this MeMe will Change.Your.Life.

okay, maybe not. unless you think wasting the next 5 minutes of your life (and no, you will not be getting those minutes back) is life altering - who am i to judge?

1. Song that always makes you sad?
AC/DC “Highway to Hell”

2. Last thing you bought?
rash cream for….uh, my neighbor…yeah…

3. Last person you argued with?
president bush, that knucklehead!

4. Do you put jelly before putting the peanut butter on?
does a horse wear pajamas??…i dunno…but as far as the jelly question goes - theanswerisno

5. One of your stuffed animals’ names as a kid?
i had a few - virginia slims, marlboro, newport, and camel

6. Did you ever own at one time a Barenaked Ladies Cd?
that’s none of your damn business and i’ll thank you to stay out of my personal affairs

7. Favorite day of the week?
PAY day

8. Favorite Sundae topping?
garbanzo beans…hey, don’t knock it till you try it, okay???

9. Did you take Piano lessons?
if by piano lessons you mean did i take piano lessons…then yes, i took them

10. Most frequent song played?
The Battle Hymn of the Republic - man, i CAN NOT get enough of that catchy tune! it makes you wanna DANCE!

11. TV show you secretly enjoy?
the stock reports on CNN - no really, i enjoy that about as much as i enjoy a nail through my eye; i’m being serious; no, really

12. Would you rather play basketball or hockey?
can i choose death by light saber instead? no? fine, i choose basketball

13. Date someone older or younger?
don’t tell me what to do!

14. One place you could travel right now?
to 7-11 down the street…that place is amazing and sooo rich with culture

15. Do you use umbrellas?
i’m never without one - in fact i’m holding one over my head right now, as i’m typing this

16. Do you know all the words to the Canadian national anthem?
yes “i love canada. the end” - it’s a beautiful song, really

17. Favorite Cheese?
you know, that’s a LITTLE too personal for me to answer on here

18. The Smith’s or the Cure?
disneyland

19. Do you prefer Blondes or Brunettes?
disneyland

20. Best job you ever had?
president of the national rifle association. you should have seen the looks on their faces when i told them we were going to stop calling ourselves the NRA and were instead going to be known as the “i freaking LOVE going to disneyland so much and i want to live there” club. they looked mad, but deep inside, i know they were smiling.

21. Did you go to your high school prom?
no, and i wish i did - i heard some girl got a bucket of pigs blood dumped all over her!! so awesome!!

22. Perfect time to wake up?
when folgers is in my cup

23. Perfect time to go to bed?
as soon as i’ve gotten rid of that pesky nighttime sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, stuffy head feeling, so i can rest.

24. Do you use your queen right away in chess?
i think it’s wrong to use people. wrong and immorale

25. Ever been in a car accident?
ever had a knuckle sandwich? ’cause you’re askin’ for one!! >:I

26. closer to mom or dad…or neither?
they both live in laguna hills, so i’m equal distance away from both of them. not the answer you were looking for? oh, okay, here’s your answer - SHUT UP!

27. What age is this exciting life over for you?
“i love rock and roll…so put another dime in the jukebox babyyyyyy” - sorry, what did you say?

28. What decade during the 20th century would you have chosen to be a teenager?
probably the 20’s - ahhhh, to be young and ridden with tuberculosis…those were probably some good times

29. Favorite shoes you have EVER owned?
your mom’s

30. Do you have an article of clothing you have had since you were in high school?
yes…i really should get a new pair of socks…

31. Were you in track and field?
if by in track and field you mean was i in detention, then yes, i was in track and field many times

32. Were you ever in a school talent show?
do you ever stop asking such personal questions? sheesh!

33. Have you ever written in a library book?
if by written you mean have i ever run over one with my car on accident and then tried to act like i got it that way…then yes

34. Allergic to?
work

35. Favorite fruit?
cheese

36. Have you watched sex and the city?
i was too busy slaying angry hippos to get into watching that show

37. Baseball hat or toque?
duh! a toque! (wtf is a toque, seriously)

38. Do you shampoo first in the shower or soap?
actually, i’ve never thought it was easy to shampoo in the soap, so i guess i’ll have to say in the shower

39. Wet the toothbrush or brush dry with the toothpaste?
purple zebra

40. Pen or pencil?
mild to moderate rain

41. Have you ever gambled at a casino?
yeah, i won $2000 on one hand of black jack! and then i woke up…

42. Have you thrown up on a plane?
no…i tried to once, but i couldn’t find a ladder long enough to get me up on the roof

43. Have you thrown up in a car?
no, but a car threw up on me once…that’s okay, we found out later it’s cause she was pregnant!

