A lot of the time, I scope out the expensive books I want to buy. I'll be wandering the shelves of my regular bookstores and when I spot something just out of my price range that I want, I wait. Each time I come back I'll look at it again, thinking, "Is this the day?" This specific two book set, which cost me $40 (that's with a coupon), has taken ( Read more... )

I would really like to be a morning person.  When I first started working this job in 2003, I lived 7 blocks from it.  Since I don't NEED to check in until 7:35am, I could sleep in until 7am if I needed to.  Then I moved to Pawtucket, RI.  There I had the option of a 5:25 train or a 6:12 train with an hour long ride, but I got dropped off about 4 ( Read more... )

Today, everything related to paperwork worked out and we moved the first of our belongings to the new home.  We're back at the apartment for clothes for tomorrow, the futon mattress, and the scrabble board so we can sit back tonight and enjoy our first night in the new place.

SQUEE!

That is my unadulterated feelings on the matter.

If men could only, when they plainly feel ( Read more... )

I started sorting through my CDs this morning. Lenore had stayed the night, since she goes off to Stanford next week and wanted to hang out one last time. I have been poor company, but I hope I've made up for being a bit out of sorts by making piles of delicious food. Anyway, she reacted to the piles of CDs on the living room floor and the fact ( Read more... )

In the summertime I end up buying a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables and then I have to find ways to use them. I found this recipe for celery:

6-7 celery stalks, washed & cut into 1" slices
Water (sufficient to nearly cover)
3 T. maple syrup (used the stuff from New Hampshire I picked up this spring)
3/4 t. dill (or the 1 t. of dash o' dill I ( Read more... )

There's a mist hanging in the air that looks like stretched out cotton balls, yet the birds are still chirping. Life continues to move quickly ( Read more... )

But, the best thing that happened in it was on Thursday, right when I was ready to fall apart. My 10th grade class of Latin 4 students was working diligently on small group divided commentaries of the first 8 chapters of Augustine's De Civitate Dei, as I spent the period wandering the classroom with my Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary up on my ( Read more... )

"What does vehement mean?"
"It means forceful... a strong emotion sort of thing."
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"What does illicit mean?"
*pause*
"It means 'naughty'."

I suppose they aren't up on Roman imperial intrigue, are they?

When I finished my M.Ed. in 2006, my academic advisor told me that once I got my professional certification, she wanted to send people to my classroom for their teaching practicum. I thanked her, and responded that I like my students, to which she responded, “Yes, but good teaching is separate from liking your students.” I smiled and shrugged, ( Read more... )