http://merrymack.com Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:29:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Missy Mack's former teacher just started a non-profit organization called CHA, CHA, It stands for Children, History and Art. It's so nice they say it twice. She started with a core group of 20 children ages 4-10 and each month this group of children will meet with another group of ... http://merrymack.com/?p=1893 Imagine this scene: I go into the teacher's lounge to eat my baked potato. I am eating with a grade level that I haven't eaten with yet this year and they have the last lunch so there is no one in there but me to begin with. Then two of the ... http://merrymack.com/?p=1889 Missy Mack's class is studying families this week. We have been asked to do all sorts of things involving pictures of the family, pictures of me and Mr. Mack when we were kids, clothes from us for the dress up center, blah, blah, blah. In the newsletter, the teachers suggested ... http://merrymack.com/?p=1879 I have been tagged by Sara in a little Q&A. I like this one because the questions change every time. So, here we go: 1) Would you ever skydive? Oh, Yeah, I just need a friend. My husband is totally not a height person and could never do this, but I have ... http://merrymack.com/?p=1863 Week one of back to school kicked my ass. My AC was out for 2 1/2 days, I had 2 parent meetings, collected and entered 37 forms for testing and taught a class to every class in the entire school this week all with a yucky allergy cold. I hear ... http://merrymack.com/?p=1872 Earlier this summer Mr. Mack got badly sunburned and a friend told us about a product that worked for him. Yes, that is right carrot lotion. I couldn't find the Berts Bees lotion but I did find this It has carrot seed oil, carrot juice, pumpkin, sweet potato, melon and ... http://merrymack.com/?p=1856 Yesterday was my first day back to school, with kids. Well, technically, it was the school's first day, but I didn't see any kids in class except to say hello in the hallways. Because of the nature of my job, I stay out of the way the first day. It ... http://merrymack.com/?p=1848 I have some stuff to catch up on for the week so it will be another random Friday, however, my rant that should have been posted will be mixed in here so I will not disappoint. 1. I have to stop using the word dirty in my posts because I have ... http://merrymack.com/?p=1820 http://merrymack.com/?p=1819 I woke up super early this morning to an empty bed. Missy Mack had a coughing fit in the middle of the night, which I initially addressed with some meds and coaxing her back to sleep in her bed. It wasn't long until she arrived in our bed, where she ... http://merrymack.com/?p=1815