Editor’s Note: It’s that time of year again. I wrote the original version of this post about a year ago. Here is the new and improved version. Over the course of my 15 year teaching career, I received many gifts from students. To be perfectly honest, most of the gifts I got were either regifted […]
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It was a short run. But a good one.
A few weeks back I wrote about our new kitty. The one that we discovered had been born under our garage. The one who had never had any human contact. The one who would only let Number 6 near her, intially. Getting close to her was difficult in the beginning, and as a result, her fur […]
Huh. Brent Musberger got a job at Shoprite.
Seven children, nine mouths to feed, and very little time have turned me into a cashier snob at Shoprite. I don’t know any of their names, but I know their styles. I know if they are fast or slow. If they are friendly or miserable. I know if they love kids, or if they are […]
Cause I’m cool like that. At least, I used to be.
I used to be the cool teacher. The one with the cool clothes. The one who dressed up like Brittany Spears for Halloween, and called the kids “Dude,” and said things like, “Do you dig?” The one who knew the lyrics to all the current songs and could identify any singer/rapper/actress/model on any page in […]
Yesterday I’d say I was magna cum laude.
Yesterday nobody stuffed an entire load of laundry in the toilet. No one broke a glass. There wasn’t a powder, or cereal, or toothpaste, or concealer, or white-out, or tampon, or bead, or band-aid, or paint, or poop, or nail polish, or fireplace ash, or shampoo, or conditioner, or powdered sugar extravaganza. When everything was […]
I wore a suit and I liked it.
Last summer I bought a bathing suit online. When I tried it on, well, this came to mind: So I threw it in the closet, and forgot about it. Until yesterday when we had a Memorial Day barbeque and pool party. And you know what? I took that suit out of my closet, tried it on, […]