Lady in a Small Town

I had 3 parent conferences today, thus rounding out my 5. Of my 5 kids (the sixth one is too new to have a conference) I got 3 moms and 2 sets of parents. I realized that all 5 of them live with both of their biological parents, although I am not sure if one [...]

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I crouched next to cutie-pie kindergartener to help her with her computer.  She was very thoughtful and quiet just staring at me trying to help her.  I looked back at her and said, “Darlin’ what are looking at so intently?” “You,” she said. “Why?” “You are just so pretty.” I wanted to take her home [...]

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I love my job. Really I do. And most of the time, I even like my coworkers. Actually, I don’t think there is even one staff member I would say I “don’t like” (anymore, there used to be one, but we have reached an agreement). But just like everywhere, I don’t love them all. Our [...]

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So a big night for the Lord and Lady is going to big town across the river.  We had dinner at Olive Garden and then I spent a bunch of money at Michaels.  Now we are nearly falling asleep listening to Pottercast and using our laptops.  I was just about to head for bed when [...]

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One of our kindergarteners was just sent in from recess for punching another kid. “It was a slow punch,” he said in his defense. When asked who sent him in he said, “The one with the fat belly.”

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In second grade we are writing acrostic poems with our names (I wrote one too). The best of the day was the little girl who wrote this (different name to protect the Illiterate): Buttflies Energetic Thankful Happy

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This has been a fairly full weekend for me. I can hardly believe I made it to Sunday. Friday I got to school before 8 for the first time in months. Months! I am doing the AfterSchool Program Friday afternoons now. The last kids are picked up at 5:30. Lord S joined me at 5 [...]

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The talk yesterday was that we might have a delayed entry today. The weather wasn’t so bad here first thing. Schools all over our area were closed, but not in the Strathconn Valley. Big huge snow drops were falling, but everything was just wet. The trees still have snow from last week. By the time [...]

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