Monthly Archives: December 2008
Facebook and Family
I joined Facebook a couple of months ago so I can keep up with what that kids are saying and doing. Just because I am their Mom and live with them does not mean I know what they are doing or thinking. Now it appears that Ray’s family members are on Facebook, too. I have [...]
My Glasses Keep Cracking!
Unbelievable! I got new lenses in my glasses right after Thanksgiving and they started cracking yesterday! Blah! I had been living with cracks in my previous lenses for a long time. In fact, those lenses cracked 3 times and Moran Eye Center had to replace them twice for free. Once the year was up and [...]
Updated Ed Tech Blog
My long-lived blog has been updated and spiffed up. I was working on the template for my personal blog and validating the code when I check the code for this blog. It was totally out of wack and would take weeks to fix, so I have changed templates and added several nifty features. First of [...]
My Family Works Well Together
When the kids were young, they fought and fought. Now Kayleigh and Ben act like best friends with their personal jokes from working at Boy Scout camp together. Liz is also beginning to become good friends with her siblings because she is growing up and realizing the importance of interacting with her brother and sister. [...]
Customizing the new template for my new blog
I have now spent quite a bit of time adding dynamic code in my new, pretty WordPress template. Most important is that I needed an working search engine implementation of code that is built to work with the content of the blog without having to implement Google search engine code. The search engine actually searches [...]
Ray’s Thesis Defense
Ray had his thesis defense on December 19. I was allowed to go, even though there was no public presentation just a defense with his committee. It was really interesting to me because it taught me more about how to run my own defenses, so I am really glad I went. Ray showed me that [...]
The Birth of Jesus Christ
The Nativity Luke 2:116 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. Luke 2:7 Caesar Augustus, the Roman emperor, sent out a decree (law) that everyone in his empire had to be taxed. Each [...]
Merry Christmas and Remember What the Holiday is About
I wanted to wish all my friends and family a very Merry Christmas. Please remember that this holiday is about remembering the birth of Jesus Christ and remembering how important our families are to us. Mormons101 on Youtube has posted a video by the LDS Church about the Nativity. There is no dialog in this [...]
“Learning Disability” is just a Label
Ask Yourself… How would you answer if I said to you: “In general, children with learning disabilities score below average on intelligence tests.” What would you say? Would you quickly say something or would you think about it? What if this question were on a final exam you were taking for your Learning, Literacy, and [...]
Ben’s Eyes
My son got his first pair of vision contacts today. He had trouble putting in his first contact because he had never touched his eye before, or so he says. It took Ben 45 minutes to put in the first contact. He got frustrated as things progressed as you can imagine, and his eye got [...]
