Teachingmommy: Thank Goodness for Good Friends

Friday, March 14, 2008

Thank Goodness for Good Friends

Ahhhhhhh...what a crazy few days. So after my painting accident, I called my realtor and she made it pretty clear that we need to repaint the entire living room.

Luckily I was taking Thursday off of work anyway to finish some stuff up on the house so I took baby Maelin over to Sherry's house and she got to play with the twins all day. They had a blast! Sherry said she couldn't believe what a stubborn little girl Maelin is!! Tell me about it...

I called my friends to come over for a "Painting Party" and got some wine, beer and frozen pizza. They showed up and we painted the entire living room the new color. It took about 3 hours for the 4 of us to knock it out but it's done now and looks great!!! It would have taken me all night tonight to finish it, but now it's done.

So thank you Katey, Christina and Emily!! I don't know what we would have done without you!!

1 comment:

Stina said...: Happy to help!!; March 20, 2008 at 9:26 PM

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Must Read Books & Great Authors

"A Tree Grows In Brooklyn" is a novel by Betty Smith first published in 1943. It relates the coming-of-age story of its main character, Francie Nolan, and her Irish-American family struggling against poverty in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York. The novel is set in the first and second decades of the 20th century. The book was an immense success, a nationwide best-seller that was distributed to servicemen overseas.
"Gone With the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell. This is my all-time favorite book and you MUST read this at least once in your lifetime. It has won the Pulitzer Prize, it is available in 31 different countries and it has been hearlded as "The Great Amercian Novel"
"My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Picoult is a heart-wrenching novel about what it means to be a good parent, a good person and a good sister. Kate has had cancer since childhood and her younger sister Anna was concevied to be a perfect-match bone marrow donor for her. As Anna grows up, she struggles with how she and world will see the rights of her own body. This novel is the first book in years that had me crying. It was very well written and very enjoyable if you're in the mood for a tear-jerker.
"The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls is a memoir about a nomadic, deprived childhood told with the wonderment of a child who always wants to believe that Daddy will be a hero in the end and that Momma really does know best. You are enrapt reading about Walls and her siblings rifling through trash cans at school looking for food, doing the skedaddle in the middle of the night, or waiting for Dad to come home after another bender. It's a riveting story and a testament to Walls' desire to rise above a life that could have easily turned her into just another tragic headline. I really appreciated this story because of the very real probability that some of my students are living this very life.
One of my favorite authors (I have everything she's ever written) is Marian Keyes whose stories are set in Britian or Ireland. She is the internationally bestselling author of Watermelon (which is my favorite), Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married, Rachel's Holiday, The Last Chance Saloon, Angels, Sushi for Beginners, Under the Duvet, and her latest, The Other Side of the Story. Her books have touched readers around the world, and they are now published in 35 countries and in many different languages.