Monthly Archives: August 2007

Lunch Engine Optimization

I hear a lot of people talking shmack about Search Engine Optimization, the art of getting your website as high in the search results as possible on Google, MSN, Yahoo or Hakia. There are many ways to do this. One … Continue reading

Posted in food, technology, world domination | 29 Comments

WE DON’T YELL IN THIS FAMILY!

Yesterday I caught myself yelling at the top of my lungs for them to just be quiet. I put Laylee in timeout. “Laylee,” I said calmly, “Do we yell in this family?” She looked up at me with utter confusion, … Continue reading

Posted in parenting, save me from myself | 8 Comments

President James E. Faust

I know that most of the readers of this site are not LDS but several of you are so I feel like I can express my feelings of love and sympathy to the family of President James E. Faust this … Continue reading

Posted in faith, get serious | 12 Comments

To Review or Not to Review

I periodically sign up to receive review copies of books that seem interesting to me. The books arrive and I open them with anticipation. I touch and cuddle the books and put them on a stack next to my computer, … Continue reading

Posted in Reviews | 19 Comments

Poetry Speaks To Children

We took my review copy of Poetry Speaks to Children on vacation with us this July to try it out with the kids. It’s a hard cover picture book of poetry compiled by Elise Paschen with poems written by just … Continue reading

Posted in I can read, Reviews | 2 Comments

At What Age Does a Crib Become a Cage?

Tonight as I was kissing my little Magooly man-child through the bars of his wooden prison I wondered, “At what point must he be liberated, free to (heaven have mercy!) roam the estate at night while we’re sleeping?” I don’t … Continue reading

Posted in kid stuff, parenting | 36 Comments