so i don't date. i never really have. now i am ( Read more... )

baby's got a brand new life. baby's got her groove back. baby's got her social life back. baby's got a brand new boy toy. life is good. as the stickers say.

Someone told me that cooking homecooked meals is the single person's single greatest time waster that is fulfilling. True enough... last night I had shrimp and veggie teriyaki over brown rice. Tonight, shrimp curry over brown rice. Oh yeah, and I forgot to mention that I'm purging my house of wicked foods. And... I'm going to double workouts. ( Read more... )

Life turns around when spring arrives ( Read more... )

You are a Black Coffee
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Birthdays are indeed a wonderful thing... even if you are 400 miles away from your family and your friends are spread from 20-400 miles away. As of Friday I was slightly melancholy that I didn't have any birthday plans, but then I realized that I could relax ALL day and enjoy my simple pleasures: like driving with the windows down, eating outside ( Read more... )

Clear plastic wrapping crinkles and crunches as you untwist the ends at the rows of red dots ( Read more... )

I went on a shopping spree today at Salvation Army. Check it out ( Read more... )

As much as I gripe and groan about my students a lot of the time... I'm not ready to get say goodbye to them quite yet. That's not supposed to come until early June. But, today... I had an impromptu goodbye and a few raindrop tears that I couldn't avoid. This boy, his name is Ridge, is a most unique character. He has shoulder-length hair and ( Read more... )

This is a short week... three days and two teacher workdays this week. =) Two of those days will be dedicated to the honor and reflection of Martin Luther King Jr., the Civil Rights Movement, and the amazing literature that stemmed from this great movement that has still not fully bloomed into fruition yet. I could teach this poetry and movement ( Read more... )