What's up with Whatsit (Book) http://www.Writing.Com/main/profile.php/blog/mrswhatsit 1. My husband can't turn out a light or turn the TV off when he leaves a room. He leaves the house without saying goodbye. He answers his cell phone during supper. How hard can it be to exhibit basic decency toward your significant other? 2. There is a second-grade class at my school that has some of the worst-mannered children I have ever l...[Read Full Post] Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:39:25 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/746724 I work at the library at my school. Translation: I provide planning time for the teachers. Each teacher brings her class to the library for one hour. We have three classes each of Kindergarten through 5th grades and one Pre-K class. This equals 19 classes, so I spend 19 hours a week teaching instead of being a librarian. I have very few problems w...[Read Full Post] Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:01:14 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/745662 The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. -Oscar Wilde The reason I picked this quotes is because I had chocolate ice cream for breakfast. I kept hearing it calling me in the night, which I finally stopped when I got up by eating a bowlful. Emily, my oldest, had to go somewhere with her school this morning. She's in ...[Read Full Post] Sat, 21 Jan 2012 09:44:25 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/745108 An unsophisticated forecaster uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts - for support rather than for illumination. ~Andrew Lang I had forgotton how addicting looking at my Summary Stats can be! "Unknown" is what kills me. What do you mean, "unknown?" I want to know who is looking, dadgummit! I go back to school ...[Read Full Post] Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:39:40 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/743161 If I had my way, I'd do all my entertaining on the front steps. Alan Ladd It was hard finding a quote expressing my feelings about entertaining. Most of them were about how much the person loved entertaining and having people in. I value my privacy, probably too much. Once the people get here, I enjoy visiting with them. I'm just ...[Read Full Post] Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:55:44 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/742690 Fun is good. Dr. Seuss I was poking around my port, which I hadn't done in who knows when, and I found where I had entered my favorite website. I had to click on it to remember what it was. [Link: 'http://perl.guru.org/lynn/apps/'] Here's another one. My kids love this one. When this one come up, there won't be a...[Read Full Post] Tue, 27 Dec 2011 10:07:30 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/742620 A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together. Garrison Keillor Christmas this year is over with, thank God. I went Friday and did every molecule of my Christmas shopping. There's somethng to be said for doing all your Christmas shopping in one day. Every time somebo...[Read Full Post] Mon, 26 Dec 2011 10:08:59 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/742565 When our relatives are at home, we have to think of all their good points or it would be impossible to endure them. George Bernard Shaw My kids and I usually go to my mother's house the day before Thanksgiving or the day before Christmas and help her cook. We mostly help make the dressing, since there are a lot of steps. We crumble the...[Read Full Post] Sat, 24 Dec 2011 10:40:14 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/742489 We teach about how to drive in school, but not how to manage finances. Andy Williams You know, you just can't say everything on Facebook that you want to, especially when the people you might be referring to are on your friends list. Years ago, when I worked at the juvie jail, I got my own bank account and left hubb...[Read Full Post] Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:06:32 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/742413 We teach about how to drive in school, but not how to manage finances. Andy Williams You know, you just can't say everything on Facebook that you want to, especially when the people you might be referring to are on your friends list. Years ago, when I worked at the juvie jail, I got my own bank account and left hubby to his own account....[Read Full Post] Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:02:22 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/742412