This dear old gent was our last foster, Teddy. Teddy’s story was a very sad one that I share with you all someday, but in the meantime, I wanted to share a picture of him. He was only with us a short time but we loved him dearly.
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While I detailed the IDOC service in a different post, I did want to remind readers that many of the colleges have an IDOC submission deadline of March 1. Be sure to check with the Collegeboard to insure you don’t miss out if you have to submit copies of W2s, tax returns, and [...]
I discovered a great new resource over the weekend called Google Lit Trips. The site allows you to take a literature selection and plot the story locales using Google Earth. There are several examples that have been created and shared on the site. My favorite so far is based [...]
This week I just wanted to share a picture of one of our favorite fosters named Carlie. Carlie came to rescue from a family dealing with some difficult medical conditions and wasn’t quite getting the time she needed. She was a sweet, well behaved, ‘velcro’ type dog who needed her own [...]
Are you a dancer or have children who dance? If so, I’d like to recommend the site Ballet Talk for Dancers to you. It’s a moderated forum that offers a wealth of knowledge on ballet with technical questions, program reviews, and answers to such questions as ‘Is she dancing enough?’ [...]
Nothing like a fast moving weather front to trigger an asthma attack in our youngest. Unfortunately, it caught us off-guard as she’s only used her inhaler once or twice a year since 2002. Needless to say, while she had an albuterol inhaler, a spacer, a peak flow meter, and a nebulizer, we [...]
Dear little Polly was a foster in our house late last Spring. She came from a family that was moving to a no-dogs condo and didn’t quite have the time for her that they would have liked, and that she needed. She’s now enjoying life with her Cavalier brother and two teen [...]
This week, after more than a year of meetings with the NAGC Task Force on Assessment, the publisher of the WISC-IV released the first-ever extended norms for testing gifted children. The extended norms reduce ceiling effects on the test, allow subtest scores to go beyond 19, and IQ beyond 155. More information is [...]
I have to say that blogging is far easier and more fun than I anticipated. It’s also somewhat contagious as I’ve received two emails today asking me how one gets started with a blog. For me, despite my twenty years in high tech, the answer was having a techie husband who was willing [...]
Are you attending a community college and looking for scholarship money to help pay your tuition as you transfer schools to complete your bachelor’s degree? A visit to your transfer counselor on campus, or your financial aid office, may provide insight into scholarships offered by the community college for graduating students. In addition, [...]