Yes, hate- a stong word for someone such as myself. Here’s the new thing in IL- mess up and forget to register your plates on time and you have to jump through bureaucratic hoops. I noticed yesterday my plates were expired. Oops- they sent me notice two months ago but it got buried and forgotten. […]
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Right now, I’m in the car with my husband, our 4 kids, and our volunteer “Manny” (a man who’s a nanny – thanks Jamiahsh!); we’re on the way to the New Jersey / New York City area! How did I manage to make a blog post, you ask? Well, I’ve actually typed this out days
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My wife loved to sing (I’m sure that is where my daughters get their talent), but she was hard of hearing and would make a mistake or two on the lyrics of popular songs. I do realize that this was not something that she alone was guilty of, but she had quite a few good
I saw this article in the news a few weeks ago and was reminded why I will never take my kids to a circus: INDIANAPOLIS — More than a dozen children were injured Saturday morning at the Indiana State Fairgrounds when a circus elephant they were waiting to ride got startled and caused some scaffolding
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Back in my past, before I even started school, my older brother would tell me ghost stories before I went to bed. Sometimes he made them up, but at other times he would read stories out of his book of Poe stories. While I really liked the Poe stories, some of my favorites were the
Today I had a stop in town and I was right next to a fairly new coffee/ice cream shop. I’ve been there once or twice and decided to treat my self to a cup of coffee. It was a fairly trying day, so I thought a cup of coffee would be welcome. I had a
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And while I’m on the subject of time capsules, the following article about hidden history really caught my eye: (CNN) by Kelly Marshall — A long-hidden message has been discovered inside Abraham Lincoln’s pocket watch, the Smithsonian’s Museum of American History announced Tuesday. Watchmaker Jonathan Dillon was repairing Lincoln’s watch in April 1861 when he
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In our local newspaper lately, there’s been multiple stories covering the demolition of an old high school in the county. The demolition uncovered a few surprises; one was a time capsule, placed in the brick walls by students and faculty in 1922 when the high school was built. I found it really neat that no
There are two channels on you tube that I regularly frequent. One is operated by a new friend who has just joined our community theatre and is very talented. He has already filmed video clips as previews for the first two shows of the season and hopefully more of those to come. I however, have
As most of you know I generally sub at any grade level I can in the districts I’m signed up for. That could mean anywhere from K-8, though my most comfortable levels are around 3rd-7th and during the less lean times I stick to them for the most part. However, these are not those times
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