culture) NERD & NURTURER: OCTOBER 2013 These seeds were planted three weeks ago under the assumption that, like last year, our Fall would be fairly warm. As it goes in my part of the world, though, I should have known that mild Winters are always followed by early frosts and colder temps the next time around. MEDITATION, YOGA, & THE DISTRACTED CHILD: SA TA NA MA A while back, the J-Rex's Occupational Therapist began working with her on a finger isolation technique that involved touching your thumb to each fingertip in turn. When the J-Rex told me about the exercise, I was immediately reminded of a meditation listed in her yoga book, the Sa Ta Na Ma Meditation. NERD & NURTURER: THE CARETAKER The path has been twisting, turning, and a bit of a zig-zag, but it has brought me blessings beyond fairness: I have been lucky enough to be given more opportunities to grow and to love than most people get in a lifetime and I'm less than halfway through mine so far. NERD & NURTURER: SUPER-SATURATED LEARNING SOLUTION The first day with a chill in the morning air, a hint of my favorite season coming around the bend, we decided to scrap our day's lesson plans for a visit to our local nature center. NERD & NURTURER: AN ACCESSIBLE BIRTHDAY PARTY An Accessible Birthday Party. A few years ago, we attempted our first big birthday party for the J-Rex. It was, of course, a dinosaur theme, and we had all the typical activities you tend to have in birthday parties. There was one little problem, though: the J-Rex didn't enjoy the activities as much as her guests because several, such as the NERD & NURTURER: EVOLUTION & CHANGE When I started this blog, I was temporarily homeschooling the J-Rex and trying my hand at urban farming, suburban condo-style. The vast majority of my initial posts were about my first excellent year in the garden and the incredible (and a few not-so-incredible) experiences the J-Rex and I were having in our homeschool journey. NERD & NURTURER: AN OPEN HEART Love is a crazy thing. In modern society, we are brought up to believe that love is a strong worda word to be used with caution. We are taught that it is acceptable to like a thing but not to love it. NERD & NURTURER: QUITTING SMOKING .As I get ready to publish this post, I am officially two weeks nicotine-free. Statistically, this is the point at which my body is 100% free of its dependence on the chemical! I began writing this post a week into my journey and have decided to complete and publish the post today as a celebration of my nicotine independence day. NERD & NURTURER: OVERDUE LIKE A LIBRARY BOOK Instead, I find myself doing what so many in our ADD technology and social media-driven modern society do: I scroll through my Facebook feed desperately seeking somethinga connectiona justification for my distractionan inspiration to do something elseand rarely finding more than a momentary, virtual, not-fully-real bandaid to place on the gaping wound of my distraction. NERD & NURTURER: 17 THINGS I LEARNED AT DRAGONCON DragonCon is known for the "Con Moment:" the life-changing, re-defining experience that occurs when you're surrounded by thousands of people who have identity-structuring things in common with you (most often and at the very least: a modicum of social awkwardness and a passionate enthusiasm for *something* in geek culture) NERD & NURTURER: OCTOBER 2013 These seeds were planted three weeks ago under the assumption that, like last year, our Fall would be fairly warm. As it goes in my part of the world, though, I should have known that mild Winters are always followed by early frosts and colder temps the next time around. MEDITATION, YOGA, & THE DISTRACTED CHILD: SA TA NA MA A while back, the J-Rex's Occupational Therapist began working with her on a finger isolation technique that involved touching your thumb to each fingertip in turn. When the J-Rex told me about the exercise, I was immediately reminded of a meditation listed in her yoga book, the Sa Ta Na Ma Meditation.NERD & NURTURER
Wanna-Be. I'm a wannabe and it's ok. I want to be a lot of things: I want to be a known writer. I want to be a perspective-changer. I want to be a free spirit, wild and content in my imperfections. I want to be the kind of mother who teaches her child the most important of truths. I want to be a good example, to live my beliefs, practice whatI
