Whew! Glad that’s over. The speeches went well. I got
a few laughs from the audience and my student charmed their socks off. 
He was soooooo cute! In his speech he thanked the principal for always reminding everyone about the rules. 
I believe in giving credit where credit is due … so since I’ve been
picking on Toshi so much here lately, here’s part of my speech to prove that I
do appreciate the guy. 
“And finally, I want to thank my
boyfriend, Toshi, for being our field trip chaperone and class
videographer … as well as for spending his weekends with me at Big
Lots, the 99 Cent Store, and the Dollar Tree on the hunt for surprise
box fodder. He even overlooks the fact that my car is always so
full of the tools of the trade that it looks like I’m part of a
traveling roadshow.”
See? I can be nice.
Poisoned by Fairy Tales 
Awww you look terrific!! Congrats …and what a lovely bouquet! No matter what you say about the small school and inevitable rotation of teacher of the year, it’s obvious that you are dedicated to your students. Enjoy!
oooh speeches…lol nice pic and congratulations…and a nice congrats to Toshi too…have a good weekend….<3
haha that’s a cute tribute to ur boyfriend.
Wow, your hair looks great, no schoolmarm hair there. And I knew you could be nice. Never had a doubt about it, as a matter fact. Looks like Toshi can be nice as well, I think its nice to remind ourselves of the nice things people do for us. Glad your night went so well.
ryc: and so i am not surprised at the few that have commented at the last entry that i wrote…in the end you really do find out who has such worth..and you my girl have a lot of worth….thanks for the comment…not sure about if i will write on at xanga…right now my life is in a lot of turmoil yet i will figure this all out and i am glad for the few that really were genuine in their reading my words as i too read yours with enjoyment and great appreciation…love katie
i knew you could do it. you look terrific!!! take care – Lori