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If my journey to become a teacher had a title I think it would have to be When the student is ready the teacher will come. Over the last two years I have been blessed to have just the right teacher at just the right time. And now that I am student teaching that holds true more then ever. I have been with my mentor teacher for almost three weeks now and I think she is incredible. I have

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Happy Mother's day. I hope this give you all a giggle.

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My daughter's Brownie leader sent me this e-mail and I thought is was such a perfect tribute to those who fell on 9-11 that I just had to share it. USS New YorkIt was built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the World Trade Center.It is the fifth in a new class of warship - designed for missions that include special operations against terrorists. It will carry a crew of 360 sailors and 700

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My dad just sent me this link and suggested I post it on my blog. I hope you all enjoy the sweet innocence of these beautiful creatures. If only we could learn from them then maybe it would be a wonderful world. Peace.

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Apparently not, Wyatt over at support your local gun fighter just posted an excellent piece about Michael Newdown. You might not remember him but he is the one who wants to remove all traces of Christianity from our daily lives because he doesn’t believe in god or a higher power. I have never understood why my belief in God upsets those who don’t. It truly boggles my mind. How does my belief

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My friends at work had said that this was their favorite Christmas song and I had never heard it until today. It is so beautiful. This is the real meaning Christmas not the presents and parties but the birth of Jesus our savior the greatest gift of all.

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They sang this song last night and they were awesome. They are fantastic performers who put on a really good show.

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This was the opening act at my husbands Christmas party. He was very funny.

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For some reason I feeling down today and since misery loves company I thought I would share the saddest songs I could find. Enjoy.

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I taught me second math lesson today and I am pretty sure they were about as confused as that poor salesmen was. The teacher is being kind enough to give me a little time with them tomorrow to try and clear things up a bit.

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He makes me melt like butter.While busily cleaning the house for the much anticipated visit by my mom (she's like June Cleaver on steroids)and step father I have been listening to Pandora radio on the PC. I love Pandora; you put in the artist or song you like and find similar music so you know you are bound to like it. Right now I am listening to Dean Martin radio. That’s right, Dean Martin.

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Yahoo! I can post pictures again! All I had to do was change the setting from HTML to compose and there they were, pictures. My blog won't look so naked now.

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I got in trouble for doing this once before, sharing an article I got from a friend on e-mail but I am going to do it again. Only this time I will tell you up front I don’t know if it is actually by Ben Stein or not. With that being said I offer you this insightful piece that is being attributed to Mr. Stein. Subject: Remarks from CBS Sunday Morning (everyone should read!) The following was

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I finally have good news to post. I am down 5 more pounds. Cutting out snaking and desserts as well as limiting portion size actually seems to be working. Now I just need to add exercise back in. While preparing lunch for 400 kids’ everyday is hard work I tin I need to add to that if I really want to see the results.

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I am not especially fond of vegetables and black eyed peas were never on my list of veggies I liked. Even if you do need to eat them on New Years Eve in order to make sure you have a year of good luck. That being said last year my husband found a recipe for black eyed peas that I actually liked, a lot. They can be eaten either hot or cold and they are very tasty. It’s an easy recipe. I hope you

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Who would of thought that I wold ever have absolutely nothing to say or write about. It's true I got nothing. Maybe tomorrow I'll come up witty a good recipe but right now the brain is fried and all I want to do is go to bed. I'll see you all tomorrow with something good to eat. Good night .

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I took my daughter to Claire’s on Sunday to get her ears pierced. She announced on Thursday that she was ready. I told her if she got her room cleaned up we would get them done that weekend. She did, so we took her to get her ears pierced. She did really well and only whimpered a little. As soon as she was shown her ears the whimpering stopped and she was all smiles. When her brother was

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The person of the week is any one who can tell me how to get blogger to post pictures again. Whenever I try to post a picture with my blog all it downloads is code. This all started when my husband updated Firefox to the newest version. He updated it again hoping it would enable me to download pictures but it did not. I tried to get help from blogger but they are next to useless. I even

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The word is perfidy.I chose this word because I am currently reading “The tale of Despereaux” to my daughter. It is an enchanting tale about a mouse who dreams of being a knight who saves the princess. The author uses this word and suggests the reader look it up, so naturally I had to do just that.PerfidyPart of speech: It is a nounOrigin: It is a Latin word (aren’t they all?) perfidia, from

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That does it, I am buying a new scale today! According to the one I have I am still maintaining. I am a little afraid of what a new scale will say but I need to know the truth. Hopefully the changes I am making in my eating habits, limiting snaking and cutting out desserts will show up favorably with a new scale.