NERD & NURTURER: AN ACCESSIBLE BIRTHDAY PARTY An Accessible Birthday Party. A few years ago, we attempted our first big birthday party for the J-Rex. It was, of course, a dinosaur theme, and we had all the typical activities you tend to have in birthday parties. There was one little problem, though: the J-Rex didn't enjoy the activities as much as her guests because several, such as the NERD & NURTURER: LEMON BALM SUGAR: AN EXPERIMENT AND A RECIPE So, I devised an experiment. Granted this experiment would not pass a test of scientific rigor, but we are talking about a product with an extremely high margin for error, after all. Now, without further audieu, and in super-short science report form, I give you the NERD & NURTURER: DAYDREAMING: LITERACY AMONG THE VISUALLY I am finding out that there is a very clear reason for the amount of concern there is among the blind and visually-impaired community about literacyand I have a dream to help NERD & NURTURER: THE CARETAKER The path has been twisting, turning, and a bit of a zig-zag, but it has brought me blessings beyond fairness: I have been lucky enough to be given more opportunities to grow and to love than most people get in a lifetime and I'm less than halfway through mine so far. NERD & NURTURER: SUPER-SATURATED LEARNING SOLUTION The first day with a chill in the morning air, a hint of my favorite season coming around the bend, we decided to scrap our day's lesson plans for a visit to our local nature center. NERD & NURTURER: AN ACCESSIBLE BIRTHDAY PARTY So, this year, the theme the J-Rex chose for her party was "Woodland Fairy-Tale." We searched around and found an excellent park to have the party at that has a waterfall, an old Spring House with a moat that looks just like a fairy castle, picnic tables, and a nice, flat trail that will be easy to navigate for her friends that use whitecanes.
NERD & NURTURER: EVOLUTION & CHANGE When I started this blog, I was temporarily homeschooling the J-Rex and trying my hand at urban farming, suburban condo-style. The vast majority of my initial posts were about my first excellent year in the garden and the incredible (and a few not-so-incredible) experiences the J-Rex and I were having in our homeschool journey. NERD & NURTURER: AN OPEN HEART Love is a crazy thing. In modern society, we are brought up to believe that love is a strong worda word to be used with caution. We are taught that it is acceptable to like a thing but not to love it. NERD & NURTURER: QUITTING SMOKING .As I get ready to publish this post, I am officially two weeks nicotine-free. Statistically, this is the point at which my body is 100% free of its dependence on the chemical! I began writing this post a week into my journey and have decided to complete and publish the post today as a celebration of my nicotine independence day. NERD & NURTURER: OVERDUE LIKE A LIBRARY BOOK Instead, I find myself doing what so many in our ADD technology and social media-driven modern society do: I scroll through my Facebook feed desperately seeking somethinga connectiona justification for my distractionan inspiration to do something elseand rarely finding more than a momentary, virtual, not-fully-real bandaid to place on the gaping wound of my distraction. NERD & NURTURER: 17 THINGS I LEARNED AT DRAGONCON DragonCon is known for the "Con Moment:" the life-changing, re-defining experience that occurs when you're surrounded by thousands of people who have identity-structuring things in common with you (most often and at the very least: a modicum of social awkwardness and a passionate enthusiasm for *something* in geek culture) NERD & NURTURER: OCTOBER 2013 These seeds were planted three weeks ago under the assumption that, like last year, our Fall would be fairly warm. As it goes in my part of the world, though, I should have known that mild Winters are always followed by early frosts and colder temps the next time around. MEDITATION, YOGA, & THE DISTRACTED CHILD: SA TA NA MA A while back, the J-Rex's Occupational Therapist began working with her on a finger isolation technique that involved touching your thumb to each fingertip in turn. When the J-Rex told me about the exercise, I was immediately reminded of a meditation listed in her yoga book, the Sa Ta Na Ma Meditation. NERD & NURTURER: THE CARETAKER The path has been twisting, turning, and a bit of a zig-zag, but it has brought me blessings beyond fairness: I have been lucky enough to be given more opportunities to grow and to love than most people get in a lifetime and I'm less than halfway through mine so far. NERD & NURTURER: SUPER-SATURATED LEARNING SOLUTION The first day with a chill in the morning air, a hint of my favorite season coming around the bend, we decided to scrap our day's lesson plans for a visit to our local nature center. NERD & NURTURER: AN ACCESSIBLE BIRTHDAY PARTY So, this year, the theme the J-Rex chose for her party was "Woodland Fairy-Tale." We searched around and found an excellent park to have the party at that has a waterfall, an old Spring House with a moat that looks just like a fairy castle, picnic tables, and a nice, flat trail that will be easy to navigate for her friends that use whitecanes.
