Randi - usually there's a bunch of people, but D-day is coming faster and faster. i have to send my stuff in another week!
Randi - yes--this has been my only source of entertainment since beginning NB
Daisy - so you are in the nb process NOW?
Randi - yep! portfolios due 3/15
Daisy - which area?hee
Randi - Exceptional needs, mild/moderate disabilities. how bout you?
wizzlewolf - Hi NB people!
Daisy - well, i started to do mine this year too but my husband and i started the adoption process and i stopped nb because i THOUGHT i was going to get a baby
Randi - hey, wizz!
wizzlewolf - Hi Randi! Are you DONE yet!!!
Daisy - hey wizzlewolf-cute name!
wizzlewolf - cute? That is a first!
Randi - oh, daisy, how disappointing! any future prospects
wizzlewolf - So Daisy are you a candidate too?
Randi - Wizz--I'm packing the box next Saturday. Then I'm getting drunk
wizzlewolf - Oh I see your post below.
Daisy - not yet actually, pursing the possibility-what's your advice?
Randi - daisy, wizzlewolf is a legend in the NB world...
wizzlewolf - LOL I understand!
Daisy - oh really-why?
Randi - She helps everyone. Check out her website--wizzlewolf.com. Links to anything and everything you might need as a candidate
Randi - I've been working on NB since October and I'm officially brain-dead. I'm not even speaking in complete sentences anymore.
wizzlewolf - Randi, a legend? That is a stretch!! LOL
ispy - hello fellow dead heads.....
wizzlewolf - Hi Michelle and Ispy!
Randi - Hey, michelle and ispy. Talk about getting drunk...
ispy - again?
Michelle in SC - Hi Randi, wizzle wolf and all!!
Daisy - hey, wizz i think that's awesome of you-i'll make a note of it, your website
ispy - why do you make me do this???????!!!!!!!
Randi - isp, you have me laughing already and you've only been on for 30 secs
ispy - i try
Randi - Do what--drink or NB?
Michelle in SC - The time to do it is near!!
ispy - i am officially going to AA and NB-anon
Randi - ispy and michelle, are you guys about ready to pack?
Michelle in SC - Me to ipsy! hehehehe!
Randi - real old--hit the big 4-0 this year!
ispy - getting this thing outta my place next week
ispy - that darn box.......
Randi - ME TOO ISPY! Next Saturday come you-know-what or highwater
Michelle in SC - NO but I hope to be after tuesday. I'm taking MOn. and Tues. off
ispy - before NB i was a prim and proper kinda gal.......
ispy - not anymore.......
Randi - that's a stretch...
ispy - i think i will try crack next
wizzlewolf - Ispy, Oh yeah right!!! Tee Hee
ispy - well ok, maybe i wasnt all that prim and proper but i was sane
Daisy - you girls (guys)? are really making me want to do this---not!
ispy - just preparing you for the reality of it all
Daisy - actually, gifted ed.
Randi - contrary to popular belief, Randi can be a chick name
Michelle in SC - Randi, I'm glad one of us can remember others during these AA meetings for NBers!
Daisy - but i'd be doing mine in mc generalist
Randi - daisy, my daughter's gifted teacher is NB
Daisy - heerandi-i like it!
ispy - its a good thing that there arent pictures of ourselves on this website......ooooooo how scary
Randi - Oops--I'm slipping tonight. NB certified, I meant
Randi - well, you're a gifted teacher and we're all handicapped teachers. hehehe
Daisy - in which area?
Michelle in SC - I'm surprized my video camera didn't self destruct!
wizzlewolf - Daisy, oh my kids are "gifted" too -----------> gifted at tearing up a room, gifted at running out of the room ------------>gifted at cursing at you ------------>gifted at creating chaos, etc. etc.
ispy - randi of the redwoods.....
Daisy - heehee-i only TEACH gifted
Randi - Yep! What state are you in, daisy?
Daisy - mississippi
Daisy - and you?
