November 2006

You Should Be Glad I’m Not Taking Out A Hit

November 17, 2006

*an open letter to a complete asshole Dear Richard Cranium, You leave me no choice. It wasn’t my in my wildest dreams to get pregnant in high school, but there were two of us there, remember? You’ve never taken responsiblity or given me one dirty dime. That’s fine. I made it without any help from [...]

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You Should Know I’m Going To Get All Sentimental

November 16, 2006

When you’re typing papers, stressing out, considering not having coffee for the day, and also doing NaBloPoMo… well, it’s best to take a breather. Also known as taking the easy way out of an entire post. In lieu of one, I present a photo essay of an incredible human being. She knew I’d have my [...]

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Vanilla Bean Bam!

November 15, 2006

I’m not the only coffeephile in the building. There are others. They refuse to identify themselves and admit freely that they are addicted to the Coffee Bean. One of them brought in some specialty coffee yesterday. Emeril makes Vanilla Bean Bam! that is a smooth, light roast and the other addict shared her stash with [...]

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You Should Be Lucky Enough To Experience My Punishment

November 15, 2006

We are having some trouble with our sixth graders lately. They insist on acting like they’re eleven years old and it’s getting annoying. Who do they think they are? Running all over the playground, yelling loudly, taking the stairs three at a time when clearly they are behaving like wild animals in need of a [...]

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Peppermint Mocha

November 14, 2006

“Peppermint Mocha” is a term that can either be applied to me or to one of the holiday specials from Starbucks. With me, it would be when I’m MINTY FRESH after brushing my teeth after having my morning cuppa. I wouldn’t recommend that one. I would recommend the peppermint mocha coffee because it’s not a [...]

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You Should Probably Know This, But You Don’t

November 14, 2006

Last week while attending another workshop/inservice/training thingie that I had to go to (‘thingie’ is the proper educational term for it) we had to introduce ourselves to the everyone in the room by stating our names, our job titles, and then complete a sentence. “You wouldn’t know by just looking at me…” These things are [...]

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You Should Try This Sentence At Your Next Cocktail Party

November 13, 2006

During my first years of teaching I got very close to several of the other teachers. We are all near the same age and were very inexperienced as educators, but we learned from one another and had fun doing so. We would help each other decorate bulletin boards, manage difficult students, and be a shoulder [...]

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Java Jitters

November 12, 2006

Since I’m not staying at home I really can’t be picky about my coffee this morning. There was instant (GAH!) and some powdered creamer (HUH?) so I drove to the coffee shop called “Jitters & Bliss” this morning to have a very expensive cuppa vanilla latte (they charge extra for the FLAVORING) that was decent, [...]

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You Should Get Some Damn Internet, Girlfriend

November 12, 2006

This weekend Mallory and I are spending the weekend with her best friend from kindergarten who is getting married next month. Taking time out of my daily life is also a necessity, but needing to do so to attend a bachelorette party with my daughter’s friend is, admittedly, a little strange. These girls used to [...]

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You Should See Your Face Right Now

November 11, 2006

It probably looks much like mine did when I had this conversation last night with Morgan. Prior to him asking this question we had seen something that triggered his inquisitive nature to get the better of him. Of both of us, apparently. Morgan: Mom. How did you feed us? Me: When? When you were babies [...]

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