I did not hit my goal, but my colleague (who went because I told him repeatedly how MUCH he'd love it...and he did, and he wants to go back) DID. I'm SO excited that he got into the zone and scored 1200 essays!!!

I scored 900 essays. Would have been more but mornings...gods, I was useless and kept falling asleep over the essays, even when I ( Read more... )

Day 1: 82 essays (with morning set aside for training ( Read more... )

A little over an hour ago, I went to the basement to look for the 3-ring binders I thought were in the filing cabinets there. To get to the 2nd set of filing cabinets, I had to hop sideways over a PILE of stuff...and when I hopped back, I turned the same ankle I sprained badly several years ago. It popped loudly twice, and it took me a while to ( Read more... )

Do you know what school projects, like Build A Model Of The Solar System are good for?

• Fomenting family strife
  
• Costing families money
  
• Teaching children to procrastinate
  
• Teaching children to lie to their parents by omitting the existence of said project
  
• Getting paint all over things
  
• Making parents be Active Participants In Their Children's Learning ( Read more... )

I only have three more eps of S1 Chuck to catch up on. This show is so delightfullly FUN and quirky and I am loving it lots ( Read more... )

I did NOT break my ankle today, which is good, since I apparently made QUITE a good attempt ( Read more... )

Salad As Big As My Head with walnuts, cranberries, blue cheese, and raspberry vinaigrette is YUMMY.

Trinidadian food is YUMMY.

Girl Scout Mint cookies in ice cream are YUMMY.

Mike Rowe is adorable and looks and acts and jokes quite like my husband. Watching Dirty Jobs together is lovely ( Read more... )