I got this at Averi's Xanga Site.

A-AGE:

27 years, 8 months, 8 days

B-Boyfriend/Girlfriend:

Married since August 2002, together since June 2000

C- Chores you hate: 

Making the bed

D- Dad's Name:

Dart (don’t laugh, it was his dad’s name, and his grandfather’s law partner’s last name)

E- Essential everyday item: 

Toothbrush, Trident gum, Altoids (sensing a trend?)

F- Favorite actor/actress: 

My husband (local theatre counts, right?)

G- Gold or Silver: 

Silver (given the choices, but I prefer white gold)

H- Hometown:

Brattleboro, Vermont

I- instruments you play: 

I played the flute in elementary school and piano for a semester in college, kazoo now.

J- Job: 

Teach of technology and literacy at an elementary school

K- Kids:

None yet, but some time in the next 5 years we hope

L- Living arrangement: 

Cute 1850’s Mansard roof house with 2 bedrooms and 1 (+1 unfinished) bath

M- Mom's name:

Joy (her sister is named Gaye, they are a “happy” family)

N- Number of siblings you have: 

1 sister, 2 years younger

O- Overnight hospital stays:

About a  week when I was 14, I had a blood clot in my subclavian

P- Phobia:

Dying by drowning, burning or suffocating, losing someone in my family, failing

Q- Quote you like:

That which does not kill you, makes you stronger

R- Ride:

2001 Blue Ford Escape, I love my baby SUV

S- Shows you like: 

Reality shows (Survivor, Mole, Newlyweds, Apprentice, any home makeover show on TLC), CSI, Friends, Joan of Arcadia, Alias, 2 ½ men

T- Time you wake up: 

6:00, yuck

U- Unique habit:

Foot shaking

V- vegetable you refuse to eat:

spinich

W- worst habit: 

procrastination

X- Xrays you've had:

Both ankles (sprains), shoulder area (blood clot)

Y- Yummy foods you make: 

Macaroni and cheese (not out of a box)

Z- Zodiac Sign:

Taurus

I am Strength Strength represents patience and compassion. Getting angry is easy when events turn sour, but dealing calmly with frustration takes great strength. So does accepting others and forgiving mistakes. We need strength to mold situations softly. The Chariot controls through mastery and authority. Card 8 is more subtle, even loving. Notice how the lion (itself a symbol of strength) is being guided and tamed by the woman's gentle hands. For a full description of your card and other goodies, please visit LearnTarot.com

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Saw in this on Averi's Xanga Site....states I've been to. 1) Alabama, 2) Alaska, 3) Arizona, 4) Arkansas, 5) California, 6) Colorado, 7) Connecticut, 8) Delaware, 9) Florida, 10) Georgia, 11) Hawaii, 12) Idaho, 13) Illinois, 14) Indiana, 15) Iowa, 16) Kansas, 17) Kentucky, 18) Louisiana, 19) Maine, 20) Maryland, 21) Massachusetts, 22) Michigan, 23) Minnesota, 24) Mississippi, 25) Missouri, 26) Montana, 27) Nebraska, 28) Nevada, 29) New Hampshire, 30) New Jersey, 31) New Mexico, 32) New York, 33) North Carolina, 34) North Dakota, 35) Ohio, 36) Oklahoma, 37) Oregon, 38) Pennsylvania, 39) Rhode Island, 40) South Carolina, 41) South Dakota, 42) Tennessee, 43) Texas, 44) Utah, 45) Vermont, 46) Virginia, 47) Washington, 48) West Virginia, 49) Wisconsin, 50) Wyoming, 51) Washington DC 52) Puerto Rico

i gotta tell you.  i don't mind these 3 day weeks.  due to MLK day and an inservice, we only have 3 days this week.  last week i had a training tuesday and a snow day friday and the week before we had a snow day monday and my training tuesday.  next week is going to be a killer.  my first full week since before christmas!

Today the state of Vermont sees fit to give us a day off in celebration of the birth of Martin Luther King Jr.  We at our "all white" elementary school (we have 1 biracial child who is being raised in an all white home) spent some time for the last week or so reading about and creating artwork on the civil rights movement.  I am proud of the multicultural education we are trying to give our students in the midst of our monocultural environment.

Those of you who live in multicultural communities may never understand what it is like to never have a friend of another race, simply because there aren't any.

In connection, I would like to see a day celebrating the women's suffrage movement.  Didn't those leaders do almost as much for women (if not more) as MLK Jr did for blacks?

	Reported Conditions	High (F)	Low (F)	Precip (in.)
	Yesterday	1°	-9°	0.00
	Jan 15 Avg.	30°	9°	--
	Monthly Avg.	30°	9°	3.37
	Records	59° (1937)	-25° (1964)	--
	Last 7 Days	34°	-17°	0.07
	Month to Date	43°	-17°	0.61

It is too damn cold!

You are going to Marry orlando Bloom. He will
always treat you right and is very romantic. He
will do anything for you. He is very polite and
has deep brown eyes and is very good looking
(which is another plus!). He can make anything
cheesy look really good (like sliding down
stairs on a shield shooting arrows or wearing
pointy ears for example). Congrats!!

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sitting in another seminar about technology. troubleshooting, printing, networking oh my! the librarian and i are having a kickin' time. i am making plans for moving computers. i have learned a bunch. the leader (computer resale/repair shop owner) answered one of my questions before and it made the entire day worth it.

unfortunately it is snowing AGAIN! damn winter!

i will be back later.

Saw Matt Lauer (about the LEAST culturally literate on the the show) talking about Blogs on the Today Show today.  They kept refering to teenagers using it.  That's funny to me, becuase nearly all my readers and blogs I read are adults.  Hehe

This is the Today Show version of the article.

Here is the New York Times, full version, you may have to subscribe, but it is free.

Please don't think me racist, ignorant, or a bigot, but I have an issue with the Presidential debate the other night.

I didn't watch it.  I only heard what was reported on CNN radio.  I wish I had seen it.  Now.

Rev. Sharpton jumped on Dean (my former Governor) for his "white cabinet."  Now I understand that this debate was for the minorities (I don't really know what that means, but that's what they said on CNN), so this was a pertinant point,but....

VERMONT IS 96.8% WHITE!  White: 589,208 (96.8%); Black: 3,063 (0.5%); American Indian: 2,420 (0.4%); Asian: 5,217 (0.9%); Other race: 1,443 (0.2%); Two or more races: 7,335 (1.2%); Hispanic/Latino: 5,504 (0.9%). informationplease.com

I don't think it is okay to put people on your cabinet (or in your college, or on your board...) becuase of the color of their skin. There are 6 people on the Vermont Cabinet, that means if they were representative of the state, 5.916 would be white.

Okay, that's what I had to say.