I’m going to start a new blogging idea tonight. I work with kids from age 5 to about 11 years old, and they are soooo funny. I live my job so much because even in the days where I teach the same exact lesson as the day before the students make the class periods a [...]

21. Decorating

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finally decorated my back room, this is one poster I have up, I picked it up at ALA in 2006 and finally found a place for it.

Last week I was emailed by Kelly, from YAnnabe, asking for my help in a Secret Blogger project. I’m always in for anything excititing! Her goal, and now the goal of nearly 40 other bloggers including myself, is to shed some light on the YA books that we love, that aren’t sitting on the Target [...]

20. What happened after pumpkintown?

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I had my students write up what would happen after one of the books I read ended…pretty much if watermelons took over the town. this was my favorite answer because of the little comments between the person and the watermelon.

19. Kitchen experiment 1: balsamic chicken and pasta

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I went to TGIFridays with Pammers and tried to order something different, ended up one of their chicken pastas, helped me avoid fries. today I tried to recreate the meal with my lack of cooking skills as it seemed simple enough. I cooked the chicken [...]

18. Shelving is not fun

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I love my job but piles and piles of books to shelve is not on the high point list. I arrange the nonfiction books on a table by 100’s, I find it faster than ordering them on the cart and then the shelf, but mabel that’s just me

It’s official. I just paid for my European Vacation in full today. Other than classes, that is the most I have EVER put on a credit card, and I found it to be physically painful. My dad always said about himself: “I’m not cheap, I’m FRUGAL.” Well, not me, I’m 100% cheap and not afraid [...]

16. My life lately

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spending my time watching Glee and playing the Wii…. busted out some firefly…and hey soup! my apartment is so random

16. For the birds

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scene from the “The Birds” or target run. you be the judge. this would make more sense if I didn’t live in pa. I tried to post this yesterday but kept getting an error.

15. Attack of the laundry

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spent the day bonding with piles of clothes….fun