I am so sick and tired of fighting with students over the n-word. Most of my students say it every other word. My first couple of years teaching I wasn't as tough the word because I was so shocked that they actually said it. So now, whenever a kid says it...here is the dialog that commences ( Read more... )

Michael and I watched Stephen Kings' 'The Mist' last night for the first time. I guess I was expecting it to be somewhat cheesy - in the made for TV sort of way. The first half of the movie seemed like your run of the mill horror movie....rather predictable....then the second half came along.....and kicked me in the ass. I don't want to spoil it ( Read more... )

So, thanks to azythromycin I am feeling better on the pneumonia front, and thanks to some perscription strength iron supplements I'm also feeling better on the anemia front. My doc and I both believe that my anemia is and hopefully was due to my IUD and it's affects on my cycles. So now that it's gone, hopefully we'll see that red blood cell count ( Read more... )

So yesterday afternoon, I went to the doctor because I was afraid I may have pneumonia. Well, after a myriad of tests, the doc came back into the room and told me that I was severely anemic. Like *transfusion-level* anemic. She told me to immediatly call Michael and have him take me to the emergency room and lectured me about not waiting so long ( Read more... )

2 years ago today, my father decided to leave this world. Where he went and why he went I may never know, but what I do know is that I still think of him every single day. Every time I look into my sons eyes I see a little of him, and I wish so much he could look into those eyes too ( Read more... )

Quite the weekend. We took Ash to grandmas for Friday and Saturday night. I got to see Michaels Show at Ascension - which was awsome. It was great to see people I haven't seen for a long time (since Ashton was born ( Read more... )

So, yesterday at school there was a school wide assembly where we learned that we are one of 12 schools in the city participating in the 'shoes for grades' program. If a kid can raise his/her grade 1 grade point, they get a pair of sneakers. That's like going from a 60 average to a 70 or a 70 to an 80...bla, bla, bla. Not only this, but (if you ( Read more... )

I've been feeling very disconnected recently. I guess just the day to day routine of taking care of Ashton, and working has really started to get to me. I haven't been able to really paint in a long, long time. I tried to do it over xmas break, and got a total of maybe 3 hours in on one painting. I don't know if it's that I don't feel inspired ( Read more... )

Here are two of the many, many reasons that we want to move this summer ( Read more... )

We went up to Pennsylvania to Michaels brother's house for Chrismas today. I swear those kids (Ashtons' cousins) got more toys for Christmas than I ever got in my LIFE. No kidding. It filled an entire room! Ashton made out pretty good too though. We don't even have room for all of his toys - he had to take some and put them in the basement! But ( Read more... )