Listmania..or just manic mania

There are so many awesome things going on. They are so awesome, that this calls for a list or twelve...let's see where this leads me tonight Top random quotes of the week 1."Counselors were teachers, too."-Crazy Counselor Lady 2. "Teacher, she wasn't Read More...

Angela Bassett will play me in the pilot episode....

If I am here, of course that means I am supposed to be somewhere else doing something more important. I should be grading papers. I could be writing reading responses back to my kids like I keep promising. I am always thinking of ways to cause as much Read More...

4th Grade has just left (or may leave in the future..or not) the building

Ahh, and yet another week is on the verge of beginning. How do I feel about it? Well, it is 9:30 on a Sunday night, and I am already searching for my paper bag to breathe into. No, seriously. I guess it is hard to imagine me, the most super cool teacher Read More...

The 10 Year Plan....

Yeah, so I know you have all been sweating bullets as you anticipated my blog about upcoming interviews for my new teammate. Or maybe you totally forgot about that as you celebrated your ability to pee and eat at random with the close of the school year. Read More...

Isa Free! Yessir!

For those of you who are perplexed, that was just the sound of me celebrating my recent emancipation. Yessir (Yes sir stretched out) Isa (I am) free! I finally got my room packed and cleaned, tossed things out, mailed stuff back to FOSS, and got that Read More...

Argggggguh!

It is like a mad race to try to leave this school year with some sanity. I will say this-my kids are holding it together well. They haven't gone nuts and are actually being calm. The adults are the ones testing my wits right now and making me hang by Read More...