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This character questionnaire helps you think differently and create memorable characters for your stories with 150+ character questions.
30 Introvert Memes for Homebodies Happily Staying in Their Lane - Funny memes that "GET IT" and want you to too. Get the latest funniest memes and keep up what is going on in the meme-o-sphere.
Playing the game of Elastics takes practice. But in the mean time just getting the hang of elastics is a lots of fun.
Jakub Schikaneder (1855-1924). Evening in Týnská Lane, 1909, o/c 105 x 105 cm, NG Prague. Photo: Milan Posselt. Source: postcard.
The Wacky Clackers –Crazy Balls/ How Will I Know –Poko Records NC-S-45-122 (1971 US) Out of New Orleans, without a whiff of Allen Toussaint, comes this highly entertaining Bubblegum meisterwork to cash in on what was then a huge global phenomenon (Klackers, Click-Clacks, Clackers, Ker-Knockers etc...) Whatever they were called, they would surely be banned in school nowadays as offensive weapons! The Wacky Clackers were in fact the Montalto Trio in disguise who consisted of brothers Lance -guitar (AND Clackers!), Richard - bass and Alfred Montalto on drums. Crazy Balls is beautifully dumb and catchy, and god...don’t those clackers cut through the mix? Enjoy! Me?...I’m off to clack my balls... Hear a full version of Crazy Balls PS: I have just updated my 45 collection, see the first link to download. Still a work in progress...
Former rap star Vanilla Ice was hauled off to jail last night after allegedly assaulting his wife for the second time. The 40-year-old, whose real name is Robert Van Winkle, was arrested for domestic battery after his wife Laura Van Winkle made an emergency call to police claiming that he was hitting and kicking her
(image) We were supposed to go out of town for the weekend. Rob and I were not feeling well, so we cancelled the trip. My girls pou...
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She is the strongest girl in the world, lives by herself in a colourful house in the forest, and has a pet monkey and a horse. Who wouldn’t want to be friends with Pippi Longstocking? We have shared our favourite quirky quotes to convince anyone who thinks otherwise
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Happy Sunday! I hope everyone is enjoying this glorious weather! Whoo Hoo ~ loving me some fall now! I decided this would be the day for me to join Farley's "Currently" Linky Party. Yes, I am a bit late, but that is pretty much the norm for me. Better late than never, I say! Look what I got! A present dropped off by a visiting student! So I spent some time at work yesterday, surprise surprise ;) and set about planning for our short week. Can you believe we are a few days away from 4H Camp? This is the best field trip - so fun! In honor of camp, a friend reminded me of a fun little read aloud to share with my kiddos. Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah! by Allan Sherman, illustrated by Jack E. Davis, is a silly look at camp life and the bundle of nerves camp can bring out. It will certainly be difficult to read without singing. Let's hope for my kiddos sake, I can refrain. Hmmm....this cover reminds me of Mrs. Marshall for some reason! Maybe we shouldn't get in the canoes this year! As I worked in my room, I looked back at all the work we have accomplished in such a short time. We have planned our narratives and some students have begun their drafts. We are paying close attention to make sure that we include the figurative language and sensory detail that we have practiced for weeks now. Last week, we looked at what makes a great lead, and we went over a number of great strategies to hook the reader. Students really enjoyed some that I shared, but I have to say that my favorite is the Ba-Da-Bing! I have had the best luck helping students craft a strong lead using this strategy. I first learned of it when I attended a Barry Lane session at the Arkansas Reading Conference. He shared this writing strategy created by Gretchen Bernabei. Together, they wrote about it in one of my all time favorite writing workshop books, Hooked on Meaning. With a Ba-Da-Bing, students begin by writing Ba: what their feet did, Da: what they saw, Bing: what they thought. For example: When I rushed through the door, I noticed my son wasn't home yet. He was so grounded! ~ Can you believe how brilliantly simple that is?! Uugghh...this is one of those, "Why didn't I think of that," kind of things. Ba-Da-Bing: Barry Lane, Hooked on Meaning Here is a short clip of one of the lessons on the video that comes with Hooked on Meaning. Each year, my kiddos love these! While thinking about our work in writing our own narratives and our pulling apart story elements in our reading, I have pulled as many of my favorite narratives as I could. There are so many great titles and authors out there: Bunting, Lowry, Rylant, and Polacco. I really want to encourage my students as we read this week, to take a look at some of these wonderful and touching stories. I will share a few with the class as we talk about character traits and plot and then bring it back to our study of narratives. Mailing May by Michael O. Tunnel will have my kiddos asking lots of questions as five year old Charlotte May tells the story of how she was mailed to her Grandmother with such a sweet and honest little voice. The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson is a wonderful narrative full of theme: acceptance and kindness. Both characters learn and grow watching each other from "the other side" of the fence. Just like Mailing May, this story is told with such an honest little voice; I can almost hear the little girl herself telling me her story. Crow Call by Lois Lowry is so perfectly illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline, and Ms. Lowry left a beautiful author's note showing the significance of this story for her. This is a bit on the longer side for one mini-lesson, but it is definitely worth sharing over a couple of days. Again, I love sharing how a narrative story can pull in one small moment in time, one memory, and magnify it with such beautiful detail. OK, these next two are for seasonal fun! The Bones of Fred McFee by Eve Bunting and The Follower by Richard Thompson are rhythmical and repeating and great Halloween reads. Would you think me completely over the edge if I told you that The Follower is great for reviewing prepositional phrases? Yes, I will try to find a way to fit grammar in just about anywhere, LOL. I love them both and you just can't go wrong with a Bunting book. One last thing before I call it a night and hit that huge stack of papers to be graded, edited, or replied to, whew...I wanted to say thanks to my sweet kiddos for donating books from the book fair and some from their very own libraries to help our library grow! So excited that we are sharing so many great books with each other! With that, I will say good night and happy reading!