NERD & NURTURER: EVOLUTION & CHANGE When I started this blog, I was temporarily homeschooling the J-Rex and trying my hand at urban farming, suburban condo-style. The vast majority of my initial posts were about my first excellent year in the garden and the incredible (and a few not-so-incredible) experiences the J-Rex and I were having in our homeschool journey. NERD & NURTURER: AN OPEN HEART Love is a crazy thing. In modern society, we are brought up to believe that love is a strong worda word to be used with caution. We are taught that it is acceptable to like a thing but not to love it. NERD & NURTURER: QUITTING SMOKING .As I get ready to publish this post, I am officially two weeks nicotine-free. Statistically, this is the point at which my body is 100% free of its dependence on the chemical! I began writing this post a week into my journey and have decided to complete and publish the post today as a celebration of my nicotine independence day. NERD & NURTURER: OVERDUE LIKE A LIBRARY BOOK Instead, I find myself doing what so many in our ADD technology and social media-driven modern society do: I scroll through my Facebook feed desperately seeking somethinga connectiona justification for my distractionan inspiration to do something elseand rarely finding more than a momentary, virtual, not-fully-real bandaid to place on the gaping wound of my distraction. NERD & NURTURER: 17 THINGS I LEARNED AT DRAGONCON DragonCon is known for the "Con Moment:" the life-changing, re-defining experience that occurs when you're surrounded by thousands of people who have identity-structuring things in common with you (most often and at the very least: a modicum of social awkwardness and a passionate enthusiasm for *something* in geek culture) NERD & NURTURER: OCTOBER 2013 These seeds were planted three weeks ago under the assumption that, like last year, our Fall would be fairly warm. As it goes in my part of the world, though, I should have known that mild Winters are always followed by early frosts and colder temps the next time around. MEDITATION, YOGA, & THE DISTRACTED CHILD: SA TA NA MA A while back, the J-Rex's Occupational Therapist began working with her on a finger isolation technique that involved touching your thumb to each fingertip in turn. When the J-Rex told me about the exercise, I was immediately reminded of a meditation listed in her yoga book, the Sa Ta Na Ma Meditation.NERD & NURTURER
The other morning, the hubs had taken the car to work at an early hour and let me sleep in. I was woken up by the J-Rex, who proceeded to quiz me on my favorite breakfast foods and promptly bring me a surprise (I had to close my eyes when she brought it in) breakfast inbed.
NERD & NURTURER: AN ACCESSIBLE BIRTHDAY PARTY So, this year, the theme the J-Rex chose for her party was "Woodland Fairy-Tale." We searched around and found an excellent park to have the party at that has a waterfall, an old Spring House with a moat that looks just like a fairy castle, picnic tables, and a nice, flat trail that will be easy to navigate for her friends that use whitecanes.
NERD & NURTURER: LEMON BALM SUGAR: AN EXPERIMENT AND A RECIPE So, I devised an experiment. Granted this experiment would not pass a test of scientific rigor, but we are talking about a product with an extremely high margin for error, after all. Now, without further audieu, and in super-short science report form, I give you the NERD & NURTURER: DAYDREAMING: LITERACY AMONG THE VISUALLY I am finding out that there is a very clear reason for the amount of concern there is among the blind and visually-impaired community about literacyand I have a dream to help NERD & NURTURER: SUPER-SATURATED LEARNING SOLUTION The first day with a chill in the morning air, a hint of my favorite season coming around the bend, we decided to scrap our day's lesson plans for a visit to our local nature center. NERD & NURTURER: EVOLUTION & CHANGE When I started this blog, I was temporarily homeschooling the J-Rex and trying my hand at urban farming, suburban condo-style. The vast majority of my initial posts were about my first excellent year in the garden and the incredible (and a few not-so-incredible) experiences the J-Rex and I were having in our homeschool journey. NERD & NURTURER: BLOGGING FOR THE BETTER It's been quite a while since I wrote a post on this blog - quite a while during which I had a million thoughts to share and more ideas to write about than I knew what to do with. So what happened? Why didn't I write up and post a single one of the myriad of topics that havegone through my
NERD & NURTURER: QUITTING SMOKING .As I get ready to publish this post, I am officially two weeks nicotine-free. Statistically, this is the point at which my body is 100% free of its dependence on the chemical! I began writing this post a week into my journey and have decided to complete and publish the post today as a celebration of my nicotine independence day. NERD & NURTURER: "YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU WANT TO!" No one can "do anything they want to." We each have one or, at most, a small few things that we can truly be great at, that we are "meant" to do. These cannot just be NERD & NURTURER: THIS TIME IT'S DIFFERENT Good begets good and I began to see a lot of positive changes in my life manifesting in rapid succession. As my inner extrovert began to re-emerge, I began forging new friendships and rekindling old ones, bringing in an influx of members of my soul-tribe into my life that Ihad never expected.
