Christmas Countdown - 2011

[made582]

Today was a total ORDEAL!!

I hope tomorrow is better!!!!!!!!!!!


RJD is my hero!!!!!

 

[made582]

Crown made post #9300 on September 1st last year.


RJD is my hero!!!!

 

[made582]

We got there a little bit quicker this year!!!!!!!!


Goodnight Everyone!!!!!!!


RJD is my hero!!!!

 

[Seawaters]

And with this post, Made is poster #9,300. What an accomplishment!! In the vein of Xmas' winnings, Made wins a major award: a paint stir stick from Wal-Mart!!! Wonders never cease!!!

We got there a little bit quicker this year!!!!!!!!


Goodnight Everyone!!!!!!!


RJD is my hero!!!!

 

[Seawaters]

A few seconds sooner, and I could have won the paint stirrer!! Always a day late and a dollar short!!!

And with this post, Made is poster #9,300. What an accomplishment!! In the vein of Xmas' winnings, Made wins a major award: a paint stir stick from Wal-Mart!!! Wonders never cease!!!

 

[KerWa]

Seawaters - I hope you're okay!! And everyone else who was having back pains, I hope you are all feeling better!

What a couple of days, huh? Osama being caught...most people seem to be celebrating, but I just can't bring myself to do that. I worry about retaliation attacks and the like, and most people I know haven't really thought about that. It's amazing though, and I'm very proud of our troops!

It has been a pretty easygoing week so far. Beautiful weather right now (81F!), although it's supposed to rain later. I've gotten a lot done around the house, but tonight starts my crazy week at Hallmark...I work 5 days this week, on top of working 12 days in a row at Kohl's. Something tells me by the end of next week, I'll be sleeping for days at a time! I'm already feeling a bit tired now and the craziness hasn't even started yet!

I'm excited about this weekend though, I'm having a birthday party and it should be fun having all my crazy friends together. It shouldn't be as big an event as last year since it's not a milestone birthday, but I look forward to a good time!

Take care, everyone! <3

Have fun a your birthday party

 

[gabulldawg]

I had a student who started the test by trying to answer the questions WITHOUT even reading the passages. When I confronted him, he said, "Am I supposed to read the story?" I wanted to pitch him into next week!!! I had one student whose mom did not give him his medication today and he was off the wall!!!!!!!!!!!!! I also ended up having to suspend a student because he didn't want to do what he was supposed to do!!! What a day, I tell you!!! Thanks for listening to my rantings. I need to retire!! People seem to have priorities mixed up and want to blame teachers for everything and not accept responsibilities themselves. This is CRAZY!!

RadioJonD is my hero!!!

I am sorry you had a bad day! My hat is off to all teachers out there.. I could not do it without getting arrested for assault and battery. My Girlfriend is just out of college and teaches 9th grade "gifted" literature. and from what I hear it's a total nightmare even the smart kids are bad. Especially with making parents take responsibility for thier child being a little "damien". Again hats off to you Seawaters and I hope it gets better!!:

 

[gabulldawg]

Good morning everyone! Had awful awful dreams all night long and ended up with all my pillows on the floor and sheets in a knots that means it was NOT a good night of sleep. I have been having these dreams about me being lost and im in a empty home trying to get out then the people that live in the house pull up in the driveway and I am freaking big time because ummmm.IM IN THIER HOUSE! I don't know how I got there or where I am! not to mention what am I going to say to these people when they come in and see me! I can't take much more of this...thank God I am off the rest of the week. I have to get my house and car cleaned today so by tomorrow all I will have to do is go drive to the airport to get my friend. Best friends for 20 years! we have grown apart and that is sad but you simply are not the same person you were in your teens. I am looking forward to looking back at the high school and college years and all of our crazy times. I hope everyone has a great day!

 

[Binger]

HEY SEAWATERS I have been majorly painting.. I need that paintstick...

YABBA!

 

[Binger]

hmmm paint stick.. hmmmm Opera?

YABBA!

 

[KerWa]

Good evening, everyone. Today was a total ORDEAL!! First off, I had to watch a (dumb) dvd for administering the state test. It is a repeat, one that's just not conducive to being attentive. I put it into my dvd player at school and could not get anything. So I went to Wal-Mart to get a battery for the remote. It still wouldn't even power up. Then I tried it on my school computer yesterday, but no go, unless I wanted to pay to download another program. The dvd said that an error occurred and could only be viewed on Windows 7. So, I brought the dvd home and it still would not play. I knew I would have to get up early and see what to do about another dvd at school. The principal sent me to the computer lab, but the computer guy had the computer fixed so only he could get on the one that would play the dvd. The principal had access to his passwords, so she fixed it so I could watch it. By this time, the bell was ready to ring; so the principal said she would take my class so I could view the dvd. I viewed the dvd and went back to my classroom. The kids were WILD when I got back to the classroom!!! I had two kiddos who had to take the assessment in an alternative area. I sent them to the place where they needed to be and started my portion of the test. We finish up except for one girl who took another 40 minutes to complete the test! She pretended to be sick, so I told her to keep the trash can nearby so she could vomit into it. She finally decided she didn't need it! During this, I had to set up my new student who started today! Then, I had a student who started the test by trying to answer the questions WITHOUT even reading the passages. When I confronted him, he said, "Am I supposed to read the story?" I wanted to pitch him into next week!!! I had one student whose mom did not give him his medication today and he was off the wall!!!!!!!!!!!!! I also ended up having to suspend a student because he didn't want to do what he was supposed to do!!! What a day, I tell you!!! Thanks for listening to my rantings. I need to retire!! People seem to have priorities mixed up and want to blame teachers for everything and not accept responsibilities themselves. This is CRAZY!!

