My hubby reminded me today - with a kiss, no less - that it was 7 years ago tonight that he proposed to me.  Aw...  I actually hadn't made the connection.  *bad galena!*  Does this mean he gets to forget something in the future ( Read more... )

Wow ... I believe this is my first post since school started.  Now, I'm three weeks in, already!  Time flies when you're ... busy.  Yes, I'm having fun, but I'm also really busy!

Let's sum up:

- I am teaching two grade 12 (IB) and one grade 9 (academic, non-IB) this semester.  I already knew a lot of the 12's going into the school year, due to last ( Read more... )

Ah, Labour Day weekend. The unofficial end of summer - particularly for a teacher who's been off since just before Canada Day...

The one question I'm hearing most often lately? "Are you ready?" Nothing specific attached to that - it's assumed, correctly, that I know they mean "for the first day of school".

I am. I think. I can get through ( Read more... )

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Wondering how Harry might've dealt with the aftermath of the final battle? Check out this story for one possibility.

I've barely finished the book (well, it's been almost two days, but considering the people who bought the book at midnight & marathoned through the book, finishing before I'd even bought it, it's still "barely" in my books!) and I've found some interesting interpretations, and meta.

This post by rexluscus is fabulous. So much thought went into it, and it ( Read more... )

( cut for spoilers, just in case )

( spoilers, of course! )

audi7, you can have the book now, I'm done.

( SPOILER ALERT - don't click if you don't want to be spoiled! )

I just finished. *sniff*

I liked it. More later, after I've had some sleep.