ms. chapman-locke was my 3rd grade teacher. she was one of my favorite teachers growing up. for many reasons. here are a few:
1. she had a rubber stamp collection that could rival all rubber stamp collections. every day we came to school and had completed our homework from the night before, we’d get a stamp – like the jetsons or something psychedelic like that. then at the end of the week, you’d take your groovy sheet home for your parents to make notes and if you brought it back on monday, you’d get a “silver elephant”. it was just this little silver paper elephant – about the size of a dollar bill. nothing super special. but it had POWER! you could cash in your silver elephants at the treasure box on fridays – the box of wonders!! candy, toys, rubber stamps, stickers, pens and pencils! it was fantastic!!
2. i was notorious for forgetting my homework at school. i would constantly make trips back at 6:00 or 7:00 at night hunting down and begging the janitors to let me into my classroom so i could get my homework – so that i could get my stamp the next morning!! UNTIL ms. locke taught me how to use a planner. we each had a little mini spiral notebook and we’d write our homework down in it and then we wouldn’t forget to take what we needed home. i think mine had a kitten on the front – it was SO fancy!
and since then i have ALWAYS had a planner or calendar to keep work schedules, assignments, dates, addresses, birthdays, EVERYTHING!! since 3rd grade!! k, for all of you out there that are trying to figure out how many years that is, i was in 3rd grade during 90-91 (i wore neon green coolots with suspenders and a side ponytail on the first day of school). that’s freaking almost 20 years people!! this is probably why i enjoy keeping my boss’ appointments – i’ve been doing it for almost 20 years!! it comes so naturally now.
so matt bought me an iPhone to help me join the 21st century (is that what we’re in now? or is it the 22nd yet?). and all of my nail appointments, hair appointments, waxing appointments, vet appointments, softball games, concerts, birthdays, flight information, hotel information, holidays, parties (including notes as to what i said i’d bring), anniversaries, etc are ALL in one handy little device that also contains all my phone numbers, music, photos, a GPS map, games, emails, restaurant options and recently a leveler for hanging things straight! it’s fantastic!
UNTIL information goes missing and i can’t pull out my handy planner that ms. locke taught me to use because now… well… the information is just GONE into outer space or on the former-planet pluto (please see an OLD diagram below). i didn’t handle this well, as you can imagine. the information was resurrected and i’m keeping my fingers crossed that ALL of it was resurrected. so if i made an appointment with you to have my cat bathed or we said we’d be at your niece two times removed’s bat mitzvah, would you be so kind as to send me a reminder just to make SURE it’s been accounted for?
thankyousomuch!!
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June 5, 2009 at 4:11 pm
I loved Mrs. Locke too cause she really loved teaching and she taught you to be organized.
It’s a beautiful thing….see you soon.
I printed my boarding pass at 9:02 am !!!
xoxox mom
PS. You looked much cuter with your side pony. Especially with your lime green skorts with black suspenders.