Emily (who has just started second grade) had her very first test yesterday. She brought home her first list of spelling words on Monday, and had been studying them all week. Her teacher gives them a spelling quiz on Thursday with the real test on Friday. The catch is, if the students get 100% on the quiz, they don't have to take the test on ( Read more... )

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Okay, I know that it's been while since I posted. Not that I need an excuse, because I've never asked to be excused before, but life has been crazy ( Read more... )

Your Linguistic Profile::65% General American English25% Upper Midwestern5% Midwestern0% Dixie0% Yankee
What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

25% Upper mid-western -- that must be because I call it "pop"

It's been a heck of a week. So busy that I can't see straight. We had a rep in from a new cabinet line we are carrying that is manufactured in Germany. Two days of training and order-writing has turned my brain to mush. My mom and dad kept the kids overnight last night, Diane and I actually had a chance to go out to dinner together. By ( Read more... )

It's Friday. I may have to work until 12:00 tomorrow, but it's still Friday none-the-less. Hockey playoffs start tonight. I'm excited to see the Red Wings take on Edmonton in round 1, kinda bummed out that I won't get any other games (thanks a lot ESPN for not renewing your NHL coverage), but I guess that seeing the Wings play will have to be ( Read more... )

$2.79 per gallon for regular, how ridiculous. So much for having money for lunch today ( Read more... )

"Borrowed" from lucky4clover:

1. Go to Wikipedia and enter your DOB without the year.

2. List three historical events, two births and one death that happened on your birthday.

Events:
1829 - In the United States, William Austin Burt patents the first typewriter.
1914 - Austria-Hungary issues an ultimatum to Serbia allowing the Austrians to find out who ( Read more... )

One year + 4 days since my last post! Don't look now, but it might be time for something new. Maybe later. *shifty eyed emote*

And believe it or not, I actually posted to my journal!

*wonders if anyone actually checks his journal anymore*