44. Have you thrown up at work?
no, although work is the major cause of me feeling sick

45. Do you scream on roller coasters?
always - that way, i can get a mouth full of bugs without even trying. yum!

46. Who was your first prom date?
this one guy - i forgot his name; later on, i saw him on tv, and they were calling him “the night stalker” - man, i DATED someone famous! woohoo!

47. Who was your first roommate?
this guy named charles - he always thought he was in charge, but little did he know…i let my dog pee in his wheaties! haha - that’ll teach him to give me good advice and do my laundry

48. What alcoholic beverage did you drink when you got drunk for the first time?
arrowhead mountain spring water - lol, i am NEVER going overboard like that again!

49. First job?
space invader

50. What was your first car?
choo choo train

51. When did you go to your first funeral?
i dunno

52. How old were you when you first moved away from your hometown?
i’ve never left orange county - it sucks you in and never lets you go

53. Who was your first grade teacher?
mrs. whatsherface…she was great

54. Where did you go on your first airplane ride?
uh, in the bathroom?!?! where else would i “go” - weirdo

55. When you snuck out of your house for the first time, who was it with?
my parents! omg, we had so much fun! when we got home, we were real quiet so we didn’t get caught - but it was close!

56. Who was your first Best Friend and are you still friends with them?
teddy ruxpin. and no, we’re not friends anymore. he stopped talking to me one day, and hasn’t said a word since. my mom said it was ’cause he “ran out of batteries” - but i think he’s just being stubborn

57. Where did you live the first time you moved out of your parent’s house?
disneyland

58. Who is the first person you call when you have a bad day?
the 411 operator. she’s such a good listener.

59. Whose wedding were you in the first time you were a bridesmaid or a groomsmen?
ah, that would be barbie and ken’s wedding in my bedroom in 1984. always a bridesmaid….oh wait, i’ve been a bride! yay!

60. What is the first thing you do in the morning?
monday through through thursday - cry because it’s not friday
friday through saturday - cry because i’m so happy it’s the weekend
sunday - cry because it’s monday the next day

61. What was the first concert you attended?
it was some benefit concert concerned with raising money for endangered one-eyed pandas who think they’re sea monkeys

62. First tattoo or piercing?
i have a piercing in my big toe, and a tattoo of the map of disneyland on my back

i tag: shirley tipsy, zak, ala, marcela, loli, and whoever else wants to do this!

i

wish i wasn’t sick
feel like my nose won’t stop running and my throat won’t stop burning
would like to see my niece and nephew more
hope they know how much i miss them
wonder if they miss me as much
keep trying to train marley to be nicer to roxy
don’t think it’s working
miss my parents
need to visit them more often
believe prayer is powerful
know it has helped me in my darkest hour
should be sleeping, but i’m restless because it’s hot
am so happy that hubby loves me
hate it that he has to work so late
have felt very lonely at night with no one to talk to
do talk with him over IM, but it’s not the same
appreciate the fact that his hard work is all for US
just wish he was here with me instead of slaving away for the man
want lots of things in life that aren’t mine…yet
am not used to having to be so patient about things :/
am lucky to have MC as the coolest sis-in-law ever
promise to always be there for her, and i know she will do the same for me
think she is going to have a blast in high school, just like i did
just hope that it goes the way she wants it to go
know that if it doesn’t, she is strong enough to deal with it
would love to see my Lola (grandma) again
start to cry at the very thought of her because I miss her so much
am crying right now.  dammit.
heard if you think of someone who has passed, it’s cause they’re near you right that very moment
hope she’s not disappointed at how messy our place is
am laughing ’cause this entire thing sounds all emo
actually am in a great mood, despite being sick
don’t know why i started typing this
just felt like expressing myself
realize that it is totally random
think random is good
thank you if you read this all the way
don’t blame you if you’re confused
am too

Hmm, I wasn’t expecting these results…

but then again, I took the test because I’ve been a bad American Citizen and haven’t kept up with any of the Presidential news and stuff - for shame!!

Who should you vote for?

