It dawned on me recently that I think summer may be overrated. When you’re a kid, of course, it’s great – two and a half months of “freedom!” (Realistically, though, most middle-class families have such structured life, do many kids really even have that anymore?) But once you’re a parent, freedom for the kids can mean extra work for you…especially if you no longer live by the academic calendar yourself and have to, you know, […]
Tag: Ten on Tuesday
Ten on Tuesday on Wednesday: Simple Happy Things
In keeping with the topic “10 Simple Things that Make You Happy” and the fact that this is actually Ten on WEDNESDAY (due to a prior blog commitment yesterday), I’ll actually do a simple list for once, in no particular order. Holding hands with my husband (nice that this was #1 on his list too) A really good cup of coffee Wearing an outfit I love that’s comfortable AND looks good Cool nights and cloudy […]
Ten on Tuesday: Favorite Movie Songs
I’m all about the soundtrack. I’ve often wished my daily life had one. Maybe I can get some ideas for it from this week’s Ten on Tuesday topic, “10 Favorite Movie Songs.” For the purposes of this assignment, I’m sticking with songs that were written specifically for, or were heard for the first time in, a particular movie. A lot of recent movies have made use of existing music for their soundtracks, which is fine […]
School days Ten on Tuesday, by The Bride of BLOGENSTEIN
*** For the first time in a few weeks, I am posting a Ten on Tuesday list I came up with myself. As I’ve mentioned a couple of times lately, my favorite guest blogger has been gearing up to go out on his own, and he’s got his Ten on Tuesday list posted at his brand-new online home. Please check out Tall Paul’s list at Blogenstein! (How did he come up with that title? Find […]
Paul’s Ten on Tuesday: Bad guys, bad guys…
Someday I’ll probably have to go back to writing my own responses to Ten on Tuesday, but not just yet. This week’s topic, “10 Favorite Villains From the Movies,” is another one tailor-made for my husband the movie maven, so here’s another guest post from Tall Paul. Interestingly, a couple of them also made an appearance in his earlier guest post naming “10 Favorite Movie Characters.” Is that support for the idea that the bad […]
GUEST POST – Paul’s Ten on Tuesday: New Olympic Events
This week’s Ten on Tuesdayprompt asked for “10 Events that SHOULD Be In the Olympics,” and when Ipassed it along to Tall Paul, he had no trouble coming up with a list.Lucky for me, he was happy to let me have it for a guest post. Pleasewelcome my favorite guest blogger, my husband Paul, back for a returnengagement at The 3 R’s!(BTW, and you heard it here first, he’s seriously thinking aboutstarting a blog of […]
Ten on Tuesday – Some like it hot, but not us
Lately, I’ve been sharing the Ten on Tuesday prompts with Tall Paul when they come out (a week in advance – thank you, Yano!), and some of them are more inspiring for him than they are for me. This week’s topic, “10 Things to Do When It’s Too Hot to Go Outside,” was one that I thought he’d weigh in on, because he’s an expert. He avoids hot weather as much as possible – and […]
Ten on Tuesday, sort of: Celebrity Edition
This week’s Ten on Tuesday topic, “10 Least Favorite Celebrities,” really isn’t doing much for me. I try to stay away from the entertainment-gossip-oriented websites and TV shows (although having said that, TMZ on TV can be hilarious, mostly because of the snarky voiceovers), which helps limit my exposure to so-called celebrities who may have been on a reality-TV show once or twice, but are now mostly famous for being on gossip websites and in […]
Ten on Tuesday: Vacation!
I could actually take the easy way out on this week’s Ten on Tuesday topic, “10 Favorite Vacation Moments,” and link back to the 10 days of vacation moments I recently posted about as the “Road Trip Diary,” but I decided that I should look back further than last month‘s vacation, and see what past experiences stood out. The list is organized by destination and travel year, and some vacations have more than one “moment” […]
GUEST POST – Paul’s Ten on Tuesday: Favorite Movie Characters
Please welcome the return of a guest blogger who has been here before and therefore needs little introduction, but I’ll give him some anyway: PAUL VASQUEZ is the father of two terrific kids, a talented illustrator/graphic designer and photographer, a lifelong movie buff, a nerd (and proud to be one, thank you very much), a very smart and funny guy, and, most importantly, my husband, generally better known in these parts as “Tall Paul” (because […]
Weekend Assignment #221 – What Are You Drinking?
The Weekend Assignment is posted each Friday at Outpost Mâvarin; a roundup of responses goes up the following Thursday, so if you’d like to join in, you’ve still got some time. Karen says: Don’t worry if you don’t get your entry in by the end of the weekend. It’s called the Weekend Assignment because John Scalzi originally designed it to give folks something to write on weekends, but times have changed since then. Now the […]
Ten on Tuesday Special – Vacation edition
We got home on Monday afternoon, and we don’t go back to work till Wednesday, so today is sort of a “coda” for our vacation. Posts and pictures from the trip will be forthcoming, but in the meantime, here’s a five-and-five personal Ten on Tuesday. 5 Things I Missed While on Vacation: My dog! I think this was the longest (10 days) that we’ve been away from each other. She was actually supposed to stay […]