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This week’s person of the week is actually several people of the week. They are the 27 fourth graders I just taught my first math lesson to. They were wonderful. They listened while I read a book about estimation, they participated in an activity I had planned, they completed a hand out, they shared their findings with the class, and finally they wrote about their experience in a paragraph. T

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I did not have a specific topic for a poem but I fund this one while I was looking around the net. I have shared Edgar A. Guest in the past. I hope you enjoy this one as well as I did. CourageBy Edgar A. Guest Courage isn't a brilliant dash,A daring deed in a moment's flash;It isn't an instantaneous thingBorn of despair with a sudden springIt isn't a creature of flickered hopeOr the final tug

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We interrupt our regularly scheduled post for an important message. I am about 500 hits away from 5000! I know that’s a small drop in the bucket compared to most but after only 9 months of blogging and never expecting more then a few hits I am pretty amazed that I am nearing the 5000 mark. So to celebrate this milestone I want to award a decent prize to the 500 reader .I will mail to the person

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This week’s word is diet. I chose this word because I have joined a weight loss challenge with several of my blogger buddies and so far I have managed to lose 5 pounds but have held steady for the past two weeks. Holding steady is not getting me any closer to either my goal or the prize. With that in mind I thought I would look up the word to see exactly what the definition is, its origin, and

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Sorry for the late posting but I was so intent on getting to my test on time yesterday that I forgot about steeping on the scale. Both tests went well, I feel pretty good about my answers and my written responses so now I wait for about 6 weeks to get my results. I hate waiting. But the good news is I maintained last week. I have also figured out that you can’t loose weight by saying you are on

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What’s cooking?This week’s recipe is for spaghetti sauce. This is the sauce I grew up with and have loved since I was a child, but it is not your typical spaghetti sauce. In fact the only thing it has in common with most spaghetti sauces is that it is served over noodles. The history of the sauce is actually pretty interesting. I had always thought that this was my mom’s recipe that she had

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According to NPR the National Education Association found that statewide the percentage of men who taught elementary school was only 9%. That is really low and really sad. Men have so much to offer in the classroom and children can benefit a great deal from having the perspective of both a female teacher as well as a male teacher. I think the reason why so many women tend to teach at the lower

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I just spent the last 45 minutes being tutored in basic algebra and geometry by my 13 year old son in order to prepare for the math portion of the AEPA. My son understands math better than I do and did a pretty decent job of explaining when you subtract minus you may end up with a positive. Who knew? Well maybe all of you did, but I forgot it a long tome ago. So with that in mind I wanted to

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This week’s person of the week is all the men and women who put themselves in harms way to protect the rest of us, sometimes even from ourselves. I am referring to the men and women who stayed behind during the recent hurricanes to rescue the silly people who thought they could weather a hurricane at home only to find out that they were wrong and need help getting out. This also includes the

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Next Saturday I will be taking two tests. These two tests are probably the most important test I will take as I near the completion of my school work and apply for my teaching certificate. The first test will be in the morning is a test covering general subject knowledge, your Basic English, math, social studies, science and the arts. In the afternoon I will be tested on my professional knowledge

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I was extremely busy and stressed last week what with studying for a final, starting my practicum helping my daughter with her school work we also has d a meeting with her teachers , an unexpected car break down and a sick son. He had a fever of 101 and was barking like a dog. He is better now and was back at school the next day. Despite all of that it was not as bad as I had feared when I

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Computer issues prevented me from posting yesterday , so here are Thursday's and Friday's posts. ThursdayWow I never knew that!We don’t use only 10% of our brains after all, but in fact use 100%. This myth has been debunked by the people at Scientific American. It would not be very logical for 90% of our brains to be doing nothing most of the time. That would be a huge waist of energy and

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I am much too busy to tell you how busy I am so I will let someone else tell you about their busy life.This crowded life of God's good givingNo man has relished more than I;I've been so goldarned busy livingI've never had the time to die.So busy fishing, hunting, roving,Up on my toes and fighting fit;So busy singing, laughing, loving,I've never had the time to quit.I've never been one for

