The time has come, the time is now. Marvin K. Mooney, will you please go now?

The time has come, the time is now. Marvin K. Mooney, will you please go now?

The time has come- for me to teach Phillise how to read, that is. I have been putting off teaching her how to read long enough. I started on it, but was not consistent with it. Today, I decided was [...]

Ties that bind and bind and bind…!

After early last Sunday morning, I feel like I can do anything. I’m talking about coaching my little sister through the birth of her baby. A couple of months ago we talked and she agreed that she didn’t want to have an epidural because of my bad experience with it. Even though we had [...]

The ABC’s of first year teachers

I found this on a website: www.education-world.com
THE ABCs FOR FIRST YEAR TEACHERS

Admit your mistakes — and learn from them.
Be firm but flexible.
Communicate with parents.
Develop a homework policy — and stick to it.
Empower your students; don’t just lecture to them.
Find time to attend after-school events.
Get to know all the teachers in your school and make [...]

Future postings coming up early

I was wondering if anyone else out there is having this problem that I am. I write just like I talk so I have posts saved up for days that I schedule to post. Last night, two posts that I scheduled for the 29th and the 30th showed up. I went to my dashboard to [...]

Purple, Green and Yellow by Robert Munsch

I love books so much that it’s hard to narrow down the ones that I want to review. I could review a book a day and it still wouldn’t scratch the surface. This book that I chose today was an easy choice. It is one of my favorite books. It is written by Robert Munsch [...]

Don’t become a verb! (Conjunction, junction, what’s your function?)

My husband is a very caring, compassionate and sympathetic listener. As a result, many people come to him with their problems. The problem is when those who he have lent a shoulder to to cry on don’t return the favor. At his old job there was this guy, Amir, who always had a sob story, [...]

The Simpson’s movie (Happy birthday to me!)

Yes, today is my birthday. My 37th. The only thing that I want to do is go to see the Simpson movie since they chose such a great day for it to come out. So needless to say, I will not be doing a lot of posting today. I will be out doing something for [...]

A prayer request!

A very good friend of mine is having surgery today. Please keep her in your prayers. It sucks that she has to have it on her birthday, but sometimes s****y stuff happens. It’s going to be okay though. Just keep her in your prayers. Thanks.

Thirteen things I heard at work everyday

Thirteen things that I hear at work everyday:

I have to go to the bathroom.
Do I have to?
He did it.
She did it.
He started it.
She started it.
That was due today?
Can I turn it in tomorrow?
I can’t do it.
Can you help me?
I really have to go to the bathroom.
What’s today’s date?
I don’t want to.

Stickfish!

I found this wonderful e-zine, My Goodness Magazine! Their style is reminiscent of Susan Taylor’s “In the Spirit.” Every time I read one of their articles, I am inspired. They are very thought provoking. I went over there early this morning and read Monique Ruffin-James’ article on “Friends.”
I was inspired by the article to write [...]

Is the pot blacker than the kettle?

I have been doing quite a bit of soul searching lately; a lot, actually, for the past couple of months. There are certain times in life that lends itself to tremendous periods of growth. This is one of those times for me. It started with what shall forever be known as “the jumper incident.” It [...]

Get in where you fit in

I am wayyy different than my family. This used to be a big problem for me when I was younger. It has been an even bigger problem since I’ve gotten older. It’s like “damned if I do, damned if I don’t.”
When I graduated from high school, my family was proud of me. When I went [...]

I did it!

Okay, I finally took my final for my Oceanography class-the only thing keeping my degree from posting. It was hard. N-e way, I did and got it over with. While I was there, I ordered my transcripts to be sent to Azusa when the Professor finishes grading my test.
God really takes care of me. The [...]

Come on, get it together girl!

Do you sometimes sabotage yourself? I don’t know about you, but I do. One such instance, in particular, is my hesitation about taking the final for a class that I finished in April. I was sick the day of the final, but I have had plenty of time to make it up since then. That [...]

Studying really pays off!

I was too tired to write a lot about the C.S.E.T. yesterday. What with being on baby watch with my little sister and studying, I didn’t have a lot of time to do anything.
But here’s the synopsis: I got there in good time; the testing site wasn’t too far, and checked in. I was nervous, [...]

Moriah Ahmani!

Congratulations are in order. I just got home from the hospital. I have been on baby watch for a week. My little sister, Danielle, just gave birth, @ 4:10 a.m. to a beautiful, 7lb., 19 inch little girl by the name of Moriah Ahmani. She reminds me so much of Danielle when she was [...]

