Memoirs of a Redhead

Nope, I'm not talking about the current Halloween season.  I'm talking about the fact that I just updated my "status" on Facebook, and within the minute, 1 person texted me about it and another person commented on my status on the site. Neither person creeps me out, and in general,…

My friend at work was out yesterday because he went to visit his buddy in Virginia.  He has a big classroom right next to mine, and as it happens, a sub couldn't come for him.  So guess who got his class!!!  Yep!  You guessed it.  I had 50 kids in…

The Live for God Bible Study started today.  It's actually going on right now, and they're in my classroom.  Their key verse today is Philippians 2.14, with the title-"God wants us to be minty fresh!"  And my boy, Malcolm, is reading Proverbs 4 right now.  I'm so proud of our…

It was a slightly chilly day in September, back in 1993, when I stood at the flag pole of Neshaminy Junior High school with my friend, Andrew, to pray for our school.  It was my first See You at the Pole day, and there were so many emotions flying high…

Okay, it's not as bad as it sounds, but today I decided that I either made a great choice, or a horrible choice…Here's what happened.  (and this is our 2nd day in) For Social Studies in 5th grade, I'm teaching about early America.  Wanting to read some great historical fiction,…

I have to give this guy, Jon, mad props (am I allowed to say, "mad props?") for his ultimately hilarious blog. (thanks for sharing, kt:)  For someone who has grown up with church culture, the site has caused my jaw to hurt more than twice this weekend, due to the…

My bestest friend from growing up, Jennifer, just had her baby girl last night!  (Good timing, Anna Marie:) Here's one of her first pix!  I sure do wish I could meet her sometime soon…

Digging into the whole National Certification process has it's place in the overwhelmingness (not really a word) of my current life. :)  So I'm looking for any help that I can find!  Google searches like, "contributions to student learning, national board certification" have been helpful, as well as a book…

No-I’m not referring to the man of my dreams, but this guy totally inspires me!  The videos on this site are kind of annoyingly set up, but check out some of it.  This guy runs a marathon to train…for 100-130some mile races! Unreal… http://60minutes.yahoo.com/segment/179/ultra_marathon_man

So I have had this thing with my teaching certification…it expires next June. There are 2 different levels of teacher certificates around here:  Provisional and Professional.  You get your Provisional right out of college.  The state of Michigan, in order to collaborate with the colleges to squeeze as much money…