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So proud of my Lindenwood Belleville student …
So proud of my Lindenwood Belleville student Victoria Gainor – thank you so much for the kind words – so touched Continue reading
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Tyler’s Work Goes to the District Art Show
Tyler’s art teacher asked to include one of his pieces in the end-of-year district art show at the Foundry Art Centre. “You have a lot of strong work … Congrats! You did excellent work and you deserve the recognition!” Tyler brought the piece in the next morning. Two days earlier, we had also started asking… Continue reading
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An amazing 5 of 17 students made it to class on time
And why do I need to remind more than half of the students that they have an 8 a.m. class – that isn’t over yet? Ugh … an amazing 5 of 17 students managed to get to class on time today Continue reading
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A Class Project Turns Into an Internship
Good news — Madeleine Drury has an internship due to the project in our Strategic Communication class! Missouri KIDS interviewed her for a summer internship, offered her the position, and she accepted. I forwarded the news to Maryville with exactly the amount of restraint you would expect: “Good news Madeleine Drury has an internship due… Continue reading
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Content Marketing Certified
One more credential for the pile: I passed HubSpot Academy’s Content Marketing Certification exam. The email subject was appropriately enthusiastic: “You did it, Danielle! You passed the Content Marketing Certification!” Continue reading
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Fuller Family Heirloom — Grandpa Fuller’s Coins
Recovered Fuller family heirloom correspondence — March 13, 2018, while Jo Zeimet was sorting Peter Zeimet’s estate. Jo described what she jokingly called the “Gold Dust moments”: jars, trash cans, and Tupperware containers full of dirty coins that had to be cleaned, hauled, and cashed in. Some of the better coins were set aside and… Continue reading
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That is not a sanitary time-saving idea
On the long list of things I did not know needed clarification – Me “child let you brother in the bathroom” Other child “he is brushing his teeth on the toilet” Me “stand up and let you brother use the restroom” Child “I can’t my pants are down – I am saving time” (all said… Continue reading
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So I Guess I’m Teaching Another Class
Apparently I am taking over another class. The Intro to Visual Communication course at Webster needed a mid-semester handoff. The class had already had a rocky start, and the students were understandably worried about where they were in the course. My first response was practical: “If you can get me the materials you have developed,… Continue reading
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I basically couldn’t cook a door
Dreamed the boys volunteered me to help bake cookie/cracker things that were 6’ by 3’ and I was having an oven related panic attack- because I basically couldn’t cook a door Continue reading
About Me
I started this site so my mom could get news about her grandkids without me having to walk her through the process of trying to open and email attachment several times a week. Since then she has passed away and I’ve fallen off the blog wagon, but I’m inspired to pick it up again now.
