Yesterday we spent the day at my parents’ house for Easter. As I usually do, I wandered up into my old bedroom. You know, just to reminisce. If you’ve been around here for a while, you know that my grandmother died shortly before Christmas. There was some stuff from her condo up in my room. […]
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A Happy Easter
By 6:15 am the Easter baskets had been pilfered. By 11 a.m. we were at Grammy and Papa’s house. By 11:30 a.m. we had found all the eggs. By 12 p.m. we had opened the eggs, sorted the eggs and chowed on cupcakes. (Number 6 gave Number 7 a haircut last night. Do you like […]
Parents and Teachers – Common Sense + Common Core = a total f*cking mess
I used to be a teacher. I started out as the full-time aide to an autistic student. After that, I spent three years as a 6th grade teacher. And then six years as a 4th grade teacher. I loved working with the kids. It was extremely rewarding. But even 10 years ago, in my last […]
I got a new phone. Please don’t call me on it. Ever.
Yesterday I spent all afternoon cleaning my room. It had been a while. Clothes. Dust. It was a disaster. And Mo can vouch for that. It was so bad I even washed the curtains. And the dustruffle. So today was a little crazy. I had some catching up to do. I had to workout. I had […]
Wherever you go, go with all your…
CCB is taking Number 4 to work with her next Friday. But CCB and Number 5 have always had a very special bond. CCB felt bad that she wasn’t taking Number 5, who isn’t old enough, to work with her, so to make up for it, she took Number 5 out for ice cream last night. Just […]
Yeah, I’ve got a few pounds to go still, but it’s not even really about that anymore.
Last summer I was down to my lowest weight since having kids. I got down to single digits in the pants department. I got rid of all my double digit pants. And then over the winter, I put 18 pounds back on. I couldn’t even get the single digit pants over my thighs. I was […]