Christmas

posted about 1 month ago | 1 comment
I decorated my tree last night - Christmas eve - it's the first time I've decorated by myself since I was a single gal in my first apartment in Philadelphia. In those days there was very little money and most of my decorations were scraps of mater...

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Hey World We're Still Here!!

posted 8 months ago, updated 4 minutes later | 0 comments
Well it didn't happen. Once again the rapture has been put off until a date unknown. Whew - fortunately for me I did pay my bills this month instead of taking that wild vacation to Tahiti I've been thinking about.

I wonder though about people's f...

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Momma said

posted 11 months ago, updated 4 minutes later | 4 comments
Though it's not the reason I became a teacher, my mother always wanted me to be a teacher. She was a superintendents secretary and held teachers in the highest regard. She also believed that it was absolute security, both job security and pension ...

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I'm a terrible blogger

posted about 1 year ago | 1 comment
I just looked at my last blog - it was 12 months ago.

See the problem is that I just don't live that exciting or interesting a life that I have something to write about on a regular basis. I do the same things you all do. I go to work, I take car...

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snow

posted over 2 years ago | 0 comments
I read my last blog about the approaching of autumn (two months ago) since then we have had both snow and 78 degree weather. I don't know about global warming but the weather sure is funky!!

School is back on, which is why I haven't written. It s...

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winding down

posted over 2 years ago | 0 comments
It was cool out this morning when I walked my dog. Just a touch of Autumn in the air. This may be wishful thinking as it is only August and summer in NJ can last till the end of October but still there was that touch..

I love my summers off, I wi...

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summer vacation

posted over 2 years ago | 0 comments
One of my favorite parts about the summer is the absolute indulgence of going to the movies in the middle of a weekday afternoon. Combined with my "free movie Tuesday pass" from my cable provider this allows me the opportunity to experience the sh...

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Back to school

posted over 2 years ago | 0 comments
Somehow after the forth of July everything seems like a rapid slide back to school, no matter what I've got going on.

Went in to my office for two days this week to work on student schedules. By this time of the summer I figured everything would ...

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Home for the summer

posted over 2 years ago, updated 1 minute later | 0 comments
The problem with being home for the summer is all of those household thingies that I've been ignoring all school year come to light and demand to be taken care of. For instance does anyone know where I can find a good plumber? The dripping faucet ...

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