Archive | September, 2010
30. Sep, 2010

My Student’s Autobiographies

          My students wrote their Autobiographies for our September project.  They did a page for each year of their life and also added original illustrations.  They did a wonderful job – you should see these works of art!

30. Sep, 2010

Early Morning . . .

As I was driving to school this morning, I realized that it was still totally dark!  The days are  getting shorter and shorter – so does that mean that fall is finally approaching?  Well, it IS October 1 tomorrow . . .  Here in Florida, we are ready for a change – enough 90 degree [...]

29. Sep, 2010

Is it over yet??

We have been so lucky for the past few years – hurricane season has come and gone without any major occurances.  Last year we had one scare, just now we had the tropical storm, but all in all, we have been extremely lucky.  When is the official “season” over?   Not for another month . . . [...]

29. Sep, 2010

Aha, a Headstart!!

Everyone I know thinks I’m crazy because I still have my Christmas tree up from last year – YES, I do and it’s still just as beautiful!!   But, aren’t I lucky now – I have a headstart on everyone else!!!!  As of September 29, there are just 87 days until Christmas!!!

29. Sep, 2010

Time Flies!!

Today, at the end of the day,  my kids and I were sitting on the rug at the back of the room.  (That is actually where we do ALL of our important business - some great discussions originate in that location! )  Well anyway,  one of the boys said, “Wow, I can’t believe the day is over already!”  Now THAT [...]

29. Sep, 2010

Hmmm, I was so sure . . .

An idea has been buzzing around in my head for awhile now and tonight I decided to act on it.  My thought was to go to Lisbon, Portugal, for Spring Break next March.  I planned to use my Frequent Flyer Mileage as I always do, so I called American Airlines (very confidently) and started to [...]

28. Sep, 2010

Tropical Storm

Due to a tropical storm, Palm Beach County is expecting a major rainfall. Forecasters predict 6 to 12 inches in my area so I have been checking around to see if there is anything I should do to prepare.  So far I have discovered that I have some small leaks in my backporch roof, my [...]

27. Sep, 2010

Having fun with my site!

I have become addicted to my own website!!  Adding photos and updating little snippets of my memories has been like a walk down “memory lane!”  (Please excuse things that are out of order – it is part of my backtracking method!!)  First, thanks to Lidia, who led me through the  ”adding a photo”  process, then [...]

25. Sep, 2010

Spelling – week of September 27

1.  beginning 2.  beautiful 3.  important 4.  point 5.  compass 6. complex 7.  author 8.  summary 9.  Asia 10. Europe

25. Sep, 2010

A HUG

                      It’s wonderous what a hug can do, A hug can cheer you when you’re blue. A hug can say, “I love you so” Or, “Oh I hate to see you go!” A hug – there’s just no doubt about it, We can’t survive without it. A hug delights and warms and charms, I guess [...]