Upon the day of my birth (or possibly a few days later--as I was not cognizant, I don't actually know) my favorite grandma gifted me with my own personal baby blanket. I didn't know it yet, but it was to be my greatest love ( Read more... )

Today's Melillamy (...it's a work in progress) quote ( Read more... )

I'm in Forks!

This place is amazing. The population is just over 3,000 and it's lush and green and there are trees and I'm happy. I want to live somewhere like this.

We left Astoria sometime this morning and drove up the coast which, again, is beautiful. Washington is, by far, MUCH better than Oregon. I liked Oregon all right, until we went to get ( Read more... )

My cohort student taught a lesson that referenced The Velveteen Rabbit, and it got me thinking because that story profoundly affected my life. I was small when I first came across it. I don't remember if I read it first or saw it on one of those reading shows like Reading Rainbow. I just remember it ( Read more... )

My first year teaching (which I routinely try to refer to as my freshman year of teaching) I discovered the Percy Jackson books and fell in love. Then I tried to make everyone in my life read them. I was moderately successful.

Two years passed, and one of my students told me I should read The Lost Hero, the sequel to the Percy Jackson books. I read ( Read more... )

I got home from work today just after five, content to plant myself on a couch and vegetate all evening. I'd have my computer, my book, and my phone. What more could I need ( Read more... )

The Boone family is probably the best family I know. I've mentioned them before, and I'm about to add to their legacy.

I took a boring technology class this year which resulted in some homework. Because they didn't give adequate instructions and the class was boring and I inherently hate homework, I put it off for as long as I could. Next thing I ( Read more... )

Happy Mother's Day to my favourite Momma. I was about to say "my sweet Momma," but then I realized that sweet applies to her about as well as it applies to me (as in it doesn't). So instead I go with favourite because she is my favourite. I've met a lot of good mommas in the world, but none are as good as mine. She raised us to be functioning ( Read more... )

I haven't been this good about updating since I was in New York, but I suddenly have nothing to do in the evenings before bed except facebook stalk and ramble on.

Parent Teacher conferences were today. I had nineteen parents show up. It was a pretty good showing, methinks, although I had no parents (not a single one) between 5 and 7:30, and and ( Read more... )

Boy Who Smiles gave me two tickets to that thing I love ( Read more... )