Use this free printable cheat sheet to remember everything you learned in the Love and Logic parenting class. Tape this one-pager of notes all around your house and start implementing Love & Logic now!
What I had was nothing but a side effect of codependency and trauma bonding: Stockholm Syndrome.
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Twinkle was a popular British girl's comic of the 1970s and 1980s. From about 1974 to 1976 I read it avidly, and these comics are from my own collection!
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JMSQ "Copyright April © 2011 My neice Jessica Lane is due to have her 1st baby "Lane Andrew" in Aug. 2011, this pattern was created in honor of him... JMSQ The universal sign for Love is X's & O's, {Hugs & Kiss'es} We've all learned this when we were children. God has Blessed with with the Love of Crochet & Knitting, so I do use the X's & O's alot in my patterns, sharing the Love of God with those I Bless with my handwork. I hope you enjoy Blessing others with this Cozy Cuddly Set as well. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SPECIAL X Sts: skip next st, 1 dc in next st, 1 dc in stitch just skipped X st just made. Each X st takes 2 sts to complete FPHDC: Yo, insert hook from front to back and to front again around the vertical post (upright part) of next st, yo and draw yarn through, yo and complete hdc. BPHDC: Yo, reaching over top of piece and working on opposite side (right side) of work, insert hook from right to left around vertical post of next st, yo and draw yarn through, yo and complete hdc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Baby Cuddle Sac I Hook Measures about 10" x 16" I used Redheart BabySoft yarn (CH2 does NOT count as 1st dc) Row 1: Ch 4, sl st to form a ring. Ch2, 12 dc in ring, sl st in top of first dc to join. (12 sts) Row 2: Ch 2, 2 dc in each st around, sl st in top of first dc to join. (24 sts) Row 3: Ch 2, *1 dc in next st , 2 dc in next st, *repeat around. Sl st to in top of first dc to join. (36 sts) Row 4: Ch 2, *dc in next 2 sts, 2 dc in next st * Repeat around. Sl st in top of dc to join. (48 sts) Row 5: Ch 2, *dc in next 3 sts, 2 dc in next st * Repeat around. Sl st in top of first dc to join. (60 Sts) Row 6: ch 2, skip next st, 1 dc in next st, 1 dc in st just missed (X st made), *1 X st around to last st, 1 dc in last st, join Row 7: Repeat row 6 Row 8-9: ch 2, 1 dc in each st around, join Row's 10, 11, 14, 15, 18, 19, 22, 23, 26, 27 : Repeat row 6 Row's 12, 13, 16, 17, 20, 21, 24, 25, : Repeat row 8 Row 28: ch 2, 1 hdc around, join & fasten off & tuck in tail ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cozy Hat Pattern: G Hook (CH2 does NOT count as 1st dc) Row 1: Ch 4, sl st to form a ring. Ch2, 12 dc in ring, sl st in top of first dc to join. (12 sts) Row 2: Ch 2, 2 dc in each st around, sl st in top of first dc to join. (24 sts) Row 3: Ch 2, *1 dc in next st, 2 dc in next st,* repeat from * around. Sl st to join. (36 sts) Row 4: Ch 2, *dc in next 2 sts, 2 dc in next st * Repeat from * around. (48 sts). Sl st in top of ch 2 to join. Row 5: Ch 2, *skip first st, 1 sc, 1 dc in next st, *Repeat around, join to top of ch 2 Row 6 - 9: Repeat round 5. Row 10: hdc in each st around, sl st in top of ch 2 Row 11: Ch 2, fphdc in next st, bphdc in next st. *Repeat around. Finish off and weave in all ends. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cozy Baby Mits: G Hook (CH2 does NOT count as 1st dc) Row 1: Ch 4, join to for ring, ch 2, 11 hdc in ring, join ch 2 Row 2: 2 hdc in each st around, join, ch 2 (22 sts) Row's 3-8: 1 hdc in each st around, join, ch 2 (22 sts) Row 9: *skip next st, 1 dc in next st, 1 dc in st just skipped, *Repeat 10 more times. Join, ch 2 (11 X stitches) Row 10: *sc in next st, ch 2, *Repeat aroound, join ^ fasten off, tuck in tails TIE's Make 2: Ch 60 and weave in and out of Row 9 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cozy Baby Booties: Newborn to 3 month size H hook. Newborn G Hook Note: Beg ch 2 does not count as a st in this pattern. Bootie: Beginning at toe, ch 4, sl st in first ch to form ring. ROW 1 (Right Side): Working over tail of yarn, Ch 2, work 9 dc in ring, join with a sl st in first dc. Pull end of yarn tail to close up hole. 9 sts. Rnd 2: Ch 2, 2 dc in each st around, join with a sl st in first dc. 18 sts. Rnd's 3-5: ch 2, 1 dc in each st around Row 6: Ch 2,1 dc in each of next 15 sts. Do not work last 3 stitches. Rows 7-8: Ch 2, turn, dc in each st. 18 sts. Row 9: ch 1, join to top of row 6 with sl st, ch 2, work evenly 20 dc around top of bootie, join Row 10: ch 2, *1 fpdc in next st, 1 bpdc in next st, *Repeat around, join, **SEE NOTE AT BOTTOM... **NOTE: You can add an extra row of #10 to cuff, looks great and gives it the bootie a higher ankle covering cut 12" long tail for sewing up back of bootie Thread yarn down to back opening from cuff, gently whip st closed, fasten off and trim off excess yarn Optional: Tie'S: Ch 70, Weave tie through ROW 10 WITH "FPDC" BEING IN FRONT OF TIE , AND BPDC IN BACK OF TIE. around, tie in bow and tuck in tail's Repeat for second bootie.
