Tonight, we started to say good bye to our temple president, Mary. Mary is the kinda gal that helps you see that one person CAN make a huge difference in the lives of those around her. She’s an inspiration. She’s a nursing administrator who runs a hospice facility here in our valley. She got a…
Finally finished grading my interims. That’s four hours of my life I can’t get back! I can’t say I learned much from seeing these. It just seems so frustrating that the powers that be expect little kids to handle tests like these. I bet if you saw these tests, you’d be like – WOW! Little…
Well, it’s official! Six more weeks of winter. It’s no great surprise. The groundhog who traditionally “decides” these things has only proclaimed it an early Spring about eighteen times – ever. This year, I think he might be over shadowed by someone else…
Imagine you got stuck in a scenario that you could NOT get out of. You even tried ending your life to try to make it stop. But you couldn’t even kill yourself so you had to just keep on living… That’s Bill Murray’s problem in the movie, Groundhog Day. Imagine a life with no mistakes,…
February has officially begun and that means…love songs. Time to paint your nails pink, find your bright red lipstick and get those valentines started. As you may know, our Valentine story will be on a luxurious cruise ship. I’m thinking you’d be interested to know that love, as we know it, started around the Middle…
I’m sitting in my classroom early on a Wednesday morning writing this. My classroom is a mess so I thought I’d come in early to clean it. Drama class is going well as the kids are getting their lines down and we’ve started filming. I’ll post a few short bits as soon as I’m able….
Whenever I’m depressed, I get ready and go on a trip. I love traveling. I also love music. Did you know that listening to music is very good for you?? So, in the spirit of good memory, a strengthened immune system and lowered depression, your cosmic VJ offers up this song for your listening pleasure…
Ok, I’m going to give you both the same speech I gave BOTH of your brothers. I’m not going to pretend that you aren’t teenage gals and wanting to explore the world a bit. But take a little advice from your big sister on alcohol: Be careful what people give you. It might be more…
Nothing too exciting to report: working long hours, grading our CAASPP pretests. I have to tell you – those tests are ridiculous for Fourth Graders. The poor kids are so lost. I guess they wouldn’t be if I taught to the test. But I need to teach other things like: cursive writing, reading, basic math…
I’m going to let you in on a little secret: young people get away with A LOT! I kinda wish I’d pushed the envelope further when I was under eighteen. Not to the point of going to jail, of course. But just realizing how much choice I DID have when I was young. I do…