• family fun

    it’s been a fun weekend with my parents visiting from IL. It’s fun to watch them interact with Punky…and he just ADORES them. His laugh is infectious when he gets going with grandpa! Punky and I met them at their hotel in downtown Minneapolis this morning and went for a…

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  • trying day

    hello…. i’m tired today. Go figure. 🙂 I’m also trying wordpress for my blog now. I’ll keep you posted as to which I like better. The twins just lost a few minutes ago….. hubby is at the game. Poor twins. 😦 I will log on later to write more…….until then….

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  • a hero’s day

    Here’s what I remember about that day—–19 years ago…… A Journey’s End My maternal grandfather was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1965. By the time I was born, nine years later, he was confined to a wheelchair. As I began my first year in school as a kindergartner, he lost…

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  • a sad day…

    19 years ago today my favorite grandpa died. i can’t believe it’s been that long………..i remember the whole week like it was yesterday…. i often wonder what he would think about who I am today. grandma always says that he’d be so proud of me…..but i wish he were still…

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  • ugh………………………………my head keeps spinning……………………………… i am so dizzy and lightheaded today…….this has been going on for over 3 weeks. I went to urgent care again. Sinus infection….yada yada yada………don’t know why you are dizzy. WHAT?!?!? i am off to bed. i have to make a presentation tomorrow at a district…

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    still spinnin’

    ugh………………………………my head keeps spinning……………………………… i am so dizzy and lightheaded today…….this has been going on for over 3 weeks. I went to urgent care again. Sinus infection….yada yada yada………don’t know why you are dizzy. WHAT?!?!? i am off to bed. i have to make a presentation tomorrow at a district…

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  • GO BEARS! I love when Chicago beats the Vikings!!! What a rough week this has been. Punky and I are sick. I self-diagnosed mine as a cold/sinus infection so I refilled my last antibiotic refill. Still feel like crap. Punky has a runny nose…and boy is it ever runny! Ick!…

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    disquietude

    GO BEARS! 🙂 I love when Chicago beats the Vikings!!! What a rough week this has been. Punky and I are sick. I self-diagnosed mine as a cold/sinus infection so I refilled my last antibiotic refill. 😦 Still feel like crap. Punky has a runny nose…and boy is it ever…

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  • it’s journal time for my kids in class, so I thought I would pop on here and write a little something… I’ve been incorporating a question of the day into my classes again. I have it on the board each day when the kisd come in and they answer it…

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  • it’s journal time for my kids in class, so I thought I would pop on here and write a little something… I’ve been incorporating a question of the day into my classes again. I have it on the board each day when the kisd come in and they answer it…

    Continue reading →: normalcy…

I’m Melissa

Welcome to Schadventures. This is my little corner of the internet where I like to find my way through life. I am a Chicago-born, husband-loving, creativity using, grammar correcting, special education teaching, fun-loving, blogging, coffee drinking, word playing, church attending, avid reading, wine consuming, scrapbooking, mom now living in The Frozen Tundra.

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