quote of the day

Well, I guess I can't really call this a "quote of the day" if I don't actually find a quote for each day but it's all my over-tired brain can come up with today...

"When it's time to die, let us not discover that we have never lived."

~Henry David Thoreau

I think this is good advice that I need to consciously incorporate into my own life.  

big words

When I find myself using phrases like "that nomenclature is simply inappropriate" instead of "that name doesn't fit" it becomes painfully apparent that I'm up to my eyeballs in the world of academia and it's time to take a break!  And rejoin the world of normal people.  

endofsemesteritis

You know how seniors suffer from senioritis?  Well, I have had a severe case of endofsemesteritis.  Of course the way I said that makes it sounds like the semester is over.  It's not.  But I did finish my big, long paper (finally!) that I hate which gives me reason to celebrate.  And then get on with the next one.  Then I'll catch up on reading before finals.  Right-o then, back to work...

pancakes

So my dear son had 4 teeth pulled a couple days ago. This is due to a genetic, costly issue that he and I have both suffered from. Simply put, our baby teeth refuse to fall out on their own. Anyway, he can't eat much for a few days so he's been living on smoothies and shakes and ramen soup. He just said he's going to call Gram and ask her to buy him some Eggo pancakes cause they're so good and soft. I said, "Hey, great, I was going to make silver dollar pancakes for dinner tonight!" Which is true. I really was. He then informed me that sorry to say, but he'd rather have the Eggo ones. What? I can't make good pancakes? He said "you just don't have Eggo's recipe... Sorry mom!" Hmmph! See if I make him a smoothie OR pancakes tonight.

White

I've seen a number of pieces lately that say that white is the 'in' color this summer and you must get some white for your wardrobe. White pants, white purses, white shirts... Great. Doesn't anyone else spill every single time they wear white?? No matter how careful I am I will spill, splash, rub against or bump into something and my pretty what whatever is not pretty any more.

hair

This is how I feel about taking my own pictures...

Ok, here's the new do.  I can also do it all flippy, which I like, but today I took a more grown up approach...   Sometimes it's good to remind myself that I'm a growed up - but not too often.  I'm really thinking I'll go short in the summer.  We'll see.

Some Things Never Change

I'm researching colonial schools and came across this poem which made me laugh:

Multiplication is mie vexation

And Division quite as bad,

The Golden rule is mie stumbling stule,

And Practice makes me mad.

That poem is circa 1570 (thus the interesting spelling).  I guess kids will be kids.  :)