You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you can’t pick your friend’s nose!

photo courtesy of Will I LOVE San Diego!!  Since living here I have scoured the internet, my own brain and people’s experiences trying to put together a list of things I would love doing before I leave San Diego.  If all goes well,  I will never have to leave, but just in case, I want [...]

So this blog actually started out as a website for my 6th grade students.  Have you ever wondered why my site is mrsblattman.com? Couldn’t I have been more creative?!  I offer a resounding yes, with the caveat, that most of my 6th graders would have “forgotten” the web address and as a result not been [...]

photo courtesy of Will…yes, I realize this is NOT a poppy! I see the world as a series of empty gardens.  After all isn’t that where we are living?…on a big pile of… dirt.  I think most days, I’m the gardener.  My job is to plant seeds and help them grow.  I imagine us all [...]

I came across this picture a little while ago and it got me thinking about my childhood and how much I love Casey.  I have lots of memories with him.  Some are of me pounding on him in only the way a ruthless, mean, older sister could and some are of me saving him from [...]