So I guess I not all that on the ball with the updating... oops ( Read more... )

I am LOVING this sunny weather!  Today over my lunch it looked so nice outside.  I had two phone calls to make and I decided to walk and talk.  So I scooped my phone out of my purse and went for a turn around the school.  By the time I got back to class I was nice and warm, and the kids were back from lunch.

Did I mention I am loving this weather ( Read more... )

I finally finished reading 'The Historian'. It was a good read, but a bit slow in some parts.

'Beauty and the Beast' was this past weekend. All four shows SOLD OUT!! The kids have been working so hard, and the adult staff has been feeling the time crunch. But it all came together so well. Over the course of the 4 shows I was able to see the ( Read more... )

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Something is wrong with me.... I just baked about 3 dozen cookies and didn't eat a bit of dough. And only ate one cookie. Yeah, something is definitely wrong with me....

In the last week and a half I ( Read more... )

Sad news today. When the timing belt/chain broke on Sunday evening, the broken bits smacked about the engine for a few minutes. So there are numerous little bits and pieces that would need to be fixed or replaced. So, with that in mind, Oliver the Oldsmobile is..... no more ( Read more... )

"I need this old train to breakdown ( Read more... )

Finally heard back from the bank this afternoon. Can we guess what the outcome is? C’mon, it’s easy…. the outcome is ‘no job for Rachel’. This job search is getting so frustrating! There are at least 5 places that have not given me any respond to my submitted application, despite my attempts to follow-up. So the lovely bottle of Niagra has ( Read more... )

This week has been going okay. I’ve been using weather vocabulary to teach the ‘going to…’ structure, so the kids have had some fun with that. I give them 2-4 minutes (depending on how much time is left in the class period) to look in a dictionary or their textbook to find new words that I didn’t already have on the board. Surprisingly, my ( Read more... )