Quirky Quips & Sewing Snips
 I didn’t get all of my packing done last night. I worked until I was so punch drunk I wasn’t sure what I was supposed to be doing. I finally decided — with some prompting from OC (on the phone) – to get some sleep and hit it fresh in the [...]
At the end of each work day I am so tired, it is all I can do to drag myself into the house and package the eBay products that sold during the day. Then I list a few more — and suddenly the evening is shot and I am crawling [...]
Yesterday as my second Parent-Teacher Conference was coming to an end, I rose from my chair and froze, half in and half out, with a catch in my back.  I could not finish standing. I could not sit. The pain was like a needle in my lower spine. I put [...]
I am sucking down a venti Starbucks Mocha and wondering why I didn’t stick to my first reaction when OC announced he was going to be in town for about 16 hours on his way to Hawaii — I told him I hoped he’d like the plastic chairs at the [...]
One of our vocabulary words this week is options. I asked the students if anyone knew what it meant. Ty raised his hand. “Choices,” he said. “Like on my video game button. I can choose what weapon I carry.” “Right,” I said. “Or like a buffet — lot’s of options [...]