RadioJonD is my hero!!!

Talking about a tough day! I admire you for dealing with all this problems. I hope you were able to relax.

 

[gabulldawg]

Friends, I'm just now getting over the bug that I had the past few days.

Glad you are feelling better!

 

[gabulldawg]

Just walked the dogs and it's cloudy and temp fell 2 degrees while I was walking down to 52F with wind the blowing..tonight getting down to 49F! that will be the last time until the fall I am sure!

 

[ballcoach]

Goooooooooooooooooood morning! About to head off to work, weather is clear, no tornadoes in sight. Just one problem, now they are saying the levee's are weak and we could have some flooding issues.

Darn. If you see a guy on tv with a boat, bat, and glove singing Christmas Carols...you just witnessed the ol' Ballcoach being taken out of town.

 

[gabulldawg]

Wow I just found out I am getting deployed in June to Bosnia for 120 days...I am going to miss you guys this summer and early fall. I guess I will be back in October just in time for the holidays!

 

[trackrebel]

good luck for your time there. 120 days aint that long...but I am sure everyday spent away from family and friends is hard. so god bless You

 

[Undrtakr]

Wow I just found out I am getting deployed in June to Bosnia for 120 days...I am going to miss you guys this summer and early fall. I guess I will be back in October just in time for the holidays!

****. We will all really miss you!!! Come back safe and you will have a lot of posts to catch up on! LOL

 

[Christmasstar]

Seawaters -
What a couple of days, huh? Osama being caught...most people seem to be celebrating, but I just can't bring myself to do that. I worry about retaliation attacks and the like, and most people I know haven't really thought about that. It's amazing though, and I'm very proud of our troops!

And about Osama..while I can somewhat understand everyone cheering at his death or capture I am reminded of the cheering (some) pakistani citizens displayed after 9/11 and it just does not leave a good feeling in my tummy. Yes I am glad he was captured/killed but at the end of the day 3000 Americans have been killed on 9/11 not to mention the ones who have died in war since then,and we STILL have many groups that want to kill us whether we cheered at his death or not. no matter what or how we react.. they will want to kill no matter what they are terrorists!,.. sorry to sound bleek but it's the reality we live in.

it is true.....Jeff wrote a good blog about it.....I have to say....I understand the open cheering, but wouldnt do it myself.....and it is still a long way to fight terror

I understand why people fear of retaliatory attacks, but I remember after 9/11 I was fearful of quite a few things, but I learned not to worry about it, if it is my time to leave this earth, it is my time. I will not celebrate in someones death, but I do have a sense of satisfaction of what has been accomplished.

brings to mind this quote by Martin Luther King, Jr

"I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that."

 

[Christmasstar]

Good Morning MMC !

everything is fine, keep shopping


RadioJonD is my hero!!!

 

[caninemom3]

Wow I just found out I am getting deployed in June to Bosnia for 120 days...I am going to miss you guys this summer and early fall. I guess I will be back in October just in time for the holidays!

Oh Neal !! Please be safe and watch your back !!! Where will Pookie and Snowball be ?? I would take them for you If I could !!!

brings to mind this quote by Martin Luther King, Jr

"I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that."

Christmasstar, THANK YOU !! This is so beautiful and I could not agree more with it xo

CM3 how is your finger doing?

Hi Made !! Thanks for asking. My finger is VERY VERY painful. My left index finger at the tip is swollen and has a "hump"now. My doc didn't seem to pay much attention to it so .......I have just been kind of putting up with it.......You are so sweet for asking !! ((HUGS))

Good evening, everyone. Today was a total ORDEAL!! First off, I had to watch a (dumb) dvd for administering the state test. It is a repeat, one that's just not conducive to being attentive. I put it into my dvd player at school and could not get anything. So I went to Wal-Mart to get a battery for the remote. It still wouldn't even power up. Then I tried it on my school computer yesterday, but no go, unless I wanted to pay to download another program. The dvd said that an error occurred and could only be viewed on Windows 7. So, I brought the dvd home and it still would not play. I knew I would have to get up early and see what to do about another dvd at school. The principal sent me to the computer lab, but the computer guy had the computer fixed so only he could get on the one that would play the dvd. The principal had access to his passwords, so she fixed it so I could watch it. By this time, the bell was ready to ring; so the principal said she would take my class so I could view the dvd. I viewed the dvd and went back to my classroom. The kids were WILD when I got back to the classroom!!! I had two kiddos who had to take the assessment in an alternative area. I sent them to the place where they needed to be and started my portion of the test. We finish up except for one girl who took another 40 minutes to complete the test! She pretended to be sick, so I told her to keep the trash can nearby so she could vomit into it. She finally decided she didn't need it! During this, I had to set up my new student who started today! Then, I had a student who started the test by trying to answer the questions WITHOUT even reading the passages. When I confronted him, he said, "Am I supposed to read the story?" I wanted to pitch him into next week!!! I had one student whose mom did not give him his medication today and he was off the wall!!!!!!!!!!!!! I also ended up having to suspend a student because he didn't want to do what he was supposed to do!!! What a day, I tell you!!! Thanks for listening to my rantings. I need to retire!! People seem to have priorities mixed up and want to blame teachers for everything and not accept responsibilities themselves. This is CRAZY!!

RadioJonD is my hero!!!

While Radio Jon D is still my hero, I have a new one.....SEAWATERS!!!!!!! You go way above and beyond what you need to......I wish you would have been MY teacher....Perhaps I would have learned a bit more ........You are a saint and thank you for being a teacher ((((HUGS))))) for you xo