Twins and Bro...
Ramblings, musings, things I find humorous and lots of pictures of my kids. Basically, whatever I feel like at any given moment, which knowing me, could really be just about anything.
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Roberts Family Update
Since I last posted in March 2013, I finally earned my BA in History from Arizona State University, with a 3.85, Summa sum laude! I have since started ASU's Master of History degree program. Emma and Alex started 1st grade, and Justin is in 9th grade. I can't believe I have a freshman in high school! Shawn has one semester left until he finishes his Bachelor in Psychology. Meanwhile I have had some health problems which I will go more in detail about later. I don't know if anyone reads this blog any more, but I plan on keeping it up to track my family's adventures which we call life.
Friday, March 15, 2013
Update on Roberts Clan March 2013
Life is crazy, I volunteer at Emma and Alex's preschool twice a week, take care of my sister Mary 5 days a week, go to school fulltime... was still able to pull off some good grades for the first half of the semester. Second half of the semester I am taking an American Cultural History course that covers from the Civil War through "How Rock'n'Roll Changed America" and also taking a women's studies class for my minor, called Gender, Drugs and Alcohol. Also, Alex lost his first baby tooth and Emma has her first loose tooth. Everyone is growing up too fast!
Sunday, January 6, 2013
How to Write Good
The first set of rules was written by Frank L. Visco and originally published in the June 1986 issue of Writers' digest.
The second set of rules is derived from William Safire's Rules for Writers.
The second set of rules is derived from William Safire's Rules for Writers.
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Wednesday, January 2, 2013
The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown by Claire Ridgway
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This really was a countdown to Anne Boleyn's fall. After a brief introduction, the book jumps straight into Summer of 1535 and The Royal Progress. It doesn't just end with the execution of Queen Anne; There are a few short chapters on Jane Seymour and a sort of "where they are now" of many of the royal "players" after Anne's execution. It was very informative, clearly written and interesting.
I am a history major with a concentration is on US history, therefore, although I have studied some European and Asian history, it has been mostly in a general context which covered vast periods of time. From this book I was able to get a better understanding of a very specific period of history; Henry VIII's "love life" from 1535-1536.
I also wanted to mention, that the author used footnotes, but although the number was there, I was unable to find the corresponding footnote, unless I went to her website where she listed Notes and Sources plus a full Bibliography. I found that a bit tedious and inconvenient.
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My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This really was a countdown to Anne Boleyn's fall. After a brief introduction, the book jumps straight into Summer of 1535 and The Royal Progress. It doesn't just end with the execution of Queen Anne; There are a few short chapters on Jane Seymour and a sort of "where they are now" of many of the royal "players" after Anne's execution. It was very informative, clearly written and interesting.
I am a history major with a concentration is on US history, therefore, although I have studied some European and Asian history, it has been mostly in a general context which covered vast periods of time. From this book I was able to get a better understanding of a very specific period of history; Henry VIII's "love life" from 1535-1536.
I also wanted to mention, that the author used footnotes, but although the number was there, I was unable to find the corresponding footnote, unless I went to her website where she listed Notes and Sources plus a full Bibliography. I found that a bit tedious and inconvenient.
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
Proposal Rock Inn, Neskowin, Oregon
The Grateful Bread Restaurant was closed but we took pics anyway. |
The manager left the key out along with a flashlight. We bought a couple candles. We had a romantic night in bed (get your mind out of the gutter) taking turns reading aloud to each other from my Kindle. The power came back on around 2:30 am. The rest of the vacation was relatively uneventful, just a nice relaxing couple of days together, without the kids.
The view from our balcony. |
The view from the porch in our condo. If you peered around the corner you could see the ocean. |
Our aunt Roxanne (on Shawn's side) gave us this nice bottle of champagne. Went strait to my head! :) |
Our anniversary dinner, pork ribs and a delicious salad. |
Our room was actually a one bedroom condo. It Shawn's aunt Roxanne's timeshare, she let us use some of her days for our anniversary trip. |
Cable, internet, no phone but that just meant no distractions. :) |
This bed is the first hotel/motel/ guest room bed I've ever slept on that didn't hurt my back. So comfortable. |
The kitchen meant cooking, but I was ok with that because one, it saved money and two, the nearest town was 15 miles away and we would have had to drive through snow to get there! |
Our condo was on the bottom floor, the second and third windows from the right. |
Proposal Rock is actually a small island you can walk to when the tide is out... |
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Friday, October 19, 2012
And then there were two... college grads!
Labels:
Associate of Arts,
degree,
graduation,
shawn college diploma
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
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