NERD & NURTURER: AN ACCESSIBLE BIRTHDAY PARTY So, this year, the theme the J-Rex chose for her party was "Woodland Fairy-Tale." We searched around and found an excellent park to have the party at that has a waterfall, an old Spring House with a moat that looks just like a fairy castle, picnic tables, and a nice, flat trail that will be easy to navigate for her friends that use whitecanes.
NERD & NURTURER: SOME DAYS ARE SUCH A BLAST... A If you've been reading this blog, you've read about an exceptionally good day in our homeschooling life. Now, to provide some reality and perspective, I’ll tell you about what a bad day looks like in ourhousehold:
NERD & NURTURER: IT AIN'T EASY BEING MOM This year, the J-Rex and I have had a difficult time in terms of our relationship, going through some growing pains on both of our parts. The strain got to me so much at one point that I broke down and did what so much parenting advice says is the exact wrong thing to do: I laid my own faults on the table. MEDITATION, YOGA, & THE DISTRACTED CHILD: SA TA NA MA A while back, the J-Rex's Occupational Therapist began working with her on a finger isolation technique that involved touching your thumb to each fingertip in turn. When the J-Rex told me about the exercise, I was immediately reminded of a meditation listed in her yoga book, the Sa Ta Na Ma Meditation. NERD & NURTURER: SUPER-SATURATED LEARNING SOLUTION The first day with a chill in the morning air, a hint of my favorite season coming around the bend, we decided to scrap our day's lesson plans for a visit to our local nature center. NERD & NURTURER: EVOLUTION & CHANGE When I started this blog, I was temporarily homeschooling the J-Rex and trying my hand at urban farming, suburban condo-style. The vast majority of my initial posts were about my first excellent year in the garden and the incredible (and a few not-so-incredible) experiences the J-Rex and I were having in our homeschool journey. NERD & NURTURER: BLOGGING FOR THE BETTER It's been quite a while since I wrote a post on this blog - quite a while during which I had a million thoughts to share and more ideas to write about than I knew what to do with. So what happened? Why didn't I write up and post a single one of the myriad of topics that havegone through my
NERD & NURTURER: QUITTING SMOKING .As I get ready to publish this post, I am officially two weeks nicotine-free. Statistically, this is the point at which my body is 100% free of its dependence on the chemical! I began writing this post a week into my journey and have decided to complete and publish the post today as a celebration of my nicotine independence day. NERD & NURTURER: "YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU WANT TO!" No one can "do anything they want to." We each have one or, at most, a small few things that we can truly be great at, that we are "meant" to do. These cannot just be NERD & NURTURER: THIS TIME IT'S DIFFERENT Good begets good and I began to see a lot of positive changes in my life manifesting in rapid succession. As my inner extrovert began to re-emerge, I began forging new friendships and rekindling old ones, bringing in an influx of members of my soul-tribe into my life that Ihad never expected.
NERD & NURTURER: AN ACCESSIBLE BIRTHDAY PARTY So, this year, the theme the J-Rex chose for her party was "Woodland Fairy-Tale." We searched around and found an excellent park to have the party at that has a waterfall, an old Spring House with a moat that looks just like a fairy castle, picnic tables, and a nice, flat trail that will be easy to navigate for her friends that use whitecanes.