Randi - well, I AM handicapped
Randi - NB is a handicap
Daisy - wizz, what grade do you teach?
Randi - Georgia
ispy - oh god........the song just popped in my head....
ispy - thanks Randi thanks a million
Michelle in SC - I'm an NBer get the box out of here!! would make a violent show
wizzlewolf - All grades K-12. I teach art at school for SED (severely emotionally disturbed)
ispy - georgia......georgia......
Daisy - georgia on my mind
Randi - my pleasure
ispy - oh michelle how true......!!! that could be quite entertaining
Daisy - wow you're a traveler, huh?, wizz??
Randi - "take the box now, and no one gets hurt...."
wizzlewolf - traveler? What do you mean?
ispy - "step away from the box"
Daisy - i have to travel to diff. bldgs. too
Michelle in SC - They'll put anything on TV now! Our videos would entertain people, Deer in headlights
Daisy - i teach 2n3 and 3rd in the a. and 7th and 8th in the p.m.
ispy - hello ed
wizzlewolf - No, I teach at one school in my room. The school is K-12 all in one building.
Randi - hi ed! how's it going?
Daisy - i can't type
ispy - riley you out there? just saw your name in the occupants list
ed - is everybody ready to mail boxes?
Randi - Next week, ed!!!!
Randi - May I never see another blue and yellow box as long as I live.........
ed - that didn't tell me whether your'e ready
riley - Hi everyone...am I the only one working until the last minute? I will mail air express on the 12th!!
ispy - hope there isnt an anthrax scare next week or we will all be jet setting to TX
ed - you aren't the only one
Michelle in SC - No I'll be working until the end!
ispy - working until i die
Randi - I'm a little confused because the 15th is a Sunday...do they actually deliver Sundays?
ispy - its a trick.....the 15th
riley - I am tired of all the drooling and screaming! not the kids---me!!!
ispy - what?
Michelle in SC - only if we are lucky!
ispy - have you started to spit up yet riley?
riley - the 15th is a saturday
Randi - ooh--i hope we didn't scare daisy away.
ispy - the 15th is still a trick
Michelle in SC - You used to have good ideas??
Randi - You're right---see how confused I am?
ispy - you worked for Ford?
illijen - Hello, everyone!
Michelle in SC - Before NB, I mean
riley - I haven't ...but I do hallucinate aroung 1:00a.m.
ispy - 1am? wow you are pretty good.......i do that after i get up in the a.m.
ispy - or do i ever really go to bed?
Randi - the other day I was up at 4:30 fretting over this crap
riley - I wonder if I will survive w/out a heart attack
Michelle in SC - I never stop thinking about that dang box!
ispy - i have had heart pallpitations
riley - that is menopause ispy
ispy - this whole thing is just like something out of the twilight zone.......
illijen - This just a general question-sounds like all of your boxes are close to being finished (LOL). Has anyone scheduled their test time?
Michelle in SC - I've seen some people on the chat sight that are redoing 3 entries??? I hope I don't join them!
Randi - i never had so much anxiety in my life...
ispy - MENOPAUSE!!!
Michelle in SC - May 29
Randi - 1st week in May for me
ispy - NBapause is more like it
illijen - I have friends who are redoing three entries and test re-takes.
Michelle in SC - I know they must feel awful! I don't know how I will feel??
ispy - riley are you flipping your lips around now too?
Michelle in SC - YOu guys are a riot!
ispy - student
Randi - oh this is bad....
ispy - yes randi....its getting wores
ispy - worse
ispy - according to riley i am in menopause so you figure it out!!!
Randi - Hey, one of my portfolio lessons was based on an nba player...
Michelle in SC - I thought you meant it!
ispy - 1st round draft pick right outta middle school
Randi - meant what, Michelle?
Michelle in SC - That you really were wondering our ages??? what is going on now?
Randi - don't know--I'm confused, but thats nothing new these days
ispy - i just know that i have to watch my little NB box very closely lest my partner destroy it!!!
