I got a BlackBerry today!  And had a second date with David!

I'm totally smitten with both.

On Friday, I gave a pop quiz on Bach.  Here's what I learned ( Read more... )

( Thanks, Alexis! )

I have a second date on Saturdayyyyyyyyyyyyyy..................

I have a date on Fridaaaaaaaaaaay....

Yes, that was vague.  A detailed post is coming later ( Read more... )

Boys are dumb.

And also wonderful.

Ugh.

Since it's the last week of the semester, I asked my kids to pick any two words off our "Word Wall" and define them.  Keep in mind it's been a while since we went over some of these...
My comments are in italics.  Enjoy.

Piano- "it's a thing with keys" (This was supposed to be in the context of dynamics, but I gave them partial credit)

Opera- "where ( Read more... )

Let me preface this by saying that my Christmas season was NUTS and I didn't send cards out to anybody.

Given that...
How the HELL do I respond to this????

Bethany,

I didn't sleep much last night thinking about this, so I'm going to get it off my chest!

I am very hurt, sad and disappointed that after 22 years of cards and gifts, trips to Europe and ( Read more... )

Haven't updated for a while... here's a brief run-down:

~I'm super excited to be on Christmas break!

~I've enjoyed going to "adults-only" Christmas parties this year (one more tonight!) and am starting to feel more at home here.  The 7th grade language arts teacher has befriended me and has told me she's now in charge of corrupting me (she's single ( Read more... )