Um, what the heck happened to February. Usually this is the longest month for me and it drags like a dragging thing. But it has zipped by (Flowed by, perhaps, to maintain the alliteration) and ends tonight. Sheesh ( Read more... )

I don't pay much attention to what number of post my (now admittedly very rare) LJ posts are, but I just happened to notice I had 1199 entries under my belt before I started this one up. So, yay for number 1200 ( Read more... )

The Miami County Foundation (MCF) is a local (to me) agency which does everything it can to donate money/scholarships to nonprofits/students. Their nonprofit grants are awarded twice a year with grant deadlines in August and February. I had previously written (and received) two grants from them in the past ( Read more... )

I know that summer doesn't really end until September something-or-other, but Labor Day (coming on Monday) is the symbolic end of summer in our neck of the woods. So here we are at the end of summer ( Read more... )

Well, only 1 more teacher work day before the kids join us at school (their first day is Tuesday). We had Open House last night and I had a few visitors (par for the course). And I think I may be ready for school ( Read more... )

I have had a fabulous summer. Many days of sitting & reading with my kitties (Lucy's on the chair with me right now, in fact). Time spent riding my new bike. Walking in the woods. Vacations to Chicago and Minneapolis. Plenty of family time with the folks ( Read more... )

Here it is, the last day of April, and we're getting rain! We didn't really get a lot of rain in April, so I hope that doesn't mean bad news for our local farmers. However, it did mean we had many fine weather days during the month, which I really appreciated ( Read more... )

Ah... I no longer have the feeling that I'm drowning. The first quarter ended last Friday, and today was the confirmation of grades. And I got it done. Phew ( Read more... )

It's already the third of May (with tomorrow being Star Wars Day - it's too soon!) We have the last cafeteria calendar for the school year (with the three June dates stuffed on the bottom row). The senior countdown is less than 20 days (I think it's 15). Time seems to be soaring at this point.

With that in mind, I'm running out of time to collect ( Read more... )

Autumn is my favorite season. I love the cooler weather, the changing leaves, the holidays, and the festivals. The past several weekends have seen me out with the parental units going to various festivals. The Fort Loramie Lake Festival, Minster's Oktoberfest, the farm festival which was just across the street from the Lost Creek Garden & Antique ( Read more... )