Michelle in SC - I thought that's what you said, I'm out of the loop,sorry
ispy - Randi....has your husband tried that yet?
Randi - my husband says it would make great kindling....
Michelle in SC - My husband almost took my modum to be upgraded, my sister stopped him!
ispy - it certainly would ........but ha low and behold what is a sex drive?
Michelle in SC - I would have hurt him badly!!!!!
Randi - michelle, you have back ups of everything right? I lost my hard drive right in the middle of this...luckily it INFORMED me that it was about to crash and I saved everything
Michelle in SC - Don't know what that is?????
ispy - its more like "dont touch me, you'll make me make a mistake on this paragraph"
Michelle in SC - Yeah!!
ispy - ROFLMAO!! sort of
illijen - Keep copies when you send the box in as well Michelle!!
Michelle in SC - I need to make copies now!
Randi - or when you are going to bed, you're asking "what's another word for a kid who doesn't have a clue what other people think about him?"
Michelle in SC - Ipsy I don't remember what that is
ispy - hmmmmmmm what randi.......
ispy - no riddles allowed in here
Randi - ok, isp--you're loosing me on the cyberspeak....ROFLMAO?
ispy - rolling on floor laughing my a** off
ispy - wow it let me type ass!!
Michelle in SC - think what? got to go for a minute. 2 year old still up!!
riley - I was getting last minute info from the job coach today about a profiled student--she said he needs a good male role model... I wrote--"he needs a male model"
Randi - illijen I meant! I've been typing nonstop for 6 months. you would think I would be able to do it correctly now
Randi - oh, what a feeling, ispy!!!
ispy - oh randi.......that was really good!!
ispy - see you still have your edge!
illijen - you know this will end and everything will be wonderful while you wait approximately another 4-6 months for the results to everything.
Randi - what happened to rudy? signed on and off in under a minute
riley - More like 8 months!
ispy - how long do you think it will take to get back to "normal"
Randi - are you an NBCT illijen?
illijen - yes
ispy - rudy must have been having convulsions
Randi - we scared her (him) away...
wizzlewolf - Oh, I know it seems like an eternity, but you will live through the waiting. Everybody seems to do it albeit it is a bit painful.
Randi - hey, teri!
riley - ispy...that could take a lifetime
ispy - you think?
ispy - i was thinking i would just sit in silence for a day or two staring at my computer.......
Randi - I can't imagine clicking on that icon--the fate of the world rests in the balance.........
illijen - it is a little frustrating that as teachers we are supposed to provide immediate reinforcement (or a close approximation) and then they make you wait.
Randi - Good luck--who are you playing?
riley - I never knew it would take so long to answer one bullet
ispy - you are so sweet randi
ispy - i have never stared at a bullet so long.....thru the barrell of a gun that is
riley - no one understands how hard this is--unless they have done it
ispy - ok call me even more confused
ispy - riley you are so right.......
ispy - i have friends who have done this and they tried to tell me it was terrible but i thought i could rise above it at least.........
Randi - i have visions of crying hysterically dropping the box off at fedex. Imagine they loose it, or damage it....
ispy - oh no....i have been right in there shoveling coal just like they said
illijen - just make sure you send your box at least three to four days before it's due
riley - why not overnight air express?
Randi - that's my plan. if it doesn't make it then you still have time to get your copies out...
Randi - No can do. Mutombo has been my hero for a very long time
illijen - get delivery confirmation from whatever service you use
Randi - yes, I definitely will. I have knots in my stomach just THINKING about sending that box...
illijen - riley, any service will do but get confirmation and keep copies of that
ispy - what is the best recommended method of sending the dreaded box off
ispy - i have seen two suggestions
Randi - i just know i'm doing overnight with delivery confirmation...
ispy - overnite.......ups, usps, fex ex.......
illijen - i sent mine ups 2nd day BUUUTTTT it didn't get ther for four
ispy - who do we trust?
Randi - jo said she sent hers fedex and it was there before the info even got in the computer
illijen - my friend did overnight at the usps and it took three days.
