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Wednesday January 13th was an important day for me. I had my first cancer treatment. I was given a long list of possible side effects and I am happy to report that I got very few of those side effects and they were minimal. I took two days off of school, one for my day at Dana Farber and the other for my side effects. This was my first treatment so my doctor suggested I take a day off to see how the medicine got to me. I am happy I did take the day and I am sure I will do that every month as I get the treatments once per month. When I returned to school on Friday I found this sign hanging on the wall outside my office. Made me cry! I have the best students! I plan to leave this sign up for the rest of the year. Thank you so much for showing me the love.  It is gestures like this that make me love working in Norton. I will miss being with the kiddos every day but I am still going to retire this year. Only 96 more school days until retirement! #Retirement2021  

  Happy New Year! I know that many people say thank goodness that the year 2020 is over, but even though the year was terrible with the pandemic, there were some good things that happened as well, so we need to try to remember all the positive memories from the year.  There were still things we could do. My daughter and I got to spend a lot of time together since we are both teachers and schools were not open. Every day we played cards (Rummy) and I am happy to report that I won several games.  My back yard got a make over which was desperately needed since we took out the pool. There was plenty of time to plant grass, bushes, and flowers. My daughter also had time to make and paint some new birdhouses. My family (children, sisters, brothers, nephews, nieces) all got together vis zoom every Tuesday. We played trivia with Kahoot. Each week a different person made the kahoot. Those were fun nights. I love my day trips and I did find some that could be done during this pande...

Today is the last day of school in the calendar year 2020.  One can only hope that 2021 is a big improvement over this year. I have a lot to look forward to in the new year. Here are just a few of the highlights to come: January 13th I start my cancer treatments so I can get rid of this stuff in my lungs in February I should be getting my corona vaccine there will be basketball at school so I have sports to score I retire at the end of the school year in June I plan to head to Disney World in the fall For now I am just thankful that I will be spending the Christmas holiday with my family. I love time spent with my daughter and son.

 Here are some more upcoming Christmas specials. 12.16 4:15 freeform The Santa Clause 12.16 6:25 freeform The Santa Clause 2 12.16 8pm ABC The Great Christmas Light Fight 12.16 8pm AMC National Lampoons Christmas Vacation 12.16 8:55 freeform The Santa Clause 3 12.17 4:30 pm AMC Twas the night before Christmas 12.17 5pm AMC Frosty's winter wonderland 12.17 6pm freeform Home Alone 12.17 6:45 AMC The Year without a Santa Claus 12.17 8:00 AMC Polar Express 12.17 8:30 freeform Home Alone 2 12.17 10pm AMC Scrooged 12.18 6pm AMC Polar Express 12.18 8pm starz Elf 12.18 9pm freeform Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018) 12.19 4:55 pm freeform Frosty the snowman 12.19 5:30 freeform Rudolph the red nosed reindeer 12.19 9pm NBC A "Saturday Night Live" Christmas Special 12.20. 5pm AMC Polar Express 12.20. 7pm ABC The Sound of Music 12.20. 9pm AMC Elf 12.20. 11pm freeform The Year without a Santa Claus 12.21 6pm AMC Scrooged 12.21 8pm NBC Dr. Seuss' The Grinch the musical 12.21 8pm TNT ...

 I hope everyone is enjoying the Holiday specials on TV as much as I am.  Here are a few more days of specials to get you through the weekend. 12/3/2020 6:00 pm freeform Home Alone 12/3/2020 8:30 pm freeform Home Alone 2 12/3/2020 10:00 pm AMC Elf 12/4/2020 8:00 pm AMC Scrooged 12/4/2020 8:00 pm TBS A Christmas Story 12/4/2020 9:15 pm freeform How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2hr movie) 12/4/2020 10:00 pm AMC Fred Claus 12/5/2020 6:00 pm TBS A Christmas Story 12/5/2020 6:35 pm freeform Santa Claus is Comin' to Town 12/5/2020 6:45 pm AMC The year without a santa claus 12/5/2020 7:40 pm freeform Rudolph 12/5/2020 8:00 pm AMC National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 12/5/2020 8:45 pm freeform Frosty 12/5/2020 9:20 pm freeform The Santa Clause 12/6/2020 4:00 pm freeform Santa Claus is Comin' to Town 12/6/2020 5:05 pm freeform Frosty 12/6/2020 5:30 pm AMC Year without a Santa Claus 12/6/2020 5:40 pm freeform Rudolph 12/6/2020 6:45 pm freeform Home Alone 12/6/2020 6:45 pm AMC Rudolph...

Here are the latest updates to my list of holiday TV specials. I am looking forward to all the Disney Christmas specials starting with the sing-a-long Monday night 11/30/2020 8:00 PM ABC Disney Holiday sing-a-long 11/30/2020 8:00 PM AMC Four Christmases 12/1/2020 7:30 pm AMC The Polar Express 12/1/2020 8:00 PM CBS Rudolph the red nosed reindeer 12/1/2020 8:30 pm freeform movie - How the grinch stole Christmas 12/2/2020 6:25 pm freeform The Santa Claus 12/2/2020 8:00 pm NBC Christmas in Rockefeller center 12/2/2020 8:00 pm AMC National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation 12/3/2020 6:00 pm freeform Home Alone 12/3/2020 8:30 pm freeform Home Alone 2 12/3/2020 10:00 pm AMC Elf

  I love the holiday season and I especially enjoy watching the holiday specials on television. The season gets started Thanksgiving night with a Disney Holiday special on ABC. Disney is also having a Holiday sing along on Monday November 30th and then another holiday special on Friday December 4th. I am always looking at TV schedules to find my favorites so I will be posting some dates, times, and TV channels here. This is the start: Date Time Channel Show 11/22/2020 7:00 PM TBS Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966 cartoon) 11/22/2020 7:30 PM TBS The Elf on the Shelf: An Elf’s Story 11/23/2020 7:00 PM AMC Elf 11/24/2020 9:15 PM AMC National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation 11/26/2020 6:00 PM FREEFORM Home Alone 11/26/2020 8:00 PM ABC Olaf's Frozen adventure 11/26/2020 8:30 PM FREEFORM Home Alone 2 11/26/2020 9:00 PM ABC Disney's Magical Holiday Celebration 11/27/2020 8:00 PM ABC Santa Claus is comin' to town 11/29/2020 7:00 PM ABC Disney Prep and Landing 11/30/2020 ...