Happy Birthday Nasoosie

[snowball]

Happy Birthday Soos.......................
Glad that it has been a good one...yes you will always remember that young man and gave him food for thought. 15 is way young to be a mom
have a great week and memorable year
sheila

[mitch5252]

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I have a new goal in life...to get my lips on a glass filled with The Recipe!

[Cedar518]

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I have a new goal in life...to get my lips on a glass filled with The Recipe!

I'll be on "stand-by" with a fire extinguisher!

[mitch5252]

I'll be on "stand-by" with a fire extinguisher!

I'll make sure I'm within crawling distance of my little trailer...




Isn't that the cutest little graphic?


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[Nasoosie]

Put on your dancin' shoes, Mitch, prepare your bed where you might fall after the dancing, and plan to attend the GREAT ADK GTG up here this summer, particularly if I decide to retire! Recipe will be flowing!

[BarbaraRose]

Soos, what did you find out about your sick time? Any good offer?

Barbie

[sunshinecruiserTN]

Soos, happy belated Birthday. Hope it was a good one.

[Excel]

Happy belated birthday Soos.....Wasn't on yesterday due to computer problems...Just wanted to add my wishes to the rest...Also, I really, really enjoy your posts...But did want to mention one thing .... I had a teacher in grammar school that I absolutely adored....She was a Math teacher & made the class 'fun' & I ended up doing very well in that subject ... Influenced the rest of my life & gave me the gift of self confidence (at least in Math)...my folks were really poor & my Mom had serious health problems...we were always looked down on by the rest of the family...thus, I never felt much self-worth...This teacher, Mrs. Cassidy, just inspired me to recognize that I was 'okay'...The outcome? I ended up doing bookkeeping, & then buying & owning my own business for over 20 years...Always did my own books of course. Never forgot that teacher. Thinking your young student will never forget you either...
Happy birthday ....

[Nasoosie]

Made me cry to read this. Have to go get a kleenex. I can only hope to at least make my kids feel that they are as worthwhile as anyone else on earth, including kings and queens and all. They have all had some really traumatic lives, and I don't want them to use these life experiences as excuses for their not being able to be happy and productive, either.

I brought my guitar to school today, and Will, my very youthful and inexperienced teacher supervisor, jumped in with me and we had an entire period with kids trying to play the guitar, and all singing! I believe we all learned a HUGE amount about each other today!

Will will now bring his guitar, too and I need to string one up for my kid who is left-handed, and LOVES to strum and sing! He is the one labeled 'retarded' and yet he was able to come up with truly inovative and right-on and clever AND VERY FAST stanzas for the Blues thingy we did today! He had us all laughing and one girl even peed her pants she laughed so hard! This kid can come up with stanzas very apropriate for us all without missing a beat! We will spend at least one period a week now for what we will call 'Music therapy!' And I will teach basic three-chord guitar in my study hall, for anybody interested.

AND------TADA TADA TADA!!!! The school board made me an offer for my sick days, which, as soon as I see it in writing, I will probably most surely accept and turn in my retirement papers! I am sure they feel it's a GREAT bargain to be able to 'buy me off' and get rid of me for more shy and retiring and 'Yessir' type novices with lower salaries than mine at this point! I will be only too happy to accomodate them!

[sunshinecruiserTN]

What great news!!! Keep us posted.

[AlmostThere]

Wow, you are full of great news, Soos! About time!! May I be the first to say, "Congrats" on your upcoming retirement! Your head must be spinning with possibilities!

[VickieP]

Great News Soos!!!!! Wow, if all these good things come on birthdays I might have to change my thinking about having them.

HEY, does this mean you might be available for the PA GTG???????????

[Echo]

WOW! That's awesome news Soos!!!

You just might be out here raising some he77 with the Sistahs before you know it. That is so kool.