Conflict

Teacher.

          Mother.

Books for kids.

          Books for MY kids.

Literature with values.

          Literature with MY values.

Learning from texts.

          Learning WHAT from texts?

Tales that tell.

          Tales that tell TOO MUCH.

Stories for change.

          NO change. Stories for understanding?

Controlled.

          Conflicted.

Am I a writer?

I'm going to find out during my next college course. 

The thought of all the time that has gone by without any record, is a bit discouraging.

Coping with change.

Finding out who someone really is.

Growth.

Do I still have any readers?!?  I miss writing. I miss posting my crazy kid pictures. I miss venting and making myself laugh (oh and my readers, too). Life changes, priorities change. I recently started thinking about what is most important to me?!? What do I value? I don't have an answer yet, but I'm thinking.

Lego Master

Recent Creations:

1. Rifle
2. Chinese Pagoda
3. Egyptian Pyramids
4. Miniature transportation thing

Friday

1. Great book sale!
2. The smell of Johnson and Johnson pink baby lotion.
3. Laila FINALLY peeing in the potty.

Kid Challenge

1. Invitation to be included in a special project.
2. An all day event out of town.
3. Victory! (Beating high school students and winning $250 for the team).
4. Getting to hold a giant check!!

Girls Night

1. Good friends.
2. Good food.
3. The Batchelor.

www.DonorsChoose.org

1. Great support from family and friends.
2. Cool China Unit
3. Awesome stuff granted to me!!

Snow days

1. Cozy fire
2. Sleds
3. Late night card games
4. Great books

Maple Festival

1. Maple doughnuts
2. Maple ice cream
3. Maple BBQ chicken

Mom and mama

1. Love how I am "mom" to Colson.
2. Love how Hallie says "Mama".
3. QOTD from Charlie: "your middle name is "mama".

It's great to be a mom.

Donors Choose!

Help my classroom!

Donate funds or spread the word!

http://www.donorschoose.org/we-teach/1766841.1995021157

Thanks!

Charlie

1. Cheerful
2. Burps like a teenage BOY
3. Loves to hold me tight
4. Hilarious
5. Singing "I love my whole family, while circling the kitchen table."

72 degrees in January

1. Park!
2. 2 recesses.
3. Short sleeves!

Heat

1. Working furnace.
2. Tons of wood.
3. Space heaters.

Martin Luther king

1. A three day weekend in January.
2. Time with fun friends.
3. Awesome restaurants, Miss Shirley's Cafe...

Inauguration Weekend

1. Zombie make up
2. Great deals on earrings
3. New convert's testimonies

Girls weekend

1. The lone survivor.
2. Hotel beds.
3. Quaint towns.

Snow day

1. Fireplaces
2. Colson's grateful list of 100 things.
3. Buzz

1.14.13

1. New kicks.
2. Smaller numbers on the scale.
3. Charlie and the funny places she finds to sleep with me.