tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797182222827573492024-03-23T14:02:49.909-04:00Ms. A's MusingsMs. Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05244399372862405341noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579718222282757349.post-13875147682616563692009-01-18T17:40:00.014-05:002009-01-18T19:57:35.553-05:00Answers to Cedar's QuestionsThis exercise came from Cedarflame and I thought it would be fun to do. Cedar asks the questions and I try to answer the questions that she has posed. 1. I am pleased you asked to do this for a number of reasons. One of the reasons concerns a conversation I had today with a total stranger about teachers while getting my oil changed. The person said they thought teaching was a calling, more thanMs. Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05244399372862405341noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579718222282757349.post-44240667794273502642009-01-15T22:22:00.001-05:002009-01-15T22:22:50.381-05:00Yellow Color, PleaseYou Are a Yellow CrayonYour world is colored with happy, warm, fun colors.You have a thoughtful and wise way about you. Some people might even consider you a genius.Charming and eloquent, you are able to get people to do things your way.While you seem spontaneous and free wheeling, you are calculating to the extreme.Your color wheel opposite is purple. You both are charismatic leaders, but purpleMs. Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05244399372862405341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579718222282757349.post-56817419760449983312008-08-01T20:58:00.001-04:002008-08-01T20:58:57.832-04:00testtestMs. Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05244399372862405341noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579718222282757349.post-57608824417088644752008-01-03T23:13:00.000-05:002008-01-03T23:15:12.259-05:00Hell Bound for ArizonaMy family has always been avid campers. Granddaddy retired after my grandmom died. She did not like to travel. He had always wanted to see the country. So when my grandfather remarried, they bought a motor home and started traveling. They were voted King and Queen of some national camping association when he was well in his 70’s. They traveled to most of the continental USA including Alaska and Ms. Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05244399372862405341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579718222282757349.post-54068454268280613002008-01-02T19:26:00.000-05:002008-01-02T19:33:08.141-05:00Things That Make Me Smile10 years ago today!Ms. Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05244399372862405341noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579718222282757349.post-71899263700230028622007-10-18T20:27:00.000-04:002007-10-18T21:35:01.549-04:00Long Time No PostI got back from Seattle, school started, and bam ...no time for anything but lesson plans and grading papers! I do not even have the time to read other posts but once or twice a week. The last time the yard got mowed...I had to pay someone to do it. I LIKE mowing the yard so that sucked!I have gotten to do a few interesting things since school started.Sharon and I took a couple of friends on a Ms. Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05244399372862405341noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579718222282757349.post-45485061919633908192007-07-31T22:34:00.000-04:002007-08-01T21:47:08.583-04:00Stolen from Sassy Femme"INTJs are natural leaders, although they usually choose to remain in the background until they see a real need to take over the lead. When they are in leadership roles, they are quite effective, because they are able to objectively see the reality of a situation, and are adaptable enough to change things which aren't working well. They are the supreme strategists - always scanning available Ms. Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05244399372862405341noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579718222282757349.post-38452691445531160222007-07-10T21:06:00.000-04:002007-07-10T21:08:16.025-04:00What Were You Doing in 1960Stolen from Cedarflame:In 1960 (the year you were born)Dwight Eisenhower is president of the USSit-ins being after 4 black college students in North Carolina refuse to move from a deli counter when denied serviceA U-2 reconnaissance plane belonging to the US is shot down in the Soviet UnionHurricane "Donna" strikes the East Coast causing over 100 deaths in the US and the AntillesJohn F. Kennedy Ms. Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05244399372862405341noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579718222282757349.post-37685194949803649812007-07-01T21:06:00.000-04:002007-07-01T21:45:43.933-04:00Finally ..It Rained BIGToday after church, we planned to go to Point Duck to watch the finals of the Timbersports. We watched the quarter finals yesterday and had a hoot. We met up with my mom, step-niece, and her daughter (What would that be….step great niece or something?) to go to eat prior to going to the Duck.I was driving my mother’s van with mom and SGN in tow and Sharon was driving my car accompanied by my stepMs. Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05244399372862405341noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579718222282757349.post-81944281901074553002007-06-27T16:55:00.000-04:002007-06-27T17:03:00.131-04:00May I Have a Serving of Hormones Please?A friend of mine had to have the ol' female surgery and is recovering at home. Today, I got home from moving more of my mom's shit and got the following E mail:Well, it has been 3 weeks since surgery. I feel fine and dandy. I tend to be a little slugish and need a afternoon nappy each day. I had a hormone patch the first week and lost a box so I decided to go without and see if I really Ms. Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05244399372862405341noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579718222282757349.post-69268959329935796312007-06-26T23:24:00.000-04:002007-06-26T23:25:41.420-04:00Shamelessly stolen from CedarFlame.$4725.00The Cadaver Calculator - Find out how much your body is worthMingle2 - Online DatingMs. Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05244399372862405341noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579718222282757349.post-16871467513553922092007-06-19T21:05:00.000-04:002007-06-19T21:23:05.301-04:00Words...Now and ThenYesterday, I called my 79 year old mom on the way home from my workout.Me: Hi mom. I am on the way home, do you need anything?Mom: [very winded] No, I guess that I am ok.Me: Why are you so winded? What have you been doing while I was gone?Mom: I pulled some weeds in the garden and then I swept off the patio. It was really dirty after that little rain so I got out the blower and gave it a blow Ms. Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05244399372862405341noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579718222282757349.post-71867819966467193132007-05-30T09:16:00.000-04:002007-05-30T20:12:41.898-04:00Here It IsWe rented one of these on vacation a couple of years ago and I have been wanting one since then.Curtains please! It even came with a toaster oven .... for recruiting purposes!Ms. Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05244399372862405341noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579718222282757349.post-47016874874834090532007-05-26T21:55:00.000-04:002007-05-28T21:58:49.340-04:00Graduation Present to MyselfI have not had a car payment since 1997 so after much soul searching and saving...I bought me a new ride!Ms. Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05244399372862405341noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579718222282757349.post-3574193108935867452007-05-23T21:59:00.000-04:002007-05-23T22:04:22.848-04:00Oh Deer!Today, we had a little sad excitement at school. It is exam week. The students take two exams each day and then they leave at noon. The second exam today was during my planning period so I was in my room packing up stuff for the summer. It was nice and quiet in my room and the hallway when I heard the teacher across the hall say, “There is a deer in the courtyard.” I started toward my door when IMs. Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05244399372862405341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579718222282757349.post-49122651082382421202007-05-18T22:31:00.000-04:002007-05-18T23:14:56.083-04:00Nothing But NetNo more teaching days this school year! Four half days with kids, lots of packing and cleaning, and I am free! As a preface, I need to say that I NEVER touch my students. I am very careful to keep that adult / student space between us or that zone acquired as police officer. Today, these incidents occurred completely outside of my control:Today the Seniors had Baccalaurate practice. It is our Ms. Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05244399372862405341noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579718222282757349.post-21326200235514364982007-05-17T23:15:00.000-04:002007-05-17T23:16:19.212-04:00What Super Hero Are You?Your results:You are Spider-ManSpider-Man 65%The Flash 60%Green Lantern 60%Superman 55%Iron Man 55%Supergirl 40%Robin 40%Catwoman 35%Hulk 25%Batman 20%Wonder Woman 20%You are intelligent, witty, a bit geeky and have great power and responsibility.Click here to take the Superhero Personality QuizMs. Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05244399372862405341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579718222282757349.post-24042587122375680882007-05-13T20:38:00.000-04:002007-05-13T20:41:29.065-04:00Personality Tests are FunI'm a Ford Mustang!You're an American classic -- fast, strong, and bold. You're not snobby or pretentious, but you have what it takes to give anyone a run for their money."Take the Which Sports Car Are You? quiz.I'm a Mandarin!You're an intellectual, and you've worked hard to get where you are now. You're a strong believer in education, and you think many of the world's problems could be solvedMs. Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05244399372862405341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579718222282757349.post-6161844418204715302007-05-12T20:30:00.000-04:002007-05-12T20:32:58.264-04:00I Did ItColor me graduated! We just got home from Tuscaloosa. I can now join The University of Alabama's alumni association ...not bad for an Auburn fan.Ms. Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05244399372862405341noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579718222282757349.post-86251912661179317722007-05-07T21:13:00.000-04:002007-05-07T21:18:47.615-04:00Summer Break...Here I comeNine more teaching days...4 days of exams...and one teacher work day. Thirteen is such a lucky number and exam answers are scantron! I have every paper graded and recorded in our computerized gradebook. So run a few scantron sheets, enter a few exam grades and push a couple of buttons...viola...the end of the 06/07 school year!Ms. Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05244399372862405341noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579718222282757349.post-69926547913872575542007-05-03T19:52:00.000-04:002007-05-03T19:57:03.530-04:00I Must Be Losing My Rep!I did not blog about this but I have had a run of incidents in my classroom of late. A couple of weeks ago, one of my 9th graders started skipping my 7th period class ….. every day. Long story short, when she was called to the office and confronted about the skipping, she had a valid reason. She didn’t like me! Oh darn…loss of sleep over that one!Assistant Principal: Can you tell Ms A why you Ms. Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05244399372862405341noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579718222282757349.post-75402405623722300542007-04-30T21:55:00.000-04:002007-04-30T22:06:41.655-04:00Just a GlanceToday, I was doing my duty between classes watching students in the hall. Two young men were headed south and a young man was headed north. The two headed south reached where the hall splits and gave each other a quick hug like girls do all the time. The kid that was northbound saw it and made a comment to himself as he passed me. It was in a nonjudgemental deadpad voice, kind of a reflection. HeMs. Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05244399372862405341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579718222282757349.post-19088630469896983332007-04-25T15:10:00.000-04:002007-04-25T16:29:38.260-04:00The School BurglaryOne night on 3rd shift, I was dispatched to an alarm call at the alternative school. I arrived about the same time as TL and we started out in opposite directions shaking doors and checking windows. Just to the north of the front ramp, TL found a broken window at ground level. A jacket and a hammer had been left on the ground and a small amount of blood was on the broken glass.We called for Ms. Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05244399372862405341noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579718222282757349.post-74678783276426434232007-04-24T21:22:00.000-04:002007-04-24T22:53:50.664-04:00Paying It Foward Before The Movie Was MadeIn the early 70’s, our country went through a recession. My dad was one of the casualties. He lost his job and was unemployed for three years. My mom taught in a private school so money went from tight to non-existent. I can remember many times that my parents had a difficult time scraping $125 together to pay the mortgage on our house. We grew most of what we ate and felt very lucky when there Ms. Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05244399372862405341noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579718222282757349.post-55784651772809951692007-04-18T22:57:00.000-04:002007-04-18T23:05:25.504-04:00The Dress CodeA young lady female student wore a shirt today with two hugh icecream cones prominently displayed atop her unnaturally prolific cleavage. It read, "Lick 'em, Don't Bite Um." My question is....how did she make it until 4th period before someone actually noticed?A month or so ago, I stopped a student in the hall shortly after 2 PM wearing a shirt with 5" red letters reading, "What the Fuck?" Is Ms. Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05244399372862405341noreply@blogger.com5