*****The Academic Team I am coaching won two and tied one out of 3 matches at our scrimmage last night. We played West Marion, Glasscock, and Lebanon Elementary. We did not have time to play Campbellsville.
*****I think that the Santa Fe salad at Sonic wins over the Blue Zalad at Zaxby’s,although both are very good. […]

I face a new decade. I face a new series of ages in which I start with a 6 in the tens’ place. When I think about the “oughts” I realized that between the year 2000 and now:
***I fell in love for the first time since Wayne died.
***I got married.
***I became a widow again.
***All three […]

This will be a very eventful time for all of us, so I am going to try to blog, even though I am busier that humanly possible. Today was our last day of school complete with a sing-along and teachers loaded into an “Elf Yourself” jib-jab that made the student body literally scream with laughter. […]

For school librarians, summertime means inventory. I see them in my sleep.

I went to the races and bet on Calvin! Here he is in the paddock.

The first day of June. School is out for kids, but I am still there writing common assessments for first grade sequencing and inferences. After school I give Justin his piano lesson.

This is the coldest it has been for several years–single digits. I always worry about Kelley Ridge when it is that cold, so I headed back after school knowing that they had already called off school due to low temperatures. I got there about 9:30 p.m. and couldn’t unlock the gate–the lock was frozen. I […]

I’ve decided to write short blog posts. Maybe I’ll write every day that way. I am heading across the pond on Wednesday. I promise to let you know about the wonderful trip that Caitlan, Kyle and I are going to take. Anyway, here are a few highlights from this weekend and the past two months:
***I’m […]

Barak Obama nominated as the Democratic candidate for president. John McCain picked a woman as his running mate for the Republican nomination (that’s a first for them, but the Democrats had Geraldine). No matter who wins, it will be historic. Also I went to a Kentucky Arts Council Grant Writing Workshop and am involved in […]

Well, there was the wonderful trip to Hawaii. Then the summer turned into “moving the kids.” We came back, had a wonderful wedding celebration with Michelle and Nic, and then went through things in the basement so that Ian could gather his stuff into one room before returning to Hawaii for the last time. […]