Author Archives: Mrs. DoF

This is the Life

Posted on Wednesday, 19 October 2005 by Mrs. DoF

Friday, October 14 there were no classes at HCC for a mid-term Fall Break.  I decided I was going to do something that I wanted to do, and not feel guilty at all about it.  No worrying about research or … Continue reading →

Posted in Crochet | 3 Comments

A Glimmer of Hope

Posted on Tuesday, 18 October 2005 by Mrs. DoF

Tonight’s class: Composition papers Graded and returned. My source annotated bibliography earned a 25/30. My Paper 2 Revision went from   Not Ready for Grading to a 97/100. But the surprise was the paper written last week as an In … Continue reading →

Posted in School | 4 Comments

Being 20 Being Right

Posted on Saturday, 15 October 2005 by Mrs. DoF

The other day, when I looked at Kristine’s Random and Odd for Stuff Portrait Friday, one of the assigned pictures was the best one I have of ME. That was as far as I got because of classwork and crochet … Continue reading →

Posted in Thinking | 8 Comments

Reading a little something

Posted on Tuesday, 11 October 2005 by Mrs. DoF

This is the most fun I’ve had reading in weeks. The book arrived, as ordered online, through the mail, and I managed to bring it from the mailbox to the back steps. Then Chris got his bicycle from the garage … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal | 8 Comments

Some Pretty Things

Posted on Friday, 7 October 2005 by Mrs. DoF

I am so p-o’d.  I had this wonderful post almost ready, with the picture coded in and everything, and Windoze decides to do some sort of Updating. With about a minute’s warning, all tabs that I had Open just closed … Continue reading →

Posted in Crochet | 3 Comments

Round and backwards

Posted on Thursday, 6 October 2005 by Mrs. DoF

Brenda’s answer about the cows and chickens is correct.  I’ll be posting the answers soon. Meanwhile, I am still doing documentation for that lesson, figuring 4 Math problems for homework, writing a 2 pager about guitar history for MA class, … Continue reading →

Posted in School | 4 Comments

Math problems

Posted on Tuesday, 4 October 2005 by Mrs. DoF

In a comment for the previous post, Anne asked some valid questions. “I got lost between the math lesson and the recital of the apple cake recipe.  What happened to the child’s lessons? How does your math grade hang in … Continue reading →

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Grade, Math Lesson, Apples, and a Tuba

Posted on Monday, 3 October 2005 by Mrs. DoF

For a Monday, this was a good one. It began with Music Appreciation class.  He passed back papers and mine had a grade of an A and a note saying I had done a thorough job of background research for … Continue reading →

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Banned Books Week

Posted on Thursday, 29 September 2005 by Mrs. DoF

As some of you may already know, this is Banned Books Week.  Some folks mention that we should gather together and read aloud from publications which have been questioned at some time in history. The HCC Student Library Advisory Committee … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | 3 Comments

Supply and Demand

Posted on Tuesday, 27 September 2005 by Mrs. DoF

One of the cats caught a little gray mouse and dropped its poor lifeless and disheveled body at the bottom of the back steps. I saw it from the window, but decided to wait until after breakfast before going out … Continue reading →

Posted in Food | 6 Comments