tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50729072024-02-28T09:18:56.524-05:00A Blog by any other name........assorted thoughts and meanderingsRobertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03245856576405222880noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072907.post-62410719431923659312021-12-22T10:56:00.004-05:002021-12-22T10:56:35.843-05:00Winter 2021-2022 It's December 22 of 2021 at the moment and we are still in the pandemic and should be limiting gatherings, but I think people are not. Two years of not seeing their families on Christmas is too much for some. (make that many, not just some).We played 5000 with the Mays last night and found out Cody (who was newly in from the covid-besieged Brooklyn) had just tested positive when he Robertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03245856576405222880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072907.post-63665500365244177712019-06-10T22:38:00.001-04:002019-06-10T22:38:17.907-04:00Summer of 2019Funny how I keep coming back to these old blogsites years later!
We are returning from yet another curtailed but fun CMA Music Fest. Tom's current health issues are still massive. BCG treatments for a recurrence of bladder cancer, shots for the back pain, hip, neck...on and on it goes. Poor Tom :-( He even has a handicapped hangtag for the car and medical marijuana access.
I am still Robertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03245856576405222880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072907.post-88936122129131508902016-07-01T11:48:00.000-04:002016-07-01T11:48:06.341-04:00Summer of 2016Maybe I should have waited until the 2016 NJEA Convention in November to catch up on this old blog.
It is fascinating to see what I wrote in November of 2012.
What's going on now:
Tom is looking forward to therapy following his torn meniscus surgery. The last few years have been a constant series of medical issues for poor Tom...from bladder cancer to knee replacement and lots more in between. Robertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03245856576405222880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072907.post-13934522271671579362012-11-07T10:13:00.000-05:002016-07-01T11:52:05.050-04:00And then it was two years later...!Wow, I just came across this site again after all this time!
This year there is no NJEA Convention because of the terrribly destructive Hurricane Sandy.
We are in Myrtle Beach, having come down for Doug Brewin's wedding to the lovely Jo-Anne Rooney and hanging out in the cold weather here until week's end.
Much has happened in the last two years! Most recently, President Obama was re-elected Robertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03245856576405222880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072907.post-84053983199831178702010-10-31T21:44:00.000-04:002010-10-31T21:44:28.887-04:00And then it was a year later......So here I am again, and the Convention is coming up next week. I had a good time last year and intend to go down again by train on Thursday.
This is going to be a busy couple of weeks, actually (so what else is new? When did I ever have time to go to work all those years? LOL).
The biggest fun activity is going to be when we head for Nashville and the CMA Awards show. I won this trip when they Robertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03245856576405222880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072907.post-84331022537506884382009-11-10T16:26:00.003-05:002009-11-10T16:32:31.817-05:00Ending the first decade of the second milleniumSo now it is fall of 2009....I went to the NJEA Convention last week--day trip via train--- and had big big fun. My main daily activities these days include tax classes with H&R Block (second year) and phone room volunteering with CONTACT of Burlington County ...oh and let's not forget Facebook....what a trip getting back in touch with fifth graders of yesteryear, now fully grown!Tom and I Robertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03245856576405222880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072907.post-1302629163226858812008-07-10T01:37:00.002-04:002008-07-10T01:42:00.420-04:00Quick jump to July.....So now it is July and we are embarking for the Jamboree in the Hills next week. How time flies!We did everything I spoke of in the last post, and have been having a great life! (The stock market is worse than ever, though, sad to say and so is the economy. Gas prices have skyrocketed (currently averaging $4.00 a gallon here in NJ) and home sales have plummeted.We have plans for Myrtle Beach in Robertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03245856576405222880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072907.post-47211443480324730442008-01-10T18:50:00.000-05:002008-01-10T19:04:35.772-05:00Jan. 2008 now...time flies, eh?I am leaving for Prospectors in ten minutes.Since my last post, we have been to Myrtle Beach, San Francisco, and Orlando.We are going to NYC Saturday for a day trip to meet up with Oregon Marc for dinner and a show (and we are bravely taking the train!)Jan. 26 we head for Ft. Lauderdale for the Prospectors crowd cruise Jan. 27-Feb. 2.We still need a flight, but we plan to be in Miami Feb. 29 to Robertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03245856576405222880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072907.post-27251825888465203702007-07-22T00:17:00.000-04:002007-07-22T00:38:42.989-04:00Day 3 JamboToby Keith was the highlight of an entertaining and sound filled Jamboree kind of day I had a lot of visits and comments from other JITH attendees as I sat in the sun reading my Harry Potter book (no, I still haven't finished it).We caught up with the Michelle and Dave crew again, and also the Bill, Jeff, Patrick (without Patrick) crowd. A really nice part of annual attendance at the Jamboree in Robertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03245856576405222880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072907.post-38879390437123828182007-07-11T23:24:00.001-04:002007-07-12T00:29:03.744-04:00Telephone ClassI was really looking forward to learning how to use cell phones and the class we took was not a disappointment. Wow! There are so many little tricks we learned. I hope I remember everything (I wrote as fast as I could!)It was held at the VerizonWireless store in Marlton. We had traffic and thunderstorm, and pouring rain on the way! But it was worth the drip, I mean trip. LOLActivities preceding Robertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03245856576405222880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072907.post-71545918081839824242007-07-10T17:27:00.000-04:002007-07-10T17:32:25.001-04:00Summertime and the living is easyToday was another hot one! Tom had x-rays at 10 and I had that shoulder MRI (open, thank goodness!) at 3. We were together for a lovely anniversary lunch and most of "Moonstruck"-to be continued after he gets home from bowling tonight.I went to the CVS by the MRI place and there were so many police cars around. The little kids outside the store filled me in. It was a drug bust...of the fake Robertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03245856576405222880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072907.post-83062000688926376172007-07-10T01:34:00.000-04:002007-07-10T17:35:21.584-04:00Happy Anniversary! <---click to see the wedding pixToday is our eighth wedding anniversary!I love you, Tom!!!