Well, getting back into the swing of blogging has been more than I bargained for with this pregnancy. So, in an effort to get something out here I’m going to perform a brain dump and just let my thoughts flow freely. If you’re really bored, maybe this will interest you, if not, I’ll work harder on new content later in the week (hopefully!).
– I saw these gloves pinned on Pinterest and the comment below them cracks me up. It seems like this is something that should be added to the Proverbs 31 woman list: She is chic without sacrificing technology.
– I had a friend ask me last week (without judgment she promised!) how many recipes on my Pinterest recipe board I had actually made. So I decided to do some Pinterest board cleaning which resulted in three new boards, one of which is called “Recipes I’ve Made and Loved”. If you’re in a rut, know that the recipes on this board had been made and enjoyed by our family. I apologize to those whose feeds I blew up on Friday “organizing” my new boards. Does anyone know of a secret way to reorganize boards without having things go through everyone else’s feeds??
– I try to not get political on here because, mostly, my favorite political activity at this stage in my life is playing ostrich and sticking my head in the sand to ignore everything. But this health care stuff is for the birds. If it weren’t so scary it would be funny at how inept every single person involved with this thing is. And as a software developer, the fact that the website couldn’t be created fully working on time is something that should have surprised NO ONE! If you don’t allow time for good testing everything’s going to fall apart! If I learned one thing about producing software commercially in college it was this: You’ve got three options: Fast, Good, and Cheap. You can only pick two at a time or your software will collapse.
– And in one other “heavy” subject, may I just say that the Common Core curriculum developed federally is ridiculous. It is the sole reason why we are looking to keep our kids out of the public schools. I would love to hear any positives that parents have had dealing with the curriculum because all I’ve heard are horror stories about worksheets where the questions are so ambiguous that the teachers can’t even answer them correctly without a key, a faulty grading rubric that gives a child with a 100 and a child with a 70 on a paper the same letter score, and ridiculous spelling homework like spending one night a week writing your spelling words backwards. Not to mention the material that I’ve seen recommended and in the new textbooks that is very liberal and passes off some very questionable opinions on our government and history of our country as fact. Any good stories from Common Core? I really would love to hear them so that they might temper some of my fears of a public school education for my kids right now.
– If you live out of the state of Alabama or don’t follow football recruiting you might have missed that the nation’s top defensive end committed to Alabama last week. My favorite part in his whole story is how involved the Dean of Engineering, Chuck Karr, was in his recruitment. In this Al.Com article Hand says, “On top of that, Dean Karr, the engineering dean, he’s a football guy. I love that guy. I love civil engineering and they have that major and a couple of players that actually play now are taking that major.” Y’all, Dean Karr is awesome and while lots might not know it or want to acknowledge it, he plays a big part in recruiting the best and brightest for the University. After spending the last three years on the Capstone Engineering Society board (the alumni group for the College of Engineering) I can say that Chuck is one of the best speakers that I have ever heard and he has done so much for The University. If you ever have a question about the quality of students in Tuscaloosa, just go and find Chuck. He will be able to tell you exactly how many National Merit Finalists the College of Engineering has but will also be able to name at least five ENTIRE UNIVERSITY’s (that are very well renowned) where the entire university has less National Merit Finalists than the UA College of Engineering.
– Does anyone have a laundry fairy that could come and magically make the piles of laundry at my house disappear? I could maybe pay in leftover Halloween candy??
– I think people are really surprised to hear that our tree’s are already up and decorated. Someone else please tell me that they’ve already started decorating for Christmas?!?!
– We’re leaving for Disney in less days than I want to count. Anyone want to throw good advice our way? Especially if you have ideas about how NOT to go crazy in the car with a 4.5 year old and a 2 year old for 10+ hours??!? But, seriously, places that we have to hit? Places to avoid? Any tips would be appreciated!
Ok, possibly the most random post ever. If you’re still reading, God bless you and please go eat a piece of leftover Halloween candy for me because we all know you need it after sticking around through that! 🙂
