Forgive the title, I like palindromes.

Made a delectable cherry pie today that I had with organic vanilla ice cream. Now don’t get me wrong, I like regular ice cream but I was at my favorite health food store (getting fresh anise, which I can’t get in “normal” stores most of the time) and I needed ice cream for the pie so that is what they had. I am not complaining, it was great ice cream, but it wasn’t Hershey’s.

This is the pie.  You know you want it.

Here I am again. Two days in a row on my blog. Wonders will never cease.

Had a lovely and eventful day. First off the weather here is absolutely GORGEOUS! I could marry this weather. Not sure if I would have it’s weather babies, but we would have a nice committed relationship.

I also had a job interview today. It went nicely and I should hopefully know something by next week. However, even better news is I also have an interview with the Pittsburgh Public Schools next Tuesday. I am very excited even to have an interview.

So hopefully this means that job hunting is actually going to yield something for me. FINGERS CROSSED!

It has been brought to my attention by one of my fans (from all three of them) that I haven’t posted in ages. That is obvious and true.
The main reason for my prolonged absence has been lack of things to talk about. For those who know me I am sure it is difficult to imagine me not having anything to say, but it has honestly been true.
With the current state of the economy, the freakishness of our political landscape, the death of multi-celebs and quite honestly a lot of headline making news lately I’ve honestly felt overwhelmed by media coverage.
Job hunting has also taken up a lot of my time. It’s not the easiest “job” in the world to do but I am keeping my head up and knowing that each day will get me closer to (hopefully my next teaching or six figure) job.
I promise to write more and even if it is to ramble.
Hope you all had a wonderful 4th!

Want and need. It’s funny how we use these two words as if they were synonyms. They are anything but.

I think in the troubled times we have today we are finally starting to learn the difference between these two four letter words. The relevance of want is slowly being overtaken by the necessity of need.

I for one think this is a good thing. For to long we have filled our lives with our wants (I know I am guilty of this) and while it brought some level of satisfaction, it wasn’t what we needed.

What I need, my family, a roof over my head, food on my table, clothes on my back, laughter, good friends, a good book and more; I have. And I am grateful. I still have many wants. But they can wait.

I never thought I would be in a position where having a masters degree in education wouldn’t give me an edge. Most any place in the USA or in the world, they are begging for teachers to come. Especially those that are highly qualified.

Not so in Western PA. My guess is due to the abnormally high pay level and the fact that there are numerous teaching colleges in the area, this place is crawling with applicants who want a teaching job and very few openings.

It’s frustrating to say the least. But I’m pressing forward, hoping that I will at some point even start to get an interview.

To my mother and all the others out there, I want to wish you a very happy and wonderful mother’s day.

An entire generation of children whose family can’t afford to pay for Boomerang or doesn’t get it in their service area is missing out on countless, great, animated classics.

I miss my Saturday mornings of Looney Tunes, Merry Melodies, Tom and Jerry, Droopy Dog, and all that jazz.

Damn you cable television.

It stands to reason that precautions should be taken anytime there is a new virus that our bodies are not used too. After all, isn’t that the moral of “War of the Worlds”? (well, I think it is).

But people do need to calm down. Like any virus we should be taking simple measures to protect ourselves. Wash your hands (don’t just use Purell. Actually wash them). Cover your mouth when sneezing our coughing with your arm or crook of your elbow, not your hands. Limit contact with others if they are ill. Stay home when you are ill. Etc.

Every year 36,000 people die from the regular flu. The CDC has already said it doesn’t look like it’s going to be as bad as they thought and that we aren’t even at pandemic level (which btw, has nothing to do with the strength of disease or virus).

So everyone relax, take a deep breath (not around those who are sick), and get rest and fluids. We’re going to be okay.

A quick apology to my readers. I haven’t put up much as of late even though I have probably had content. Starting tomorrow you can expect to see more from me. Consider yourself warned.