Sunday, February 22, 2015

Working, working, working, on this bright white and blue day

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Outside, it's bright with snow, sunlight and blue skies. Temperatures are beautiful too, for the time being, and I sweated buckets when ...

LinkedIn and... Birthdays!?

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What? Has LinkedIn become WORSE than facebook and is now emailing me about people's birthdays? What in the world? Subject of the ema...
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Now a Pioneer Covered Wagon?!

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Yeah, first there was the mousetrap car , and now my seventh-grader needs to make from scratch a pioneer covered wagon that needs to look a...
Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Grieving Friendship Loss/Change

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Sometimes grief takes me by surprise. It blindsides me in the middle of an ordinary day as sudden tears roll down my cheeks, seemingly out o...

SNOW DAY! (Now with photos!)

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YAY! I'll have my first snow day tomorrow, probably the last, but at least there was one, YAY! I really really need to work on the tra...
Sunday, February 15, 2015

Backed Up

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Finally, after nearly two years of constant complaints and agony over three years' worth of photos being " hostage to iPhoto "...
Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Productive

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Just a quick note to say that I am being productive (finally!! Hopefully I'll keep it up!) and I'm working on the translation. I a...
Saturday, February 07, 2015

Laura Ingalls Wilder's Birthday!

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Is/was today -- I learned that from Google's doodle: That means she shares a birthday with my cousin Denise & my friend Simone. ;...
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Friday, February 06, 2015

Reading, Field-Tripping, Not Sleeping... (and dreading to wake/get up)

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I guess the title kind of summarizes this week. Those activities, or lack thereof, added to my already super-busy teaching schedule. I...
Monday, February 02, 2015

The Chilling Super Bowl Ad (& the one I liked)

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I had already seen references to it in M 's facebook feed, but I didn't see the until today. I couldn't help it. I had silent ...

Eleanor & Park (comments)

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Last year at the children's lit association conference I heard a lot about Eleanor & Park (by Rainbow Rowell), so I simply had to c...
Saturday, January 31, 2015

My New Kitty... :-)

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...was a gift from my friend J -- we love to drink tea together (she got one for herself too).  Isn't it cute? ;-) Thanks, J!
Thursday, January 29, 2015

What's the Point of Mousetrap Car Projects?????

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Please, please, p lease... People born & raised in this country, can you please enlighten me?  Is this mousetrap car thing kind of a ...
Tuesday, January 27, 2015

It's Finally Here! (Pre-Ordered Oct 25!)

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I posted this from my phone last night at 11:11 pm  (actually got out of bed to take these photos!!! see my pajamas there?)  but my phone ne...
Monday, January 26, 2015

Snow Day for THEM, but not for me! Not fair! :-(

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It happened again  (including my husband and U#1)! But this time it wasn't that bad because I got to meet them at the ski slopes after m...
Sunday, January 25, 2015

Week 2: Productive/ Blizzard Envy

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Week 2 down, 15 more to go (discounting Spring Break, adding finals), 'cause unfortunately this semester is not 14, but 15 weeks long! :...
Saturday, January 24, 2015

Guess Who Was Unhappy Again this Morning?

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My eldest son, of course! My students, on the other hand, loved my lipstick earlier this week.  My husband was jealous of my lip photog...
Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Goodbye! :-( My Husband's Beautiful Vovó Maria is No More

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After nearly three months in the hospital she rested yesterday.   But we all cherish the hope of seeing her someday again. P.S. Th...
Sunday, January 18, 2015

First Week Over, 14 More to Go

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15 if we include Spring Break, 16 if we include finals +Spring break. This is one of those semesters I'm looking forward to ending. ...
Saturday, January 17, 2015

The Honesty of Kids/ I like lipstick

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I walked into the kitchen where my sons and husband were eating breakfast this morning, and this is what I heard from my disgusted eldest so...