I’m a loser blogger, and I have nothing prepared today. I have gifts to buy, gifts to wrap, Christmas programs to attend, papers to grade, a couple hundred pages to write, a toilet or two to clean, snow to pray for, and a speech to practice on why Christmas makes me happy. So in the […]
READ MOREI’m a little late on the blog today. Sighhh…see, I wasn’t supposed to have school today and I was going to have all day long to blog. Then my dreams were dashed. Crushed like the cigarette butt of the teenagers who hide in the bathroom during lunch. Shattered like Britney Spears reputation. Hiijacked like the […]
READ MOREWe interrupt this regularly scheduled blog to tell you there is a chance of frozen precip in the area. Jen could not be available to write her Pulitzer-worthy post today because she is busy begging her Lord for snow and ice. She cannot be torn away from the snow altar she has built in the […]
READ MORESo I’m a little grumpy. And I’ve been watching too much Dr. Oz on Oprah. Because now everything I see is a potential health hazard. And I tend to obsess about that stuff. My new thing is aspartame. I drink Diet Dr. Pepper and Diet Coke. And it has aspartame. So this week at work […]
READ MOREIt’s that time of year again. Christmas carols. Tinsel. Jingle bells. And Christmas emails. I got this one last week and thought I’d share (translation: I had a really slow weekend and couldn’t think of anything else to blog about). Feel free to contribute your own or pass it on to others. Some of us […]
READ MORELast weekend I saw a great movie. Enchanted. I told my students about it, but most were not impressed in the least. They are only impressed when we discuss movies that involve decapitation, blood, and guts. This movie definitely doesn’t qualify. So the gist of Enchanted is that Giselle is a cartoon. And she lives […]
READ MOREDay two at work without any email. That’s right–can you imagine? It’s been sheer torture. So we’re all about energy conservation at my school. (Seriously, we have somebody whose job as “Energy Czar” is just to monitor our energy use and constantly pop in and out of the buildings AT NIGHT and check to see […]
READ MOREMondays… they’re way too frequent. And why do they have to follow a weekend? Why make the worst day of the week follow the best TWO DAYS of the week? BUT…I only have to get through this week then I get to wear JEANS through all the month of December at school! YIPPEE!! All because […]
READ MOREJust a quick post. It’s only 7:44 p.m. here, but I should’ve been in bed two hours ago. Seems Early Bird Sales (I capitalize it because it’s a holy time for my family members) start even EARLIER this year–four a.m. If you check the JCPenney online ad it says “Open At Four” then there’s an […]
READ MOREOnce again it’s time to reflect upon the things I am thankful for. 1. I’m thankful that Michael Jackson no longer lives in this country. I don’t know why I care, but somehow I sleep better knowing he’s elsewhere. 2. For my family not sending out MISSING alerts on me. With the writing and working […]
READ MOREOkay, for all of you who have been asking about Paula Abdul, yes she’s THAT short! And that’s really cute that some of you GOOGLED her height and it SAYS she’s taller than me at 5’2, but she’s NOT! She is NOT taller than me! Stars change their height and weight stats just like they […]
READ MOREI have seen FIVE stars this week. Five! Cinco! Before I get into last Saturday’s super star sighting, let me show you who I saw today. The pictures are of course awful! She was right in front of me and my camera would NOT cooperate! Okay, if you close your left eye and squint with […]
READ MORESo Monday I stopped by a local junior high to talk to seventh, eighth, and ninth graders. It was interesting. (I doubt they’d say the same…) Speaking to schools is not a comfortable feeling. Yeah, I do it every day as a teacher, but to go speak as someone who writes books…not too cozy. “Hey, […]
READ MOREHappy Monday! Hope you had a good weekend. I sure did! Friday night I stayed home and “worked.” Okay, well, that was the plan. Somehow I managed to get nothing done. Saturday morning…well, that will be a post for another day. But it was a stinkin’ cool Saturday. And Saturday night…Chris Tomlin concert! Woo-Hoo! It […]
READ MOREI’m really lazy, so I thought I would post my blog entry from Girls, God, and the Good Life. I struggle with negativity. (Can a sister get an amen?) A friend of mine (who does not struggle with negativity, though I still like her…) told me about these bracelets that people at work were wearing. […]
READ MORESo some big shot architects have unveiled their version of a green home. You can read about it HERE. This five bedroom, four bath wonder is really into recycling. It includes a chair made of trashed margarine containers. (A lot of muffin eating went into making that chair.) And it has a lovely bench constructed […]
READ MOREHappy Monday! Have you accomplished anything significant yet? I have! I hate to brag at my skills, but I just single-handedly ate ALMOST an entire pint of Ben and Jerry’s Strawberry Cheesecake. Yes, indeed. See, I thought, “I’ll just have a few bites.” But then the graham cracker crust bits started calling my name, and […]
READ MOREChildren getting hurt is never funny.Unless it’s this video. And before you flame me, this cheerleader was not hurt, and if CNN can report it, so can I. Cheerleader Run Over By Football Team – Watch more free videos Notice how not a SINGLE football player stops to pick her up? Not even the B […]
READ MOREHalloween is a holiday that many Christians do not take part in. Some say it promotes evil and darkness. In my family, we think it promotes candy. But it’s not like we’d ever let our young family members wear ghoulish costumes. No, if we did participate in Halloween, we’d dress them up in cute, positive […]
READ MOREI should so be editing right now. So behind. But I just got back from a full night of parent-teacher conferences, and more work is the last thing I feel like doing. Vegging out in front of the TV and watching some E! or Conan sounds so much better. (but I will edit anyway…) It’s […]
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