She Wants To Go To College Where?!?

I stood in a huge crowd of 16 - 17 year old's this morning. It wasn't for concert tickets or the latest tech gadget. Today we visited Portland's "International College Fair". Schools from around our Nation, and the World, presented themselves with educational offerings and recreational outings, trying to lure my child away from me. Um... wait. No. That's not how I should be looking at this.

Time has just gone by so fast! Katie's a junior in high school and the conversation about attending college is familiar at our dinner table. I'm happy that her school is focused on higher education, really I am. It's just... does it have to be so soon? I mean, what about high school being a 5 year arrangement? Or 6? Do I hear a 7?

Our elementary school experience was Kindergarten through 8th grade in one building. The comfort of knowing the teachers, volunteering in familiar halls and connecting with other parents was great. Then high school comes and it seems like it's over before you know it. 4 years definitely zips by.

So, here we are, narrowing down which programs suite her interests. We live in Oregon and she's interested in Animal Studies, Biology, Zoology - things along those lines. We have a primo school that's hours away (*sniff*) but she's found a program that made her giddy. Where is this University you ask? In Aberdeen... Scotland.

My family is very proud of carrying Scottish blood (family name Lawson - Clan MacClaren) but Yowza! I never dreamed my child, the one who asked me just last year if she could go to the college down the street and still live at home, there is no way I thought moving so far away would be appealing.

I'm not freaking out yet. There's time for that later. Let's see how this plays out.

Have you had a child move away for college? How did that work out for you?

Miss Poodle Perm, That's Me!

Jill of Scary Mommy is doing a linky post about school pictures. You know the ones, possibly you didn't smile a sweet smile, just the smirk of panic. Or you didn't know it was picture day because you had been out sick for a week and you show up in your most comfortable shirt and bed-head. (Yep. That happened to me. The smile was good though!) Well, my scanner isn't working or else I would post a particular picture from Freshman year. Since I don't have a visual, here's the story: I remember my first day of High School. Actually what I remember is the picture taken of me leaving for my first day of High School. I'm wearing a brave smile, but the hair, the hair , my hair style was a nightmare. My two best friends and I were going to be attending a High School out of our district. That was stressful enough. To add to this new-ness we wanted new looks as well. K. was going to sport the Argyle and Alligator shirt look. W. was going for 'All Monogram

This Is Quite The Blog Party! Add Your Blog To Turn It Up Tuesday!

Ever dream of having a day when you receive breakfast in bed, not one lick of housework is done - by you! - and the weather matches the mood of the day, which is 'lovely'. Well, I had such a day on Mother's Day and I am so grateful to my family. ( Could we do it again soon? I vote 'yes! ') How was your weekend? Do tell. I'm so happy to be a guest host for the blog hop Turn It Up Tuesday. Add your blog link and meet some terrific Bloggers! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Happy Mother's Day!!!! What did you moms out there do today? We'd love to hear it! Share it here on Turn It Up Tuesday! Welcome to the 34th week of Turn It Up Tuesday! Thanks so much to everyone that joins us each week and makes this blog hop the best that it could be! As you may know, Turn It Up Tuesdays is all about being happy, excited, energetic...and having fun! Link up your favorite posts and meet some awesome b

My Questions Answered By Chef Pati Jinich - Video

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