First sick post of the 08-09 school year

Blaehck! Yes. It's true. It got me.  I was hoping to make it to January without getting sick but alas it came much earlier than I had hoped. I forget how debilitating this sinus pressure can be. I feel very groggy and I can't think (except about my bed). Here's the silver lining though, once the sinus pressure starts the sore throat pretty much goes away. 

An Early Anniversary

The other night I was planning on making some Picadillo for dinner (Yum!). I mentioned to Justus that I needed to puree the tomatoes in the stupid blender since our food processor broke. I went upstairs to put on my evening wear (T-shirt and sweats, fancy, I know) and when I came down I found this:

 
In the part of this blog where it asks "about me" it just says I have a good life. I truly do. I have a fabulous husband. It's good to just stop and remember that I think. I truly have a good life and you have something to do with it. Now to blend a bunch of stuff up!

Charter schools and better teachers

This is Barack's answer to improving our public education system. Did he take a symposium on education from the republicans? He's spent so much time with the american worker but how much time has he spent in a school? Not enough if he thinks the solution to our education problems are better teachers and more access to charter schools. Or he hasn't spent enough time in the right schools. The ones where he could actually see the ceiling falling down from water damage. Has he visited the kindergarten classroom that has the un-potty trained boy, the emotionally disturbed girl and the number of autistic children all in a class of more than 30?Yeah, it's the lack of qualified teachers. That's our problem. I don't work with a single unqualified teacher who is not 100% invested in these kids and their needs. If he thinks he can find someone who is more "qualified" to do this job than the dedicated teachers we already have then he is mistaken. I just lost hope.