Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the Miscellaneous category.
The Baby Handbook: How to Train Your Parents, Months 3 and 4
Filed in Behavior,Miscellaneous,Parenting, January 14, 2010, 8:56 am by ValerieGreetings devoted readers! This is your good friend, baby Cael. As you can see, I’ve completed the second installment of the baby handbook. These last two months have been almost as much fun as the first two, just see what I have in store! 1. In the first installment, I discussed with you how to [...]
Lettin it all hang out
Filed in Miscellaneous, June 2, 2009, 6:17 pm by ValerieI was at the local water park with my daughter and her friends when I came up with the idea and title for this blog. As soon as I mentioned water park, I’m sure you knew where this was headed. What in the sam hill is wrong with people? What happened to decency? What happened [...]
Just a little update
Filed in Miscellaneous, April 8, 2009, 8:07 am by ValerieYikes! It’s been three weeks since I blogged. We’ve been busy. Many of you who read this may already know, but I’ll give you a little up date as to what’s been going on in the Beshowings (inside joke) household. My baby boy turned 17 on March 17th. I usually write some kind of sappy, [...]
Things I would pay $100.00 to see
Filed in Miscellaneous, March 13, 2009, 12:09 pm by ValerieReady for a controversial blog? Go ahead, fire away. I don’t have to post your comments. : ) 10. Dubbya admit he was wrong for going into Iraq 9. Obama see a sonogram, see or hear the heartbeat of the fetus, watch an abortion, and examine the tissue afterward 8. Watch anyone open up a [...]
I’m not nice, I’m self-actualized
Filed in Miscellaneous, September 22, 2008, 9:39 am by ValerieThere was a class discussion a few weeks ago in one of my grad classes. The topic was Maslow’s characteristics of self-actualized people. Another student in class commented that self-actualized people are often viewed as distant, cold even. Reason? Self-actualized people do not need the approval of others in order to be ok. Watching my [...]
My new friends
Filed in Behavior,Miscellaneous,Parenting, September 8, 2008, 6:15 am by ValerieI have met two women in my graduate classes who are international students. One is from Taiwan, the other is from India. On Saturday, we met up to study and go over material from our class. I volunteered to help our foreign students, knowing that some of the material is difficult because of a lack [...]