Whew… it’s over!

I just came back from taking the CSET. I am so tired. It took me four hours this time. I took parts I & II. I am very confident that I passed both. Time will tell. I am so happy that it’s over. Til next time, hasta la bye-bye!

Good summer eatin’ on a budget!

When I was going to school and didn’t want to spend extra time planning the menu and shopping, I let our food budget way outta’ control- as high as $800/month. Some may not think that that is expensive for a family of six, but I have had our food budget down to as little as [...]

Thirteen things my family would never say

Here’s my Thursday thirteen.
Thirteen things that members of my family would never say:

Here’s the money I owe you.
No, no, no. I’m not going to act a fool at ______’s baby shower/wedding/graduation.
Here, let me help you with that?
Maybe I shouldn’t be so embarrassing!
Let’s go out. On me!
(Loudly) Did anybody lose $20? I just found $20.
Get [...]

Time to stop hiding!

I had this dream last night that is symbolic of conditions in my life. In the dream, it was the end of the world and I was hiding from everything. I was terrified. I kept running and running, and hiding and hiding from the boogie man. The only thing was that I couldn’t get away [...]

Shame on you PBS!

I have a little something to get off my chest about PBS’ programming. I can remember a time when PBS meant quality programming and educational shows.
That is not the case anymore. It all started a couple of years ago when they took off a classic, Reading Rainbow. They also got rid of this show [...]

What happened?

When my children were really little, I did not make them wait for stuff. Whenever they asked me for something, I would get right up and get it. Now, I don’t do that. I don’t know what happened, but I stopped doing that. I’m not mad at the results. Whenever Phillise wants something, she’ll ask [...]

Right here, right now

There is such a dearth of support in my little church. No, no, that’s not right. I’m being too specific. It’s not just my church, It’s in general. There are not enough people stepping up and doing what is right. There have been many times now and in the past when I did not step [...]

Attention: Job Opening

Attention all women, there’s a job waiting for you. It will be the hardest job you’ve ever loved; but you will love it. Here’s the job description:
POSITION :
Mother, Mom, Mama, Mommy, Ma

JOB DESCRIPTION:
Long term, team players needed, for challenging permanent work in an, often
chaotic environment. Candidates must possess excellent communication and
organizational skills and [...]

Math Curse by Jon Scieszka

This book, written by Jon Scieszka and illustrated by Lane Smith, is really silly and funny. Even the dedication is silly (If the sum of my nieces and nephews equals 15, and their product equals 54, and I have more nephews than nieces, HOW MANY NEPHEWS AND HOW MANY NIECES IS THIS BOOK DEDICATED TO?
This [...]

Revved up and still ready to go!!

My body tones up so fast, it makes me wonder why I didn’t just do this a long time ago. It has been less than a week and already I see results. I have gone everyday except yesterday because I am just too sore and Phillise is sick with a summer cold. I’m going today, [...]

Thirteen common truths

Here’s thirteen common truths:

Children are very expensive.
College is very expensive.
Buying a house is better than renting. No matter how much responsibility it is.
Making your child’s name so unique that even they can’t spell it until they’re 12 is not cute.
Turning 18 does not mean that you’re grown.
You cannot do it all by yourself. [...]

Stolen, cherished moments

This is something that bugs me until I think about it. My children love to talk to me. Especially when I’m doing something. Well, I thought about it one day while I was fussing at them to leave me alone. What would happen if they did leave me alone?
Dakota is tight-lipped Larry, so when he [...]

Revved up and ready to go!

I was late for my 8:30 a.m. appointment, so the trainer wouldn’t see me. I waited for 15 minutes, then I went and did my own thing. I did 20 minutes on the stair stepper, 150 crunches and about 30 minutes of other exercises. Tomorrow, I’m going to do the elliptical for an all over [...]

Delayed posts!

I don’t know if everyone is having this problem that I am. The posts that I have scheduled for the past four days have not posted or they have been delayed. Is anyone else experiencing this? Is there a glitch in the system?
**Also, I just noticed that some of my posts are set to private [...]

Science Verse by Jon Scieszka

What an ironic twist of fate. Do you recall a couple of weeks ago when I didn’t like a Jon Scieszka book and David did? Well, this post is piggybacking off of that. Now the shoe is on the other foot. I really loved this Jon Scieszka book and David hated it.

