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=3.3.2 http://www.busymomdahl.org/2011/12/preparing-for-christmas/ http://www.busymomdahl.org/2011/12/preparing-for-christmas/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:30:18 +0000 Laura http://www.busymomdahl.org/?p=3142 http://www.busymomdahl.org/2011/12/preparing-for-christmas/feed/ 0 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/2011/07/whoa-a-flash-flood-that-tore-up-my-neighborhood-streets/ http://www.busymomdahl.org/2011/07/whoa-a-flash-flood-that-tore-up-my-neighborhood-streets/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:29:48 +0000 Laura http://www.busymomdahl.org/?p=3118 http://www.busymomdahl.org/2011/07/whoa-a-flash-flood-that-tore-up-my-neighborhood-streets/feed/ 0 http://www.busymomdahl.org/2011/07/it-is-sometimes-difficult-to-be-a-mom-while-being-a-doctoral-student/ http://www.busymomdahl.org/2011/07/it-is-sometimes-difficult-to-be-a-mom-while-being-a-doctoral-student/#comments Sat, 16 Jul 2011 05:19:43 +0000 Laura http://www.busymomdahl.org/?p=3097 http://www.busymomdahl.org/2011/07/it-is-sometimes-difficult-to-be-a-mom-while-being-a-doctoral-student/feed/ 0 http://www.busymomdahl.org/2011/06/time-to-work-in-the-garden/ http://www.busymomdahl.org/2011/06/time-to-work-in-the-garden/#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 04:15:08 +0000 Laura http://www.busymomdahl.org/?p=3091 Now that I have a little free time, I am working in my garden again. My garden is a favorite past time that has been oft neglected as a graduate student. However, most of my time has been spent working with the vegetable garden getting it prepared and planted. I now have to water it [...]]]> http://www.busymomdahl.org/2011/06/time-to-work-in-the-garden/feed/ 0 http://www.busymomdahl.org/2011/06/kayleighs-ragnar-2011/ http://www.busymomdahl.org/2011/06/kayleighs-ragnar-2011/#comments Sun, 19 Jun 2011 06:19:25 +0000 Laura http://www.busymomdahl.org/?p=3071 My oldest daughter turned 19 years old two days ago. It is almost hard to believe it has been that long since I first became a mother. But I am so glad I am a mom to three wonderful kids. It is my favorite role, and I love spending time and talking with my children. [...]]]> http://www.busymomdahl.org/2011/06/kayleighs-ragnar-2011/feed/ 0 http://www.busymomdahl.org/2011/06/what-does-advertising-really-do-to-our-self-perception-as-beautiful-women/ http://www.busymomdahl.org/2011/06/what-does-advertising-really-do-to-our-self-perception-as-beautiful-women/#comments Sat, 04 Jun 2011 17:35:43 +0000 Laura http://www.busymomdahl.org/?p=3057 http://www.busymomdahl.org/2011/06/what-does-advertising-really-do-to-our-self-perception-as-beautiful-women/feed/ 1 http://www.busymomdahl.org/2011/06/aaaaah-low-vitamin-d-again/ http://www.busymomdahl.org/2011/06/aaaaah-low-vitamin-d-again/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:04:30 +0000 Laura http://www.busymomdahl.org/?p=3053 http://www.busymomdahl.org/2011/06/aaaaah-low-vitamin-d-again/feed/ 0 http://www.busymomdahl.org/2011/05/my-preferred-vitamin-d-pills/ http://www.busymomdahl.org/2011/05/my-preferred-vitamin-d-pills/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 21:52:35 +0000 Laura http://www.busymomdahl.org/?p=3041 My favorite vitamin D3 pills are found in the organic supplements section of a Kroger grocery store. They are called “Naturally Preferred Vitamin D3″ (1,000 IU). These are wonderful little pills because they digest easily and work like a charm. I have also been noticing the sustained popularity of my vitamin D blog posts. In [...]]]> http://www.busymomdahl.org/2011/05/my-preferred-vitamin-d-pills/feed/ 0 http://www.busymomdahl.org/2011/05/good-grades-and-lots-of-rain-does-not-equal-a-weeded-garden/ http://www.busymomdahl.org/2011/05/good-grades-and-lots-of-rain-does-not-equal-a-weeded-garden/#comments Fri, 20 May 2011 21:09:23 +0000 Laura http://www.busymomdahl.org/?p=3036 I completely avoided my garden during the Spring because I was so busy with going to school full time (as a doctoral student), advising part time, and being a mom as much as possible. The garden and house were way down on my list of priorities. However, once I quit my job and finished the [...]]]> http://www.busymomdahl.org/2011/05/good-grades-and-lots-of-rain-does-not-equal-a-weeded-garden/feed/ 0