A few weeks ago Q-13 had parent teacher conferences at the middle school.  I was talking to his advisement teacher and she went on and on about how focused he's become in reading, she feels he's going to be at a whole new level at the end of the year.  I have to say, I was relieved because I'd been a bit worried about his reading dropping off ( Read more... )

Last year T-11 made her first BFF.  They both share a love of horses and pretend play that usually ages out at this point, so it was nice they found another person to be an immature little kid around since everyone else in their grade is going through puberty ( Read more... )

Our county had a school board meeting tonight.  I attended, but had to leave after the first hour because I'm single-parenting during the weekdays and the kids wanted dinner.  However, I was IMing my Cousin-In-Law and she introduced me to this new thing the kids are calling ' Twitter' and I was able to enjoy the clusterfuck that is a school board ( Read more... )

There's a fire burning the Royal Gorge area, the article says some structures have been lost but doesn't specify.  I hope it's none of the park buildings.  You know how I feel about that place!


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Well this shit is not helping.

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So I got an xbox/kinnect for the kids this year. Mostly for this guy right here:


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And it was awkward.  That's never happened to use before and while I normally ignore people ringing our doorbell (the most effective way to keep out serial killers, I've found, it to pretend you're not home) I thought it was a package so I rushed to answer it and was met ( Read more... )

it's my birthday, wtf?  stop ruining it ( Read more... )

My mom lives in a town house with 3 other units.  The other 3 units are very similar in design, small fronts, two-stories and a basement, small backyard.  However, when my parents moved in before the divorce (35 years ago), they got the end unit.  Now the end unit was designed by the builder it was supposed to be his home so he could be the ( Read more... )

I now volunteer in all three kids classes which is nice because I can keep an eye on things.  Helicopter mom is always watching.  Today, I was in 3rd Grade with T-9.  I was given a group of 7 students and sent to the library to teach them division.  All was going well (if slightly rowdy, I have that affect on kids and dogs) when I heard one girl ( Read more... )