Archive for February 2008
LSM’s Afternoon Off
Posted by: LSM on: February 29, 2008
I thought I’d title this post in honor of my one correct answer in any of my blog friends’ movie quizzes. Remembering movie lines is not one of my greatest strengths, but I’m okay with that.
And what I’m even more okay with is the fact that I am taking this afternoon off (cue The Go-Gos [...]
Vampires and Werewolves and Swimsuits, Oh My!
Posted by: LSM on: February 27, 2008
Last Spring Break I’d been hunted by a vampire, too. I hoped this wasn’t some kind of tradition forming. ~Bella in New Moon
Last week when I went out of town for work, I decided to take along the young-adult vampire novel that seems to be all the rage with teens lately so that I could [...]
Protected: Where I’ve Been Spending My Free Time
Posted by: LSM on: February 27, 2008
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Touch And Go
Posted by: LSM on: February 25, 2008
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My mother doesn’t read this blog. If she did, I have a feeling she’d be doing a little gloating right now. She might even throw in an “I always told you you’d have one just like you some day.”
In fact, when I told her last week during our weekly Sunday call that it had been [...]
True Value, And I’m Not Talking About Hardware
Posted by: LSM on: February 24, 2008
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In a gadget world we know the cost of many things and the value of few things.
It’s been a tough week. We’ve been sick. We’ve had bad attitudes, some of us more so than others. There has been too much to do and too little time in which to do it.
Our relaxing weekend schedule involved [...]
Trained
Posted by: LSM on: February 22, 2008
I now see the point of having a personal trainer. There is no way on earth I would have done three full sets of the sit up move she showed me on the exercise ball, and there is definitely, absolutely, no way, no how, any chance that I would have done the triceps workout she [...]
Out and About
Posted by: LSM on: February 21, 2008
Today I had the chance to dig myself out of the office for a while and go out to visit schools. I love doing that because it always reminds me why I’ve chosen to do the work I do.
I visited our district’s alternative school first. This alternative school is not a disciplinary setting like many [...]
Rolling With The Punches
Posted by: LSM on: February 20, 2008
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5:30 a.m. alarm? Check.
6:00 a.m. appointment with new trainer? Check.
7:15 a.m. drive home, legs wobbly? Check.
7:30 a.m. healthy breakfast inspired by new workout routine? Check.
7:35 a.m. wake-up call for Soccer Boy? Check.
7:36 a.m. discovery of Soccer Boy’s horrible barking cough accompanied by fever? Uh, I wasn’t expecting that one!
So, rather than heading to work this [...]
Maybe It Was The Part When My Head Spun Around
Posted by: LSM on: February 19, 2008
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I’m not sure which of the things we discussed, either calmly or not-so-calmly, over the weekend actually sunk in, but things are much improved on the teen front.
When I picked Dancer Girl up from a meeting with her science project partners last night, instead of the sullen face and attitude that I’d become far too [...]
It Was Bound To Happen Some Time
Posted by: LSM on: February 18, 2008
Dancer Girl, who officially became a teenager well over a year ago, has finally decided to start acting like one. And I don’t mean in a good way. Suddenly, my very responsible stereotypical first-born child has morphed into someone who’d just as soon live in a pig sty of a room and who doesn’t care [...]
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