Welcome to my math class! This is my 28th year in the classroom & my 18th at HCMS. Students often ask their “fossil” teacher why she hasn’t taught longer; I tell them I enjoyed a lengthy, fulfilling career as my children’s mother. 😊

My Numbers

8,161 km from my birthplace 🤔

5,071 mi from my birthplace 🤔

7 (during DST) or 8 hours behind my birthplace 🤔

6 moves across state lines by age 15 ✈️

8 states I’ve called 🏡

32 years as a Texan 🌵

44 states I've seen 🇺🇸

6 states yet to see (ME, VT, NH, IA, ND & SD)

2 countries of which I am a citizen 🤔

8 years of college  

3 degrees 👩🏻‍🎓

39 years of marriage 💜

2 children 💙🩷

3 granddaughters 🩷🩷🩷

1 grandchild arriving this spring 😍

    ~ Will we love 🩷🩷🩷🩷 or 🩷🩷🩷💙????? 🤔

4 miniature dachshunds who brought love & laughter to my life 

~ 18 years spent with my first doxie

~ 0 teeth in her mouth during her last five years

7 minutes/day I enjoy Words With Friends 

∞ - the number of times I’ll try to help you understand a math concept 🙌