Barack Obama				63
Mike Gravel				27
Hillary Clinton	-15

You expected that your results would be: Barack Obama
Your recommendation: Barack Obama

Party: Democratic

Born: 1961, Honolulu, Hawaii

Family: wife and two daughters

Career: Business International Corporation; NYPIRG; attorney and constitutional law lecturer

Political career: Member of the Illinois State Senate from the 13th district, 1997-2004. Incumbent Junior Senator from Illinois since 2005

Hot topic: Universal healthcare

Did you know? He is the only African American currently serving in the US Senate

Supported by: Oprah Winfrey, Eddie Murphy, Will Smith, George Clooney, Halle Berry, Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Michael Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Ed Norton, Jennifer Aniston, Zach Braff, John Cleese, Leonard Nimoy and Brooke Shields

I also took this quiz, which was neat because it gave information on certain issues in case you didn’t know what they were about…

Who should I vote for for president in 2008?

You match up well with…

	Barack Obama - 66 match You must be ambitious and idealistic, like Barack Obama. Obama is a liberal democrat who, unlike his rivals, opposed the Iraq war from the start. With only 3 years in the Senate, his inexperience worries some and sometimes reveals itself in the debates, but he also has the charisma and popular support that the others lack.
	John Edwards - 55 match John Edwards is a progressive democrat with little legislative experience (6 years). He has noble goals accompanied with detailed plans of how to accomplish them. He believes that resources are best spent on poverty alleviation (in the U.S.), universal health coverage, and addressing global warming than on reducing the budget deficit or continue funding an unpopular war. He is the most populist and protectionist of the candidates and is the only one willing to admit that his plans will require more- not fewer taxes, but the bill will still be less than what the Iraq War is currently costing.
	Chris Dodd - 51 match Dodd is a liberal democrat who is a well-seasoned policy-maker. He has been in Washington since 1975 as a U.S. Representative and Senator and consistently receives thing between a 95-100% approval rating from Americans for Democratic Action and the National Committee for an Effective Congress. Unlike his Democrat counterparts, he believes that same-sex marriage and civil unions should be an issue left to states and supports free trade agreements. As a legislator, he is known for his work on expanding health care coverage to the uninsured, particularly children.

Take the test.

Anyone know of any other sites I should check out to help me edumacate myself??  I know I should already know this stuff, but at least I’m not starting the day before voting day!!

Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don’t vote. - William E. Simon

Seriously? SERIOUSLY??

Holy underwear, it has been over a month since I’ve blogged!  Sheesh!!  It’s been so long that I already forgot what my password was to log in - that’s pretty pathetic.  Mhmm.

So much has happened that I’ve always wanted to blog about, but then I would think to myself that it was probably more interesting to me, so I wouldn’t bother to write.  Then I started panicking and thinking about how long it’s been since I’ve updated and I would want to update, but just couldn’t bring myself to do it!! I have no idea why!  And why now, of all times, do I choose to do an update when I am sick with a cold and the glare of the computer screen is giving me a migraine?  Yeah, welcome to my world - NOTHING in it makes any sense.

Anywho, I guess you could attribute the lack of my blogging to the fact that at work we’ve been dealing with our Summer Camp program.  The kids in our class are on a year round schedule at school, so they only get a 5 week long summer vacation, and this is the last week!!  We’ve gone on lots of awesome field trips, including  Prehistoric Pets in Fountain Valley.  All my friends with kids, YOU MUST take your child to this place!!  It’s amazing and a great way to entertain your kid for FREE!!  It’s a reptile store that they set up like a zoo and they have amazing reptiles of all varieties - including a couple of 30ft+ anacondas and HUMONGOUS galapagos turtles in the front of the store).  There’s a 700 gallon (or so) tank in the front of the store with 50 pound catfish - they’re so big, their fins stick out of the water sometimes!!  There’s also a million turtles in the pond as well, and you can buy meal worms to feed them.  I thought the place was so rad that I took hubby to it that weekend.  Seriously, I can’t say enough about it - try to make it out there (and they don’t mind if you go in there just to browse, there were TONS of people doing that while we enjoyed our Jurassic Party).  We also went to the Pirates Dinner Adventure which was “eh”.  I was always curious about this place and wanted to see if it was any good, and honestly, the only ones who were impressed in our group were the kindergarteners (we have kids in our group ages 6 to 10).  Even those who hadn’t seen the show before were not impressed.  I thought it might have to do with the fact that we saw a special matinee performance for day camps, so it was a shortened version of the real dinner show, but still, it wasn’t worth the $25/child admission (they served boxed mashed potatoes, and chicken tenders, and a serving of ice cream). 

