Trish’s Blog

Happy Summer!

We have been enjoying our summer in our favorite tourist town, Port Aransas, TX. This year, the paper reported that there would be 150,000 people (a whole lot more than the 3300+ that already live here) on the island for the Independence Day fireworks. They shoot them from Roberts Point Park every year and they [...]

Hau’oli Makahiki Hou!

I know, five more days until March… Happy New Year anyway. I hope it is going well for you so far. As for me… My cyber footprint has diminished somewhat. Sometimes I just have to step away and deal with real life for a while. Either that or read a book. I confess, I never [...]

Dyslexia and Friends

Two of my friends are dyslexic. I just found out today after having known both of them for at least three years. We had lunch and the conversation turned to their children’s experiences with dyslexia–being tested, their grades or being held back a grade, and how they are exceptional in every subject except reading and [...]

Happy Groundhog Day!

It has been really cold here lately. We’ve got the heat on and we’re wearing socks around the house. It sucks when we have to actually go outside and be somewhere, let alone get out of the cozy bed. I know it’s not the relentless cold of the North, however, so I’m thinking about my [...]

Dusting Off the Ol’ Blog

Wow, it’s really dusty here. Glad I just picked up some Pledge to take care of the mess that has accumulated in my absence. (No really, this stuff works great and smells really good, too.) I just took care of 71 spam comments. People find me whenever I post something to Friendfeed or Facebook and [...]

For the Love of Four Square

I’ve been meaning to give another update on homeschooling, now that we have gone for a whole month. But first, here is a fun photo game for you. What is this? What do you think this is? Here’s another view. C’mon, you got to know it by now. Here’s more of a clue. Yep. Now [...]

Don’t You Forget About Me. Don’t Don’t Don’t Don’t…

The John F. Kennedy Class of 1989 High School Reunion – August 8, 2009 Deciding to go to my 20th High School Reunion had little to do with how much I hated high school or how few people I actually know in my class. I only attended John F. Kennedy High School in La Palma, [...]

The Homeschooling Option

Josh and I have decided to homeschool our children. It’s funny how life can change on a dime, but I think this has been coming on since before we had children. When we had our first, I remember saying that I would want to homeschool her because I couldn’t imagine sending her out into a [...]

It’s Quiet Here…

…unless you count the Lego Star Wars noise coming from the TV and random declarations coming from the 17-month-old. I’ve got two kids here and two kids at camp. It feels very weird. I will be retrieving one of the campers tonight, but for the time being, it’s very quiet here now. No one is [...]

Happy Easter

Easter is not a big deal to Latter-Day Saints. We celebrate Easter every week, so the only difference this holiday has for us is a new set of church clothes and an egg hunt. Some don’t even do that… it just depends on the timing. One of my friends said that she didn’t have time [...]