Too Many Blogs

I have too many blogs out there! I barely had time to keep up with one and now I'm working on 3 and a Wiki and a Web page. I know there are those of you out there who can do it all but I don't seem to be one of you! How do you do it? And I haven't even gotten started on working on my lesson plans for next year. I had ambitious plans to get a leg up on them so that I'm not frantically trying to put things together each Friday. Well, I still have a month to go so perhaps I can still get some done before School starts again!

Can't find a way to add this to my last post!

Ghostly Pictures and account of stay at Lemp Mansion.

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow!

The title is in honor of how long it takes me to get to this when I say I'm coming back tomorrow!
Anyway, after dinner a bunch of ladies sitting at a large table in the same room we were in asked if we had been down to the basement yet. They told us to go down and to be sure we didn't talk at all. Just open ourselves to the experience. So we tried. However, none of us was very successful at the no talking part. I don't know about the others, but I didn't feel anything. I guess I'm not a "sensitive". In one of the rooms, Sandy took a picture and not a minute later, took another picture of the same area. In the first one there was an orb but nothing like that showed up in the second picture. The others scoffed at her but there really must have been something--I don't know what--for the light to show up. I'm just saying...
We left the mansion and headed to our motel and then to the Casino where we met my brother. Most of us had a limit of $20 and it usually takes me awhile to go through that but that night I reached my limit pretty fast. Later my son arrived and I gave him $20 to gamble with. In this way, I could exceed my limit and not feel guilty about it. Well, he lost his twenty faster that I did. So much for that.

More Lemp Mansion

We walked into this marvelous old house with back stairways and high ceilings and very interesting wall treatments and as we walked toward our table, Sandy's watch fell off. No biggie. Seconds later, her bracelet falls off. Apparently one must twist this bracelet in order to get it off her wrist under normal conditions but somehow, it just fell! A coincidence? Perhaps not. We all ordered and our meals were outstanding! Nothing particularly strange happened while we were eating but we asked the waiter to tell us the story of the hauntings. It was an interesting story but the presentation lacked the drama we were looking for. again--more tomorrow!

The Lemp Mansion

Friday was a wonderful beginning to a great trip to St. Louis with great friends. We started at Cindy's home supposedly at five. I was there at 5 til 5 and no one was there. 5:00 came and went and still no one--not even Cindy. I was beginning to text Sandy who had more or less organized the week-end to ask if the meeting place had been changed when Deanna showed up. Then, Sarah and then, Marcia. Still no Cindy. We loaded up Marcia's car and Cindy drove up. Within minutes she was in and out of the house with her bag--and blanket--and we were headed north where we rendezvoused with Sandy and Laura. I opted to ride with Sandy and Laura. The plan was that we were going to eat at a surprise location where Sandy had made reservations, then hotel and finally River Boat for a few hours. Sandy gave the other car the address of the restaurant and they googled it to find out exactly where we were going but fortunately they didn't let Laura and me know. We REALLY wanted to be surprised! And we were--The Lemp Mansion!

More tomorrow.

Life is Very Rarely Fair!!

I had to change my blouse this morning because I was showing just a little tiny bit too much cleavage for a school setting when I got to thinking! Why is it that I only had cleavage when I was nursing or had grown old and fat? Now that is really, really not fair.

Too, too short!

Here I am at the end of a five day spring break wondering where the time went. I didn't do anything except read, eat and sleep---not necessarily in that order! I know I'm going to be sorry that I didn't make it to the city to go to my church for Easter. The only other time I did that I felt the loss of that time for the entire year until I was able to go again. And yet, knowing that, I did it again. Here's the thing--I'm tired of inviting myself up there. It would have been nice if my children or siblings would have asked if I had any plans and would I have wanted to join them for the weekend. Make no mistake--none of them have ever not made me feel wanted when I do go up but I have to make the first overture. What does this say about how I raised them--or, what does it say about me that it bothers me so much!

Part of me wonders why I give so much of myself to my job. The other part of me realizes that I cannot do less.

Phooey

Just learned this past week that my 4 assistants will not be hired for the next school year as well as other support staff. And two of my children are STILL unemployed. Sure wish Obama had been more specific about the changes he was bringing to America! And that's all I feel safe in saying!

Farmville Withdrawal

OMG! I don't have access to a computer where I can go to Facebook anymore so cannot play Farmville or Farm Town. I am in serious withdrawal mode here. I've even begun dreaming about my farms! Is that sad, or what?

Snowing again!

Please don't give us a snow day. I know that's a pretty unpopular request here at school but I don't really want to lose a vacation day down the road when we need to make up that snow day!

