Jan 5, 2009
Today was my first day back at work after a lovely two week vacation. I admit it was a terribly boring vacation which made it absolutely wonderful! I figured out I hadn't gone anywhere in my car since...
Dec 26, 2008
M has been asking questions about Santa this year. Lots of questions. You know the ones; Is Santa real? Does he make all of those toys? Those questions. It's been sad and funny at the same time. She w...
Nov 29, 2008
Who would think I would ever write a blog about football! For those who know me it would seem unbelievable! I've watched a lot of college football this season. J is an avid LSU fan a...
Nov 26, 2008
/p>I spend way too much time on the internet looking at crafting blogs. One of them I enjoy is written by a woman who lives on a farm. In between the crafting she shares she tells of the antic...
Nov 26, 2008
So last night while I was wandering through youtube looking for some of the songs I found this video. I shared it with M this morning. She giggled and giggled. ...
Nov 25, 2008
Chris and I have an ongoing argument about Johnny Cash. (I don't tell him I really just like to argue!) I can't talk about music memories though without sharing this one. Another thi...
Nov 25, 2008
Listening to "American Pie" on grumpy's blog brought up fond memories of my childhood. My father was definitely the music connoisseur in our family. (Maybe I should look that up!)&nb...
Nov 22, 2008
I was watching the Tech and Oklahoma game earlier tonight. Man, it was painful for a Tech fan. I can freely admit though that Oklahoma outplayed them. (Now if Tech comes from way behind after this fai...
Nov 18, 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Two popular leukemia drugs, Gleevec and Sutent, kept lab mice from developing type 1 diabetes and put 80 percent of diabetic mice in remission, an international team said on Monday...
Nov 15, 2008
This says it better than I can! ...
Nov 15, 2008
Chris asked me the other day why I haven't been posting much lately. I've had lots of thoughts in my head but I really haven't been able to figure out how to write them out. I grew up in a Southern Ba...
Nov 13, 2008
I'm pretty sure I've written about this before but it seems like every year it's an issue. Our school grades reading using a child's DRA level. (Don't ask me what that stands for...I have no idea.) So...
Nov 12, 2008
I had an interesting discussion with one of my 5th graders yesterday. He's way too mature for an 11-year old...lousy home life. Both of his parents have addiction issues. Both have done prison time. H...
Nov 2, 2008
It doesn't seem like it's been this long since I've posted. I just don't seem to have the energy to sit down and write at the end of the day.School right now is kicking my butt. I haven't worked this ...
Sept 9, 2008
One of the many shortened forms or acronmys of the public education system. My new students are reminding me of many of the joys of this job.Irony first...I was walking in the cafeteria yesterday and ...