I did a little research about the going rate for the services I provide for a family our size in the area I live in and I also looked at Denver Concierge’s affordable maid service to have a comparison. So, here’s my version of one of those “how much does it cost to replace a stay-at-home-mom?” lists that comes out every year around Mother’s Day: Full time, … Continue reading My husband can’t afford me!
Sorry for the light blogging. I just finished writing an article for something else, my kids have been extra clingy and I’m a bit brain tired. But I’ll be back soon. 🙂 Continue reading What you do with naughty children . . .
This is hilarious. Remember those Where’s Waldo books? This is a funny spoof of Where’s Waldo and The Bourne Identity. Warning: there is a little bit of language here, so you may not want to watch it with the kiddies watching over your shoulder. Continue reading The Waldo Ultimatum
This is awesome:
1 Please stop asking us if it’s legal. If it is — and it is — it’s insulting to imply that we’re criminals. And if we were criminals, would we admit it?
2 Learn what the words “socialize” and “socialization” mean, and use the one you really mean instead of mixing them up the way you do now. Socializing means hanging out with other people for fun. Socialization means having acquired the skills necessary to do so successfully and pleasantly. If you’re talking to me and my kids, that means that we do in fact go outside now and then to visit the other human beings on the planet, and you can safely assume that we’ve got a decent grasp of both concepts. Continue reading “The Bitter Homeschooler’s Wish List”
Last night I wrote about “Beliefism” which for some people, is living as a parasite off its co-joined twin, “Bibleism”. Now, let me be clear, I believe in the authority of scripture, I believe that it is the inspired word of God, I have and continue to study it. However, the truth of the matter is that there is a lot of abuse which goes on around the bible. So many people become “Beliefists” because they cannot see the difference between their interpretation of scriptures and scripture itself. There is also a tendency to insist that we cannot understand any part of scripture as being mythological or allegorical or otherwise not accurate as a history book without discrediting scripture, and therefor God. I like to call this bible abuse. It is a form of beliefism wherein a person’s faith is in scriptures rather than in the living God.
Anyhow, what really brought this to mind was something I read last night. I’ve been skimming through How People Grow by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend and came across this line which just hit me as odd:
I don’t know if she fully understood the depth of theology she communicated in that one answer to how she made it trhough. But the Bible does understand it. It commands it.” (emphasis mine)
Now, I know the verses from Hebrews (“The word of God is living and active and sharper than any two edged sword” Hebrews 4:12). And I do know what they’re saying here. However, I still wonder about a Christian author who attributes understanding, feelings and such to a book – even the bible. It seems to me that it would be more accurate, and more helpful for the proper mindset of the reader to say, “God understands this and that is why He put it in His word”? Maybe I’m nitpicking here.
Regardless, the wording struck me as odd and reminded me of a parody I read a while back at The Wittenburg Door:
Professors at Dallas Theological Seminary published a position paper Tuesday eliminating the concept of “God” and/or “Lord” from Christian worship and replacing it with worship of the Bible only. The step had been anticipated for several years and was considered a formality within the actual “Bible only” movement . . . Continue reading “Beliefism’s Co-joined Twin, Biblism”
Yesterday my husband was watching a History Channel show on the anti-Christ. Part way through the show, they were saying that people thought that the anti-Christ would be a powerful, charismatic orator who would experience a rapid rise to power while appearing to offer peace, unity and freedom to his fervent followers. At which point my husband turned to me and said, “Oh my gosh! … Continue reading The Anti-Christ, Revealed
You know how sometimes you hear someone express an opinion which demonstrates clearly that they actually have no idea what they are talking about? Like that poor girl from the Miss Teen USA contest whose answer to the question, “why do you think so many Americans can’t find the USA on a map?” became the stuff of youtube legend. That’s generally how I feel about people who express any of the following “objections” to homeschooling:
They won’t know how to function in the real world.
They won’t get the experience of dealing with people with different religious beliefs.
They won’t have to learn to deal with people of different races.
They won’t know people who are poor.
They will be exposed to only one way of thinking.
Anyone who has homeschooled, has already had to deal with this sort of ignorance posing as “concern”. Unfortunately, 9 times out of 10, what one finds is that the person isn’t really concerned at all, and nothing you say, no amount of reason or reality will shake them from their preconceived ideas. It is precisely for these sort of people that a variety of pro-homeschooling t-shirts have started to be made. I’m broke, so I won’t be getting any myself anytime soon (I do take paypal if anyone would like to help out with this situation), but I found them amusing and thought I’d pass them on. Continue reading “Beware the unsocialized homeskoollers!”
This afternoon my 8 year old was annoying me so I suggested that he play his zoo tycoon game on another computer. This is one of those games where you have to set up a business and run it well to make more money to re-invest into the business and grow it, etc. Part of the game format is that if you screw it up, … Continue reading So does this mean they’re going to grow up to be terrorists?
So I’m getting ready to take a picture of my kids for our Christmas card. I have them all dressed up and arranged in front of the fireplace. But before I start, I say to my problem child, “Collin, this always takes forever because you do something goofy like make a face and ruin the best picture we get. And then we have to do … Continue reading My son, the pimp
You’re glad you know how to type because your toddler pried off half the keys on the laptop keyboard and you’re typing by touch on rubber nubs until the new keypad gets in. I love you, Michaela Rose! Continue reading One more for "momhood" . . .
The Upside Down World 