I am trying to raise funds for these hand-held remotes to improve my student's learning with technology. If you know of anyone who would like to donate or a company that's looking to help a school in need, please forward this information to them. I really did not want to ask via my blog, however I do not have any other outlet to get my word out. I have researched these remotes and they have improved learning by over 80% in a year. My student's would make great growth in Math if I had access to these; however, the cost is to high for just me to purchase them.

Thanks for reading.

Sorrow and Joy

Over the past few days, I had a major loss in my family unit. This evil disease call CANCER took the life of my Godmother/Aunt Janet. She fought a long hard battle. Diagnosed in Oct. 2007 and passed away on Tuesday, July 21, 2009, just 7 days after her birthday. She was 55 or 56. Too young to be taken from her devoted and loving husband and her two incredible boys.

However, I know that she's in heaven with the Lord, Jesus, and the angels. She's probably walking around right now talking to her dad, who she lost back in 1989. Twenty years almost. He passed away on Nov. 14th, 1989; his birthday was to be on Nov. 21st. Ironic isn't it? It also was the day of my first anniversary as a single woman. The date my divorce papers were signed.

I just learned today that a friend, who's triplet girls are 9 days older than my lil guy, lost one of those girls to CANCER! This one they call Leukemia. Only 6 years old and wiser than I this little girl was. She knew so much in the short little time she lived. Her sisters are grieving because they always slept together, now there's this empty space. Her mother, not accepting the fact that one of her first born is gone. Another family separated by a deadly disease!

If anyone has in their family a history of cancer, please request that your doctor take the necessary tests that might just save your life. A colonoscopy, a blood test, a MRI or CAT scan, are all ways to detect early signs.

Our family is requesting donations to be made to St. Jude's in Memphis, TN. This wonderful hospital has done great research and development in Cancer treatments and has cured some children who have walked through their doors, some never walked out, but they had the opportunity to receive top notch medical treatment that they would never had at their home hospitals due to high cost.

Thankfully St. Jude's does not turn away those who are unable to pay. That's where the donations come in. They help pay for those tests, treatments, and even for a place for their parents to stay if they need it.

Maybe your school could do the Math-a-thon. A wonderful way to sharpen math skills and to raise money for the children of St. Jude. You or your family members may never need their services; however, there may just be one child in your county or school district that will. I know in two schools that I taught at did Math-a-thon and raised significant funds for this wonderful hospital. We later found out that two or three children from those districts were at St. Jude's for treatments. What a feeling it was to help someone we didn't even know! To make their life a little more worth living.

My joy is that I know that my aunt and little Izzy are now with God and they are not being tormented by this crazy disease they call CANCER! They are whole again with those they have mourned for just a few or for many years.

God rest your souls, Aunt Janet and Izzy!

I love you!!!!

Again, why?? Just WHY??

This young lady is wonderful... and get this... no teleprompters!!!! POTUS (President of the US must learn.... he doesn't need a TOTUS (Teleprompter of the US)! ROFL!!!!



http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/07/atlas-exclusive.html --Read this too!



Gotta love Ronnie!!

National Health Care posters....

Some Posters that I found on MySpace that helps to give a picture of Nationalized Health Care. WE DIDN'T NEED IT WHILE I WAS GROWING UP; WE SURE DO NOT NEED IT NOW!

Stop the Government before it stops you! DEAD!

This is really scary that our US gov't wants to do this to our people. I do understand that there are people out there w/o insurance; however, let me tell you if the crack heads to were sue happy would for every little tiny thing didn't get their case through the courts, then we wouldn't have the high medical care rates today. Insurance companies are the other problem. I will attest to that.

WE DO NOT NEED GOVERNMENT RAN HEALTH CARE!!!!!

What we do need is some overhaul, cutting back, and sensible solutions. The less government is in your life and mine the better!! How many more freedoms are you going to allow them to take before enough is enough?? What will it take, another American Revolution/ Civil War??

Stop the INSANITY!!!!!!

What Testing does to Teachers........

This is how any teacher who goes through testing looks like after 5 or more days! We're End of Grade Testing this week, having remediation for those who did not pass next week and then testing them again the first week of June. I will really need summer vacation then!!!!!!!

Mother's Day 2009

Happy Mother's Day to all the mother's in Blogger World!!! Have a wonderful and peaceful day!