Teri - I am sending it in a week early just incase..AK and all
wizzlewolf - Well, I have been around for a while now and know that you can use just about any service. Not a one is better, Not a one is worse. I have heard good and bad about ALL of them. I prefer FedEx or UPS but that is because I hate the post office in general.
ispy - teri......will they pull it by dog sled to the border?
Randi - I'm planning on next Saturday--that's a week early, too
Teri - there is no snow, the east coast took all of ours!
Randi - Change the sled to a wagon...
ispy - but you still are cold !
Randi - teri, when is your stuff due?
Teri - it's 40 here now
wizzlewolf - If you have the time, 3 day delivery is just fine. Sending overnight is an unnecessary extravegance
Teri - my due date in march 15
ispy - wow are you in your bathing suit?
illijen - one thing i didn't understand until i called NBPTS people is that there are literally trucks of boxes pulling in and being dropped off.
Randi - me too...
Teri - shorts
ispy - so if there are that many boxes......do you think they would notice mine being a few days late?
riley - must be postmarked by midnight on 3/15
illijen - they send letters of recipt as soon as possible -
ispy - could you imagine being the ups or fex ex driver?
Randi - OH! postmarked! I thought it had to be in their possession by 3/15
illijen - don't be late-they don't have to take it
Teri - i am doing final copies and then i am going to practice loading the box, i hear it takes hours
wizzlewolf - illijen, OH yes. There are bunches and bunches of people who do this. Remember it is not just the numbers that certify but all the people who try to certify. That is a lot of people.
ispy - well there you go Randi........an extra few days!
riley - i will give them extra$ to get it there on time!
wizzlewolf - NO POSTMARK!!!!!
riley - called nbpts today!
wizzlewolf - It has to be in their hot grubby little hands on due date!!
ispy - if i had a first born i would give it to them to get it there on time
Randi - think I would get that in writing....
ispy - i dont want to take ANY chances.......
wizzlewolf - I would check that again and call a FEW more times. It would depend on who you talked to there. I would go with be there. I have never seen a "postmark" due date in the directions.
ispy - i say get it in their hot hands
Randi - ispy, your stuff is due 3/15 also, right?
riley - So what time do they stop taking boxes on the 15th?
wizzlewolf - Randi!!!! EXACTLY!!! I wouldn't touch that with a ten foot pole.
ispy - yes randi
Randi - LOL!!!
ispy - good point riley........
riley - will definetly call again...should have finished earlier i guess
Randi - email the inquiry service riley--word of mouth is hard to prove
ispy - maybe NB is like the post office at tax time........they may stand outside waiting for boxes to arrive up until midnite
riley - why was a teenager on our site?
ispy - YEAH RIGHT!!
Randi - i'm thinking it was one of those chatroom creeps
ispy - i dont think she was wrapped too tight
Teri - anyone due in april?
ispy - well at least we werent solicited for sex.......not that any of us could provide anything there
riley - she/he was looking for porn
ispy - if it was a chatroom creep that is
Randi - everyone I know is due in april except me and these fine people
ispy - yeah right teacher porn.......
ispy - "hey baby, wanna see my ruler?"
illijen - best kind!
Randi - yeah--teacher chatroom is a great place to find porn!
riley - oh that is creepy!
Teri - that's the way it is here
ispy - wow....i'm sorry i am really losing it here
riley - wow ispy 12 inches
Randi - not your ruler, your pointer ispy
ispy - welllll what can i say........
ispy - i'm trying to be modest
ispy - i could have shown you my yard stick
ispy - i have neither
ispy - ROFLMAO once again
ispy - wow did i need this room tonite
Randi - How about some bondage--in my time out room???
riley - we certainly sound accomplished
ispy - whips and chains??
ispy - sorry we are only into handcuffs and crawling on all 4's
ispy - accomplished in what riley?
Randi - i don't know what i'm accomplished at, but i definitely needed a laugh this week. next friday will be the last supper
riley - i think I may be more accomplished next year
ispy - oh randi.....i hear the somber music now........
ispy - what would you be more accomplished at next year riley?
