"He's going to eat more crow than Lance Armstrong", unknown caller on a talk radio show in reference to a sports writer slamming the white sox. (still can't believe this one made it on the air)

"Don't shoot anybody", King Richie (the illustrous mayor of Chicago)in reference to the celebration of the White Sox winning the world series.

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i got my nails done last thursday for the wedding. i had been 'saving' my nails just for this occasion, and let me tell you it was not easy! i got a french manicure (cuz that's what the other girls were getting and then we all matched) and have to say wasn't very happy with it at first. started calling them monster nails. with good reason, as the ( Read more... )

the wedding was a complete success! we had no major problems, just a minor incident with the hotel rooms. otherwise everything went smoothly. had an absolute blast! still a bit on the sick side, but am getting over it. now it's time to rest!!! :)

my brother and nephew were in for the weekend. we had a pretty good time. friday i took them to dave and busters, which they loved. but i got terrible news, friday is the last day for battletech. they are moving it out of dave and busters. so we will definately head back this week before it leaves. the main objective was the comic convention. in ( Read more... )

i am a firm believer of child labor in my classroom. i need to add more 'classroom' jobs so every student has a job. right now i have 16, but need at least one more. i also need a good name for it. for example, it sounds much better to be the distribution manager, than the paper passer ( Read more... )

i got my bracelet, so am in the first group. know it's gonna be chaotic, but don't care! i want my harry potter book! only 8 hours to go. what's really sad is that i'll have it done by saturday. all this and it's over in a day.

that's it...it's done! no more kiddies until the end of august!!! i will really miss this class, they've been a lot of fun, a great group of kids. for example, yesterday they threw me a surprise birthday party. a little mermaid cake, cupcakes, flowers, presents, balloons, candy...everything! they all did it together and had been planning it for ( Read more... )

don't think i've really stopped moving in over a week. last weekend was packed with a trip to the OUTER burbs where i picked up close to 50 books for just about $75. damn scholastic warehouse sale. class reading, research, a friend's party, finishing frames, lesson plans, and the list goes on. there was a crazy push to get everything done by ( Read more... )

had our first class of research tonite. not going to be too bad, will be work, but not nearly as much as i suspected. here's the problem. we have to do a group project and the teacher requested 5 to a group, but that was not required. we had four and over came queen imbocile (as previously mentioned back in the fall). she sat down and said ' ( Read more... )