NERD & NURTURER: SOME DAYS ARE SUCH A BLAST... A If you've been reading this blog, you've read about an exceptionally good day in our homeschooling life. Now, to provide some reality and perspective, I’ll tell you about what a bad day looks like in ourhousehold:
NERD & NURTURER: IT AIN'T EASY BEING MOM This year, the J-Rex and I have had a difficult time in terms of our relationship, going through some growing pains on both of our parts. The strain got to me so much at one point that I broke down and did what so much parenting advice says is the exact wrong thing to do: I laid my own faults on the table. MEDITATION, YOGA, & THE DISTRACTED CHILD: SA TA NA MA A while back, the J-Rex's Occupational Therapist began working with her on a finger isolation technique that involved touching your thumb to each fingertip in turn. When the J-Rex told me about the exercise, I was immediately reminded of a meditation listed in her yoga book, the Sa Ta Na Ma Meditation.NERD & NURTURER
The other morning, the hubs had taken the car to work at an early hour and let me sleep in. I was woken up by the J-Rex, who proceeded to quiz me on my favorite breakfast foods and promptly bring me a surprise (I had to close my eyes when she brought it in) breakfast inbed.
NERD & NURTURER: AN ACCESSIBLE BIRTHDAY PARTY So, this year, the theme the J-Rex chose for her party was "Woodland Fairy-Tale." We searched around and found an excellent park to have the party at that has a waterfall, an old Spring House with a moat that looks just like a fairy castle, picnic tables, and a nice, flat trail that will be easy to navigate for her friends that use whitecanes.
NERD & NURTURER: LEMON BALM SUGAR: AN EXPERIMENT AND A RECIPE So, I devised an experiment. Granted this experiment would not pass a test of scientific rigor, but we are talking about a product with an extremely high margin for error, after all. Now, without further audieu, and in super-short science report form, I give you the NERD & NURTURER: DAYDREAMING: LITERACY AMONG THE VISUALLY There is a proliferation of cctv's now being used to help bridge this gap in terms of accessible reading materials for the visually impaired, but there are a few problems with this solution: First, they are incredibly expensive, leaving a huge portion of the population reliant on difficult-to-navigate charities for access to thistechnology.
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 2015 THE PROBLEM WITH "DREAM GIRLS" Today, I ran across an article that I hoped was an exposition on the many things that are more important that physical attractiveness when choosing a mate. And it was. Kind of. I should have known I was going to be disappointed from the first two words in the title, "dream girl," but I pressed on and read the article, hoping upon hope that it wasn't going to be the heaping pile of the most insidious type of sexism that it was. If you ignore the content of Dream Girl: The Difference Between A Pretty Face And A Beautiful Person,
the subheadings of the article ring true: I absolutely agree that passion, kindness, and uniqueness - among many other traits - are more important than traditional physical attractiveness in a partner. Unfortunately, the author takes what could have been a wonderful concept for an article and turns it on its head with his unrealistic expectations and clear consideration of women as the "other."Read more »
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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2014WANNA-BE
I'm a wannabe and it's ok. I want to be a lot of things: I want to be a known writer. I want to be a perspective-changer. I want to be a free spirit, wild and content in my imperfections. I want to be the kind of mother who teaches her child the most important of truths. I want to be a good example, to live my beliefs, practice what I preach, be the change I wish to see… I want to be so many things and, because of that, I wake up each day striving towards those dreams. I may never be all these things but I'll be some in some small way. And the only way I'll be able to Be is by embracing myself now as what I am, a wannabe, a strive-to-be... Posted by Christina the Caretakerat 9:07 PM
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2014 A WORST AND MOST-BLESSED MOTHERThe
other morning, the hubs had taken the car to work at an early hour and let me sleep in. I was woken up by the J-Rex, who proceeded to quiz me on my favorite breakfast foods and promptly bring me a surprise (I had to close my eyes when she brought it in) breakfast in bed. She made herself something and we sat in bed for a while. I talked to her about being proud of her. She opened up about her fears and we talked about that. It was a wonderful meal and I was left a bit in awe of who this little 8 year old girl is becoming.Read more »
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2014TURKEY-DAY DREAMS
Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday. I love the idea of a holiday dedicated to grateful indulgence and the Thanksgiving celebrations I grew up with epitomized the phrase. You see, most years, my parents and I traveled to the mountains of Northern Kentucky to join what was probably the ultimate orphan-hippie-Thanksgiving-Festival: A gathering hosted by my Aunt in the great room of what used to be a three-room country schoolhouse, wood-burning stoves and all. A few people would bring ready-made dishes to add to the feast, but most guests would bring whatever ingredients they could come up with and add them to the bounty from my Aunt's garden. We would spend most of the day in the kitchen, stepping on each other's toes as we laughed, baking bread, finding recipes in worn old cookbooks, and cooking dish after random dish. When I was too young to do the cooking, my cousins and I would still be put to work braiding the bread loaves, picking flowers to put in vases on the long tables, and cleaning and clearing space for a small town's worth of people to sit and eat and make merry that evening. Dinner would be served piecemeal, each dish being added to the buffet when it was ready, beginning in the early evening and ending when all the ingredients hadbeen used up.
