Hey, I just saw that the voting is goin' on over at this year's The Best of Blogs competition, and I'm a finalist!! Several great and familiar blogs are in the running as well, such as A Shrewdness of Apes, History is Elementary, and California Teacher Guy. Do your civic duty and vote!   Learn Me Good

This morning, the Dallas area had a major storm. When I got to the school at around 7 a.m. the power had gone out and there were no lights in the building. It's a pretty good thing I don't scare too easily, because otherwise I would have been freaking out being the first person to walk down the pitch black third-grade hallway. Once I used my ...