I really needed today.  Lately I have questioned if I wanted to continue teaching - especially high school.  The frustrations can be overwhelming at times.  When I started teaching (15 years ago) I LOVED my job.  I was excited to go to work every day.  But lately I have felt like I have been worn down like a rock in a river.  It sounds whiny, but I ( Read more... )

Just got around to checking my LJ and made the realization that it has been over 6 months since I last posted.  I had resisted facebook for so long, and now it has taken over!!  I don't think I like that.  Let's see how successful I am at changing it.

As promised, the saga of the car wreck ( Read more... )

Had a great trip to Washington, D.C. for the Organization of American Historians conference.  Truly geeked out!  Got to go to an interesting session on the AP U.S. History test and the changes they are talking about for the new future.  Another session on 4 of the modern monuments in D.C., Vietnam, Korea, WWII and the previously unknown to me ( Read more... )

I can't believe it is almost over, it always goes too fast!  Most of this week has been spent with E and a friend of his who stayed with us much of the week because his parents were working.  We started with TMT last weekend and a chance to see some friends we had not seen in a long time.  And a chance to celebrate a bunch of birthday's - including ( Read more... )

As of today, E is 13 years old.  I just can't believe it!  In the last 6 months he has been really getting taller and loosing the "kid" look.  We are already having to think about high school plans.  Only 2 years to a learners permit (argh!) and 5 until high school graduation!  How does the time pass so fast???

Edward's 1st round of their Soccer tournament was this weekend.  They had three games, 12:30 on Saturday and 8:00am and 2:00pm on Sunday.  They won all three! 10-0, 6-1 and 4-1 if I remember correctly.  The 1st two were great games.  Unfortunately the last one left something to be desired.  The team we played was VERY aggresive, there was a lot of ( Read more... )

Wow, I really haven't posted in a long time...did not realize it had been so long!  So, to catch things up ( Read more... )

This morning I ran over one of our dogs.  I am completely perplexed at how it happened.  She was 16 years old and seldom moved off the cushion in her kennel.  How she managed to be out on the front driveway at 6:45am is a complete mystery ( Read more... )

Today's stops ( Read more... )