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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 today, but it is [...]

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Tags: all about me · day to day

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. I [...]

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Tags: all about me · those who can; teach

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 missed it [...]

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Tags: reading materials · what I think

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 Meeting. My dad has [...]

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

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 & [...]

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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