Randi - take a deep breath and count to 10. it will go away
riley - I wonder how we will feel next Friday...I will still be typing
ispy - i want to be more accomplished at having a life again in a few short weeks......
Randi - the last supper before the box leaves my hands, i mean. one way or another its outta here on saturday...
riley - I will not go there ispy
Randi - i just have to tighten up #3 and i'm marking those puppies done
ispy - anyone else up to having a life again?
ispy - randi.......where are we meeting next week?
illijen - one of testing sites here is behind a liquor store-appropriate place don't you think... it will be over, you will live(maybe)
ispy - florida?
Randi - AT WIZZLEWOLF'S!!!!
ispy - haha on the liquor store
riley - I love a good challenge..but this is alittle too much!
Randi - oh, forgot--she says we have to PASS first...
illijen - breathe in , breathe out, count to ten, relax
ispy - shots at wizzles house
wizzlewolf - HA HA HA
ispy - oh well------shots at wizzles house in november
riley - we have three years
Randi - we could go to Alaska, right Teri??
ispy - no shame in not completing this.......
Teri - hey you are all welcome...if i pass!
Randi - i'm really worried about my #4. i think it's weak
ispy - if we dont make it the first year it just means we get to party two times
Randi - that's the spirit, isp!
wizzlewolf - I am still trying to find where it says Be AT NB on due date. I HATE their website. Everything else says "AT NBPTS" but I can't find the sentence that talks about the portfolio. I know it is AT NBPTS on due date unless they are just in the process of changing it. I am going to find this!
Teri - number one has been the hardest for me
ispy - .......guess thats not really the proper way to approach this......
wizzlewolf - Shoot, I have had maybe one "shot" in my life. I don't drink liquor.
Randi - number one is done...just have to put the question document together
ispy - me 2
wizzlewolf -
riley - Thanks--wwolf I needs that info
ispy - we will teach you wizzle
ispy - we will teach
ispy - we came we saw we drank
Randi - i'm scared of 4 because I haven't done too much that's notable over the last 5 years--just raise two awesome kids, but they don't care about that!!
ispy - too bad for that randi.....
ispy - i am sure they are great too!
riley - I drink a beer at 2:00a.m. after i finish typing
wizzlewolf - There is no "teaching" necessary. I will get sick all over you. I am a Bud girl. That is the only "drink" I will drink. I won't even drink a Miller, or any other kind of beer.
Teri - i did think about adding in my kids and family ... i think they are still around
Randi - me too riley. that's the way to get to sleep. it's a scary state of affairs
ispy - what did you end up doing teri?
illijen - just be sure whatever you do on #4, you relate to how it relates back to teaching your students
riley - I have raised 5 fine dogs
illijen - i.m sure your children could rate an accomplishment
wizzlewolf - Randi, no they don't . You would have to go for "National Mommy Certification" for that credential to matter.
ispy - awwwww.....riley
Teri - i did oral sensory treatments for one of my kiddos with autism
ispy - hmmmm NMC
Randi - i did that...but i'm still worried. i met a gal who assessed #4 and she's looking it over for me
ispy - riley gets the NDMC
ispy - riley......
riley - ok what is that?
Randi - how old are your kids teri?
Randi - drunk mothers?
Teri - 3 and 10
ispy - national dog mommy certification
Randi - mine are 6 and 10. i forget what they look like...
ispy - oh that was good randi....national drunk mothers
riley - I am one drunk mother
ispy - classic
ispy - ROMLMFAO
ispy - are you losing it there riley?
Randi - judy! a reader and a NB candidate!
Teri - mine pop in once in a while to make sure im not dead
ispy - hey judy
ispy - welcome to the nut house
riley - I have been craving carbs and mt.dew
Randi - every morning my daughter asks if i have to do national board...
judy3ca - Nono, not a candidate...just piloting one entry.
ispy - drinking dew right now
Randi - i am living on diet mountain dew
judy3ca - I admire you all.
