Monthly Archives: July 2007
Beneficial Insects in my Garden
Good Bugs We have been lucky enough to get a few pictures of beneficial insects on my flowers. It is these bugs that keep much of my vegetables from needing insecticide. Hurrah for Heavenly Father’s plan in action! svgallery=garden_bugs07 Lovely Bugs in my Garden
My Mother
Paranoid Schizophrenia So my mother is quite mentally ill with a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia. The past few months, she has become more and more paranoid about a man she imaged was stalking her. She refused to leave her apartment, and she was harassing her landlord and apartment manager about this man. She became completely [...]
I have been so busy…
Poor Liz Liz is bored out of her mind right now because it is summer and she “has nothing to do.” She has gone swimming a lot lately with her friends and gotten sunburned quite a few times. I hate that because I had my first skin cancer thingy burned off my neck this summer. [...]
Getting Ready for the Beginning of my Doctoral Program
Studying, Even this Summer Robert has had me working on preparing my research proposal for my first research project. All of my research will involve concept mapping and lack of prior knowledge. This should be pretty interesting, and I am especially interested because I have created a little scenario that will teach my participants the [...]
Thesis Research
Thesis I met with Robert on Wednesday to discuss the research projects that he wants me to begin. I don’t start coursework until Fall semester, but he wants me to get started so I might finish my doctorate in 5 years. Fall Courses Registration I am actually registered for 12 credit hours in the Fall. [...]
Liz’s Birthday Party
Today, Liz had her birthday party for her 12th birthday. She had six kids over, including 1 boy. The goofed off, ate hot dogs and cake, walked the neighborhood to talk, and watched a movie. All in all, she had a lot of fun. It is good that she has made good friends at church, [...]
The Kids are Growing so Fast
Camp Staff Party Last night, Kayleigh had invited several fellow Camp Tracy staffers to our house for movies and pizza. Because Ben is now a fellow staffer, he also participated. Ray and I are happy to host and feed a bunch of teenagers so we can keep track of what is going on with the [...]
Yay! It’s Official! A registered Ph.D. student!
It Took a While I have spent the past 2 months working with Sherrill Christensen, the Ed Psych graduate coordinator, to get my paperwork completed to let the graduate school, registrar’s office, and financial aid office know that I am now a Ph.D. student. Because all this had not happened, I was stuck with financial [...]
Liz’s Birthday 2007
Today Liz Turned 12 Wha who! She is finally the teenager that she has been waiting to become. Good for her. In fact, she got some mascara while she was food shopping with her dad tonight. She has a memory like an elephant; I have told her for years that she could start wearing makeup [...]
University of Utah Campus in the Heat
Flowers on Campus I spent some time last week taking some lovely pictures of flowers surviving 107
