Merry Christmas... to Ashley and Lora.  The two people who have stayed true to LJ.  I won't see you guys until next year.  :(

With some girls I did my master's with, and who are also first year teachers, we came up with a support system.  A weekly email about what's been going on, including a worst moment, best moment, and best idea.  I decided to share it on here too.  Enjoy!

Worst Moment of the Week:  I teach freshmen and sophomores, and my 3rd Block sophomores have A ( Read more... )

Not blood shot eyes.

Not like a black eye.

The white part of my eyeball has blood in it.

See this site for an example:   http://www.exit256.com/t4p/pic/MISC/eye.jpg

That is NOT my eye.  My only photo is on my cell phone, but I would gladly send it to you in a message.  Just ask.

I did that from vomitting all Monday and Tuesday with a stomach virus.  ( Read more... )

Let there be INTERWEBS!

Jon and I are officially high tech rednecks.  We now have internet, cable tv and a HOME PHONE.  Wow.  I was still trying to think I wasn't an adult, even with the career, but the home phone did it for me.  # 270-380-1209

School has been going well.  First year is rather stressful, but that's okay.  My greatest ( Read more... )

Got my first ticket EVER.  Somehow my cuteness could not get me out of not having my registration :(  The other two times I got pulled over I didn't get ticketed.  (I assume because I did the whole I'm a silly girl.... whoops!  Didn't mean to be going 20 mph over!)

Makes me feel yucky.  I went 7 years with a completely clean record.  Now this.

On ( Read more... )

I accepted a position at Lincoln County High School for an English Language Arts teacher.

I have my first real job!!!!!!

Whew.  That takes a huge burden off of my chest.  I was so worried that the plans Jon and I had were going to be ruined by me not finding a job.  But I got one!  With this job I will be bringing in abou $10,000 more than what Jon ( Read more... )

There's a little Conan O'Brien in every natural redhead - the notion that growing up pale and freckled with a hair color favored by fast-food mascots ensures "the insecurity and defense mechanisms are downloaded pretty early," as he puts it.

Not only is there the Darwin factor (as a mere 2 percent of the population - the number-one minority on the ( Read more... )

 I graduate (again) but this time it's different because I am walking!  And my family is coming up!

Congrats to Lora and Ashley also for graduating!

It feels good to be done!

My Spring Break has finally arrived!  I have done nothing but wake up, go to high school at 7:30am, teach all day, stay after till 5pm grading, and then come home and plan for the next day.  And I am exhausted!  Lots of fun though.  I love my kids and I'll be very upset when I leave... only three more weeks after Spring Break.

Here are a couple of ( Read more... )

My husband and I have found a dog in our neighborhood, in the Alumni, Man-O-War, Richmond Road part of Lexington. We are unsure of his breed, but he is a medium-colored black dog with medium-colored brown eyes. His tail curls and his ears stand erect.

We took him to the vet, and they said he is underweight at 50 lbs, and he looks very skinny; they ( Read more... )