Author Archives: Giggles

The Basics of Class Size – or – Why Vouchers Won’t Make a Difference

Categories: Education, Politics

I thought I’d explain a bit how class sizes work for those who might believe that commercial with the oreos the pro-voucher people made. Last year we had about 108 sixth grade students at our school. With that number we … Keep reading

Stop School Vouchers

Categories: Education, Politics

Somehow, the Utah legislature managed to pass a voucher law this year. Luckily, the whole thing is being put to a vote in November as Referendum 1. There are so many things wrong with the voucher law that it’s almost … Keep reading

Professional Lunch

Categories: Education, Random, Work

I received the following email last week. For some reason, it made me laugh. Dear Wasatch Front BYU Alumni, I would like to invite you to enroll in Take a Cougar to Lunch sponsored by BYU’s Student Alumni Association. This … Keep reading

Slow Down!!!

Categories: Books, Education, Exercise, Life, Quilting/Sewing/Knitting/Crafting, Venting, Work

Time is moving so very fast right now. This is the seventh week of school and we are already having parent teacher conferences tonight and tomorrow. The problem is I was expecting them to be tomorrow and Thursday. Oops. So … Keep reading

Things that don’t exist are real.

Categories: Learn Something, Musings, Random

One of the photos in the news from National Geographic caught my attention this weekend. Apparently a bat that scientists were sure didn’t exist, actually does. The title of the article is: “Nonexistent” Flying Bat Discovered. And that just made … Keep reading

Have I mentioned…

Categories: Exercise, Happy Things

Have I mentioned lately how much I love belly dancing? I really do. I started my third class tonight. I took my first one two years ago. And it was almost five years ago that I decided that belly dancing … Keep reading

New Look

Categories: Science & Tech

I’ve wanted more things on the sidebar of this blog for a while, like a way to find all the posts that I felt belonged in certain categories. That meant I had to find a theme that had that in … Keep reading