Life On The Planet

Attention All Readers

This blog has been temporarily interrupted due to standardized testing.

(Chill out, people. It's only a test.)

P.S.

I <HEART> Number 2 pencils.

A Good Fellow

The CFO posted this on the fridge:

 

EXITCARE® PATIENT INFORMATION

Patient Name: The Activities Coordinator

Emergency Physician: XXXXXXXXXX

Excuse from Work or School

The Activities Coordinator needs to be excused from

CLJ Work

D School

I—I Physical activity

Beginning now and through the following date: 5/9/2009

______________________________________________________________

I got it from the E.R., where I ended up after a failed attempt to self-medicate/ignore the excruciating pain in my right ear. Not one of my brighter moments.

The CFO posted my excuse for all planetary children to see. He then proceeded to take over the running of the house and the teaching of the children. I slept all day.

He's such a good fellow.

And today is his birthday!

Happy birthday, good fellow!!!! You're one of a kind!

Nada

As I sit here with a blank, white screen before me, I realize I don't have much to report. The Planet continues to spin. Laundry is done. Floors are scrubbed. Fractions are taught. But do you really what to read about the cleaning of the cat box?

I think not.

I could tell you that the garden has been planted. Only, I'm not certain what was planted, as it was a CFO orchestrated job. So, I'll just tell you that I'm grateful I didn't have to do it!

I could tell you of my quest to buy decimal cubes. I have fraction cubes, and I love them. I hope to get my decimal cubes soon! I am delaying my lesson on decimals until they arrive, so we'll leave it for another post, shall we?

(I'm excited about decimal cubes. Has it come to this?)

I went to Wal-Mart this morning. There were no announcements asking people to please stop their children from running, no screaming hysterics in Español, no one arrested in the parking lot. It was sadly lacking in spice. I was a little disappointed, truth to tell.

It's quite obvious to me that my life is on the dull side at the moment.

I think I'll go grab a book, stretch out on the sofa and enjoy my nothingness.

I'll get back to you when something blows up. Dull never lasts long in this house.

Algebra II or Geometry

Should Sal take Algebra II next year or Geometry? A friend who is a high-school math teacher recommends the continuity of Algebra II, but Geometry will be on the dreaded standardized test he will need to take to get into the local community college's Dual Enrollment program.

Comments? Thoughts? Ideas? Help?

Planetary Notes

I am using the computer to avoid vacuuming. (And dusting.) My momentary rebellion won't last long, but I am savoring the moment.

Sal and Butterfly are plugging away at school work.

Tiger fell asleep over his math book. The Benadryl I gave him to combat the itchy tick bite zonked him out. I don't like the looks of the bite. Ticks are awful. I'd happily vacuum them.

Julia is much the same. Poor, sweet dog.

I have lesson plans to write, a Girl Scout meeting to prepare for, laundry to tackle, a bathroom to clean, math to check and a living room to vacuum. I guess my moment of rebellion is up.

It was fun while it lasted. Thanks for sharing it with me!

Z-O-O (In Memphis)

Random shots around the Memphis Zoo.

*(Note to homeschoolers - Check to see if public schools are on spring break before arriving at overcrowded zoo. You'll thank me.)

Obelisk. That's how you know you're in Memphis.

Sea Lions. Their 11:30 a.m. show was delightful.

The other lions were lounging in rather unbecoming poses. I won't subject you to that!

Meerkats. I wonder if he knows he's blurry.

 I was blurry this morning, and I'm here to tell you it didn't feel good!

Pandas. This one is about a year old.

Oh, sure, he's cute and fluffy now, but pretty soon he'll be out all night partying and end up in a Bamboo treatment program.

Teen stars. It seldom ends well.

Bald Eagles. Our national symbol. He wouldn't look at me.

You can be that way when your face is on the currency.

And finally...

Hooliganus Familius. By the pond in the China Exhibit.

Out of their cages!

Security!!!!!!!!

(Thanks for the zoo membership, Aunt Sandy. We love it!)

Cells Alive, Very Homeschooly!

I haven't written of homeschooly stuff recently. Rest assured, Mother, that we have been doing homeschooly stuff. Lots and lots of homeschooly stuff.

(Homeschooly - My goal is use it so much that it catches on and it becomes an actual word.)

I wanted to share a cool website with you, just in case you feel like doing homeschooly stuff at your house! It's Cells Alive. Ooo! We love it. Particularly the Interactive portion of the site.

(Tiger can't get enough of the computerized voice saying,"En-do-plas-mic Re-tic-u-lum." He giggles. I giggle at him giggling. The cat giggles at me giggling at Tiger's giggling...)

It's fun and, don't tell the kids, it's educational! Very, very homeschooly.

Or is it homeschoolish? I'll have to think about that one.

He Divides, He Scores! GOOOOOOOOAL!

Bobble-Head River Kings Hockey players...

make MATH ever so much more enjoyable!

What He Said.

"The function of education is to teach one to think
intensively and to think critically...
Intelligence plus character - that is
the goal of true education."

                                   Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

I happen to agree, and that, my little darlings, is why school is in session at our house today.

Anti-Social Homeschoolers

I have been following Dana's coverage of this youtube.com phenomenon, and I was content to continue along that path until I received a mandate, an overwhelming mandate I tell you, from the 15-year-old demographic in this household to post it. It is exactly the kind of thing he and his goofy er, precocious friends would do. That is, if he had friends. He is homeschooled, after all.

(Removing tongue from cheek.)

So, here they are, those desperate, unsocial homeschoolers, in search of love...

(Not wanting to steal all of Dana's thunder, I will only provide the links. They are worth following!)

Episode 1: Comedy of Homeschoolers

Episode 2: The Email

Episode 3: Everything is Collapsing

Now, get thee hence to youtube!

And don't forget the pork rinds.