Homeschooling (Quarantine Style) Continues

Me: Have you finished your online schoolwork? Little Girl: Yes. Maury Povitch: Mom’s check on your google classroom proves…. that was a lie! Me: (scanning in a completed worksheet called “Canada Facts Fun Sheet” for the twins) Boo: What’s that? It says fun sheet. Is it really fun? Me: No. Absolutely not. Kids: I thought

Do we have to talk about this now?

I was taking a nap when my eleven year old son texted me from the kitchen. Yes. TEXTED me. From the KITCHEN. Having failed to get his point across by text, he tried call me. Actually, he tried to Face Time me. Did I mention I was napping? This a bad time to try to

I am NOT a homeschool mom

Let me say that again: I am not a homeschool mom. BUT…. They cancelled my kids’ school. They cancelled EVERYONE’S kids’ school, in fact. So now, I guess, we are ALL going to be homeschool moms. I’ve been hoping that this whole thing is an elaborate April Fool’s joke, but I guess not. It’s April

Guinea Pigs

So, Little Girl has been lobbying for her own pet for some time. We still have the cat; he’s almost ten years old now. I have actually been blogging long enough (?!) that his origin story is in my archives, if you’re interested. I’ve been strongly resisting any new pets on the grounds that we

The Book Fair at School

The twins’ school is having a book fair. They are in middle school now, so I wondered if the book fair might be different, but it’s pretty much the same as it was in elementary school: Ostensibly it’s to sell books and promote learning, but the real goal from the kid’s perspective is buying random

What do my ancestors have to say?

I’ve seen this meme recently on facebook about cooking: I don’t know about you, but my ancestors are quite silent about my cooking. I have never thought they took much of an interest in me in my kitchen. Until I tried to throw away an empty Cool Whip container….. Then I heard a decided opinion

I don’t know what you’re talking about

Have you ever noticed that when you tell a kid to do something they don’t want to do, they act like they don’t understand? ME: Time to do your homework. KID: What? ME: Time. to. DO. your. HOME. WORK. KID: Home? Work? ME: Did you brush your teeth? KID: What? ME: Your teeth. Did you

So, now I’m a mother-in-law?

My oldest daughter ET got married. I know; I’m nowhere NEAR old enough for this. And how is it that SHE is old enough? When I started this blog she was thirteen, so I gave her the name ET for Evil Teenager. Now she’s 23 (!) and no longer a teenager at all. (But still

Middle School: The Drama Continues

A little while back I wrote about a secret admirer note that Little Boy received in his locker. (It was addressed some guy called Hugh.) To read that story click here: http://christinakosatka.com/?p=1968 Well, today he found another note for the same kid!! And this note is in different handwriting, so it’s not from the same

I didn’t wish for this

Wish.com likes to decorate my facebook wall with pictures of items they think I might want to order. Many, many, MANY pictures. Now. to be fair, this is actually a great way to get money out of me, because I DO tend to order stuff from ads I while scrolling through facebook. I bought a