Tough Cookie Mommy | October 4, 2009
Today is a lazy afternoon and I am sitting here at the computer blogging while music plays and my sons are dancing all around me. As they dance to “Blinded By The Light” by REO Speedwagon and “Hotel California” by The Eagles I am brought back to a time when I listened to music with [...]
Tough Cookie Mommy | October 3, 2009
Last night, my throat felt a little scratchy and, when I woke up this morning, I had a full blown cold. It’s inevitable that I get sick often because I am a teacher. My students are usually sneezing and coughing around me all day long. I try everything from having sanitizer in the class to [...]
Tough Cookie Mommy | October 2, 2009
Today was a very exciting day for me because, for the first time ever, I did not feed into someone else’s road rage. This might seem like a small accomplishment to some of you, however, I have been known to engage a road rage lunatic from time to time. It’s not that I enjoy arguing [...]
Tough Cookie Mommy | October 1, 2009
Yesterday we had a writing celebration in my class. Each one of my students had to get up and read their published personal narratives to the whole group. Little did I know then that the topic of one of their narratives would have an impact on this blog entry. One of my girls proceeded [...]
