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Wife of Trip. Mother of Xander. Teacher of gifted and advanced placement English. Owner of Geddy Lee (our kitten, who, yes, is the namesake of Geddy Lee of Rush) and KitKat.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

William Shakespeare. C.S. Lewis. Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Jane Austen. Henry and Claire. Spike (not James Marsters. Spike). Mr. Darcy. Former students. Friends from other lives. Book lovers.

My Blog

Xander’s first foray into photography

Didn't you enjoy the alliteration? Last week was "C" week at pre-K. For show and tell Friday, Xander brought an "old" digital camera (I had to put "old" in quotation marks because, truly, there is NO ...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:53:00 GMT

Cute Xander moments thanks to Gustav

First, may I say just how much I adore my child? He is a super trooper and an amazing human being. Now, on to a few cute Xander moments.1. We went to Plano where Trip had a house concert on Saturday n...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:49:00 GMT

hamlet trying to decide what to buy at a coffeeshop

"What will you have, Ham--I mean, Cousin Eddie?" "What is there?" "Espresso, mocha, latte, white mocha, hot chocolate, decaf, refac, noncaf, somecaf, extracaf, Goliachino...what's the matter?" Hamlet ...
Posted by on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:03:00 GMT

I haven’t laughed this hard since i saw mamma mia

I had never seen these. If you've seen them before, you still might peruse again just for the belly laughs. After every flight, UPS pilots fill out a form called a "gripe sheet" that tells mechanics a...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:33:00 GMT

the boys are back in town!

or they will be soon! snydley whiplash. lauberge, party by the pool thursday, august 7.  
Posted by on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:57:00 GMT

this one time? at band camp?

I'm sorry to hear that at least some of you--if not many or all of you--who have band camp coming up aren't excited about it. Let me tell you why I loved band camp. We went away to band camp. My first...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:05:00 GMT

Why Im So Excited about the Annual Conference: Confessions of a Nerd

Friday, 9:00-10:15: Teaching Close Text Analysis with Chapter One: The participants will learn how to use the first chapter of major literary works such as The Scarlet Letter, The Great Gatsby, Great ...
Posted by on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:34:00 GMT

fish camp info--posted for mrs. mcdonald

F.I.S.H. TRAININGAugust 4th    9:00am-12:00am..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />   All workers for FISH camp must attend this meeting.  ...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:37:00 GMT

a few cute xander moments (you know youve missed them)

1. One of Xander's friends has a new baby brother, and Xander got to meet him last week. This week at bath time, Xander began asking me questions about "Caleb's baby," and they led to this wonderful e...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:42:00 GMT

thoughtcrime. it’s real.

http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/williams061808.php3 But it's going to get worse. The TSA aims to have 500 "behavior detection officers" (BDOs) in airports by the end of this year. The job of the BDO...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:13:00 GMT