What else, what else…as far as hubby and I, he’s been working so late that we haven’t actually been seeing too much of each other.  So, we try to make up for it on the weekends by going out to different malls to window shop and enjoy the free air conditioning! :D  We have a few cool things coming up, including my Godson’s 1st birthday, a trip to Las Vegas with 2 of my siblings and some friends to see Kevin James live (soooo excited!!), the Paramore concert and my FIRST EVER VISIT to the Orange County Fair (I’ve lived in Orange county for over 28 years and have never been!) and our friends’ wedding.  I’m also excited because my good friend Sabs is back in America on her summer vacation from studying abroad and we have plans to meet! I’ve missed this girl sooo much, and it will be good to see her.

So, that’s it for now.  Pretty lame update, with no pictures - but at least I got off my lazy ass finally and wrote stuff up!!  I also have some news regarding a change in my career that is pretty big (for me, anyway), but I can’t say anything until next week!!  Let’s just hope I come back on here to announce it instead of letting my laziness get the best of me again hehe

Nothing irritates me more than chronic laziness in others. Mind you, it’s only mental sloth I object to. Physical sloth can be heavenly.” - Elizabeth Hurley

Happy 24th Birthday to “Mii”!

Okay, so it’s not my birthday and I’m not 24 (but I was 4 years ago!), but according to the Wii Fit Body Test, my Wii Fit age is 24!!  This is a big up from when I first started the Wii Fit and it said according to my weight, balance, and other factors, my age was *gasp* 35!! 

Seriously, I am LOVING this Wii Fit.  I find myself actually excited to get up in the morning and “dance on stage” with the other Mii’s in the Advanced step aerobics.  Then I follow it up with a round of boxing with the punching bag and a little yoga and strength training - again, all on the fit.  But I really enjoy the balance games a lot, too.  They’re pretty challenging!!  The one I find most challenging, though, isn’t the tightrope walking or the penguin slide (you balance a penguin on an iceberg and try to help it catch fish by sliding on the ice) - it’s the “Lotus Focus”.  You have to sit on the balance board and watch a candle on the screen while it burns down to the end, all the while trying to ignore the distractions around you and the distractions from the game, which includes the sound of someone walking and coughing, as well as moths who keep flying too close to the flame and getting zapped!!  I finally conquered this one after many tries, but it wasn’t easy.  If your body is off balance, it’s hard to suddenly try to get it to be still.  And now, thanks to the Wii Fit, I find myself trying to stand more balanced every day.  I have a tendency to lean to the right when I’m just standing still, so I’m trying to change that.  And every day when I take the Body Test (you’re supposed to do it everyday before you work out so you can chart your weight loss/gain, bmi, and balance), I am seeing that my center of balance is getting closer to being 50% on both sides!!  Pretty exciting, ifidosaysomyself

In unrelated news, I’m bummed that I can’t make it to my little SIL’s eighth grade graduation tomorrow :(  For one thing, hubby can’t make it, and for another, I have a doctor’s appt. at 2pm tomorrow, and my IL’s live 2 hours away.  Her graduation doesn’t end until 12:30, and then there will be picture taking and all that stuff, and there is NO WAY I’d make it back to OC in time for my appt.  It sucks, but I’ll see her this weekend, and make it up to her with the fabulous gift I have for her

In other unrelated news, I just had to rant about something that has been bugging me.  All around our condo complex, there are signs that have been posted up since last week, announcing that someone’s cat is missing, and that is needs medication.  I feel bad that the cat is missing because the family must be so sad, but I gotta say that the owners are idiots.  It always seems that when an animal is missing, it is always the one who needs medication.  If this animal needs medication for a condition, then don’t you think you should keep a better eye on it and not let it out of the house?  I can understand if the cat just ran out on accident, but even then, they should be more careful.  If either of my doggies needed medication on a daily basis, I would make sure they were there to get it.  Don’t get me wrong, I do feel for the family and am keeping an eye out for the cat, but seriously, I just hope this is a lesson learned for them :/  I’m also hoping that the cat wasn’t a victim of the mountain lion that has been spotted around the area (this was mentioned in the monthly newsletter that came out 2 weeks before the cat went missing, with an advisement that pet owners should use caution when being out and about with their animals). 