Teri - what entry judy
Randi - close enough to be one of us!
wizzlewolf - I just bought the Atkins Diet book tonight.
judy3ca - Literacy
riley - only gained a few lbs. but stopped running a few weeks ago.
ispy - thank you.....we admires ourselves as we drink from our sippy cups
wizzlewolf - I am going to try it to see what happens.
judy3ca - lol ispy
Randi - wizz! lost 40 pounds on that 5 years ago--it really worked for me
ispy - hello grace
judy3ca - (((Grace)))
Teri - i passed that one as a pilot last year, that has saved me tons this year!
ispy - wow randi....thats great........
Grace/IL - Hello, all (((Judy)))
wizzlewolf - Randi, have you continued with it? Have you gained any back?
judy3ca - Teri, um, this is a new certification I believe--Literacy.
Randi - i put 10 back on this year, but before NB I kept every ounce of it off
riley - wonderful randi ...hard to lose weight!
Grace/IL - Nibblin' on my yogurt as I wait for the rest of the crew -- but we're early here.
Teri - no, sorry, i was talking about the communication/literacy entry #3 for exceptional needs
wizzlewolf - I just have to do something. I look like the pillsbury dough girl!
ispy - especially at our age!!
Randi - never went back to eating much white food, but did add whole wheat pasta, bread and brown rice without a problem
ispy - well wizzle.......do you drink bud light ?
wizzlewolf - Since I live on CARBS, I probably AM the pillsbury dough girl!!
judy3ca - Teri, right, sorry. I sure wish mine would count, but it doesn't, I'm only doing this for practice.
Randi - there's a new low carb beer--michelob maybe? haven't tried it yet
wizzlewolf - No, until now I drink regular beer, but I will have to give that up if I do Atkins
ispy - i have seen that on tv.....maybe we will try it at wizzles house......
Randi - i did, too, wizz--lost 7 pounds the first two weeks, which is so very motivating!
Teri - it was great practice, it really made me think about every facet of my teaching
ispy - i lost 7 pounds of grey matter over this thing
judy3ca - Right, Teri, that's how I feel. I'm learning, but it sure is tough.
wizzlewolf - I am not a big drinker (as she takes a sip from her bottle of Bud). BREAD will be my big problem to stop eating.
Randi - ahh, ispy, you probably GAINED it--stimulate those neurons and dendrites and synapses....
ispy - wizzle.....do you have a pool?
ispy - my synapes have snapped
wizzlewolf - Pool, NO! I live in a little dump.
Randi - the first week or so is hard, but when you see the weight coming off it gets much easier
Teri - good luck judy and all
wizzlewolf - I a poor single Florida teacher remember.
Randi - I'm going to bid you all goodnight, and let the readers enjoy their chat!!
riley - thanks guys...hope we are still coherent next Friday
ispy - we dont care what you live in....just get a pool with those little cabana boys to wait on us hand and foot
ispy - hey cavey
illijen - aren;t we all poor teachers in florida
ispy - leaving riley?
riley - good night
Randi - I'll see you all next Friday--I'll be the one who can't type cause her hands are shaking
Grace/IL - Hi sioux & cavey. Did I miss anyone?
ispy - good night
cavey - Hi Everybody! I wanted to get here early and get a good color, but this isn't it!
wizzlewolf - Randi, I have never really tried a new "diet" but I just have to do something different or I will end up wider than I am tall.
Randi - that's why I moved from Palm Beach to georgia
ispy - georgia...........georgia.......
riley - yes time to hug the dogs
ispy - way to go randi........
ispy - ok riley....good night
Randi - OK NB folks--g'night
wizzlewolf - Randi, a lot of Florida teachers are doing that.
illijen - georgia has a better scale/benefits/calendar?
Teri - night
Randi - 3 from my school last year, wizz!
ispy - i shall hug my computer some more
Randi - yes, yes, yes, and smaller class sizes
ispy - thank you all for another entertaining evening.....
