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The hand of God is such an amazing thing. I finally declared I was taking control of my life and actively working to lose weight and be healthier. I bought a scale (or, rather, requested that Paul buy me a scale), bought a new scale that worked, even if I had to accept that my […]
Read More Moderation in All ThingsI went to sleep at 2am because I crawled into bed at ten to two. I crawled into bed at ten to two because I didn’t get home until sometime after one. I didn’t get home until sometime after one because I was the last person in our carpool to be dropped off and we […]
Read More I Went to Sleep at 2 amNope, not pregnant. Thanks for asking, though, it’s really helping my diet. (Did you hear that rumour going around a couple of months ago that I was pregnant? Yeah, that was really funny. I think I should make a whole blog post about all the blasts to my ego lately. When put all together they’re […]
Read More I Know How It Feels To GlowZ is for Zoo As the children entered I had them play with all of the animals (toys, puppets, whatever) that I had previously laid out. After a short play we did an animal sort with them, classifying which animals were zoo animals and which were not. Reading Time (Z is for zzzzzzz and zoo) […]
Read More Preschool: Z(I’m not sure why I didn’t post about this lesson the day-of, because of course, a month later, I can’t remember it all.) Reading Time (U is for Underpants) “Dinosaurs Love Underpants” by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort “Dr. Seuss’ ABCs” by Dr. Seuss U is for Umbrella What is it than an umbrella does? […]
Read More Preschool: UWhen I was a teen my mother joined the committee to help plan the only high school reunion our school had ever had to date. Instead of planning for one graduation class it was an event open to anyone who had graduated before 1980 or something like that. It was fun for her to do […]
Read More Playground PoliticsBlue sky up above Purple jacaranda blooms Green palms standing by
Read More May in LA(I can’t believe, with all the posts I have in the pipeline of my brain that this is the first to come out. It’s a major loss because there’s another post in my mind that probably died because this one got printed, and it was probably way better. Sorry!) I was invited to join a […]
Read More The Biggest LoserI don’t mean to sound insensitive, but I’m not-so-secretly glad that Red isn’t feeling well today. I’m sure it’s because he still sucks his thumb, but whatever the reason that kid has an iron immune system. Sick days are so rare with him. Today is the first time all year that he’s stayed home sick. […]
Read More Just What the Doctor Ordered