My weekend consisted of working at the Tough Mudder Race held at Gunstock Ski Mountain. This is a 10-mile race with over 20 obstacles on the courses. I was on the Med Pro Medical Team. Trust me when I say they need a medical staff! Some of the obstacles can wreck your body! My station for this race was the …
Hello FALL Paypal Giveaway!!!
Fall is in the air. Pumpkin spice candles. Warm sweaters. Crisp leaves (at least here in New England)! Soccer games in the cool of the afternoon! This is my little one playing soccer. My little girl LOVES to play soccer…almost as much as gymnastics! Enjoy this video and then enjoy some FALL money! a Rafflecopter giveaway
Don’t sacrifice the boys…
I was watching my students play yesterday at recess. I watched an encounter between two students. I saw the whole thing! GIRL STUDENT comes over to me crying and holding her shoulder. I mean she really had the tears going. She said BOY STUDENT pushed her down while rubbing and crying even more. I call BOY STUDENT over. I asked …
Dear Fellow Bloggers…
Anyone who has been blogging for a while knows traffic is the lifeblood. Comments are food that keeps the blog going and growing. We can all say we don’t care and that we write for ourselves but deep down we like to mingle and have people read our stuff. I tend to hop around other blogs. I figure I want …
Pumpkin Spice
I am one of those CRAZY people that love pumpkin spice…but not pumpkin pie? Odd. I know. But pumpkin spice really is the poster child for fall. Enjoy the lovely fall with these selections below! Nothing like good old fashioned “pumpkin spice” spice! For the coffee drinkers! To flavor the coffee! A …
We have forgotten
I remember I was student teaching. I was in a 3rd-grade class. This was before facebook, twitter, text messages, Instagram etc. My class was at PE and a teacher came in and said the twin towers had a plane crash into them. What a tragedy we all thought. How horrible. We did have one computer in our classroom so I …
Dodged a Bullet…
On the way to school Little Girl and I have a chance to talk. You know the kind of talk. You move the mirror so you can see and you chat. If it is a bad chat there is waving and stern looks…for example if said child was in trouble at school. If it is a happy chat both hands stay …
Surprises not secrets…
Are you sending your child a mixed message in regards to keeping them safe? We tell our kids not to keep secrets from adults in an effort to keep them safe from predators. You know the speech… ” If so and so asks you to keep a secret remember you need to tell mom or dad…” “We don’t keep secrets …