Parents Help Your Children With Their Homework

Well a friend needed a laugh so here I am prepared to deliver. The following are all true facts although quite sad. My mom is a teacher and as many of you know the pressure has really been put on the teachers in the last few years. Between the SOL's and No child left behind it has really made the teachers jobs a lot more difficult. My mom's 4th grade class receives vocabulary words each week. The words are presented to the class the students learn the definitions of the words and they make sentences as a class. Then the students homework is to come up with their own sentences for the words. Here comes the importance of why the parents should be checking their children's homework. On two separate occasions my mom received papers the words and sentences were as follows:

Fortify-v to make strong

Sentence: I can count from fortify.

Derive-v the orgin or the source or development of

Sentence: My mom derived me around town in a car.


I will leave the children's names anonymous. Although this got great dinner time laughs it really is quite sad. I thought I had heard and seen it all, however shortly after my mom shared these with us I was driving through my neighborhood when I stopped at the stop sign I looked up to see, well you have to see it for yourself



I just couldn't help myself I immediately called my mom and said when you give that student their paper back can you ask if when their mom derived them around town in the car did they stop at the yard sell in my neighborhood. We both got a good laugh hope you did too.

Slow down and enjoy life

A friend shared this with me today and I thought I'd share it with you.


IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER - by Erma Bombeck (written after she found out she was dying from cancer).

I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren't there for the day.

I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in storage.

I would have talked less and listened more.

I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained, or the sofa faded.

I would have eaten the popcorn in the 'good' living room and worried much less about the dirt when someone wanted to light a fire in the fireplace.

I would have taken the time to listen to my grandfather ramble about his youth.

I would have shared more of the responsibility carried by my husband.

I would never have insisted the car windows be rolled up on a summer day because my hair had just been teased and sprayed.

I would have sat on the lawn with my grass stains.

I would have cried and laughed less while watching television and more while watching life.

I would never have bought anything just because it was practical, wouldn't show soil, or was guaranteed to last a lifetime.

Instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I'd have cherished every moment and realized that the wonderment growing inside me was the only chance in life anyone ever gets to assist God in a miracle.

When my kids kissed me impetuously, I would never have said, "Later. Now go get washed up for dinner." There would have been more "I love you's." More "I'm sorry's."

But mostly, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute...look at it and really see it ... live it .and never give it back.

Stop sweating the small stuff.

Don't worry about who doesn't like you, who has more, or who's doing what.

Instead, let's cherish the relationships we have with those who do love us.

Let's think about what God HAS blessed us with. And what we are doing each day to promote ourselves mentally, physically, emotionally, as well.

We have one shot at this and then it's gone. I hope you all have a blessed day.

How much is too much?

Have you ever missed someone so much it hurts?

Sometimes distance feels like the hardest thing to me, but I go on because I have to not always because I want to. Of course we have all missed someone at some time, but can you miss someone too much?

You miss your friends when they go away to college, you miss your family when they live away from where you are, you miss loved ones when they pass or maybe there are other circumstances for why you miss someone.

Sometimes the loneliness of not having your loved one there can be the hardest thing imaginable but you push on. I suppose I'll get a little personal today just because matters of the heart are what's on my mind. I guess I'm missing someone pretty badly and that is what has inspired this entry. Sometimes time and distance get the best of me however I try not to let it get me down. Some days are harder than others. I've always felt it cliche to say someone completes me because I'm a firm believer that no one completes another being, but when he's gone I feel a piece of me is gone too, so I guess maybe he does complete me.

When you find someone you can relate to who knows you inside and out who can speak the words you are thinking without you saying anything at all. The one you can confide in about anything at anytime and know you won't be judged or labeled for being who you are. I am so fortunate to have found him and even more fortunate to have establish the deepest understand that two people could have for one another. I feel truly blessed. Today I'm missing him more than usual maybe because it has been longer than usual since I've seen him I'm not really sure why I feel this way. I know though that we have the type of relationship where we can be apart for months and pick up as if we were together yesterday. I really cherish that.

Sometimes people cross our paths in the weirdest of ways but the friendships and relationships that come from those circumstances sometimes are the best relationships of your life. For me this holds true. I'm very grateful for him and everything I share with him. I'm really missing him today but that is nothing new I miss him everyday I'm not with him and as soon as I leave him. I'll push on today and tomorrow too because I know the bond we have with one another can't be broken by distance.