****************************In other news, I am on the fast track to an MRI for my left shoulder pain. I went to an orthopedist on Monday and Tuesday at 3 I am scheduled for the imaging. Maybe my suffering is over! (It's only been a year and a half!)Robertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03245856576405222880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072907.post-1160358277935260312006-10-08T21:42:00.000-04:002006-10-08T21:44:37.943-04:00Now that I am retired, golfing is something I do with my husband. It's fun and maybe someday I'll be good at it! Robertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03245856576405222880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072907.post-1139000089058584132006-02-03T15:48:00.000-05:002006-02-03T15:54:49.070-05:00It's the week-end and I'm almost "outta here". 62 degrees in NJ in February! What a winter! (but they are calling for the return of cold and snow next week....)Unnaturally warm as it's been my heating bill is HUGE and the local government is trying to reassess my house at over 100 % higher (?!!!)than it is currently.The good news is .....I don't have a newsletter or marking period's end hanging Robertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03245856576405222880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072907.post-1137795525088728412006-01-20T17:16:00.000-05:002006-01-20T17:18:45.096-05:00It's 2006...we are definitely in the future.It is the week-end and I am leaving school any moment now, I'm sure.Hooray and thanks to Jenn for getting our classroom printer to function once again, and to Steve for clearing the pencil sharpener.Ok...so.... report cards, BCEA Bulletin, read 12 books and make detailed plans for them, oh, yeah, and lesson plans.....Have a great week-end! :-)Robertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03245856576405222880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072907.post-1133560045242202802005-12-02T16:45:00.000-05:002005-12-02T16:47:25.253-05:00I am heading out (late) for the DEA Social at Top Dog.Tom had quite a day. The heater went out so he had to deal with that (and $130 later all is well), but he also had some igniter match explode and start like a fire in the kitchen...? so he lost a few tourney rounds.......? I will need further clarification of that..! But all is well now........Hopefully the week-end will be all uphill!Robertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03245856576405222880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072907.post-1130493599075397142005-10-28T08:58:00.000-04:002005-10-28T05:59:59.080-04:00 Sharon and I made election phone calls Wednesday night. Robertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03245856576405222880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072907.post-1129212012951403832005-10-13T09:59:00.000-04:002005-10-13T10:00:12.956-04:00These bloggers were my first attempts and rather fell towards the wayside, sadly. I am glad to see the company is still progressing! Keep up the good work, o pioneers!Robertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03245856576405222880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072907.post-1065483684944527052003-10-06T22:36:00.000-04:002003-10-06T19:41:49.943-04:00Hi. Things look different around the old blog site. School has started again. I have to finish my newsletter....stat! The Fall Fest was great and having today off was wonderful.....but now I have to pay the piper. I'll come back another day when I have more time.......ByeRobertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03245856576405222880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072907.post-1065483920641728212003-10-06T19:44:00.000-04:002003-10-06T19:45:20.206-04:00I guess changing the time makes it not work right. I wonder if my 7:43 posting that they put on CA time will show up at 10:43? hmmmm.....I'll check later
Time to type newsletter copy. ByeRobertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03245856576405222880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072907.post-1057948937976526422003-07-11T14:42:00.000-04:002003-07-11T14:42:17.960-04:00Just refound this site while looking for my Staples info......(see free goody bag on August 23rd....yippee!)
I have done nothing to speak of since returning from the NEA RA in New Orleans. Tom has played golf.
My computer (and all its ensuing headache type problems) is once again at Dr. Jerome's....
Yesterday was our 4th anniversary. Wow....it really went fast. We are happy and so much in love Robertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03245856576405222880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072907.post-900005852003-03-02T10:41:00.000-05:002003-03-02T10:49:36.000-05:00Here's one I like: learning.weblogger.com at first glance........and this one is a very up-to-date words, stories, topics of bloggers website according to a Yahoo article: http://www.daypop.com/burst/Robertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03245856576405222880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072907.post-900004982003-03-02T10:39:00.000-05:002003-03-02T10:39:13.873-05:00The Harvard site referenced below mentions this blog of blogs.......http://www.weblogs.com/
I guess if you have nothing else to do, you could read through these forever (the list is constantly updated).
I, on the other hand, have to make a spread sheet for our school's recent fund raiser for St. Jude's Research Hospital......Robertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03245856576405222880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072907.post-900002222003-03-02T10:30:00.000-05:002003-03-02T10:33:51.000-05:00More and more articles on blogs are starting to show up.....or maybe it's that old principle: learn a new word and all of a sudden it's everywhere you look.....
Here's one that helps explain the blog phenomena.....in a Harvard kinda way......http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/aboutRobertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03245856576405222880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072907.post-895242252003-02-21T18:45:00.000-05:002003-02-21T18:45:20.010-05:00So it seems that even if you have an EZPass, if their machinery isn't working right and doesn't scan you properly you get a scary violation notice. Bottom line: pay the $3........
Hooray, it's the week-end at last!!! Funny how a week of school that included two Snow Days and one with a two-hour delayed opening seemed so long......Mine will start out with dancing and continue with a Legislative Robertahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03245856576405222880noreply@blogger.com