Sooo, what’s new with all of you?

Update much?

No, not so much…

Dudes!!  I wish I could say I haven’t updated my blog because I haven’t had time, what with all the crime fighting and recycling I’ve been doing, but alas, that’s not the case.  I have TOTALLY had the time, I just haven’t taken the time to log on and write something, even though I always go online after work.  And now, I’m really just bored and waiting for hubby to come home, so I figured why not jot down a few things that I’ve done recently:

Gettin’ my Workout On: Picked up a Wii Fit a week after it was released.  Luckily, I didn’t have to tackle anyone to get it - there just so happens to be a Target in the plaza behind the Preschool I work at, and I work at 8:30am so I just stopped by when Target opened and scooped one up.  SUCH a kick ass game, folks.  Hubby told me originally that they were going to call it “Wii Yoga” and only have Yoga stuff on there, but I’m so glad they nixed that idea!!  I’ve only played it about 3 weeks, and I’ve unlocked pretty much everything on there!!  My faves are the Advanced Step Aerobics and Advanced Hula Hoop (on my first try, I got 385 spins!!).  It’s funny, when I do the Hula Hoop, I totally am reminded of my crazy Tahitian Dancing days when we did many a fa’arapu in class (glad to see I haven’t lost it!! woohoo!!). 

Gettin’ my Scare On: Went with hubby to see The Strangers on the night it came out.  HOLY MOLY, I was scared outta my mind!!  I may catch flack for that statement, because a lot of people said the movie was lame and that it was a typical scary movie, but I beg to differ!!  I know a lot of people were turned off by the “Based on True Events” line, but the true events were an encounter the director had with a stranger when he was a kid, as well as the Manson murders, so the two characters are fictional.  Hubby and I totally enjoy scary movies - the bloodier and gut-wrenchinger, the better.  But I appreciate these kinds of scary movies so much more - the kind where you know that the predator isn’t anything surreal or super-human, it’s just another person.  And it had plenty of moments where there was NO BACKGROUND MUSIC which scares the bananas out of me!!  It’s like you’re in the movie yourself, especially ’cause the surround sound in the theatre makes it feel like you’re the one crunching the dried leaves, trying to get away quietly…anyway, the theatre was packed and I sat next to a couple of college aged guys.  We’re talkin’ the kind of guys who high-fived each other and did the bro hug and said “Wassup Man” when they saw each other (no really, they did that when they all met up in the seats!).  I wanted to punch the guy next to me ’cause he was screaming like a little girl throughout the entire movie - and he wasn’t faking it!!  I mean, it’s cool he got into it, but he was scaring me more whenever he yelped out! 

Gettin’ my Reading On: I had a total of $70 worth of Barnes & Noble gift cards since Christmas and I finally decided to order a whole crapload of Neil Gaiman’s books.  He is Shirley Tipsy’s favorite author, and since she’s one of my BFF’s and I trust her, I was okay with spending all the gift cards on his stuff.  Boy, am I GLAD I did!!  I’m on page 70-something of American Gods and I am already enjoying it immensely.  Did you ever see that movie Stardust with Claire Danes (it was almost like another The Princess Bride)?  Hubby and I watched it one night when we had nothing to do and decided to rifle through our DVD collection for movies we hadn’t yet watched, and it ended up being one of my top 5 favorite movies of all time.  When we were wandering around Borders Books, Hubby yelled out to me and told me that Gaiman was the author.  He is also the other of the Sandman comic series, which I was always curious about; in college my honors english teacher said we were going to read that series, and I thought it was weird that we were going to read comic books (I never finished the class, so I had no clue about it).  I can’t wait to finish American Gods and read the others…

Gettin’ my Party On: I’ve gone out consecutively for the last 2 weeks and I gotta tell ya, it’s been fun.  I hit up Shark Club with some old high school buddies and we danced the night away, and then I went out to Long Beach last weekend with some co-workers to celebrate the last day with one of my favorite co-teachers (she moved to Temecula).  I had a lot of fun, and even snuck into a club without having to pay the cover charge!!  I’m looking forward to even more partying with my friends in the upcoming weeks, including my friend Kelly’s birthday bonfire in a week.  Funny thing is, though, that I don’t drink - yet, I am the one who seems the most drunk whenever I’m out with the girls!!  There’s a number of reasons why I don’t drink, but the main reason is that I don’t need to be drunk to have a good time - so why waste the money and risk the crappy feeling in the morning that comes with having too much alcohol??  I’ll stick with my water and diet coke thankyouverymuch

