Joy and Rapture

Honestly. . .

We are to expect another snowfall of “significant accumulation”. 

Chances are a mere 90%.

I have already lost feeling in my shoulders and my back.  Sadly, everything else seems to be one raw nerve.

The snow is to arrive tomorrow evening, so tomorrow morning, I’m off to prepare.  (I’m not 100% sure what that means, but the radio keeps telling me everyone else is grabbing all the t.p.) 

You all keep that up now, as I’m totally going after the chocolate!

A Question That Needs to Be Asked

Do you ever discover you are beating yourself up because a very basic question comes to mind and you are wondering why you haven’t addressed it before?  Yeah, well, I can top that, because I did think of this particular question before. . .I just think I came up with the wrong answer.

What is the purpose of school?

See, this question isn’t just for “schools” — it certainly applies to homeschoolers — but it’s one that I think we miss the boat on.

So, is the purpose of school to:

• a.  Cram a whole bunch of facts, figures and formulas into a little person’s noggin

OR

• b.  Instruct the child on how to learn.

I am the product of the standardized test generation.  And, for the life of me, I believe when I first asked myself this question, I honestly answered “a”.

You need not worry, all my furniture is made of sturdy wood and will last long after my head has been pulverized to a bloody pulp.

You know what’s terribly interesting to me. . .

Answers can come easily, but solutions; solutions are the real test of knowledge.

Snow — again. . .

I haven’t posted in a while as I was sick, and then my family was sick. . .

It was just a minor cold, but my brain gets fuzzy when I’m sick, so I thought I’d spare you all.

And, after the illness we got hit with a snow storm.

It started out innocently enough:

an evening of nice, packable snow.

But, it didn’t stop throughout the night, causing us to wake up to this:

So, we have spent the last two days digging out.

We have a number of elderly neighbors as well, so we spent a great deal of time helping dig them out too.

Which, leads me to tell you, that I am now massively sore!

Snow plows made it to my street last night, but a good number of my neighbors still can’t move their vehicles (as the plows JUST hit our street, then turned tail and ran).  Today, will be another day of digging. . .

And they are calling for more snow to arrive in a couple of days time.

(For my “record”:  This snow fall was over 2 feet in 24 hours.)