I actually showed some restraint at Stitches yesterday–I took Chicken and we both took floor classes, and that was one hour that we didn’t spend buying stuff. But that was not the only strategy in my campaign to not indulge in the excesses that almost ate into our mortgage last year–in fact, I was sort… Read More

It was funny…this morning I saw one of my two favorite admins piloting one of the little electric cart while one of the custodians delivered stuff to people’s rooms. I was running a little late, and I almost started singing (trust me, this guy would have appreciated it)” STOP! Wait a minute Mr. Postman! Oh-oh-oh… Read More

Well, we all went back to work/school today–except the tweeners. Can you believe those two have an entire week off? They call it ‘President’s week’ for cripes sakes! Seriously–if we’re going to give our tweenagers this much time off, I would expect those people (some call them ‘Presidents’) to work a lot harder for me…. Read More

Okay…my family and I just spent five minutes trying to figure out whose deformed, hairy, vampire-clawed foot that is in the Captain Stashdive picture on the front of the blog. I think it’s Mate’s, but I don’t remember Mate’s foot being quite that hairy. Ah, well… maybe there WAS a vampire in the house? Wouldn’t… Read More

I went into work today for two hours to make sure the place was still standing and to talk to my sub…lucky me–Today’s sub was an old student of mine and totally competent now, and I’m so glad he got my students for today. A break at last! And Roxie’s right, btw…I TOTALLY missed my… Read More

Ugh! The fevers have about broken, but they have left, in their wake, two whining, sniveling, clinging snot-balls who bear little resemblance to my usually self-sufficient children. They’re going to have to stay home again tomorrow, and me with them. And the danger here isn’t that my ass is going to grow to epic proportions… Read More

Well, once again Mr. Orr and I have completely baffled each other. As you can see here, , Floyd is baffled as to why my error-riddled books appeal to people, himself included, and I am baffled as to who else helped me write VULNERABLE, WOUNDED, and BOUND. Whomever it was, she must have been getting… Read More

**I love knitters! I tell you all that I’m making socks for my boy, and everybody’s first question isn’t ‘Do you want to spoil the boy?’ it’s ‘What color?’ The answer: Rainbow–Meillenweit multi-colored–blue/purple/olive/red/orange/dark yellow. In fact, it’s very similar to the Jitterbug ones he had to give up:-) **One of the Juniors I had last… Read More

I’ve got an open window in February (well, I”m wearing two shirts and a scarf) and for some reason the weather (and the ‘I Am Sam’ soundtrack with all of the Beatles covers on it) has got me in a pretty spiffy mood. Which is good, because otherwise I might bitch about the fact that… Read More

Beware. English Lit content to follow, as well as excessive swearing. May induce choking on a snore during a narcoleptic fit. Don’t sue. So I’m doing American Romanticism w/my horrid Juniors, and the last three days we’ve been doing Thanatopsis by William Cullen Bryant. You know–that really depressing meditation on death, where his one silver… Read More