Gettin’ my Video Rental On: I renewed my Blockbuster membership in the beginning of May with the intention of renting all the seasons of Sex and the City on DVD before the movie came out so that I could catch up on it.  I read on someone else’s blog that you can watch it even if you haven’t seen any episodes because they give a recap of it in the beginning, but I personally can’t do that.  I can’t even watch a movie or tv show if it has already been on for 3 minutes, so I definitely can’t see a movie based on a tv show when I haven’t even seen the show (unless I didn’t know there was a show beforehand, as was the case with Serenity and Firefly).  Anyway, during the entire month of May, I NEVER got to rent any of the episodes, because for some reason the Season 1 DVD was always out!!  LAME to the O.  So instead, I kept renting DVD’s of movies we haven’t seen, and we caught up pretty much on a lot of ‘em. 

Gettin’ my Dim Sum On: Yeah…I don’t do so well with the dim sum.  So you may find yourself asking me why I insisted that hubby and I go get some yesterday.  Well, it’s because as far as meat/protein goes, I only like beef (occasionally) and chicken, which means that in our house that’s all we have, so once in a while I like to go out to a place where hubby can order what he wants.  And as you may know, in dim sum, most everything is pork or seafood, two things of which I do not enjoy eating, and I’m very particular about how my food looks - if it looks funny in ANY way (even if the reason I give you sounds utterly ridiculous), I won’t touch it.  Hubby enjoyed something the lady said was Pig Belly, and we also got some Congee and a big piece of steamed dough (that resembled egg noodles) with shrimp inside (I tried the dough..it was doughy, that’s about it - no taste or anything).  I got down with the Congee, since there was no seafood or pork in it, and I ordered two separate dishes - Sweet and Sour Chicken, and Eggplant cooked Szechuan style (soooo my fave!!  Try it next time you are at a Chinese restaurant!!  They might also call it Spicy Eggplant or Eggplant with Garlic Sauce - whatever the name is, it’s goooood). 

So yeah, that’s pretty much it for the last few weeks.  See, I haven’t been spectacularly busy, just incredibly lazy when it comes to updates, even though I try not to be.  I’ll try to be better, but we have summer camp coming up at our school next week, and I’ve got plenty of fabulous field trips to go on, so lets see if I’m not too tired after chasing rugrats all day to give you all an update. 

A lot of parents pack up their troubles and send them off to summer camp. - Raymond Duncan

Honestly, I’d do it for free if I could pay the mortgage with baked goods

Today was the last day of Teacher Appreciation Week. All week, I was showered with wonderful tokens of appreciation from my students and their parents: candles, lotion, candies and chocolates, movie tickets, and gift cards galore to places like Target, Wahoo’s Fish Tacos, Baskin & Robbins, and Ralphs. As I gazed upon my big pile of lovely gifts, I really reflected on the real reason why I am a teacher:

To get AWESOME gifts.

JUST KIDDING!! Honestly, all those gifts were awesome and I was so honored to have them think of me and show me how much they care. The gifts that meant the most to me, though, were the handwritten cards and pictures that my students gave me. You may be thinking “Yeah right, Angela, you’d wrather have the Target gift card than a picture of a rainbow hand drawn by a 5 year old.” Honestly, that’s not true. That 5 year old is not just a five year old to me.  I build relationships with these kids everyday and I really feel like they’re a part of my family.  I am so honored to hear from their parents about how much they appreciate me and that their child goes home talking about how much fun I am and how much they like me.  I was even getting parents from other classrooms whom I’ve never met/never met me coming up to me and saying that their child talks about me constantly and thinks I’m funny.  THAT IS THE BEST COMPLIMENT!!!  When parents tell me that they can see what a difference I have made in their children’s lives, it just melts my heart to know that I’ve impacted their lives in a positive way.  I know that I am doing with my life what God intended for me to do, and just hearing them say “Thank you for all that you do” is enough.

….’course, these gift cards don’t hurt either….

To me, education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil’s soul. - Muriel Spark

For those of you with kids or who work with kids…

Please see the following clip, your life may depend on it