Teaching, as you know, is often a thankless job. Randomly you might get an atta girl thrown at you but other than that you don't get a lot of positive feedback. Unless of course, “I hate homework” is positive feedback. So when I started to get comments on my blog I was just giddy. Wow, positive feedback...and the actual day I post. But sadly there is some feedback I never get and wish I would. You might be surprised at the amount of email I answer a day. Sometimes I am even surprised. I always try and help when I can and I try and be honest when I can't. No super woman here. But so many times after I get the email and help the person, I never hear from them again. It's not that I am looking for a thanks, but I really want to know if what I told you worked out or not! It helps me too. So a few months back (gosh maybe longer than that) a reader (who does not have a blog) wrote me and asked if she could have my address. Now I admit, I get nervous handing out my address … [Read more...]
Sarah Palin, get away from my hockey team…
Seriously woman, way to jinx my team. What were you thinking? The Philly fans booed you. They boo everyone, including themselves. They are not polite (sorry Flyers fans but you know you are not). My team goes down 4-0 in the first period. Thanks. Lucky for you, by the time you left they did score some goals, but, not enough...they still lost. Get politics away from my hockey time! And it's a good thing you can't campaign in Canada, because Lord help you woman if you were to jinx my Flames who are already sucking on their own (they don't need anymore help). Just keep that in mind, because you want to know the difference between a HOCKEY MOM and a HOCKEY PLAYER...I can kick your ass. Big time (of course if you shoot me from a helicopter you might have the slight advantage). So keep away from my teams. If the Flyers gave you a jersey...don't wear it. Go to Detroit and jinx the Wings please. See, not much love from the Flyers Fans...it's the first thing that popped up when I … [Read more...]
Be thankful…
...for all the great things you've got! Happy Thanksgiving to everyone that applies to! … [Read more...]
Goodbye dear friend…
I will admit that in my family I am the worrier. However, I am a pretty big go with the flow kind of gal usually. When the market started to plummet I chose not to panic. We are not heavily vested in the stock market and we are relatively young enough that we can wait/hope for it to rebound. It also helps that my parents and in-laws retirements are not dependent on the stock market, so that makes me sleep better at night. I chose to remain calm as well for my friends who have recently lost their jobs (remember I am in the land of WAMU) and give them a glance of optimism. After all, my husband has been unemployed on occasion. And though highly unpleasant it lead us to do things that turned out better in the end (like moving to WA). But yesterday, I lost it. And I lost it hard. I cried over cookies (let's keep in mind my one meds are making me oversensitive...but I still think I would have cried not even being on it). I am sure by now, most of you know that Mother's Cookie Circus … [Read more...]
