How to buy nothing
Posted on November 25, 2006 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
There’s an excellent little piece over at WikiHow on how to reduce our dependence on consumerism (which used to be mostly a Western problem). It effectively sums up what people mean by the idea of living simply. In my humble opinion, I can think of few other ideas more important and more worth implementing than […]
Read More..>>The Doggie-do doesn’t feel very good
Posted on November 25, 2006 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 2 Comments
As if life doesn’t bring with it enough struggles, we have been dealing with Wilson’s persistent allergy problems. He itches a lot, sometimes gets ‘hot spots’, paws at his eyes occasionally, and will sometimes chew at his skin. We talked about this with our vet back in Asheville ad nauseam and reached no kind of […]
Read More..>>Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!
Posted on November 23, 2006 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 4 Comments
We did it! We pulled off our first on-our-own Thanksgiving. Does that mean we are truly adults now? (Considering the number of ‘babies having babies’ these days and the number of people who cannot tolerate each other enough to pull off something like this, I think maybe it might.) Erin did 90% of the actual […]
Read More..>>No Pain, No Gain!
Posted on November 21, 2006 - Filed Under Adult swim | 2 Comments
Well, I finally broke down and ‘hired’ a personal trainer. Jason has always told me that I would probably benefit greatly from a trainer but I always thought, “what’s a trainer going to do for me that I can’t do?” I guess I always thought I knew enough about weight lifting, exersize and eating right […]
Read More..>>Molding young minds and destroying targets
Posted on November 19, 2006 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 2 Comments
Friday and today were groundbreaking days for me.
I taught my first real lessons on Friday. My class of 16 students was, from what my fellow instructors have told me, very talkative and interactive. Normally, students in this course proceed through a process of team development. The process has four stages: Forming, Storming, Norming, and Performing. […]
Our daughter & her next learning experience
Posted on November 15, 2006 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 1 Comment
My boss is originally from the U.S. Virgin Islands and is a very dark skinned black woman. The other people I work with, my fellow instructors, are all white folks. Erin has been good enough to bring herself and Maggie by my office a couple times since we arrived. During these visits, everyone of course […]
Read More..>>Tomorrow’s the big day
Posted on November 14, 2006 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
It’s here–my debut to the world of education. Yes, I am nervous; to not be would be foolish or arrogant or maybe both. Yes, I am confident; to not be is a sure path to failure. Yes, I am a little distraught due to the lack of good training and the speed with which I […]
Read More..>>“Are you crazy?”
Posted on November 13, 2006 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 3 Comments
I am VERY anxious to begin hunting. I’ve been thinking a lot about it lately, now that we’re getting settled in here. I work with a guy (J.C.) who is really big into hunting, so I ask him questions whenever I can. One of those questions was what seasons are coming up. Elk lasts until […]
Read More..>>We’re back
Posted on November 11, 2006 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
We are finally beginning to feel at home here. We have a permanent place to live, I have started work, we have phone, internet, and cable TV service at home, and we seem to be working our way into a groove.
I start teaching this coming week…pretty scary.
Maggie is still having a great deal of trouble […]
