Kyra Moon

Kevin and I were talking about the pros and cons of homeschool, and he mentioned that it would be a huge time investment and take a lot of planning and resources. Then I remembered an awesome resource I already had -- a math book I started to write when I was 11. I found it and opened it and lo and behold I think it's about ready to be published, it's so good. I think the best part of the book are the story problems. Since they're based on real-life events, they prove that math is applicable to real life. Here are some of my favorite story problems I asked in my oh-so-advanced math book:  ~If S has seven Tootsie Rolls™ and K has eight Tootsie Rolls™, how many do they have together? (yes, I figured out the trademark symbol) ~ J needed Mommy to listen to her homework.  She had to wait 3 minutes when Spencer needed a diaper change.  Then, Mommy got a call from Aunt K, which took 15 minutes.  Then Kyra needed her to show her something on the piano, which took 5 m...

After my last post, someone told me that I'm a very passionate writer. I've decided to fix that with this dispassionate story. Then I'll go back to getting the world married. Once upon a time last week, Kevin and I went home for a visit. To my surprise, there was a new fridge. I guess the fact that there was a new fridge wasn't in and of itself too surprising. The old refrigerator had been around more than 20 years and it had been slowly dying, so it made sense to get a new refrigerator. What surprised me was that the freezer and fridge were next to each other, rather than the freezer on top of the fridge. I thought we weren't one of those families. You know, "we don't use words like that in our family," or, "we don't watch TV shows like that in our family." I guess I had always thought that "we don't use side-by-side fridges in our family" because all my friends who used side-by-side fridges also used words and watched TV s...