Fair warning: This post is heavily ranty with a side of suck it. (And, to be fair, a healthy does of love one another, too.) Apologies. Then again, this is my blog and the cheapest form of therapy I’ve found yet, so if you don’t like it, get to steppin’, yo. I’ve been feeling all [...]
I’m not a very outgoing person. Things like texting and Facebook were made for people like me. The fewer actual words I have to speak, the better. (Don’t think the irony of the profession I chose – teaching – hasn’t occurred to me.) This desire not to talk everyone’s ears off (aside from those of [...]
Recently, a blogger I follow on Facebook posted a link to an article titled Arrested Development: The Criminalization of America’s Schoolchildren. Before you get excited, this article makes no reference whatsoever to Jason Bateman or Portia de Rossi. Sucks, I know. Instead, this article blames the public school system for breeding “compliant citizens of the [...]
Today marks the end of Teacher Appreciation Week, and what appreciative students we have at my school (well, mostly staff who force the students to show appreciation, but hey, I’ll take it!). Anyway, this week was Teacher Appreciation Week, and in addition to offering us suckers and coffee and treats in our mailboxes, some teachers [...]
Please tell me I’m not the only one to have caught A&E’s Beyond Scared Straight while flipping through TV channels, searching for some good background noise. More importantly? Please tell me I’m not the only one who finds this crap repugnant. If you haven’t seen it, all you need is 5 minutes to determine the [...]
When you’re a working parent, you have no choice but to send your kids to some form of daycare. And try as you might to find a place that will raise your children the same way you would, it’s not possible. We’re only slightly crazy, anal parents, but not so much so that we’re certain [...]
I missed my blog’s birthday. Which isn’t that surprising given how on top of important things like birthdays and anniversaries I am, but still. You’d think I could remember the day something so important to me was born. One year ago April 14, I started this blog to blow off the steam that had gathered [...]
Lately, it seems as if my dogs are out to get me. And this isn’t just because I’ve been steadily decreasing my anxiety meds and exponentially increasing my paranoia in return. This is for reals. My dogs have a tendency to pee, crap, and barf all over our carpet, sometimes mere seconds after my husband [...]
I am over at Studio 30+ today discussing how I came to be a part of The Mothers of Boys Club and what we members dread the most. I’d tell you I’m excited, but I’m sure you can figure that out by now! For those of you who don’t know, Studio 30+ is a community [...]
I came across this while perusing the coffee table book my husband gave me: Amy Sedaris’s I Like You. Which is hilarious and should be a home staple of any person who considers herself to have a halfway decent sense of humor. Because not only is she King of Humor, David Sedaris’s sister, but she’s [...]
