How are you feeling? What are your plans for tomorrow? Welcome to the ninth edition of my “Gatekeeping” blog series. I shared the back story of these simple and yet powerful questions in this post. September was a whirlwind for me and my family — from the Chicago Teachers Union Strike to planning and pulling […]
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Let’s do the Time Warp again! Welcome to the twenty-third installment of my blog hop/writing exercise called Time Warp Tuesday! For those not familiar with Time Warp Tuesdays, which I host on the 2nd Tuesday of every month, here is the background of how and why I came up with the idea. If you are here to […]
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This past week has been a whirlwind! We were away for Labor Day Weekend and had a wonderful last hurrah with family and friends. Yesterday was Sean’s first day of school (third grade) and overall it went very well. Next week Abby starts preschool three mornings a week and in the meantime I am trying […]
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It’s the last Monday of the month which means its time to share our Perfect Moments from August with Lori from Write Mind Open Heart. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “‘The greater fool’ is actually an economic term. It’s a patsy… For the rest of us to profit, we need a greater fool, someone who will buy long and sell short. […]
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Towards the end of this past school year I chaperoned a field trip with my son Sean’s second grade class to the Museum of Science and Industry (MSI) here in Chicago. I was responsible for exploring MSI with a group of five students, including Sean. I have always loved going to MSI and especially enjoy […]
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“Women need food, water and compliments. That’s right. And an occasional pair of shoes. ” ~ Chris Rock ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It is Day 11 of NaBloPoMo for July and I am finally getting around to writing about one of the prompts for this month’s theme “kidding around:” Tell us about your favorite comedian. There are other prompts that […]
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