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Entries from March 2007

Feeling better?

March 9th, 2007 · No Comments

A little. I am still stuffy and coughing, but I am not as achy. I went to work yesterday and my kids drove me up a wall! I headed home right after school and then rested until pottery class. I didn’t go to be nearly early enough and I am tired […]

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Tags: day to day · all about me

Sick day

March 7th, 2007 · 1 Comment

I don’t remember the last time I took a sick day. Sometimes I take a half day for a doctor’s appointment, but I am not very often sick enough to miss school.
I wasn’t sure I was going to stay home, but when I woke this morning at 6, I couldn’t move without coughing. […]

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Tags: those who can; teach · all about me

The Higher Power of Lucky

March 6th, 2007 · 2 Comments

by Susan Patron
I haven’t weighed in much on the controversy that has swirled around this childern’s novel. I wanted to wait to read it. When I returned to school after winter break I asked the librarian if she had read any of the articles or discussion about the “scrotum” book. She had […]

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Tags: what I think · reading materials

My day off

March 6th, 2007 · No Comments

Today is Town Meeting Day. In Vermont, each town has a Town Meeting. Most meetings now take place in the evenings or on a weekend day. My town’s meeting is the 3rd Saturday of March, but today is voting day. We are the only town in the state with representative Town […]

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Tags: my hometown · day to day · vacadays · all about me

GIANT Cookies & Cream Bar

March 2nd, 2007 · 1 Comment

** Note: I really like Mike & Maria’s restaurant reviews, so I have decided to start my own. However, I don’t plan to just review restaurants. I got this idea while eating ice cream pops with my husband. **

GIANT Cookies & Cream Bar
POINTS value 2
Offered in a six-pack, each GIANT Cookies & Cream […]

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Tags: something I ate · what I think

Give me public speaking or give me death

March 1st, 2007 · 1 Comment

I was doing a murder mystery on Sunday and I was sitting next to a blow hard asshole know-it-all big talker who didn’t shut up through the whole dinner. It was a little hard to stay in character.
At one point he said “I don’t believe this crap that people fear public speaking more than […]

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Tags: discussion question · theatrical production