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Thanks to the genius behind the alternative school calendar (aka year round school), I am enjoying a two week long spring break. I must have blacked out briefly last week when I was asked to teach a few days of our intersession remediation program and I agreed. I can\’t imagine another reason I would have…

I\’ve been a little obsessed with my genealogy research lately. I\’ve mapped out my family and John\’s family and been able to get pretty far back with both. I\’ve hit a couple of brick walls (the Cox family, my grandmother\’s people, seemed to have simply appeared in the late 1800s!) but I\’m working on it.…

Before I had children (BC), I started researching my ancestry. I found that much had been documented on the DeHarts, my mother\’s father\’s family. They came from Holland in the 1600\’s to flee religious persecution, and they were early prominent land owners in Brooklyn, NY. Very cool! On my mother\’s maternal side, the Clevengers, there…

My new nickname is Mrs. Gibbly. That\’s what my dear student M. calls me now. Isn\’t that awful? Oh, well. I guess it\’s a term of endearment. Here\’s what\’s shaking in my world… Audrey puked on the way out the door this morning. I thought she was faking. John accused her of gagging herself. Turns…

My new nickname is Mrs. Gibbly. That\’s what my dear student M. calls me now. Isn\’t that awful? Oh, well. I guess it\’s a term of endearment. Here\’s what\’s shaking in my world… Audrey puked on the way out the door this morning. I thought she was faking. John accused her of gagging herself. Turns…