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I found this book in a planter outside the liquor store last night. Before opening it I looked around to make sure the person who had left it wasn't looking for it. When I turned it over I realized it was my book now, at least for a short while. I will read it, write a secret and then leave it somewhere. Part of me wants to keep the book, but I know that is not keeping in the spirit of the act.


Read about the PostSecret phenomenon here .

I really have the coolest job

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I wasn't looking forward to working in July. With the bad economy we didn't have enough registrations for our summer camp and so I was faced with the prospect of not working, with no pay , or tutoring just like I do during the year. So tutoring it is. I really wasn't looking forward to it, but now I have four brand new students and one old one (who is a miracle)and they have given me new energy. I didn't think they'd be keen on having to come to "school" during the summer either, but I was wrong.

My first student is a little doll. She comes in tired and bleary eyed but by the end of the lesson she is all smiles and skips out of the door. Because she has to start first I always do active things with her. Today I had her juggling three balls while spelling! She's only seven! The grin on her face just melted my heart. I asked her if she wanted to learn handwriting and her eyes widened. :happy:

My second student pulls out his hair. He has a lot of it but seriously, there are clumps of it on the table by the end of the lesson. Still, the change in him after four days is amazing. He likes that I just tell him how things are, what the rules are and that I don't talk to him like his not intelligent. So many of my students are so smart but they just can't figure out how to read and write. How frustrating can that be!

Number three came in the first day and hardly said a word. Now she won't be quiet! I will do a meaningful conversation post about her next. :D Anyway, I do math with her. She's very very low but smart and catches on fast. Today she bounded in....5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100! She was so excited about it she just kept repeating it again and again during the lesson. She is also very competitive and will almost anything to beat me at a game. She's only seven too.

Fourth student has a psychoeducational report that makes Forest Gump seem like a genious. But I discovered this week, he's actually very smart, he just has the most severe speech impediment I've ever heard. I suspect his hearing is not very good either. What a sweet child he is, so polite, so happy. His mom says he loves coming to school!

My last student, I have had for the past 2 years. He's been at our centre for 3 years. He is classically dyslexic in every way. When he first started he was a non-reader and now he reads above grade level. His spelling is really great too. Writing is coming along, but a struggle. He can add, multiply and divide in his head now! The biggest change in him is his attitude. He's happy , he likes school, he reads on his own, he even likes his big sister. And he's proud that he got straight C+ 's on his final report card.

I know I don't make as much as a teacher in the public school system, and I don't get the summers off but it really doesn't matter. I can actually help kids now. :happy:

Who are you?

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You and I_Wilco and Feist.mp3

I guess there's only an "I" right now, but it's still a great song. Just heard it today on CBC. Their voices really fit. And a Wilco song always sounds like a Wilco song.

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Ruby Lake

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Summer is about sitting by the lake,

reading a good book and

relaxing with a cold beer on a hot day.

Catnip Cottage

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Whutz zis? Vhere are ve?


Catnip Cottage ? Don't know 'bout zis...

Ze roomz a bit zmall but at leazt it haz an enzuite

WHUT! Vhere you goingk? :eyes:

Getting ready

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There's so much to do! I haven't been tent camping in years. Well, at least it's not back country camping. That's something I would like to do in the future but that will require a paring down of equipment.

As I plan and pack previous fond camping memories surface. It was all a little overwhelming yesterday and I had to come home and take a nap. :frown:


Stove and lantern tested and ready. Tarp. Thermarest. Check.

Tent aired out and seam sealed. Check.

Cooking paraphenalia organized.Check.

What to eat? There shall be pancakes for sure. But no toast. Hmmm.

Maybe there'll be fish! :chef:

Okay, back to work. Sunny day ahead. :smile:


If a girl is supposed to be a girl, she should have to act like one.

:lol: I read this on another blog. It was a comment posted. Well, some of you may know from what context that was from. For me, it doesn't really matter. I just find it incredibly funny. And sad! And if you know me at all, you'll understand why it's so friggin hilarious...and so friggin sexist!


What's a girl supposed to act like anyway? Just because you have a certain anatomy you are bound to that restriction? :lol: I can't believe anyone believes this way anymore.

Stop the madness!

I'm tired of hearing about Michael Jackson! I acknowledge his artistry, but hell, everyone dies. No one is invincible. I rarely feel much emotion for deaths of people I don't know personally. Though, when I watched Farrah Fawcett's footage of her battle with cancer, I did get a bit teary eyed. It was so personal, and so poignant how her companion, Ryan O'Neil was right there with her until the end. Isn't this something we all wish for, this kind of love? I feel sadness for MJ, how his life played out. The abuse he lived through as a child certainly shaped his strange character.

People die everyday. People who make real differences in our lives. Some of their accomplishments will only be known by a few. Some will never be known. Does it really matter anyway? Despite big egos, we all end up as worm food in the end.

It's a mad mad world.

I can't wait to go camping. News free, internet free for a whole week! :up:

today

Went for job interview
Was offered contract on the spot
Couldn't accept because signed another contract yesterday
But I'm first in line for next year

Went to swimsuit store
Young clerk tried to sell me overly flashy overpriced bikini
Bought olive green plain suit on sale instead

Went to yoga to firm up troublesome areas exposed by bikini
Almost did the camel pose!
Came home, ravenous, ate eft over pizza
Must go to gym later

Took Cleo to vet
She was nervous
She bolted out of car, across busy street and hid under prickly hedge
While looking under hedge some young boys walked by and told me Michael Jackson was dead
Cleo's sitting on my lap right now
I'm pulling prickles out of my hands


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