Dear Reader, I have a confession. I committed a major oops last night. I was warned. I nodded that I got it. Then I turned around and did exactly what the author warned me not to do. Let’s go to the beginning of the story…. Last night I […]
The kids in our town love Randy. This story shows why.
The strongest tell tale sign of puberty is the voice. A drop in range makes the voice easier to hear so less force is required to project the sound. Fortunately, the kids don’t realize this so I hear every secret they try to hide. And the look of surprise, when confronted with the knowledge that they were thinking of ditching 4th hour is priceless.
This week the comics from the local paper was the source for our vocabulary words. I got the idea when one of the characters used the word “minutiae.” This was a word I taught the kids the week prior and served as validation that what they learned on […]
Maybe it was delirium from mowing the lawn in an Arizona August, or since it was Sunday, it could have been divine intervention-regardless a really good idea came to the front of my mind. We don’t have to wait for the kids to have fun.
Last week I made home made jam. It was so good, I gave it away. Except I gave too much away and didn’t save any for myself. Isn’t that the rule. If you make something to share it turns out great. If you make it to store it […]
Girlfriends, remember when we were kids and our moms made the pigtails too tight? Yeah it was one of those headaches. Except, my hair is curly, so I couldn’t take out the ponytail. If I did, we’d have a Macy Gray situation on our hands.
My eyes are on fire. It feels like little flames are coming out of my nose too. If you need a mental image think of those scary monster movies where the monster is walking towards the main character with fire blowing out after them. All this time I […]
By the middle of seventh grade, the kids are as tall as, if not taller, than me and look like mini adults. This makes teaching interesting because they have adult bodies and child like thinking. It is easy to forget they are always in a state of flux. […]
This morning we went to my favorite local breakfast spot: The Eye Opener. It is one of those businesses that remains because the people in the community call it their second home. I could go there in my bathrobe and slippers and they would think anything of it. […]