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My family is so great! Sure, all of the kids have to sleep on the floor for two weeks and line up for the bathroom each morning, but it's worth it for the laughs and special connections we all have. Seriously, just these few days every few years that we get to spend time together is enough to maintain some of the strongest friendships I have ( Read more... ) -
Plane ticket- check
I am 'moving' to England on Aug 23rd, 2007. Yep, just over one month until my career finally begins! The move is for that reason, to start a career and truly be a teacher. It's one thing to have the degree and title. but another to actually have my OWN CLASSROOM! It's mine until January (I am covering a maternity leave) and I will be the first ( Read more... ) -
dance fever!
So our costumes have arrived. I LOVE the colors and... well, just having new costumes is motivation enough for us. We've used the same old ones for years and they don't smell too good after all the performances we've had on burning stages and so forth ( Read more... ) -
le crabe
Some interesting events and places to go I encountered over the past few weeks that I thought I would share:
- Delta Bird Sanctuary - part of our Spring Break field trips with the daycare. I was working one-on-one for this trip and my child and I walked and walked and walked along the dyke around one of the ponds. There are millions of ducks and ( Read more... )
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The war is on, big time
Pray for peace.
Aerial bombings will be expected all over yet again. Destroying what was being rebuilt and taking more innocent lives.
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"Did you ever have a time when you couldn't make a rhyme?"
I just downloaded a few childrens' songs of our time including "I am a Pizza" and "On Top of Spaghetti" among other such favorites. Children today are still listening to the same songs which is interesting to me. I haven't found a variation on them. No new Raffi or Charlotte Diamonds of their time. In fact when I volunteered in schools prior to ( Read more... ) -
the world in colour
or is it colOr? I am finding it challenging to tutor those little facts that I really didn't grasp onto when I was in elementary school. I am also shocked that in grade 6 they are learning the classification of living things. Monera, Protista, Fungi, Oh My! Yes, I told them the joke about the mushroom being a "fun guy". Grade 6's are getting to ( Read more... ) -
ode to a song
So, I feel a bit more settled with life at the moment. A regular schedule is all I was craving really. Strange going through life continually learning about yourself. By dancing and from the Education program I have learned that I am a very visual learner and need to take things one step at a time. I can't learn the footwork and hands at the ( Read more... ) -
My car songs
I only have my radio to keep me company on my frequent drives. Today Ace Of Base's "The Sign" came on and it made me smile. Grade 4 anyone? Anyone ( Read more... ) -
ode to Toronto
It's an alright place with many people traveling the highways to get to a strip mall, or a chain restaurant, or to venture downtown for a more unique array of shops and restaurants. Kind of. It's a mass marketing consumerist society out here. I haven't had the chance to find a small neighborhood with indepndent shops, aside from the various Sri ( Read more... )