FW: Girlie wisdom

Girlie Wisdom! Women over 50 don't have babies because they would put them down and forget where they left them. A friend of mine confused her Valium with her birth control pills... she has 14 kids but doesn't really care. One of life's mysteries is how a 2-pound box of chocolates can make a woman gain 5 lbs. My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves completely. The best way to forget your troubles is to wear tight shoes. The nice part about living in a small town is that when you don't know what you are doing, someone else does. The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight because by then, your body and your fat are really good friends. Just when I was getting used to yesterday, along came today. Sometimes I think I understand everything, and then I regain consciousness. I gave up jogging for my health when my thighs kept rubbing together and setting fire to my knicker's. Amazing! You hang something in your closet for a while and it shrinks 2 sizes! Skinny people irritate me! Especially when they say things like...'You know sometimes I forget to eat!' .....Now I've forgotten my address, my mother's maiden name and my keys, but I have never forgotten to eat. You have to be a special kind of stupid to forget to eat! The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing and then they marry him. I read this article that said the typical symptoms of stress are eating too much, impulse buying, and driving too fast. Are they kidding? That's my idea of a perfect day! SEND THIS TO 5 BRIGHT WOMEN YOU KNOW AND MAKE THEIR DAY!!! LIVE SIMPLY.....LAUGH OFTEN....LOVE DEEPLY

FW: "Hollywood Squares?"

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This was a great TV show! Hollywood Squares: If you remember the Original Hollywood Squares and its comics, this may bring a tear to your eyes. These great questions and answers are from the days when ' Hollywood Squares' game show responses were spontaneous, not scripted, as they are now. Peter Marshall was the host asking the questions, of course... Q. Do female frogs croak? A. Paul Lynde: If you hold their little heads under water long enough. Q. If you're going to make a parachute jump, at least how high should you be? A. Charley Weaver: Three days of steady drinking should do it. Q.True or False, a pea can last as long as 5,000 years. A. George Gobel: Boy, it sure seems that way sometimes. Q.You've been having trouble going to sleep. Are you probably a man or a woman? A. Don Knotts: That's what's been keeping me awake. Q.According to Cosmopolitan, if you meet a stranger at a party and youthink that he is attractive, is it okay to come out and ask him if he's married? A. Rose Marie: No; wait until morning. Q.Which of your five senses tends to diminish as you get older? A. Charley Weaver: My sense of decency. Q. In Hawaiian, does it take more than three words to say 'I Love You'? A. Vincent Price: No, you can say it with a pineapple and a twenty. Q.What are 'Do It,' 'I Can Help,' and 'I Can't Get Enough'? A. George Gobel: I don't know, but it's coming from the next apartment. Q. As you grow older, do you tend to gesture more or less with your hands while talking? A. Rose Marie: You ask me one more growing old question Peter, and I'll give you a gesture you'llnever forget. Q. Paul, why do Hell's Angels wear leather? A. Paul Lynde: Because chiffon wrinkles too easily. Q. Charley, you've just decided to grow strawberries. Are you going to get any during the first year? A. Charley Weaver: Of course not, I'm too busy growing strawberries. Q. In bowling, what's a perfect score? A. Rose Marie: Ralph, the pin boy. Q. It is considered in bad taste to discuss two subjects at nudist camps. One is politics, what is the other? A. Paul Lynde: Tape measures. Q. During a tornado, are you safer in the bedroom or in the closet? A. Rose Marie: Unfortunately Peter, I'm always safe in the bedroom. Q. Can boys join the Camp Fire Girls? A. Marty Allen: Only after lights out. Q. When you pat a dog on its head he will wag his tail. What will a goose do? A. Paul Lynde: Make him bark? Q. If you were pregnant for two years, what would you give birth to? A. Paul Lynde: Whatever it is, it would never be afraid of the dark. Q. According to Ann Landers, is there anything wrong with getting into the habit of kissing a lot of people? A. Charley W eaver: It got me out of the army. Q. It is the most abused and neglected part of your body, what is it? A. Paul Lynde: Mine may be abused, but it certainly isn't neglected. Q. Back in the old days, when Great Grandpa put horseradish on his head, what was he trying to do? A. George Gobel: Get it in his mouth. Q. Who stays pregnant for a longer period of time, your wife or your elephant? A. Paul Lynde: Who told you about my elephant? Q.When a couple have a baby, who is responsible for its sex? A. Charley Weaver: I'll lend him the car, the rest is up to him. Q. Jackie Gleason recently revealed that he firmly believes in them and has actually seen them on at least two occasions. What are they? A. Charley Weaver: His feet. Q. According to Ann Landers, what are two things you should never do in bed? A. Paul Lynde: Point and laugh