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Tacoma Girl on the West Side: August 2009
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Friday, August 21, 2009. Last day in Idaho. Things that I have learned during my 13.5 months in rural Idaho:. 1 The "East Side" doesn't actually refer to the Bellevue/Kirkland/Sammamish/Redmond block. 2 People from North Idaho are prone to get really agitated if all you know about their state is potatoes. In fact, most of the potatoes eaten in Northern Idaho were actually grown in Washington. 4 I really, really need to live in a city with a Gap, a Nordstorm, a decent thrift store and an Indian restaurant.
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Tacoma Girl on the West Side: dot dot dot
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010. A re-post from the Seabury School French blog. Sometimes my life is made up of scanning, erasing and scrambling numbers for Dot-to-dots. By now, we all know that French is fun. Hopefully) your students come home each week with stories of the new games we play in class. Raise your hand if you've heard about "the candy game? Or le jeu des bonbons? It's the taste of that strawberry bonbon. That the students are thinking of. Today Les Etoiles Super. The Dot-to-dotting is just as fun ...
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Tacoma Girl on the West Side: April 2010
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010. Don't be such a hobbledehoy. Learned a new word today, courtesy of a circa 1962 French-English dictionary I found lurking around in the elementary school French room. Grand dadais , m. I asked around, but no one else seemed to have any inkling. I'd also never heard the French word dadais. But quickly found out why: it's just as out of fashion as hobbledehoy in English. Blogger certainly doesn't recognize either word, evident by the angry red line hovering under each. Then I sto...
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Tacoma Girl on the West Side: May 2010
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010. A re-post from the Seabury School French blog. Sometimes my life is made up of scanning, erasing and scrambling numbers for Dot-to-dots. By now, we all know that French is fun. Hopefully) your students come home each week with stories of the new games we play in class. Raise your hand if you've heard about "the candy game? Or le jeu des bonbons? It's the taste of that strawberry bonbon. That the students are thinking of. Today Les Etoiles Super. The Dot-to-dotting is just as fun ...
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Tacoma Girl on the West Side: Anecdotes from school: part one
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Thursday, March 4, 2010. Anecdotes from school: part one. It's all about blankets. Look at the book I checked out! Cried preschooler E as she passed me leaving the library. "It's all about blankets! The Princess and the Pea.". Your extremely large and muscular thighs. I finally figured out who you remind me of," twelve-year-old D told me during school lunch one day. "One of those Olympic speed skaters. Because of your extremely large and muscular thighs.". You mean my calves? Those too," D replied.
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Tacoma Girl on the West Side: Grandma Moses
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Thursday, March 4, 2010. I have this dog named Grandma Moses. I picked the name before I picked the dog. I think they are a perfect match. The day I moved back to Tacoma, I woke up at 5 am to drive from Moscow, Idaho to Boise to get Grandma Moses.Then we headed West. I don't think she'd ever left the state before, but I think our three-state route was lost on her. Sometimes she looks at me with such love in her eyes I am convinced I am her soulmate. Please note the wagging tail. Tacoma, Washington, Unite...
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Tacoma Girl on the West Side: March 2010
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Friday, March 5, 2010. What Tacomans* do* *. For these purposes, "Tacoman" will be defined as "a hip and savvy person in-the-know who happens to live in Tacoma."*. For these purposes, ". A hip and savvy person in-the-know who happens to live in Tacoma" will be defined as "myself, or someone that I associate with.". Alternate post title: "What I do in Tacoma." Thought this one sounded more authoritative, even despite all of the footnotes. Shop at Sanford and Sons. Avoid The Swiss like the plague. And name...
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Tacoma Girl on the West Side: June 2010
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Why I do what I do. When I was in third grade, I loved math. I’d race through logic puzzles and math worksheets because it was a matter of pride to beat the boys. That kind of blatant, in-your-face, “I’m smart and it’s okay” attitude is not so common these days. In fact, it’s pretty rare – especially in girls. I run our school’s Twitter and Facebook pages, along with a personal Twitter I use for networking in Tacoma and the South Sound. I am our resident blog guru and ...Tacoma ...
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