The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for my area. Up to a quarter of an inch of wintry precipitation could fall tonight. That’s right! Enough snow/ice to make a footprint is coming this way! Local meteorologists and newscasters have warned people to take cover, and the grocery store lines are backed … More Urgent notice!
Friday, December 9 Today during my 4th period class–a class that usually makes me wish I had chosen a less stressful career, like firearms testing or bounty hunting–we actually had a productive discussion. They did their work and volunteered answers to questions. They refrained from cursing. I didn’t have murderous thoughts about any of them. … More Dear Diary:
Fun! And such a good writing practice activity. I’m making my students do it, except they have to write a memory that they have of themselves with either Romeo and Juliet, you know, from when they used to live in Verona. BRILLIANT! If you read this, if your eyes are passing over this right now, … More You must remember this….
*Who am I kidding? Here in NC two INCHES would cancel school. Anyway, story still applies…. Catch up on my magazines. I could paper my walls with back issues of The Progressive, Yoga Journal, and the Oxford American. Mend the claw-shaped hole in my comforter that’s been there for over a year. Walk with Suzanna … More Thirteen things I would do if two feet of snow* fell and cancelled school
My mom, a loyal reader, suggested a post related to the five senses, and my sister followed through quite nicely. Here, after days of contemplation, is my contribution. 5 things you like to smell: 1. vegetable soup simmering on the stove 2. cloves 3. cold air 4. Earl Grey tea 5. baby lotion 5 things … More Sense and sensibility
Well, I guess this is the post you’ve all been waiting for. It’s the post I’ve been waiting to write, actually. It’s the one wherein I tell you that after six attempts and one failed pregnancy, I am still not pregnant, and it’s the one where I announce, Ross and Rachel style, that I am … More Fine and dandy like a hard candy Christmas
1. About those instructions–“DO NOT EAT PIZZA WITHOUT COOKING.” Are you kidding me with this? Did someone actually try to eat the pizza while it was frozen? And then did they write to you complaining that the FROZEN pizza was inedible? Because I’m not sure you took the appropriate action. If someone actually ate a … More Some questions for the DiGiorno people
Note: I actually thought about my Thursday 13 post yesterday, but I thought yesterday was Wednesday and assured myself I’d have time to do it today, which is in fact FRIDAY, so somewhere out there in the Universe is a missing day! Another note: I started this post during a lull in my 3rd period … More Thirteen things I should have blogged about in the past week but didn’t
We hope you’ll drop by in a few days when regularly scheduled programming has returned. In the meantime, please enjoy this little laugh, compliments of the United States Government. BUSH PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY DESTROYED BY FLOOD Crawford, Texas — A tragic flood this morning destroyed the personal library of President George W. Bush. The flood began … More This blog is on temporary hiatus
Someone please assure me that I have not just decreased my chances of conceiving a child from the IUI I had this afternoon because I was crawling on my hands and knees in my wet, leaf-covered grass at 11 p.m. trying to coax my INDOOR CAT from underneath my back porch. Please tell me that … More Question from a lunatic
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