This was the inspiration behind this theme.
Most of my friends know that I am a total history nut. I love learning about the people and events of history. That is why I consider this song to be one of my favorite Christmas carols.
This song was written by a man who had every reason not to [...]
Can you believe that?
Obviously, there’s yet another new theme up. This is actually the one I started working on last night. I’m pretty doggone proud of it. Considering that I am not a graphic designer, and that most of the changes were made by the old trial-and-error method, I think it turned out pretty well.
Today [...]
I hope your days were filled with food, family, and fun!
We have so many things to be thankful for, and this holiday is a wonderful time to remember how blessed we are.
Obviously – as I’m sure you can tell – I had a little “feng-shui-theme” attack. I’m actually not a big fan of this theme, [...]
Wow… such a busy day and yet not a lot to say!
I subbed for the middle school math teacher again (read about my previous experiences here and here). Not a lot to say there. I guess it was a slightly crazier than usual middle school day, because today was the last day before the holiday [...]
Moving is really such an ordeal anymore. It’s funny how attached we become to our “stuff”. We fill up moving trucks with boxes and boxes of trinkets and thingambobs. We take a Tylenol to fight the backache that comes from moving all of our furniture. We stress and we strain, we fret and we worry, [...]
I was back in an eighth grade pre algebra class today – same class as the one I taught last week. No complaints, it was an average middle school day. I really love this particular school. I will sub for the same class tomorrow, and then the rest of the week (Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday) [...]
When I was a teenager, I NEVER wore makeup. I hated the way it felt, and I wasn’t a huge fan of how it looked either. Maybe once or twice a year, I would get a particularly vicious pimple and use a touch of coverup- that was it!
When I went to college, I continued my [...]
Today was pretty quiet, but this evening my parents and I went to a dinner at our church. We have this dinner every year before Thanksgiving. It’s called the Harvest Banquet.
It’s a pot luck and very laid back… mostly just a time to get together and eat good food. I must admit that I was [...]
I taught 6th grade science today. Overall not a bad day… kind of a standard day in the middle school. Most of the classes were good, a handful of kids caused trouble but nothing too bad.
I did have one strange moment. I ran into one of the assistant principals in the hallway between classes. It [...]
Eighth grade pre algebra, to be specific. Overall it wasn’t bad… one or two classes were a little crazy but mostly the day went smoothly. I was a little irritated because the teacher previously told me I would need to do a lot of initial introduction to some concepts, but instead I wound up handing [...]