I am so proud of myself! I finally figured out how to put music on my site. 
Yes, I realize that it can be kind of annoying, but I promise that it won’t loop. 
And you can always use your mute button … or just subscribe so you
can visit me sound-free in your subscriptions. See? I’ve
got it all worked out for you!
So, now who’s gonna tell me how to get the more sophisticated heart? The smiley one ( 
) is so five minutes ago!
The language arts portion
of testing is officially over. Woohoo! Our kids always do
much, much better on math. That’s why we save it for the second
week … so they (and we) have something to look forward to as they
suffer through all that reading. Their performance was really
disappointing, but it’s behind us now. There’s nothing we can do
to change it, and in a way, that’s a big relief.
On a more cheerful note, I received a card today from
two of my former students wishing me a happy mother’s day. It was a
“to our ‘other mother'” card. It was so touching. The two girls who
gave it to me are sisters who were in my class five years ago … they have been through so much, and if I
could adopt them, I’d do it in a heartbeat.
Anyway,
I came home in a great mood, it being the weekend and all, and Toshi
and I proceeded to get in a big argument. Yes, Indigolady,
your prediction was correct; remodeling leads to all manner of
conflict. Our fight was over something totally stupid, too.
One of those “it wasn’t what you said … it was how
you said it” arguments. It started at Home Depot, our new home
away from home, and ended in our kitchen with “So now I can’t even
empty a spaghetti sauce jar to your satisfaction?” Yep, it really
was that ridiculous. Have I mentioned that I can’t wait for this
whole process to be complete? 
Okay — very
sleeeeepy. Will save visiting and commenting for tomorrow when
hopefully I’m not experiencing residual grouchiness. 
Quote of the Day:
When you feel dog tired at night, it may be because you’ve growled all day long. ~Author Unknown
Poisoned by Fairy Tales
Poisoned by Fairy Tales 
I hate it when I’m right! However the one thing I know is remodeling since we’ve been doing it since the day we signed the bank papers in 1992, yes, we’ve REALLY been doing it that long. There’s literally not one room in my house that’s completely complete. (lol. Say that three times fast.) Someday though it will be done. In the mean time I have become so inurred to ALL forms of construction and what it entails that if it bugs me that bad I wait until he goes to work and then start de-constructing or constructing depending on the room and urgency. So new floors for me would be a tiny blip on my radar at this point. But if he criticized how I poured spaghetti sauce THAT would be huge. Did I ever tell you that he got the bright idea of raising the roof 4 feet and for three weeks I had NO roof at all over the dining room and kitchen?! Ever time a cloud rolled by I was afraid it would rain, rofl. By the time we finally got the new roof on I kind of missed living in the “great outdoors”. (I’m well aware we’re both nuts, you don’t need to say it out loud!) He has also taken out the living room wall to put in a bank of windows. That was interesting, you could sit there and watch cars drive by in a whole new way. (Nuts I tell you!)