This week was Open House (7:15 – 9:15 day) and progress reports and parents wanting to know why children are not performing as well as they want them too.. plus new technology for my classroom that I need to learn. Hard on the 7th week of recovery. So I feel very drained.
The body is much [...]
Archive for September, 2007
Work has been tough…
Posted in Handmade, Plain old everyday on 29 September, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Hard to see I know….
Posted in Handwork on 22 September, 2007 | 1 Comment »
These pictures are of a sock knitting needle… an old one I received from family at Christmas. I usually get old sewing notions, knitting needles, old laces, etc. from those that know me well, and this was in one such collection this holiday.
This needle amused me no end. On one spot it says [...]
Whew…5 days of work in a row…
Posted in Plain old everyday on 22 September, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I made it, but barely. Mon/Tues and Wed I came home tired, but not more than normal. Thursday was a 1/2 day for students and then a 1/2 day of staff development. I started to hurt again that day. I am getting a Smart Board in my room – wonderful modern technology! – and had [...]
Anyone know what this is?
Posted in Plain old everyday on 15 September, 2007 | 1 Comment »
83 of the 100 counties in our state are in Severe or Extreme drought. They figure we need 15 inches of rain by Thanksgiving for drought conditions to ease. Farmers are selling off cattle because there was no hay crop this summer to feed them through the winter. Boat ramps are closed all over the [...]
Ahh… putting my feet up and taking stock.
Posted in Plain old everyday on 12 September, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
First day back at school went like this:
I made it through 3 ninety minute classes (I have 89 students….YUCK!) and survived, and got lots of welcome backs from staff and students. You know the sub was bad (bad in the sense he did not know any geometry to teach – heck, how many of [...]
Well, the last few days of quiet draw to an end…
Posted in Handwork on 5 September, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I will go back to work part time next week. Parents of my students have been frustrated by the lack of math substitute… poor man has done his best. In our area, there is a huge lack of math teachers, so it was nearly impossible to arrange anything much better. This week the calvary did [...]
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