Month: April 2007

League of Women Voters

Are you keeping track of your representatives in government? Since Franklin Covey isn’t stepping up to the plate, you need to create your own planner page for tracking your elected officials. Knoxvillians can visit The League of Women Voters website for help creating a list of your representatives. Everyone else can find information on their […]

one week until a vote

Monday night we all went to Noah’s Boy Scout meeting so that Amy and Evan could play on the playground. While there, I heard twice, “I saw your names on flyers about the re-zonings.” I’m not sure how that happened, but that’s okay. This afternoon we went to Amy’s parent-teacher conference. “I just got your […]

blogging rules

I know it’s against the rules to blog about the weather, but it’s so hot in our house right now that I’m seriously weighing the risk of warping my children even further by running around naked.

Sarah says

Me: “What was the best part of your D.C. trip?” Sarah: “The mall! It had 4 floors and super fast escalators and I found a Naruto jacket on sale!” Me: “Anything else?” Sarah: “Ziggy!” Sarah took this picture on her DC trip.

I’ve turned into Sally Forth

The house was quiet, so I went searching for Evan. I found him sitting in a pile of Easter candy wrappers in Noah’s room. When he realized he was caught, he jumped up, grabbed a fist full of candies and ran to hide elsewhere. I started cleaning up the mess. There in the pile of […]

Inside Tennessee

I watched Inside TN this morning to see how the panel discussion about school rezoning turned out. The first segment featured a teacher. What you see on the stage is the teacher asking how this is going to impact all the high schools when there is no budget for new teachers. Existing teachers are going […]

April blogfest

Tonight we attempted to spend a quiet evening with some East TN bloggers. Evan had other plans for the night. I think we’ll try again when Evan is 6 or 7 years old.

altar of television

Our tv, who broadcasts from Hollywood, we worship you each night. Thy programs entertain. Thy news informs, On earth and whomever’s in the heavens. Give us this day our Daily Show. And answer the mysteries of LOST, As we appreciate the sarcasm of Stephen Colbert. And make us not watch reality shows, always shield us […]