tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63260932009-02-20T23:10:33.873-05:00ChrisCamIs this my life?Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01409770658089806492noreply@blogger.comBlogger168125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326093.post-1146101144579190202006-04-26T21:18:00.000-04:002006-04-26T21:25:44.593-04:00Yes, only I would wipe out during 4th grade recess and end up with a sprained ankle. I'd never been on crutches before, preferring to break my wrist multiple times in the sportsy years, and I can honestly say it's about as frustrating as it gets. I had very nice helpers both and home and in school, with the obvious benefit of the adult helpers not being as keen on stealing my crutches in hopes Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01409770658089806492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326093.post-1140986276341429882006-02-26T15:34:00.000-05:002006-02-26T15:37:56.363-05:00Officially breaking for a bit over here. WRWF is ongoing. I've felt boring lately, and there are rarely comments, and it's lame to tell your stories without feedback! When I try to tell them in person then too, people already know and don't want to hear it. ;-) So I KNOW I haven't updated, and may not for a bit, just so y'all obsessive bookmarkers know.Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01409770658089806492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326093.post-1138396677965950732006-02-05T16:16:00.000-05:002006-02-05T17:31:15.703-05:00Randomly...Apparently, if you search "sex cam private doom" on msn, my site pops up first. I think someone was quite disappointed...If you're upset about your favorite religious figure being drawn with a bomb on his head, I think you should definitely protest by lighting things on fire. That makes a lot of sense.A week and a half until the long weekend!Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01409770658089806492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326093.post-1138022271622192852006-01-23T08:11:00.000-05:002006-01-23T08:17:51.636-05:00After last week's busy schedule (off Monday, delay Tuesday, home early when the power went out Wednesday) I wasn't feeling so good about working five whole days in a row this week. (Anyone feeling sorry for me yet? No?) Luckily, we got a delay this morning so at least we're starting off right. The roads actually do look bad so it's not a total gift like some of the last ones have been. I Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01409770658089806492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326093.post-1136501617752703422006-01-05T17:46:00.000-05:002006-01-05T17:53:37.763-05:00I just don't seem to have much to say. Work's good, life's good...I DID fall on my butt today on the way out to the car, that could have been improved upon. (Technically I fell forward and just landed on wrists and knees, but "fell on my wrist" doesn't have the same ring.) We have to decide about doing a second year in the next month, a decision I'm really not ready to make at all. I hope I Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01409770658089806492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326093.post-1134684729024549172005-12-15T17:11:00.000-05:002005-12-15T17:12:09.036-05:00Flat tires on the way to work are NOT a good way to start the day!Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01409770658089806492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326093.post-1134617462059681732005-12-14T21:34:00.000-05:002005-12-14T22:31:02.130-05:00I miss my Dartmouth peeps! Just thinkin lots about y'all and missing you. Lamb-Cha and Riders of the Night and boob grabbing and Wednesday meetings and the bells at 6 and just everything...thinking about everyone.Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01409770658089806492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326093.post-1134388048924311302005-12-12T06:46:00.000-05:002005-12-12T06:47:28.953-05:00Know what the worst thing about three day weekends is?They end.Here's to the last full week before break...may the children not be totally nuts. ;-)Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01409770658089806492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326093.post-1134161367686300422005-12-09T15:48:00.000-05:002005-12-09T15:49:27.696-05:00SNOW DAY!!!!!It was way too greedy to hope for a snow day in our very first cold week, when last week was in the 50s...but we GOT ONE. Boo-yah, three day weekend for me! :-DChristinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01409770658089806492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326093.post-1133753179839687672005-12-04T22:24:00.000-05:002005-12-04T22:26:19.850-05:00"THERE'S NO THESIS STATEMENT!!" Brightski...hahahahahaha.Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01409770658089806492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326093.post-1132844285832162962005-11-23T21:24:00.000-05:002005-11-24T09:58:05.896-05:00Growing old is, in many ways, just not very appealing. There are some people who show how it can be done with grace and kindness, and I'm grateful to them.Nana's boyfriend Norm is one of those people. He squires her around, taking such good care of her that it's impossible for our family not to love him. He helps her into cars, opens doors for ladies of every age, and never stops smiling. He Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01409770658089806492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326093.post-1131500270953922202005-11-09T19:47:00.000-05:002005-11-10T06:57:28.796-05:0012 out of 18 of my kids are reading Harry Potter. This annoys some people, who want the kids to be reading "good literature," but I think it's wonderful. They're all so excited about it, and getting to talk about it and exchange ideas and theories. The strong readers really help the weaker ones by explaining things, and the weaker readers get to be part of a reading cult, which is an extremelyChristinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01409770658089806492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326093.post-1131497121565061142005-11-08T19:43:00.000-05:002005-11-15T17:09:54.473-05:00::Whispered in hushed tones::"The teachers have special powers...they have eyes in the back of their heads somewhere that we can't see..."Do you have any idea how long I've waited to hear someone tell me I have eyes in the back on my head after hearing my mom give that as her perfectly logical reason for knowing EVERYTHING for my whole life?? Needless to say, I was amused.Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01409770658089806492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326093.post-1131497023965823272005-11-08T19:33:00.000-05:002005-11-08T19:43:43.976-05:00What I got paid for today:Painting leaves gold, yellow, red, and orange, and pressing them onto poster papers...Reading Harry Potter over kids' shoulders...Jumproping...Going to the book fair...Play one-handed four-square...Talking about "Little Men"...Teaching a little subtraction...It was the kind of day where I get home thinking, "I know they don't pay me much, but I'm being fed, housed, and Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01409770658089806492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326093.post-1130381716481665312005-10-26T22:52:00.000-04:002005-10-26T22:55:16.483-04:00There are some things that it's just not cool to tinker with.Bond is one of them.NO, YOU CANNOT MAKE HIM BLOND. YOU CANNOT EXPLAIN WHY BOND DOES NOT HAVE DEEP RELATIONSHIPS WITH WOMEN. AND YOU BETTER DAMN WELL NOT TAKE AWAY GADGET-MASTER Q. YOU BASTARDS.End rant.Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01409770658089806492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326093.post-1130115864682644882005-10-24T17:19:00.000-04:002005-10-24T16:57:38.986-04:00A little boy rounds the corner, talking earnestly to his friend."I just really wish that the whole school was a trampoline right now," he says wistfully.That would be AWESOME.Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01409770658089806492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326093.post-1128999164617759612005-10-10T22:45:00.000-04:002005-10-10T22:54:17.890-04:00THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.I NEED A VOTE.I'm choosing what to wear to Patti's wedding. I'm trying to choose the daring one, so that's the one I'm showing you. It's not me--it IS Carrie Bradshaw.I need YOU to tell me if I can pull it off. I am unshowered and unmakedup this picture--it was an early morning. And I wouldn't be barefoot/in yukky shoes. So just the dress--can I pull it off? Answer Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01409770658089806492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326093.post-1128917660379555002005-10-09T23:30:00.000-04:002005-10-10T00:14:20.383-04:00"So. I made out with a really ugly chick last night. Hahahahahaha. Miss you!"Miss you too, Vac! Hahaha.Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01409770658089806492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326093.post-1128785530879034882005-10-08T11:28:00.000-04:002005-10-08T11:32:10.890-04:00By fourth grade, most of them have learned to be at least slightly PC, so a lot of the funniest kids quotes I'm hearing are out of the kindergarten and second grade classes of my roommates.While climbing on the ropes on the playground, one of the kindergarteners slips. "Oof," he says. "I punched my weiner!"Helpfully, one of the others pipes up, "You didn't punch your weiner, you fell on your Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01409770658089806492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326093.post-1128638383230619882005-10-06T18:30:00.000-04:002005-10-06T18:39:43.236-04:00I am getting PAID to do this job. Some days I remember to think about how incredibly lucky I am.Like when we played "Heads Up Seven Up" today. I got my thumb pressed a lot and only guessed right once. I haven't honed those skills since 6th grade!Like when we had a kid upset today and she couldn't calm down until I was there talking to her.Like when the classroom dog started barking during a Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01409770658089806492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326093.post-1128389029458832982005-10-03T21:07:00.000-04:002005-10-03T21:23:49.463-04:00Today I took cold medicine during the day in an attempt to banish the stuffy nose and sneezing I had going on. I was hoping to be able to lean over kids' papers without immediately having to blow my nose. Instead, it knocked me out. Non-drowsy my ass! As I mentally slumped to the floor I looked helplessly at John and made some weak arm motions that probably vaguely pantomimed sleep. "Lie Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01409770658089806492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326093.post-1128290400120727292005-10-02T17:21:00.000-04:002005-10-02T18:00:00.163-04:00Driving home after dinner on Saturday night with Mark, I took the long way by the water. We're driving with the lights from the shore reflected in the water, a few quiet swans drifting out there, and all of a sudden AAAAAAAAAAH slam on brakes and pull over. Galloping down the middle of the road are two dogs, a white and a black lab. The car behind me swings into the other lane, narrowly Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01409770658089806492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326093.post-1127991950841021592005-09-29T07:01:00.000-04:002005-09-29T07:05:50.846-04:00Parent's Night tonight! I'm a little nervous but I'm sure it'll be fine. If I can decide what to wear...Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01409770658089806492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326093.post-1127512013104366152005-09-23T17:31:00.000-04:002005-09-23T17:46:53.110-04:00Teacher: "Jefferson freed Sally Hemmings sons because they were really his children."Kid: "Oh. When did they get married?"Teacher: "They weren't married."Class practically in unison: "If they weren't married, how could they have babies together???"Teacher: "Look! Time for recess!"Hahahahahahahahaha.Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01409770658089806492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326093.post-1127355054160630062005-09-21T22:09:00.000-04:002005-09-21T22:10:54.166-04:00Due to long meetings, my feet currently aren't in intense pain.Silver lining to everything, yo.Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01409770658089806492noreply@blogger.com