Aww, YOU deserve a whole case of champagne and hugs for doing the really important work! I still work with disadvantaged populations and have the utmost respect for those who are “on the ground” with homeless every day. Cheers and I hope you have a relaxing holiday weekend ahead of you :)

Me too bby :-) my first class that year started a little late because I had to go “make copies” (fix my ruined makeup). Luckily art teachers can usually get away with looking a little weird.

I used to be one of those kids and would always volunteer to come in during recess to do grunt work, so I always a big soft spot for the kids who would rather clean brushes than play kickball!

I used to teach elementary art in a really low-income school district near Denver. One student, Franklin, was a third-grader who was homeless and living in a car with his mother at the time. The district and social services were aware and helping as much as possible, but mom was hard to work with due to some ongoing…

I’m surprised that looks hasn’t been touted more as a “rocker-chic way to hide those pesky under-eye wrinkles!”

If I was Cher, I’d be pissed.

As someone married to a spouse going through terrible clinical depression, a lot of your post resonated with me. Has your husband seen a therapist or does he have someone to talk to? I am not a therapist but it seems like working a very stressful schedule could lead to some depression or anxiety issues, which could…

Hey y’all, hope everyone is having a good weekend. I Am kind of feeling like a Debbie Downer right now; I’m in North Idaho and the smoke from the wildfires is absolutely horrible here and has been for a couple weeks. I know several colleagues who have lost their homes to the fires and have a number of students who…

Good question! I believe they were willed to his longtime on-again/off-again girlfriend who had a bunch of land and a son who had helped my uncle for several years with the llamas.

I live in North Idaho, and our local newspaper eventually had to make a policy to not accept any more “anti-vaccination” letters to the editor because those people are nuts and don’t need any more of a public platform to spread misinformation.

My great uncle was a llama rancher for most of his life; never married, just ALL LLAMAS, ALL THE TIME.

I grew up in Fort Collins! We are TOTALLY best friends now!

I was at Fort Polk; I eloped with my husband a month before living there — Colorado native before moving, so HUGE change. We only went to the “good parts” of the state a few times, since my husband’s unit was a pain about training schedules and time off. I got to hold a baby gator at the Xmas lights festival in…

Ew, no to baked goods beer (I’m looking at you, banana-bread beer!)

LOL I'd always wondered what Prince Valiant would look like if he owned a major sports team. Thanks!

You and me both! Nothing like the ability to buy a half-gallon of daiquiri (in 30 flavors!) in a drive-thru. Sketchy bars in trailers, chicory coffee, palmetto bugs, FESTIVALS, horrible rural military base life — I have such a love-hate thing with Louisiana.

And how grocery carts are called “buggies,” that was a weird Louisiana-ism I never got over when I lived there.

So what is a good team to assume will be terrible this year? I am not invested in football (don’t hate it, just don’t pay attention), but have many social occasions where it comes up as a topic of conversation. My trick is to lie about my “favorite team” and always say the worst team I can think of — my go-to is the…

Speaking of waffles, I recently purchased a waffle iron and have been on a Belgian liege waffle kick. Pearl sugar is a pain to find where I live so had to order online, but so worth it. I fear if I ever lived in Belgium for any amount of time I’d go overboard with the beer, waffles, fries, chocolate, etc. and would…

Ugh yes, I prefer “crazy conservative relative rants” any day of the week to the MLM garbage. This shit is ridiculously popular with military spouses. NO, I do not want your clumpy fiber mascara or miracle skin serum or ugly locket. Why are you trying so hard to convince everyone that this is some ~*~dream job~*~ that…