Category: me
My Own Middle School
July 9th, 2006My niece, Amy, came across this school in Falls Church, VA. For those of you who may not know, my maiden name is Henderson. I know I did a lot of things I don't remember, but I'd love to know what I did that endeared me so to the people of Falls Church… more »
My 80's CD: It Is Fini!
June 29th, 2005Here it is.
-Rock With You - Michael Jackson (i had MJ fever BAD in the 80's. i even had a red jacket like the one he wore in the Beat It video. you don't even have to tell me how completely dorky this is.)
-One Thing Leads to Another - The F… more »
Who's the Number One Commenter on Mare's Mess?
May 21st, 2005That's right - it's me! Thank you very much. more »
Remembering Julia
May 5th, 2005From 1993 to 1996 I taught at a middle school in Norfolk, Virginia. It was an inner-city school – about 90% of the students were black and about 75% of them lived in public housing projects. When I first got the job, I was terrified. I didn’t have “To… more »
I'm Still Here
April 26th, 2005Well, the technical difficulties continue, but they are getting better. If you ever have trouble reaching my blog there are 2 different addresses you can use
maresmess.brendoman.com
brendoman.com/maresmess
Sometimes one will work for me and somet… more »
I'm Back Baby
April 17th, 2005After several days of technical difficulties and a couple weeks of being extremely busy and not having much to write about, here I am. First off here's the link to our latest podcast dated 4/13/05. I think they've been getting progressively lamer, but a… more »
Scrapbooking Extravaganza
March 21st, 2005This weekend our scrapbooking club (the Holy Scrappers) took our annual pilgrimage to the scrapbooking expo in Kansas City. We hit the expo on Friday and Friday evening checked into our rooms at the Comfort Suites. We scrapbooked in the conference room… more »
Movin' On Up
March 16th, 2005My time at blogger.com is over. I have a new and improved blog at brendoman.com. At brendoman I've got some hot new features. You can now keep up with the books I'm reading and movies I've seen in my new "Mare's Media" section. You can also see at-a-glan… more »
Helloooooo! The 80's CD Ain't Gonna Make Itself!!!
March 3rd, 2005My 80's CD
February 27th, 2005A year ago I prepared a list of my favorite songs from the 70's and Matt downloaded them and put them on a CD. I think it's awesome, but I'm also totally aware that many might think that some of the songs I picked are aweful. I didn't pick them because o… more »
One More Fred
February 16th, 2005OK, I just read "Fred Endorses Hillary" (ditto - can't make it link directly to column so find it on left and click on it) and had to recommend it. I haven't laughed this much in a long time. If Matt suddenly died in a mysterious accident, I would marry… more »
Are You Happy Now?
January 17th, 2005OK - I have my own blog. Not sure what I'll be doing with it, but I had to have one because everyone else is doing it. Most of you don't know me by the nickname "Mare" but that's what my family calls me and my nephews Peter and Jonathan even call me "A… more »
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