Tested on Family Members!?

The other day I was in need of a Carmex refill since my squeeze tube was almost out. I headed to the closest store to pick up a tube, thinking that everything was fine and dandy. And then I started reading the package. And I quote:

Suffering from chapped lips and occasional cold sores,
Alfred Woelbing invented Carmex lip balm in Milwaukee in the early 1930s...
The Woelbing family still runs the business today,
answering every letter and email!
Carmex is tested on family members--not on animals.

I'm all for the ASPCA and the protection animals, but now it looks like someone needs to start an ASPCFM--The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Family Members!

Really Carmex, Really?

The Adventures of Maybe cat!

One hand-me-down wire chair: Zero Dollars

One old sheet from Kurt's bachelor days: Zero Dollars

Maybe's new hiding place: Priceless!


Please poke our furniture before you sit down--you never know what might be lurking inside!

Back to School

I think I can finally say I am all settled in at my new job. Which is nice, because my hormonal self had quite the hard time with it the first week or so. I'm also recovering nicely from the annual beginning-of-school cold I caught last week. So with all of that behind me, the future looks bright and rosy, and I'm quite happy to be where I'm at. My students are fantastic and have been so excited to play the new instruments I bought for them. (The instruments finally arrived last Tuesday--another reason life is looking up!)

How can you not love teaching at a school where its difficult to walk down the hall because so many students want to give you a hug!?! Or where they draw you pictures just because they want to? Or where you get to carpool to work everyday with two cool girls? Or where you have a standing lunch date everyday? Goodness, Life is good!