Author Archives: Kelly

We’ve been drawing again! 6B pencils and lots of free time (on my part) resulted in THIS: Guess who it is! Now that I see it all scanned, I see all the flaws (My drawing flaws of course. The person … Continue reading →

The other day I got an e-mail from an old friend that I hadn’t talked to in a while, then another one from another old friend, and one from a new one! All those letters set my mind on my … Continue reading →

Three weeks ago we were at the local B&N and we saw a sign advertising the Giada at Home: Family Recipes from Italy and California book signing. We’re big fans.  Not like rabid fans, but big fans nonetheless because she’s pretty … Continue reading →

I turned 16!! I went to the mall and got a pretty dress. I talked with my family from Mexico and Oregon! I met the Chick-fil-a cow. I decided to have raspberry-blackberry pie instead of cake, because really, when you … Continue reading →

I’ve been listening to talk radio a lot lately. It’s awesome. It’s not that I haven’t listened to it before, I have. Since the womb practically. I was born in 1994, the same year as the Contract with America and … Continue reading →

Note: This post is one in a series on how we prepared our homeschooled children to take various College Level Examination Program tests. The introductory post for this series explains why we take these tests, what parts of the preparation … Continue reading →

You know those awkward silences when you’ve said something a bit out of place and no one responds? Or even worse, when you’ve said something that, as far as you know, is prefectly acceptable, but the silence is still there? … Continue reading →

“Veganism is a diet and lifestyle that seeks to exclude the use of animals for food, clothing, or any other purpose.” Animals are great. I love my cats, and as I’ve said before, I wouldn’t go hunting if my life … Continue reading →

Betty Blonde is so much fun. I can do whatever I want with it. If I’m feeling a little 80′s, I’ll indulge an 80′s rock star. If I feel that Betty Blonde (the character) has been a little clichéd lately, … Continue reading →

I haven’t been on too many college campuses in my life, so I had few preconceived opinions when we arrived at Campbell to tour the campus.  Our guide was an exuberant Italian-American woman from New Jersey whose two homeschooled children … Continue reading →

So here in the Chapman household nothing much has been happening (other than the very exciting college, academic, ACT etc. stuff which Dad has already filled you in on.)  February is generally very dreary around here.  Mundane things excite me … Continue reading →

The ACT this year felt so much better than last year’s.  Last year, there were many math and science questions that I didn’t know where to begin with, whereas this year I felt I could understand and ace every single … Continue reading →

Here’s a few pictures for you Youngin!  A coat is covering the pillar, but there is a hallway behind the back wall that you see, and a small areato the side of that where the fire pit originally was. The … Continue reading →

Well we’ve had an amazing snowy weekend!  We ate a lot, almost like Christmas time, and we made the best snowfort of our lives.  It was epic. We woke up on Saturday morning all ready to get cold and wet … Continue reading →

My diary is dead.  It was boring to write in, every entry felt really contrived and formulaic.  Instead of a diary I now keep a book of lists and plans and drawings and thoughts and ideas and stories and scribblings … Continue reading →

Every once in a while, when a girl gets a little nostalgic, her thoughts turn to the green valleys of Oregon. I’ve been feeling a little nostalgic lately, thus my thoughts have been close to my home state. And since … Continue reading →

I updated the Betty Blonde About page with a few short bios. I’m hoping to make it better and more detailed later (maybe with some illustrations?) but this’ll do for now.  Christian’s been thinking about putting up a wiki for … Continue reading →

You know what I’ve noticed? Messy buns are particularly hard to master. If I concentrate too hard while making them, I run the risk of ending up with one of three looks: ‘Neat and tidy bun that was supposed to … Continue reading →

Dad’s got homeschool pretty much covered, but not the rest of our lives, so here’s our 2009 in summary! January:It snows a lot… everyone’s toes are cold and we make tamales and go go-karting at Pigeon Forge with friends and … Continue reading →

Today is BUSY and I’m a little lazy, so I’m just gonna put up some overdue Christmas photos and catch up on the blog later. Sugar cookies that Jenna and I made Tons of chocolate covered pretzels and a cookie … Continue reading →