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This week person of the week is my husband Duane. Actually, he is always my person of the week; I would be lost without him. His support and encouragement while I have been going to school for the last 2 years has made it possible for me to be so close to the completion. He is truly a wonderful man and I love him more then I can express. He is patient and understanding and has pitched in way

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Busy.Part of speech: It is an adjective, noun, verb, and adverb.Origin: It comes from the Middle English word bisi or busi which comes from the old English word bysig.Definitions.This is a busy little word. It is an adjective as in I am going to be a very busy person studying for my Arizona Constitution final, my AEPA exams, starting my practicum and lessons for my Math methods course as well

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Today is the first official weigh for the weight loss challenge and here are my results. I am down 5 pounds. I think, my scale is sort of floopy and if you shift your weight at all it changes but I stood really still and it looks like five pounds so that’s what I am gong with. My success this week is not due to my being especially good, while I was good, it has more do to do with the fact that

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After watching two days of the Republican convention and seeing McCain and Palin give incredible presentations, I am thinking that Obama has to be feeling pretty bad about now. And whenever I feel bad, nothing cheers me up like a good dessert. I suggest that Obama cheer himself up with a nice big piece of baked Alaska. The recipe is easy to follow and I am sure Michelle would be able to make

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I absolutely love this song!

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I never knew that I could go from luke warm about the upcoming presidential campaign to being very excited about it. It’s all because of a speech I heard last night. Vice presidential candidate Sara Palin spoke during the Republican convention and she was awesome! She was eloquent, funny and right on the money.There were so many things she said last night that really resonated with me but I

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Several of my blogger buddies and I started a weight loss challenge yesterday. Wyatt, Ssssteve, RT, Big bad wolf, Joe cool and I are all going to see which one of us can lose the most weight over the next six months. With that in mind I decided to use Wednesday’s poetry as a spring board to this diet. One might think with as many people who are dieting at any given time in the United States

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If my computer was working properly you would see a picture of McCain and Palin here but for some reason I am unable to post pictures. (Any ideas? Anybody?) I know just about every other person has posted about McCain’s choice for vice president but I still wanted to put in my two cents worth. I have always liked McCain as a person. I respect his service to our country and his courage under

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In honor of the holiday this week’s word of the week is labor.Yes I know every one knows what labor means but it is a very versatile word with an interesting origin. It is a noun, a verb and an adjective all rolled into one handy little word. Origin: The word labor is a Middle English word that comes from both the French word labour and the Latin word labor.Uses.It is a noun as in:1. a. Physical

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Quick and easyThe Denver OmeletIn honor of the democratic convention coming to a close in Denver I thought I would share a trademark recipe from Colorado, the always favorite, quick and easy, Denver Omelet. I am sure that the same can be said of many of the Democratic supporters who flocked to the Mile High City last week that they too were both quick and easy. I am sure that Hilary and Bill

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Because I feel like I am coming down with a cold I thought I would find all the interesting things about the common cold that I could. Here are a few of them. I hope you are enlightened by them and if you excuse I need to go blow my nose. For example did you know that the first person to be diagnosed with the common cold was John Commons in 1611? Or that John promptly infected William

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After being awakened last night at 3:30 by the sound of thunder, very loud and close thunder I thought this poem would be appropriate for this week poetry corner. A TEMPEST - An awful tempest mashed the air BY Emily Dickinson An awful tempest mashed the air, The clouds were gaunt and few; A black, as of a spectre's cloak, Hid heaven and earth from view.

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Yes I know its Wednesday but with school the kids and what not, I did not get this finished until just now. Wednesday’s regular post will be this afternoon. This week’s person of the week is not one person but several people who have made an incredible difference to my daughter. I am talking about the staff of her school. Robyn is a very smart, funny delightfully silly little girl who

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Weary Origin: It is from the Middle English weri, which is from the Old English word wērig. Part of speech: It is both an adjective and a verb. History of the word Definitions Adverbs: <!--[if !supportLists]-->1. <!--[endif]-->Physically or mentally fatigued. <!--[if !supportLists]-->2. <!--[endif]-->Expressive of or prompted by fatigue: a weary smile. <!--[if !

