Pumpkinheads

Posted by on Oct 30, 2009 in dish | 1 comment You can tell it’s fall (even though it’s 90 degrees here) because suddenly, everything in the world is pumpkin-flavored. Lattes. Bagels. Cream cheese. Cheesecakes. Beer. Pancakes. Coffee. Breakfast breads. You name it, it’s pumpkin.All I can say is “blech.”Not a fan of pumpkin. Never have been. Can’t understand why people get all fangirl-squee over the pumpkin...
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No, No, NaNo

Posted by on Oct 28, 2009 in dish | 0 comments Alas, mimi has come to the devastating decision that she will not be participating in NaNoWriMo this year. This is where mimi’s latent OCD rears its ugly head because now her three-year streak has been broken. Plus, this year’s icon has fun colors instead of last year’s barf brown, alas.However, it’s still a barrel of fun, so if you’ve been pondering, hie on over to...
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Slackerville

Posted by on Oct 20, 2009 in dish | 0 comments mimi has been a very naughty monkey about keeping up with her blog lately. At least twice a week, she has a brilliant idea for a blog topic, and then whammo! Craziness at home or school and it flies out the ol’ ear nary to return. Now that the pile of grading is no longer casting a shadow so long she believes she lives in permanent shade, mimi should be better about updates. But you know...
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Divided by Five

Posted by on Oct 6, 2009 in dish | 0 comments Big doin’s today. Tonight at exactly 9:08 pm (CST), mimi hits the 4-5. I am officially in my mid-forties. Amazingly, it feels not unlike mid-thirties, except I spend a lot more time in the car driving Frick and Frack to music lessons and baseball and softball and what have you. I could stand to lose a few and have ridiculous snow on the roof for a Florida gal, but the wrinkles on my face...
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Cripes, Tallahassee!

Posted by on Oct 5, 2009 in dish | 0 comments Today was the first day I attempted to foist the new state-mandated testing on my students, and let me just say that there are military terms that aren’t for mixed company that perfectly capture the essence of today’s fun. Terms beginning with the word “cluster” or expressed with the acronym FUBAR.Needless to say, when the wizards in Tally tell the entire state to hold...
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