A Hairy Issue

What I am about to say is going to sound vain, but I have beautiful hair. People love my hair. I mean they LOVE my hair. Love it to the point that when I mention cutting  it they freak out. Seriously, they freak out and nearly always beg me  to keep it long, even though …

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Oy!!

My brain has deserted me for the evening.  This weeks blogs were caught in the maelstrom which always results after I have been absent from my classroom.  This time, I was out for two days.  One was planned, a training on how to write Individual Education Plans. The other was most certainly not planned. Monday …

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Vote America…

If you haven't and you are registered, please vote. America needs you to do your part as a citizen.  Our country isn't perfect, but it is home. Voting is one of the few things that our country asks of us. Our ability to choose our own leaders is what makes democracy work. The leaders of …

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The Week of No Excuses

Warning.. Warning... Students. Your teacher has been bitten by the cranky fairy.  She is no longer the sweet rose you have counted on to let you slide by.  You must wipe that  But, let's be fair, she was never that teacher. Don't even bother to speculate on what is going with her.  You don't have …

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Life Does Not Stop

It does not slow because we are having a bad day or just can't deal.  Forward, always forward. That is the way we have to go. We can not look back to the good old days.  They really weren't that good for everyone other than those at the very top. We need to stop lying …

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Raising My Glass Once Again…

Tonight, I honored my ancestors not with the usual feast or glass of wine, but by working. I honored them by moving forward with my life and honoring the life of one who just passed thru the veil. A friend and fellow teacher lost her only daughter last weekend as Hurricane Sandy splashed Florida with …

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Lessons the Hard Way…

Four in the morning and I can't sleep. A plan to pay rent is in the works and tomorrow or today I will begin implementing it.  I have changed all of my passwords,  backed up the laptop files so I can clean it and cancelled all of my scheduled payments. The last step really wasn't …

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Getting Hacked..

Lessons it seem must always be learned the hard way in my case.  I did something stupid and now I am broke.  To make a long story short, my bank account has been drained of funds and now I am scrambling to figure out how I am going to pay the rent which was already …

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