Seven Quick Takes on Flooding Bathrooms, Ugly Kids {yes really}, Movie Review, and MORE!

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On Easter Sunday, we had a flood in our bathroom. It seems that the tank of the toilet has been leaking for some time, only we didn’t know it. On Easter, all hell broke loose. Ha. {Are we allowed to make Easter jokes?} So there was a lot of water in the bathroom and then it went under the cabinets and through the wall into the master closet, as well as out of the house onto the patio and also into the master bedroom. Pardon my sarcasm, but it was great.

We’ve had a water extraction team here most of the week, and things seem to have dried out. Naturally, I’m nervous about mold growth. Of course, the fact that water went all over the carpet is also an issue. And the fact that the paint was ruined when the baseboards were torn off is another. But the threat of mold is the biggest thing…

 

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Not even kidding: my friend loaned me this book and I’m loving it. Because provoking title, you know? It’s a fascinating study of orthodontic and other issues. Dr. Huggins thinks that many orthodontic issues are caused not just by nutritional deficiencies, but sleep position. He’s the original Back to Sleep guy! And, surprise of surprises, it turns out to be a living book! So far, it’s a joy to read, even if I don’t know what to think about all of it.

 

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This week’s links collection:

• The Woods, a Mole, and Homeschool Sanity from Mum to Mom
  • So beautifully put!
• Why I Don’t Like Play Based Learning from Happiness is here…
  • Um, yes. I agree. If an adult is involved, it might be fun, but it’s not play in the strictest sense. Also: contrive is not play, either. {HT: Rahime}
• Why I Don’t Read 100 Books a Year from Medium
  • I don’t read 100 books a year, either, but it’s for entirely different purposes. I believe in slow reading. In addition to this, I find that reading fewer books causes me to be really picky, meaning that what I read becomes that much more valuable. {HT: Lisa}

 

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This month in 2013:

When my son didn’t like Susan Wise Bauer’s telling of Commodore Perry’s adventures in Japan, I went on a little history journey.

 

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Pan was the movie we watched for our 7-Up Club movie night last week. It’s basically a Peter Pan prequel — it answers the question of what led to the circumstance we find when we read {or watch} Peter Pan — how did the Lost Boys get to Neverland? How did Peter?

I would file this one under Interesting. There are some smallish details that bothered me — like how the whole thing felt like it was set in the Steampunk era, and then they have World War II going on, complete with fighter pilots or something? That didn’t make a lot of sense. And then there were bigger details — like when we are told in the book that Peter decided to run away when he was a baby, and yet in this movie, Peter is kidnapped by pirates, by arrangement of the evil nuns in the orphanage where he lives. {I know — evil nuns — why must all the Christians be bad in movies? Sigh.}

And then, Peter can fly because he’s the “promised one” or something, and not because pixie dust has that effect?

But I can say I love their use of R.E.M. and Nirvana tunes for pirate music!

Come to think of it, you’re probably better off watching this movie if you aren’t inordinately tied to the real Peter Pan. I am able to suspend my disbelief and enjoy a movie regardless — unless it is Tolkien, in which case I am steamed — and it was fun, so there you are. That’s my review. 😉

 

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LOVED this:

 

 

All great villains have been classical educated, it seems. 😉

 

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In case you missed it, Scholé Sisters released Episode 5!

It was so much fun to spend time talking with Ravi Jain!