In the book he [...]

Lakeshore sale!

Hey people! There’s an up to 75% OFF online only sale @ Lakeshore.
If you want to see what they have, the website address is: www.lakeshorelearning.com. There are sales for under $5- under $20. While you’re there, you can order a catalog, check out the teacher’s workshop and sign up the free kids workshops [...]

I started!

I kept my 10:00 a.m. appointment @ 24 hour fitness. I liked what I saw, so I joined. I also have an 8:30 appointment with a trainer tomorrow morning. I am on my way! Hallelujah, I’m on my way!

Where do I start?

What do I start? Now that I have put it out there, what am I going to do? What is my plan to lose this weight? Here’s the answer:
I have a 10:00 a.m. appointment at 24 hour fitness. I have a 1 week free trial that I’m going to use to make sure that I’m [...]

Uhhh, what’s the question?

Good morning. How are you doing? Are you still at the same job?
I can’t complaint. Life’s treating me well.
How’s your son? Didn’t he just have a birthday?
Yeah, she’s alright. The missus sends her love.
I sit there dumbfounded. What? says the look that I give.
Did he even hear what I said?
This conversation repeats all around the [...]

Book club update yet again

One of my recruits, with his 8 year old self, is the first one to read 10 books and claim his prize. I am so proud of him. I haven’t been getting on David enough. I am going to right now as soon as finish this post. I am not going to fall off like [...]

A site for writers

Since I have decided that I have more than enough space inside my addled little brain to do more than one thing at a time, I have decided to pursue my other love of writing also. I found this site, called EditRed, that will showcase your writing and allow you to sell your books, if [...]

Capital One

What’s in your wallet? More importantly, what’s in you?
Since I am a busy mother of a very adorable 5-year old little girl, I watch a lottttt of Nickelodeon, Boomerang, and Disney channel. Well, we were watching this Disney movie with Brenda Song (of Suite Life of Zack & Cody fame) in it, Wendy Wu. It’s [...]

That’s not baby fat! That’s just fat, baby!

That’s not baby fat, that’s just fat baby!
Those are words from a character on Moesha (I think). And that just about sums up my situation. When my daughter was younger, I could blame my weight gain on having her. Now that she’s 5, what’s my excuse?
It’s time to stop making excuses and get this excess [...]

Don’t fail to plan!

There’s this saying that if you fail to plan, then you plan to fail. Truer words have never been spoken. That’s what this post is about- making a conscious decision to be a better me. Planning to be a better me.
My problem is that in the summer, I don’t have a set time to be [...]

People watching!

This is a term that my husband introduced me to. I used to do it with my sisters, but we didn’t put a name to it. Sometimes we would be so tired from shopping that we would just sit somewhere in the mall or wherever we happened to be and just watch people go by.
Just [...]

Thursday’s thirteen meme

I just found this great website. It’s called thursdaythirteen.com. I am still unclear about how it works, but from what I understand, every Thursday, you post a list with 13 things on whatever random thing you want to post about.
Here’s mine.
Thirteen things I love to do:

Nothing.
Play with paper dolls by myself and with my daughter.
Watch [...]

7 Random Things

Hey, I’ve finally been tagged to write 7 random things about myself from startingtoday.
And here they are:
1. Even though a lot of people know this, I’m going to write it anyway. I’m a sci-fi nut/junkie. I love all of the Star Treks and almost anything sci-fi. I even watch those extra cheesy sci-fi original movies. [...]

No cash for the volleyball please!

Have you seen that commercial where everyone is paying with credit and debit cards and someone comes along and pays with cash? Well, that’s what my [...]

Happy 4th of July!

Just a repeat of the title. Happy 4th of July to everyone! Well, I’m off to the park. Hasta la bye-bye!

Still on track!

I am happy to say that I am still on track. In fact, I am spring cleaning right now. I am on track with the reading club (sort of) and not being unmotivated. Yay me!

So creative!

My little girl is so creative!
She made this creation out of pennies and different coins lying around the house all by herself.

I’m creative and her grandmother is an artist, so she’s definitely a natural. I am so proud of her. Whenever she wants to do something, she does it. If she asks me to do [...]

What is this world coming to?

There’s a lesson to be learned from everything. I learned a very important lesson yesterday that I will not soon forget. It was a very painful one, but a much needed one. It made me decide to do something that I have been putting off for too long.
I have been dealing with these issues for [...]