]> http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/ peanutsmom's Blog en-us © 22:21:58 Greasy.com All rights reserved. Mon, Dec 22:21:58 1 GMT 30 http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/define_style.html Who would think I would ever write a blog about football! For those who know me it would seem unbelievable! I've watched a lot of college football this season. J is an avid LSU fan and I started watching last year with him. This year I've seen a lot of LSU and a lot of Tech games. This is the first year I've taken much interest in rankings though. Tech this year was a contender in the Big 12 and I've paid attention. When you pay attention to the Big 12 there's lots of talk about style poin ... http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/define_style.html#comments Sun, 30 Nov 2008 04:21:55 GMT http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/share.html /p> I spend way too much time on the internet looking at crafting blogs.  One of them I enjoy is written by a woman who lives on a farm.  In between the crafting she shares she tells of the antics of the farm animals.  They have several interesting varieties of chickens.  Well, one of the chicken has too much "frizzle" in his feathers so his feathers don't work too well for keeping him warm.  You have to check out this video of him in his coat! http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/share.html#comments Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:42:26 GMT http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/easily_amused.html So last night while I was wandering through youtube looking for some of the songs I found this video. I shared it with M this morning. She giggled and giggled. http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/easily_amused.html#comments Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:01:18 GMT http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/tell_chris.html Chris and I have an ongoing argument about Johnny Cash. (I don't tell him I really just like to argue!) I can't talk about music memories though without sharing this one. Another thing I can blame on Chris...liking at least some of Johnny Cash! You have to like someone who shows such a passionate love! http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/tell_chris.html#comments Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:08:10 GMT http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/memory_lane.html Listening to "American Pie" on grumpy's blog brought up fond memories of my childhood. My father was definitely the music connoisseur in our family. (Maybe I should look that up!) He wasn't home a lot when I was young but I loved getting into his records and listening to various songs.I can remember listening to Don McLean while I was growing up. "American Pie" was one of my favorites. I can remember when I was older finding it fascinating that there were all these "hidden" meanings in the ... http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/memory_lane.html#comments Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:58:41 GMT http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/champions.html I was watching the Tech and Oklahoma game earlier tonight. Man, it was painful for a Tech fan. I can freely admit though that Oklahoma outplayed them. (Now if Tech comes from way behind after this fair-weather fan bailed out, I'm going to feel ridiculous but that's nothing new!) My mother and I were discussing that Tech didn't look like a championship team tonight. So I googled the definition of champion. The first definition that popped up was one that wins first in a competition. I kept ... http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/champions.html#comments Sun, 23 Nov 2008 04:07:16 GMT http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/cancer_drugs_halt_type_diabetes.html CHICAGO (Reuters) - Two popular leukemia drugs, Gleevec and Sutent, kept lab mice from developing type 1 diabetes and put 80 percent of diabetic mice in remission, an international team said on Monday. Both drugs -- Gleevec, or imatinib, made by Novartis AG and Sutent, or sunitinib, made by Pfizer Inc -- worked by depressing the immune systems in the mice, which maintained normal blood sugar levels even after treatment ended. "There are very few drugs to treat type 1 diabetes, especially a ... http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/cancer_drugs_halt_type_diabetes.html#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:45:49 GMT http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/thing_4.html This says it better than I can! http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/thing_4.html#comments Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:50:32 GMT http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/thing_3.html I'll try again. http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/thing_3.html#comments Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:47:51 GMT http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/musings.html Chris asked me the other day why I haven't been posting much lately. I've had lots of thoughts in my head but I really haven't been able to figure out how to write them out. I grew up in a Southern Baptist home. We went to church every time the doors opened. I was extremely judgmental...I can remember arguing with my Methodist friends about whether they were going to heaven or not. They didn't know the "right" way to worship God. Of course I was the first one of my group of friends to lose ... http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/musings.html#comments Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:42:38 GMT http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/curse_smart.html I'm pretty sure I've written about this before but it seems like every year it's an issue. Our school grades reading using a child's DRA level. (Don't ask me what that stands for...I have no idea.) So by the end of 2nd grade M should be on a level 30. Well, right now she's on a level 40. Her teachers seem to think that means she gets to quit for the year! She's been reading Babe The Gallant Pig for 6 weeks. The teacher has very honestly told me she won't meet with M's reading group every d ... http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/curse_smart.html#comments Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:51:52 