Honest Scrap
Thanks Melissa for awarding me the "Honest Scrap" blog award!Here are the rules provided:
1) Choose a minimum of 7 blogs that you find brilliant in content or design.
2) Show the 7 winners names and links on your blog, and leave a comment informing them that they were prized with "Honest Scrap." Well, there's no prize, but they can keep the nifty icon.
3) List at least 10 honest things about yourself.
My 10 honest things:
1) I'm not a big fan of labor unions. Especially since the one I'm in assigned my seniority number by lottery rather than hire date! I'm currently lower on the re-hire list than people who became employed with the district after me.
2) I was pink-slipped yesterday, and even though I knew it was coming, it was still a bummer. However, it is also a bit exciting because maybe now I'll be forced to find a profession that enables me to spend more time with my family.
3) Sometimes I go through my entire day at school without thinking of my family once. I'm so busy multitasking and working with other children that my own kids slip my mind. I feel guilty about this.
4) I love my new nephew very much, but he also makes me thankful that I've never had to parent a newborn.
5) I need to work out more. The jiggling feeling when I walk is not pleasant.
5) I need to work out more. The jiggling feeling when I walk is not pleasant.
6) I believe that Rush Limbaugh is insane (with bitterness? Anger? Self-loathing that comes out in mean-spirited mockery of everyone else? I'm not sure) and wish the media would stop giving him air time. I feel the same way about nasty ultra-liberals as well, and hope the "pundit" trend will die out soon.
7) I have a bit of a wandering spirit and desperately want to take a vacation this year. However, due to #2 above, we may not be able to. I'm already trying to figure out how long we would have to live on beans and macaroni and cheese in order to save enough for a DisneyWorld vacation this summer.
8) I still have clothes, shoes, dolls and stuffed animals from my childhood. I'm a bit of a pack-rat and it drives my husband crazy! I wonder if I'll ever be able to part with these things? I mean, do I really need to keep the pair of faded, yellow Converse hightops that I wore in 7th grade?
9) I had a great time with my uncle Tony last night and wish he didn't live so far away. He's been like a big brother to me my entire life, and I miss him!
10) I should be grading papers and preparing report cards right now, but I can't seem to work up the motivation. Maybe a cup of tea or some chocolate will help.
I'm supposed to tag 7 people, but like the person who tagged me, I'm doing less. No reason really, except that I probably should get back to those dang report cards. My lay-off doesn't take effect until June, after all.
The four bloggers I chose are all very honest in their posts and don't seem to sugarcoat their lives. They tell it like it is, and as a result, are often very entertaining reads.
However, I could have listed numerous other blogs in my sidebar for this same award. Blog that make you think, learn, and laugh out loud. So please, if you're browsing around, check out some of the others too. You may find someone else you connect with.
Catheroominations (Cathy)
Always Wanted 4 (Rachael)
From Russia With Love (Kate)
Bellalouwho (Bella)
I'm supposed to tag 7 people, but like the person who tagged me, I'm doing less. No reason really, except that I probably should get back to those dang report cards. My lay-off doesn't take effect until June, after all.
The four bloggers I chose are all very honest in their posts and don't seem to sugarcoat their lives. They tell it like it is, and as a result, are often very entertaining reads.
However, I could have listed numerous other blogs in my sidebar for this same award. Blog that make you think, learn, and laugh out loud. So please, if you're browsing around, check out some of the others too. You may find someone else you connect with.
Catheroominations (Cathy)
Always Wanted 4 (Rachael)
From Russia With Love (Kate)
Bellalouwho (Bella)
#2 - I'm happy that you are seeing this as an opportunity. That's the best way to go through life.
#3 - THAT'S OKAY!! You need someplace in your life where you aren't someone's husband or mother.
#5 - Ditto here, times 10
#8 - Do you also still have that Firenze shirt with the blue and white stripes? I'm so glad that Jeff is now the one to deal with this rather than me!
#9 - Ditto, ditto, ditto
I'm bummed for you about the pink slip. If you ever need to vent about unemployment, you know where to find me.
I hope you have good luck finding something else and quickly!
Thanks for the award!
I love what your mom said about what you said in #8!
And, sorry about your pink slip. I hope something better comes along for you.
Thanks for the award! You are the second person to give it to me, so now I suppose I should get to posting about it soon.
HONESTLY, Jenni, you're the best.
You *know* where I think you should wander next. ;>