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  • Today I suffered an exercise in humiliation as I foolishly decided that my high school choir should add a few shift/sway type things to one of our choir pieces. I talked them through what I thought they should do, and th…

  • Advertising is such a bizzare thing: my package of hair bands is imprinted with the motto "Imagine, Dream, Create". Hairbands!!!!! when I want one it's because my hair is driving me nuts and I have to pull it back, not b…

  • am ever so pleased to report that the kitchen chair slipcover turned out marvelously Pottery Barn-esque - truly gratifying for my first effort in slipcovering. Especially since sewing a seam straight is an accomplishment…

  • was seized by a sudden, insane burst of domesticity yesterday, which resulted in: $60 spent on 4 patterns, 15 yards of assorted fabrics, and various sewing notions fastidiously precise mixing together of afore-mentio…

  • This week has been one of the longest in recent memory, moving as slow as molasses going uphill in January. Gotta love old-timers' language! Word of the day: fatuous

  • it is cold and rainy here, but since my music/choir room has no windows and my 5th and 6th graders coming to music directly from P.E. I shan't complain about the cool temps as it cuts down on the olfactory torture experi…

  • I am absolutely drooling over the Chocolate Espresso Layer Cake with Mocha Latte Frosting on page 261! Sublime!

  • just got done reading the bit about Dido from The Aeneid - so sad! Now must get a recording of the Purcell opera so can truly appreciate it.

  • inconstancy, thou art woman. am stressed and cranky re. tomorrow night's event, was v. peevish with my high school choir today and now feel a bit guilty (although they were being horrible, I swear it's not just me!) due …

  • First day back went much better than anticipated. Got a remarkable amount of work done (mostly of the catching-up variety as seem unable to motivate myself to work ahead on things anymore) and am feeling much better abou…

  • back to school tomorrow. sigh. and the weather has turned peevishly cold here so that going out-of-doors barefoot is only for the foolhardy, which is a sad state of climatic affairs for mid-April if you ask me. hmmm ... …

  • Let me just say that I love my church! Today the Cornerstone family gathered together for dinner and had a great time eating, playing, laughing, and singing together. Several of us played Lord of the Rings Trivial Pursui…

  • This week has been so thrown off: it's felt like Saturday for the past two days, and now that it is Saturday vacation seems almost over. This temporary puzzlement over days is a small price to pay, however, for getting t…

  • While ecumenism hasn't afforded many warm, fuzzy moments in my life, yesterday I remembered the Maundy Tursday services at the Congregational church in Seneca, Kansas. All the protestants in town (all 20 or so of us) gat…

  • Only one more day until Easter Break! Undoubtedly the best thing about being a teacher is the days off school. And the day before vacation is what educational videos were created to fill: am watching Spartacus with my La…

  • so, Ben finally convinced me to start one of these crazy things. does anyone actually read them?XangaType your first post here, then click "Submit" to publish it to your Xanga Site

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