I have to admit that I have been woefully neglectful of my blog this summer. I have been running – literally and figuratively – around a lot this summer so I am going to try and catch up these next few weeks as the kids, not quite sure why I still use plural as I… Continue reading Women’s Distance Festival – Binghamton
While I have been told that I am too trusting by many people, I find myself being a skeptic here in the last day or two of the 2011 Tour de France. As almost anyone knows – even those who do not follow the sport of cycling, doping allegations and proven cases have been rampant in the… Continue reading Skeptic at Heart
I did it. I went to see “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2” at midnight. I have to tell you I am not going to talk about the actual movie but about the movie watching experience. I know that, while the theatre I was in was sold out, not everyone is as crazy… Continue reading The Last Harry Potter
Jenn is an ambassador for MVP Health Care’s Generation Go. This program, as I understand it, is giving her prompts for blog posts and giveaways. Well, her post this week was regarding youth sports and tips for getting your kids involved in them. While I left Jenn a comment and suggest you go check out… Continue reading Youth Sports & My Friend Jenn
I have spent parts of my morning – those not spent chatting with my mother or watching the Tour de France or working – reading different entries of this meme. I want to thank Maria at BoredMommy.com for posting it as that is where I read it first. I am from Airstreams and Coachmen campers,… Continue reading Where I Am From
I have a draft started that contains the quote “Stand for something or fall for anything” attributed to anonymous. I think I have recently experienced this issue first hand. Am I saying I never understood what it means to stand for something – a cause, a belief, a person – before in my life?… Continue reading Standing My Ground
I just finished Anne Lamott’s Imperfect Birds. The problem is now I will be suspicious of everything my children ask to do as I have an almost 17 year old who is about to start the summer before his senior year in high school. Do I think he is similar to Lamott’s Rosie? Absolutely not.… Continue reading Imperfect Birds: A Book Review
Just a quick preface to this post. I started writing this back in September of 2010. Not sure what caused me to stop writing back then but I only wrote two short paragraphs and will finish now. I am shedding. I have decided to clean house in a manner that leaves me with more… Continue reading Shedding
Please realize these thoughts are mine and mine alone. They do not reflect the feelings of the school district my child attends and of which I am a member of the board of education. We live in a global economy and a global social setting. While people in Greece may be experiencing economic issues,… Continue reading Foreign Language Testing
Back during the making of the New York State budget, the Board of Regents requested $15 million dollars to develop and administer NYS Regents. A regents is a test that is given in high school, statewide, at the same time and day everywhere in the state. These tests include a Global History regents (given at… Continue reading January Regents a Thing of the Past
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