in disguise

The triple threat of today consisted of the following combination:  Monday morning + first frost of the season + (here’s the clincher) 7:00 a.m. cafeteria duty. Oh, but that’s not all.  The fruit for the day was ………….oranges.  UNpeeled oranges with a cafeteria full of elementary age students who just aren’t that adept at peeling oranges. Oh, and add to that, a five year old student who is really having difficulty acclimating to staying in his seat and not running aroundRead more

Thankful Thursdays ~ A New October

So, this one comes home and says, “I want to enter a poster contest. It’s about bullying.” And as soon as he says the “b” word, my mind races into all sorts of directions. It’s instantaneous and automatic. But I mask the stuff going on inside of me and say that I think it’s a great idea.  I’m proud of his initiative and thankful for opportunities for my youngest to put himself out there. But the “b” word?  The conceptRead more
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Weekly Photo Challenge – Family

The two instigating middle children who stirred things up and made people laugh or…yell…when they were little..grew up. But…the habits didn’t change, not a bit, much to the consternation of the steady older brother who innocently wanted nothing more than to just sit and relax and watch a football game in solace. Nope, not happening. Not today at least! For these two wild ones have had some espresso to help fuel the fire and are so very amused by gettingRead more