http://www.busymomdahl.org Laura's stories of family, graduate school, and teaching Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:54:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/08/bens-anime-hat/ http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/08/bens-anime-hat/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:54:14 +0000 Laura http://www.busymomdahl.org/?p=2989 Ben had his new Anime costume show up today. It is a custom fit costume we ordered from China through eBay. The hat is too small, but he likes wearing it. I love my son very much. I am so glad he was smiling when I took this picture.]]> http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/08/bens-anime-hat/feed/ 0 http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/08/giant-hail-storm/ http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/08/giant-hail-storm/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:25:39 +0000 Laura http://www.busymomdahl.org/?p=2986 This morning, I woke up to a very hard-pounding hail storm. The hail stones must have been quite big because they were VERY loud hitting the sides and roof of the house. Ben’s giant pumpkins and the rest of my garden received a lot of damage. Notice all the damaged areas on his beautiful 50 [...]]]> http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/08/giant-hail-storm/feed/ 0 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/2010/05/so-this-rubric-is-how-i-wish-i-could-grade-sometimes/ http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/05/so-this-rubric-is-how-i-wish-i-could-grade-sometimes/#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 03:37:06 +0000 Laura http://www.busymomdahl.org/?p=2970 http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/05/so-this-rubric-is-how-i-wish-i-could-grade-sometimes/feed/ 0 http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/04/vote-for-the-muppets-in-the-webby-awards/ http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/04/vote-for-the-muppets-in-the-webby-awards/#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:47:01 +0000 Laura http://www.busymomdahl.org/?p=2963 http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/04/vote-for-the-muppets-in-the-webby-awards/feed/ 0 http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/04/say-goodbye-to-a-good-car/ http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/04/say-goodbye-to-a-good-car/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 03:38:22 +0000 Laura http://www.busymomdahl.org/?p=2960 We have lost our VW Jetta. Kayleigh got into a car accident on Sunday, and the insurance totaled it today. It was a good car with a lot of good use still in it. I am not happy about this situation. It is difficult to have teenage drivers in the family. This is a difficult [...]]]> http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/04/say-goodbye-to-a-good-car/feed/ 0 http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/04/pretty-drought-tolerant-tulips/ http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/04/pretty-drought-tolerant-tulips/#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 04:20:51 +0000 Laura http://www.busymomdahl.org/?p=2952 These are pretty drought-tolerant tulips in my front yard. Notice that the leaves are also very pretty. I am so happy it is springtime and that my flowers are beginning to bloom. Now I just hope it stays warm like today and stops snowing like earlier in the week.]]> http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/04/pretty-drought-tolerant-tulips/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/kayleighs-fancy-ball-gown/ http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/04/kayleighs-fancy-ball-gown/#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:07:53 +0000 Laura http://www.busymomdahl.org/?p=2945 Kayleigh went to a fancy high school dance on Saturday. She has been preparing for a month, including renting a beautiful dress (and hooped slip). She was so pretty, and she had lots of safe fun.]]> http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/04/kayleighs-fancy-ball-gown/feed/ 0 http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/04/my-new-ipad/ http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/04/my-new-ipad/#comments Sun, 11 Apr 2010 02:59:47 +0000 Laura http://www.busymomdahl.org/?p=2940 I now have a 32Gb iPad, and I love it! It is fun to use, and it is so lightweight. It will help my back as I carry around my portable school office because I will not need to carry around my primary computer. I will also be able to put textbooks on the iPad, [...]]]> http://www.busymomdahl.org/2010/04/my-new-ipad/feed/ 0