This has been one spectacularly uneventful weekend. And I needed it. But to review what's being done and where I am headed: we have the first grading period over. Grades are due this week, conferences are the 11th and 12th, so everyone will be busy getting portfolios ready. I do not have a group to... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, October 1, 2006
THIS BLOGGER IS GETTING FIRED UP..................................
My Sunday job is to take my daughter to work at 8:00 and pick her up in the middle of the afternoon. Today, our beautiful fall day turned into a honey of a summer day! The temps have gone up twenty degrees, and are expected to be in the 90's tomorrow! What's with that? Well, I plan to make the best... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, September 30, 2006
A Beautiful Saturday Afternoon in Early Autumn
The sun is in everyone's eyes right now. I suppose most people are out to the college football games and after-activities. Me, I spent the afternoon in the library helping my oldest daughter learn how to write an annotated biblliograohy. Then for my break I picked youngest daughter up from her... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, September 29, 2006
Weak As the Winter Sun We Enter Life On Earth...Paul Simon Review
"... everybody gets a tongue to speak, and everyone hears an inner voice. A day at the end of the week to wonder and rejoice." -- Paul Simon, 2006 I have become transfixed by the new Paul Simon album, Surprised. He has traded in his expensive, globe-trotting cultural mix of African musicians and... Sign in to see full entry.
"The Human Race Struggling to Survive It's Harshest Night" -Paul Simon
"If you leap awake in the mirror of a bad dream, and for a fraction of a second you can't remember where you are, just open your window and follow your memory upstream, to the meadow in the mountain where we counted every falling star." I believe the light that shines on you will shine forever, and... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, September 28, 2006
One BLOGGER (OK It's Blanche) Is Improving!
Suffice it to say that everyone is making progress. Kids at home, kids at school. Now when I stop to realize all the people I am indebted to for helping to raise my daughters, it boggles the mind. Teachers and administrators, co-workers, nurses and supervisors, fellow cashiers, lunch ladies, study... Sign in to see full entry.
An Evening Out With My Kids, Part 2
I remembered one gem from last night, a child-derived classic. On the way to the mall, I aimed the cruiser the shortest route between the. restaurant and the mall. My soon-to-be emancipated daughter said: "why didn't you turn there the mall is just a skip, hop and a jump that way?" I let it pass.... Sign in to see full entry.
Another Outing With My Girls, Dinner and the Mall..........................
We had to buy winter coats last night. The temps in the Midwest were predicted to fall twenty-five to thirty degress on the Wednesday overnight, and they did. I am relieved to get the shopping trip out of the way; that means both girls will have new winter jackets. We talked and laughed. In line at... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
TUESDAY MORNING: THIS DOESN'T REALLY EXIST............................
I was lying in bed last night, unable to fall asleep, and my blackberry at my side. So, I began clicking off the names of the NY Yankees. I think I got one wrong, and I still cannot think of what that Johnson picther's first name is. I wrote Tim Johnson. You know, "The Big Unit?" Now, I'm not sure... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, September 25, 2006
15 Bloggers You May As well Begin Reading!
Here is my list of Yankees that ought to be on the post-season roster. Johnny Damon, CF Bobby Breu, RF Derek Jeter, ss Alex Rodriguez, 3rd, Jason Giambi, 1st, Robinson Cano, 2nd, Hideki Matsui, LF, George Posada, C, Gary Sheffield, RF, Tim Johnson, P, Mike Mussina, P, Mariano Rivera, P, Now... Sign in to see full entry.