http://mommagreenfish.today.com Just another Today.com weblog Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:44:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Kids are naturally optimists, I think. How else could you explain the way a kid and an adult can look at the same thing and have such different reactions to it? Take a field covered in ice and snow, for example. Most adults would look at that field and see only the potential ... http://mommagreenfish.today.com/2009/01/22/making-the-most-of-the-worst/ My five-year-old is a never-ending source of cuteness. He's one of those kids who is both small for his age and bright for his age, which is a deadly combo. This week, he was asked at school what he wanted to be when he grows up. He told them that he ... http://mommagreenfish.today.com/2009/01/21/my-son-wants-to-be-a-music-teacher/ I find it incredibly hard to even begin to search for a blog to read. I’m the same way with books - I blame it on years of only having time to read my course lists (five English classes a semester times 10-12 novels a class), and therefore never developing ... http://mommagreenfish.today.com/2009/01/20/getting-creative-with-food/ *Blogger's note: I wrote this a week and a half ago, but haven't found time to post it until now. Ooops!* I've written before about being shy, and about the idea that it's different than being introverted. For a long time, I thought the two were the same thing (it's actually how ... http://mommagreenfish.today.com/2009/01/19/rediscovering-being-shy/ I developed a theory years ago that most people are most comfortable in the kind of weather they were born in. So if you were born on a mild spring day, like me, you feel best when it's between 10 and 15 degrees Celcius, with a slight mist and the ... http://mommagreenfish.today.com/2009/01/08/rain-is-great-for-walking/ The kids finally started back to school today, so all of my excuses for not blogging (or cleaning house, or whatever else I'm supposed to be doing) are officially gone. The last few weeks have been weird for me, a combination of enjoying family time and stressing over the job situation, ... http://mommagreenfish.today.com/2009/01/07/getting-back-into-the-new-groove/ Everyone knows the old adage that "a picture is worth a thousand words", but I've always felt that it goes both ways. Imagery is an important part of most poetic forms, and for good reason. If poems try to share a thought, feeling or moment, they need to draw a picture for ... http://mommagreenfish.today.com/2008/12/12/why-good-poems-are-like-photos-and-vice-versa/ For the last two months, our younger son has been rehearsing for a special children’s opera. At five years old, this is his first real performance on a stage of any kind, even if it is just for two lines sung over and over. He’s been so excited about the opera, ... http://mommagreenfish.today.com/2008/12/10/going-to-the-opera/ Some days, you find yourself in an unexpected situation, blinking like someone just turned on the lights at the movie theatre, wondering how the hell you got there. Friday was one of those days for me. After my beautiful impromptu vacation day (see previous post) I arrived at work refreshed and ready to face ... http://mommagreenfish.today.com/2008/12/08/back-on-the-pogey/ Today I took the day off work. Last week, I found out that I have two extra vacation days that I have to use before the end of year or they disappear. The same day, my older son's teacher suggested we meet today, in the middle of the afternoon, so I ... http://mommagreenfish.today.com/2008/12/04/living-yoga-for-a-day/