http://www.busymomdahl.org Laura's stories of family, graduate school, and teaching Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:30:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.busymomdahl.org/2011/12/grad-school-and-being-a-mom/ http://www.busymomdahl.org/2011/12/grad-school-and-being-a-mom/#comments Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:54:11 +0000 Laura http://www.busymomdahl.org/?p=3136 http://www.busymomdahl.org/2011/12/grad-school-and-being-a-mom/feed/ 0 http://www.busymomdahl.org/2011/05/i-got-a-4-0-last-semester/ http://www.busymomdahl.org/2011/05/i-got-a-4-0-last-semester/#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 20:36:55 +0000 Laura http://www.busymomdahl.org/?p=3028 I am way excited because all my hard work during Spring semester has paid off with a 4.0! I finally got a full A in a methods class. It was a qualitative methods class, so I have finally found my research niche. This is also very cool because I am finally in a quality doctoral [...]]]> http://www.busymomdahl.org/2011/05/i-got-a-4-0-last-semester/feed/ 0 http://www.busymomdahl.org/2011/02/katie-the-homework-inhibiting-cat/ http://www.busymomdahl.org/2011/02/katie-the-homework-inhibiting-cat/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 04:41:06 +0000 Laura http://www.busymomdahl.org/?p=3016 I am racing through another heavy reading weekend as I prepare for this next week’s classes. I have been reading journal articles for my Qualitative research methods class on my iPad. Katie cat decided she wanted to sit on my lap, so she first jumped up and straddled my iPad. I certainly could not see [...]]]> http://www.busymomdahl.org/2011/02/katie-the-homework-inhibiting-cat/feed/ 1 http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/08/frustrated-with-educational-psychology-studies/ http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/08/frustrated-with-educational-psychology-studies/#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:42:50 +0000 Laura http://www.busymomdahl.org/?p=2982 http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/08/frustrated-with-educational-psychology-studies/feed/ 0 http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/04/another-cold-snowy-day-on-tuesday/ http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/04/another-cold-snowy-day-on-tuesday/#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 03:55:00 +0000 Laura http://www.busymomdahl.org/?p=2949 It snowed again on Tuesday morning. It was slippery and wet when I went to class Tuesday morning. This is a shot I took after class in the morning as I was walking to the main library. The library is the building on the left.]]> http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/04/another-cold-snowy-day-on-tuesday/feed/ 0 http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/04/my-portable-school-office/ http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/04/my-portable-school-office/#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 03:35:03 +0000 Laura http://www.busymomdahl.org/?p=2933 I do not have an office on campus. I really wish I did have an office as a graduate student, but alas no. I have to carry my office around with me, and set it up every time I want to work. I usually just go to the main library and set up in the [...]]]> http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/04/my-portable-school-office/feed/ 0 http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/04/snow-on-campus-again/ http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/04/snow-on-campus-again/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 23:44:13 +0000 Laura http://www.busymomdahl.org/?p=2929 It snowed in the valley on campus again this week. Tuesday’s walks to class were quite slippery, and I do not care for that part of this season. Wait! It is supposed to Spring, not the dead of winter. This is a shot of one of the walkways on campus. This is a major thoroughfare [...]]]> http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/04/snow-on-campus-again/feed/ 0 http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/04/ray-guest-lectured-in-a-class-i-am-taking/ http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/04/ray-guest-lectured-in-a-class-i-am-taking/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 04:58:32 +0000 Laura http://www.busymomdahl.org/?p=2922 I am taking a teamwork class this semester from Ray’s graduate advisor. My professor is wonderful, and he helped Ray to finish his Master’s degree. Ray is asked every semester to guest lecture in this Teamwork class. He did a really good job talking about how different types of technology have different value levels for [...]]]> http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/04/ray-guest-lectured-in-a-class-i-am-taking/feed/ 0 http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/02/parking-on-campus/ http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/02/parking-on-campus/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:00:21 +0000 Laura http://www.busymomdahl.org/?p=2341 http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/02/parking-on-campus/feed/ 0 http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/01/lots-of-homework/ http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/01/lots-of-homework/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:51:34 +0000 Laura http://www.busymomdahl.org/?p=2272 http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/01/lots-of-homework/feed/ 0