The Personal Blog of a Gen X Mom.
No, these won't be your typical sappy grandparent quotes. These are quotes I've heard in my lifetime from my elderly grandparents that crack me up everytime I think of them. "I'm going to brain you!!!"....Great Grandma M. She always said this View Post
Before 8 AM: A sweet little note of love! Before lunch: A dazzling plastic ring from another student. This is what makes the 30 minute commute both ways at 6 AM ( and 4 AM wake-ups) all worth it! View Post
This past Saturday, E.B. and I headed out the door bright and early to attend our town’s annual Octoberfest, which is basically an arts and crafts festival and BBQ competition all rolled into one. It’s a good time because a lot of people come View Post
Wow! I can’t believe it’s October! I remember when the new year rolled around like it was yesterday, and here we are. I can always tell when it’s that time of year just by the smells in our little Mississippi Delta town. The farmers start View Post
E.B. has a new after school activity. In an effort to keep him active this fall and winter, I signed him up for swimming lessons. When he started getting really brave in the bathtub by holding his breath and going underwater (without holding his View Post
Talk about hazardous working conditions! It sure makes it hard for me to get my work done with this staring me in the face each time I begin to type. I discovered this stupid warning label on the keyboard of my computer at work. I keep forgetting View Post
I’ve been waiting to share this bit of information until I was settled in and the contract had been signed. I have gone back to work full time and I am the proud new librarian of a great little elementary school here in the Mississippi View Post
On Sunday I started going through and organizing the teaching stuff I used in the past and came across a sad bag of old, broken crayons. I had run across several clever blog posts online about recycling broken crayons instead of throwing them away. View Post
