I'm keeping a Guatemala blog |
Hello Friends and family! BLOG: I'm going to try to maintain a blog of my time here in Guatemala. Rather than filling your inbox with mass messages, I'm going to keepgeneral info. and pictures here...
Posted by on Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:29:00 GMT |
I am from... |
I am from Otter Pops, from big back yards, from Grandma's candy closet, and the two-sided happy and sad faced paddle we burried under the oleanders.
I am from the homestead with the antique barn, pump...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Dec 2008 22:53:00 GMT |
more about teachers |
HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU ARE A TEACHER? by Jeff Foxworthy 1. You can hear 25 voices behind you and know exactly which one belongsto the child out of line. (it's an extra sense God gave teachers)2. You get ...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 20:20:00 GMT |
Career Aspirations |
(as per my latest masters paper)
I want to be a teacher who is constantly growing in her profession, ever learning, refining her craft. I don't want to grow stagnant, sarcastic, skeptical...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:06:00 GMT |
on days like today, I have the best job in the world |
It's true. Some days when my perspective is good, I am so thankful to have the job I do. People usually cringe and make some joke when I say I teach jr. high (those jokes are not very orig...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 23:54:00 GMT |
Monica came back from Iraq today! |
My sister & her fiance got back from Iraq today! I spent the afternoon at my grandparents house, making a glittery Welcome Home banner, and just working myself up about how good it would be ...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:34:00 GMT |
Birth of a Beetle |
I was feeling very patriotic on my day off this week (President's Day), so in the great tradition of American Capitalism and of a purely unselfish desire to boost California economy...
I bou...
Posted by on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:35:00 GMT |
I did something a bit out of my comfort zone last week |
YA SEE, in addition to the jr. high math and science I teach, last quarter I started teaching one period of drama, and loved it- love performing, stepping into someone else's life for a whil...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 21:09:00 GMT |
Peace on Earth |
Christmas has always been my favorite time of year. I could never undestand those "scrooges" who bemoaned its coming or took no notice of it at all. But this year I understood. ...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 23:57:00 GMT |