GMT http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/people_change.html I had an interesting discussion with one of my 5th graders yesterday. He's way too mature for an 11-year old...lousy home life. Both of his parents have addiction issues. Both have done prison time. He's emotionally aware enough to realize that a lot of his emotional problems come from trying to cope with him family issues. Anyway, I asked him how he saw his life in 10 years. He sees himself as being able to make it but still having some of the same anger issues he has now. He doesn't thin ... http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/people_change.html#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:14:41 GMT http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/amazing.html It doesn't seem like it's been this long since I've posted. I just don't seem to have the energy to sit down and write at the end of the day. School right now is kicking my butt. I haven't worked this hard in a long time. Between some pretty intense behavior kids and full inclusion I'm having a hard time. Inclusion is a post all to itself! M had a great time trick or treating. This was the first year she has ever gone house to house. We always go to a church carnival. This year she wanted ... http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/amazing.html#comments Mon, 3 Nov 2008 03:56:20 GMT http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/joys_sped.html One of the many shortened forms or acronmys of the public education system. My new students are reminding me of many of the joys of this job. Irony first...I was walking in the cafeteria yesterday and saw this very tall man hugging his pre-k son goodbye. I looked at him and then looked again. It was a former student of mine. I probably taught him the 2nd or 3rd year of my teaching career. He was one of the group of students that first introduced me to antidepressants! (This was also the ye ... http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/joys_sped.html#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:42:22 GMT http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/late_night_ramblings.html Morning comes at 4:30 tomorrow and I've been staring at the ceiling for the last 45 minutes. I have this list going through my head of all the things I need to get done...or that I didn't get done today! We will finish up our second week of school Friday. (Two down and 34 to go!) I'm starting off the year with 8 kids which you wouldn't think is a lot but you would be wrong! So far I haven't figured out where to fit lunch and trips to the bathroom into my schedule. I have two new 5th grader ... http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/late_night_ramblings.html#comments Thu, 4 Sep 2008 04:14:19 GMT http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/back_school_dreams.html The last two nights I've had such realistic dreams that when I woke up in the a.m. I couldn't remember where I was! We are on a back to school schedule so I've been asleep no later than 10:00. It doesn't seem to matter though. When I wake up I'm too tired to move! And we don't have kids yet! My dream is like that mouse on a wheel dream but I'm stuck in a school. In the dream all of these schools are put together. The outsides of the schools are not connected but the "innards" are. So when ... http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/back_school_dreams.html#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:36:47 GMT http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/men_life.html Amazingly it was 10 years ago today I met Chris. (Sometimes it feels like a lifetime!) I remember the red outfit that I was wearing that night. I remember seeing him waiting at the bar. I remember the conversation that flowed so easily that night. I was dating someone else at the time and left the next day to visit him. I got home on Sunday and found out that flowers had been delivered to work Friday afternoon. We talked on the phone during the week and went out again on August 27th. It wa ... http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/men_life.html#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:59:53 GMT http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/countdown_started.html The countdown to back to school has started in our house. Some of us are definitely more excited than others! I go back to work Monday. I'm not looking forward to it. I'm not ready to see teachers or students! How is that for a bah humbug attitude? I'm enjoying staying at home, being a bum and playing with the puppies. We will have a week of meetings and then students come back on Sept. 25. Then there is M. I'm not sure how excited she is about going back to school but she loves going back ... http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/countdown_started.html#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:46:43 GMT http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/calgon_captains_something.html We are going on day 9 since tonsil surgery in this house. I love my child dearly and know I shouldn't say this, but I need a vacation! I will gladly admit it's somewhat my fault. I went back to sleeping with her the night before the surgery. Tonight is the first night she has had to sleep by herself. I pegged it twice though-she got up twice before giving in. I have to just be a bitch which makes me feel like the devil mother. She will come in and hug and hug unless you just tell her go to ... http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/calgon_captains_something.html#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:47:13 GMT http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/odds_ends.html Yesterday J and I worked on emptying the garage. When we moved into the house all of my stuff that was in storage moved there...and it's a lot of stuff! So the project for the summer was supposed to be emptying the garage. It's not done. The point of that was I'm home today with a sinus headache I got while digging around in there. There was lots of stuff we just dragged the entire box to the side of the road for trash pickup. Then some boxes were just signs of my obsessiveness. The Target ... http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/odds_ends.html#comments Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:52:58 GMT