Officially Missing You

It's Only Tuesday People

Wow!!! It's only Tuesday and I just came back from 4 days off but I feel like I've been back to work for days. Despite the fact that the minutes are dragging by I can say I don't love my job so much today. Have you ever had someone come to your job or place of employment and try to educate you on your job? As if they were so qualified they should be doing it for you. I work in a dentist office for those who don't know and as any job with the public we get some characters. Someone who always thinks they know a little more than you. I had someone today try to convince me that their insurance doesn't work the same way as the rest of America's dental insurance does. Now I've been doing this job for quite some time and I must say dental insurance has ALWAYS worked the same way. After explaining for 45 minutes the same thing 5 different ways, I advised the patient to call her insurance company. ARGGG

Aggravated does not even begin to describe what I felt. Now I get this everyday, "that's free with my insurance", "I get 2 free cleanings a year", "what do you mean that's not covered at 100%". Let me educate some of you on dental insurance, it's not free first off, somewhere someone either you or your employer is paying for it, 2nd, nothing is free, incase you were unaware. I understand that the mouth is not as important to some as it is others but when you don't see a dentist for half your life chances are your toothache is not going to be a cheap fix. Even if you have seen a dentist it still isn't going to be a cheap fix.

Don't get me wrong I sympathize with some of these people I do, to be in pain is not a fun thing, but when you come in my office with a $400 handbag and your $200 hair highlights, fresh nails, or clothes that cost more than my car payment and then tell me how bad you hurt. I tell you the procedure is $850 and your insurance company pays all but $80 and you look at me like I'm crazy how bad does your tooth really hurt? There are a lot of patients who have good jobs that just don't offer dental insurance so be thankful your copay is only $80 and not $850. When I think how many times a day I hear that's too much I cringe, how much is too much when it comes to keeping your teeth? That Coach bag wasn't too much but a root canal is? Where is the logic in that? The other one that gets me is when a patient gets the work done then says oh I didn't know I was going to have to pay today. When you grocery shop do you get to the counter and say that, or do you say I only have $50 when your total is $150 and the cashier says that 's OK bring back the rest next time? No you would get $50 worth of groceries. Maybe I'm over reacting I agree the dentist isn't cheap, but your smile should be priceless you!

Sorry had to vent. Hope everyone is having a great day. I'm better now. :)

Lesson Learned

Ok so I'm new to the whole blogging world. I told myself I'd never do this but here I am. I must admit from time to time I blog on my myspace but who really reads those things. For entertainment purposes and a relief of stress it may be healthy for me to let my thoughts out. I never thought I'd be the one to air my business on a worldwide forum but hey it happens. I don't know where to start so I guess I'll start with today, as I rushed to get ready this morning (being as it was the Monday following a LONG holiday weekend) my time schedule is out of whack, it's time to get back into the swing of things it dawns on me what an idiot I was yesterday. Let me share my story with you. I'm not usually the type of person to purchase something then take it home and realize I don't want it anymore. I normally ponder that decision before make the purchase, however I guess you could say this weekend I made an impulse buy, it was only a purse but still if you know me you know I need another purse like I need another pair of shoes. It was really cute so I had to have it or so I thought. I took it home only to find what I already knew it was too small to hold the plethora of things I carry. After trying to cram everything I own in it, it was inevitable it just wouldn't work. So I took my things out reinserted the trash bag worth of paper, (that made me think the purse was much larger than it was) and returned it to the store . So today as I'm getting ready for work I realize not only did I return the purse but I also returned everything I had put in the inside pocket. At this time I frantically panic, the contents of that pocket were extremely important lets just say. So I rush to the store crossing my fingers and hoping that the purse will still be there. It was a cute purse the only one left I might add and I knew it was a shot in the dark to believe that my belongings would still be in it. As I race through the door of the store at 8:45 am knowing I have to be at work in 15 minutes and praying still that I'll find what I came for I have to decide do I go to customer service and waste my time explaining or do I just go check and see if the purse is back on the shelf, I pick the shelf as I make my way I see it, could it really be the one I returned, I open it to find all of my things just where I left them. I learned to valuable lessons today never put everything in a purse you're unsure of and Target doesn't check it's returns before they restock the shelves. Either way I'm thankful I found what I was looking for, and more grateful that I wasn't accused of stealing my own belongings back.