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County Fair
By Andrea Menzies It is almost county fair time here in Chesterfield. One good thing about the area I am in is the fair with rides and music is only a 30 minute bike ride away from my house.
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Last Day Summer
By Andrea Menzies Time flies in summer for teachers. August 18 is the first day back from summer break in Chesterfield, VA schools. That makes Friday the last workday off from school before I have to wake up at 5 in the morning daily. I miss the money and the people, but I don’t miss…
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Expensive Mark
By Andrea Menzies I play video games online, chat, and go to concerts with some DC friends. One had this joke yesterday. Crime is actually down in DC this year. They say we don’t have enough money for government programs helping low income people. Yet we have money to deploy troops for crime? It is…
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Video Chant
By Andrea Menzies You know you have been teaching for a long time when the videos about classroom blood born pathogen warnings start to have dialogue you can recite and chant along with while watching. I can say the end of the video’s sentence before the video even says it. At least it helps me…
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Vintage TV
By Andrea Menzies Thank you Cougar Town for mentioning older men are hard to date, and it is not always the women’s fault when they end up older in age and single. This week I am watching Cougar Town the TV show streaming on Hulu and other vintage TV. It is LOL level funny how…
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Dork Busters
By Andrea Menzies Your weekly message from the no jerk’s club I will never meet a man alone at his house from Internet dating. I just re-joined online dating, and am shocked how many guys think women will meet them alone in places that are not crowded and well lit for a first meeting. In…
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Teacher Jokes
By Andrea Menzies A quick note that I am still doing teaching work in Chesterfield, Virginia this year. I am going to be staying in Maryland part of the time, but I have relatives I visit frequently in Chesterfield. I will be doing teaching work when I visit them. I have worked at Chesterfield schools…
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Move Planned
By Andrea Menzies My daughter Alexandria refuses to move away from Virginia as of this month. I am therefore going to move to an area around Maryland near DC, and will never return to Texas or New Orleans. I cannot stand the Richmond area, but don’t want to move so far from my family I…
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Summer Kindle
By Andrea Menzies Summer has rekindled my love for Geocaching scavenger hunt games. Some good new ones are out, so add me to friends with the codes below. I used to love the Wizards Unite game, but it has gone kaput. I am now on Geocaching, Poedaughterz on Mythwalker, Poedaughter7 on Magic Streets, and Pokemon…
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Texas Flood
By Andrea Menzies The nightmare of flooding continues to plague the areas of Texas I used to live in near Austin, TX. My friend-feed is one huge mess of death and wrecking. As profit became huge from house sales in Austin many housing contractors built on purpose on flood areas to save cash. This is…