GrreatTeacher
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Just changed out the summer quilts.
by GrreatTeacher ini just washed all my summer quilts and put them away for the season.
i brought out the thicker and heavier winter quilts and put them on the beds.. i love patchwork quilts and have a couple of heirloom ones actually made out of the scraps of old family clothes.
my mom can point to a fabric and say," oh, that was a dress of mine when i was little," or, "that was my mother's apron.".
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JW with cart in front of White House today! It was 32 degrees!
by GrreatTeacher inwell, then, if it was so cold, what was i doing there?
i was on a field trip with a bunch of 8th graders.
i volunteered to chaperone and i was in charge of seven 13 year old boys who demanded to see the white house since the bus dropped us off on the national mall and we had 2 hours to look at the war memorials before we had to be back on the bus.
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Happy New Year! My personal success this year...
by GrreatTeacher inwe've just got finished banging the pots and pans and screaming on the front porch.
a few shotgun shots ( i hope they were blanks!
) and we can hear the low rumble of the fireworks in baltimore about 25 miles away.
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Merry Christmas and Award for Worst Gift of Christmas Thread
by GrreatTeacher inmerry christmas!
it's 3 pm on the outskirts of washington, dc, but, hey, i've heard that santa is already busy around about australia and new zealand!
so, merry christmas to you all!.
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Lockdown Blues and my new friend Carl the Cardinal
by GrreatTeacher inthe great lockdown has been mind-numbingly boring.
my husband has been an essential worker, but i have been home and not working.
the only other housemate is a teenager who is on distance learning from college.
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A typical Wednesday evening Drunk story
by GrreatTeacher inwait, you don't go drinking on wednesday nights?
you don't get drunk and drive?
neither do i.. but, one of my neighbors does!.
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Spring has sprung!
by GrreatTeacher inthough not officially spring, the past two days in the mid-atlantic have been gorgeous!
it's been over 70°f and sunny.
i've opened all the windows in the house and have sunshine and fresh air pouring in.. i walked outside today and noticed that my tulips are pushing through the ground.
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Merry Christmas to my friends in Australia and New Zealand!
by GrreatTeacher inas i get ready to go to sleep, i realize that it is already christmas day for everyone in se asia.. i know not everyone celebrates, but it can be a big deal to exjws who were denied the fun and wonder as children.. i have been out since i was a very young adult and have celebrated christmas first with my in-laws and then with my own child and absolutely love the season.. i am also enjoying this quieter covid christmas.
just my direct family tonight for christmas eve.
my son is 19 so i don't have to wait till he finally falls asleep and build all the toys, then get up super early on christmas day anymore.
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Which flag will fly?
by GrreatTeacher inwhich flag will fly in the morning?
this was the question asked by a young man as he was held prisoner on a british ship during the battle of baltimore 200 years ago last night.. the british were aiming to take the city of baltimore, but were receiving heavy fire from fort mchenry 6 miles down the bay from baltimore harbor.
that young man, named francis scott key, looked desperately through "the rockets red glare" to see whether "the flag was still there.
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Hello Again and Weather Report from Washington, DC
by GrreatTeacher ini haven't checked in for awhile and decided to do so today.
great job on locating tony morris!.
it's so miserably hot today in suburban dc.