It’s been a few days since I’ve last posted here.  Not since I’ve last posted, mind you, as I’ve been posting all over the place at AskOwlbert.com … but since I’ve last posted HERE.
You know, I thought last Friday that I’d actually have time to indulge in my other pastimes.  :)   For 55 utterly blissful […]

You know

I’m always big on holding strong on boundaries and making kids follow their responsibilities. 
But now that my kids are getting older, they’re realizing there’s one way to compel Mom to soften on her stance. 
It all happened this afternoon.  I was ready to get the kids to karate (advanced and sparring), when one […]

I still

cannot fathom the following.
I am a logical, calm, dignified, utterly awesome mom with phenomenal musical taste. After all, Barry Manilow rules! Followed closely by, Maynard Ferguson, Chuck Mangione, the track of West Side Story and the like.
But! My utterly brilliant child….loves hard rock.
I have no idea where her genes got […]

You know you’re a parent

when your precocious younger child tells you
“Mom, tattling on myself just isn’t cool!”
This conversation happened when my children were debating the merits of being the tale-bearer back to Mom. When I asked him, okay, if you feel an insane urge to tattle, just tattle on yourself, he gave me […]

Morning,

Gotta love the superb how-to lessons you can find online!
I came home from karate yesterday, all ready to fire up my software and start hacking, when I discovered the following on my screen, courtesy of my kids.
How to Be A NERD!

Enjoy,
Barbara
ps - other nerd-worthy goodies are:

N.E.R.D. SEEING SOUNDS SEALED CD NEW 2008 NERD

11 by […]

Morning,

Today as I dropped off my kid at the gym’s child watch, I heard something that made my heart smile.
My kid had forgotten to bring in his toy car in with him, and realized that after we entered the child watch place. Now, it was about a bazillion degrees below zero outside, so […]

Morning,

Are you fed up, like me, with kids who can only speak or write in chatspeak?
Kids whose grammar consists of 99% “like you know” and 1 percent…actual intelligent conversation?
I know I am! Chatspeak is utterly banned in my household. In many cases, today’s generation writes on a level that wouldn’t be accepted […]

Omigosh, what a day.

With the exception of my beloved p90x, I worked straight for hours and hours. I’m currently building a community site that’s written in PHP (I know nothing about PHP) and I had to integrate PHP modules in specific formats.
In other words, I had to:

Configure the site
Figure out what needed to […]

It’s always ‘way smart

when one listens to their bodies…and takes it easy to the xtreme.
Okay, true, I did get my P90x workout in, but besides that, I gave myself permission to take a nap in the morning, nix going to the gym, and enjoy some nice calm work online.
But the thing that really made […]

It never fails, you know.

Get a brilliant idea, implement it…and then realize, you forgot some of the Golden Rules of Website Design:
* Sites look different on different browsers
* Font sizes can be set by viewers
* Cascading menus can cascade off the screen if they’re deep enough
Ah well, these things happen. Today will be […]