Often, people would bring instruments or other implements of talent and an impromptu open-mic-night emerged as our evening entertainment. More often, there would be so many conversations going on at once that you could walk the room and surely find at least one or two topics you felt compelled to discuss. Some years, there would be a crowd large enough that I never quite figured out how many people were there. Other years, it would just be the extended family, a small few related by blood, but it would still feel as big a crowd as the busy years, such was the size of each person's presence. The night would begin with everyone holding hands in a circle, intoning, "Aum" and from there, the celebration seemed endless. There was no "Black Friday" and consumerism the next day. Instead, there was a lot of sleeping in and cleaning by a host of exhausted celebrants still around from the night before. We all cooked the meal together and we all cleaned it up together. We never had the classic Thanksgiving prayers and pageantry but we were more grateful for the food on our table and the company we were keeping than some who do.Read more »
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2014 COMING IN FROM THE COLD It’s been cold lately! Southerner that I am, my body (and heating budget!) is in shock from this drop in temperature that has had Fall feeling like an unusually cold Georgia Winter. Interestingly enough, despite the chill, I’ve been finding myself going out and seeking community a bit more lately. And I’m not the only one. I keep hearing people talking about how they’d been hermiting over the last few months and were coming out because of a need to be around others again. Often, this exchange is followed by a joking comment about this being the time we’re supposed to start hibernating, not startleaving our homes.
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2014 QUICK TIP FOR CONFIDENCE - KEEP YOUR PORTFOLIO UP TO DATE I grew up mistaking self-confidence with hubris, avoiding it as though a sin. Turns out, it's a good thing and I was missing out for a long, long time. So, I'm trying to bring practices into my routine to improve my confidence…as I find things that work, I'll jot a quick note about it here and maybe it will work for someone else, too! …and now, without further ado, I bring you my first Quick Tip forConfidence:
Keep Your Portfolio Up to Date This may sound like trite advice that only applies to artists and writers who actually keep portfolios but it does work. Here's why: Whether you're keeping an actual portfolio of your published and/or best work or you're simply keeping a folder in which to file way your accomplishments, regular reminders of what you do when you're at your best make it easier to remember those same accomplishments when you'refeeling down.
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2014GIVE YOURSELF A HUG
For everyone who struggles or has struggled with self-esteem, self-acceptance, anxiety, depression, etc., there are no easy fixes. There's a reason an entire industry of dubious value and extreme expense exists to aid people with their mental health. I have seen all sides of this industry, via my own experiences and those of people close to me. For some, medication and professional therapy help. Some even benefit from the intense therapies of hospitalization. And, while I strongly feel that there should never be any stigma associated with accepting whatever help the mental health industry has to offer, my personal journey has led me away from it. In my case, I found out fairly early that medications prevented me from learning how to cope on my own. Professional therapists, counselors, etc. never seemed to understand where I was coming from and, as a result, tended to leave me frustrated and feeling no better than when I began with them. The thing that always struck me, when I was attempting the counselor route, was that every negative feeling I had was viewed as something unnatural - something to rid myself of. I always ended up feeling like a failure because I couldn't stop the negative though process from occurring. Negativity was wrong. Therefor _I _was wrong because I felt that way.Read more »
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