You’re Pitiful is on my permanent playlist in my brain along with Grapefruit Diet (Diet!)

Positive consequences definitely work better than negative ones; there’s tons of research out there that proves this. Thank you for being open-minded!

This works best paired with praising the effort and the specific choice the child made. “You made the choice to use a quiet voice.” “You worked really hard putting everything in the right place.” It also helps to let filling up the jar be its own goal, then you can celebrate reaching the goal. This helps the child…

“Eeeeh! Baba jubjub! Sanjaya!”

In Spain, we went to the local grocery store and brought back a huge haul of snacks like orange Coke and these amazing fruity things. Unfortunately for us, it also included chorizo, which we found out the hard way that we’re not supposed to bring into the US. It took customs a long time to find it, so we almost…

After you eat these, you can finish up with Nanny Ogg’s Strawberry Wobbler for dessert!

Ladyworld, you say? 

Funnily enough, that scene perfectly describes my feelings about the movie. I was feeling ok about it at the beginning but by the end, I realized I’d loved every minute of it.

“Spells used by players will cost Spell Energy, which players can replenish at “Inns found at Muggle locations around the world,”

The school I work at was in session today. Our next day off is a whole 2 months away on Good Friday, which our school always turns into a workday so we can clean our classrooms.

We have a Lowe’s hardware store and a Lowes foods store. The apostrophe is all important if you don’t want to confuse someone by saying you’ll be picking up milk at the hardware store.

“My name’s not Buckaroo.” “S...sure it is, pardner!”

There was a book I was obsessed with when I was younger about a boy whose roommate called him by his name about 20 times during conversation because he’d heard that tip. I can’t remember the name of it now, but it was kind of like Odd Couple for kids.

Don’t call yourself a Tarheel unless you’re wearing Carolina blue (sky blue) and prepared to defend your UNC fandom to the Cameron Crazies (Duke fans). And don’t call yourself one at all if you’re in Durham unless you want to start a riot.

I didn’t even need to click on the link to immediately hear “Fifty Nifty” in my head. Now I’m wondering how many other kindergartens had to endure that terrible song. Thanks for the app!

I had a delicious turkey & provolone on rye the other day. Both the meat and cheese came from the deli slicer. 

Meanwhile, other countries like Spain and those in the UK have community fridges, where people and businesses can donate what they like for anyone to take. https://www.hubbub.org.uk/Event/community-fridge-network

Dammit. At first I thought this would be like Improv Everywhere where it’s a positive experience for everyone; maybe they passed out birthday hats and treats. Nope. If I were on the subway with her, I probably would have killed her if she hadn’t already been “literally deceased.” 

So...fake it til you make it. 

I wonder how long it will be before contemporary churches lead everyone in singing this song with the lyrics up on a generic PowerPoint?