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Recipes that are sure to empress. I made this dish for a boy friend a long time ago. He must have liked because he married me. I never cooked it again which might explain why we are no longer married and I am now married to someone who does not care that I do not cook alot and instead choose to make simpler meals. ROLLED CHICKEN WASHINGTON 6 to 8 skinned and boned chicken breasts1

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If you had to choose one of the land mammals to be your partner in a potato sack race, which one should you never choose? If you said the elephant, you would be correct, because elephants cannot jump. That is right, the plucky pachyderm cannot jump, not at all. You would be better off choosing a three toed sloth because they can jump even if it is very slowly. This got me thinking, why can’t

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Wednesday’s poem is by Robert Louis Stevenson In keeping with my summer time theme, I found Robert Louis Stevenson’s poem, “Bed In Summer” Like the child in this poem I to remember going to bed when the sun was still up and thinking how unfair it was. I did not care what time it was if the sun was up there was still fun to be had. It was so hard to fall asleep in a room that was too hot and

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Nastia Liukin is my person of the week because of the grace and maturity she showed when the judges awarded the gold medal to her competitor despite the fact that they both had identical scores in the uneven bars. Despite the seemly unfairness of this, Nastia refused to complain or criticize the judges. She showed a great deal of sportsmanship and maturity when she said, “It’s nothing I can

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Amateur Origin: It is a French word from the Latin amateur, which means lover, and amare, which means to love. Part of speech: It is both a noun and adjective. History of the word: according to www.answers.com/topic/amateur the history of the word amateur is “When Mrs. T.W. Atkinson remarked in her 1863 Recollections of the Tartar Steppes and their Inhabitants, “I am no amateur of these

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During the hot summer month in Colorado when I was a little girl, my mother used to make this dessert for her bridge club. A delightfully refreshing dessert is both sweet and tart. Ingredients: 1 whole egg 2 egg yolks 2 egg whites 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 cup juice from a lemon 1/4 cup lemon rind grated very fine 1 cup whipping cream (whipped) 1/2 cup crushed vanilla wafers or cookies.

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The next time you pour your self a nice cold beverage and add a cube or two of ice you should be grateful that it floats because if it did not life on earth world not be possible. Every other liquid becomes denser and sinks when it freezes except for water, which becomes less dense and floats. If this were not true then when water froze it would sink to the bottom of the oceans, seas, rivers

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I wanted a poem about summer and childhood and I remembered this poem and thought it appropriate. John Greenleaf Whittier1807-1892THE BAREFOOT BOY Blessings on thee, little man,Barefoot boy with cheek of tan!With thy turned-up pantaloons,And thy merry whistled tunes;With thy red lip, redder stillKissed by strawberrys on the hill;With the sunshine on thy face,Through thy torn brim's jaunty

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My first person of the week is a teacher who has made an incredible difference to the students of Harlem, Kay Toliver. One of the requirements for my course work in “Methods for Teaching SEI and ESL” was to watch a DVD entitled “Good morning Miss Toliver.” Kay Tolliver teaches math to junior high school students in Harlem. I was won over by her approach to teaching, as were her students.

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Muse Origin: It is a Middle English word, from old French, from the Latin word Musa and from the Greek word Mousa. Part of speech: It is a noun. History of the word: The earliest origins of the word come form Mnemosyne who was the goddess of memory and the mother of the muses. The Latin word Musa and the Greek word mousa originated from the original word montya and was eventually became the

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Kid approved. Burrito squares. This recipe comes from my husbands’ mother, Charlotte and even with my picky eaters, everyone likes this meal. Ingredients: One package of Pillsbury crescent dinner roll dough One-pound ground beef One package taco seasoning 0ne can of refried beans One cup shredded cheddar cheese. I usually use more cheese because I really like cheese so use as much as

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It may be 107 degrees out side but summer is over! The kids and I went back to school yesterday. It seems that now that I am no longer on vacation my muse has decided to get back to work as well. My muse had some ideas about getting things started up again and I like them. I will be positing again on a regular basis Monday through Friday and if the spirit moves maybe on the weekends as well.

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When I was a teenager in high school a long time ago, my friends and I would sit around the lunchroom table and plan our futures. What kind of man would we marry? What would our children would be like? Most importantly, we would talk about the horrible awful things we would do to our kids insuring years of therapy and then roll with laughter. This included things like pretending we didn’t

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