"Ta-Daaa" List

If a "To Do" list is a list of things you have to do, a "Ta-Daaa" list must be a list of what you have done. So here is my "Ta DAAA" list from today:

At School:
1. Endured countless "Riverdance" performances on the portable steps
2. Helped some kids to figure out exactly how you find the volume of a triangular prism
3. Taught remedial memorization techniques in preparation for our Measurement retest tomorrow (for example, to remember the provinces and territories in the Central time zone, you can think of this useful sentence: Santa May Want One Enormous New Working Toy).
4. Blasted a bully
5. Performed a whole pile of Christmas carols on the piano for our caroling assembly
6. Gave out mini-candy canes for correct answers
7. Played the schmaltziest Christmas music on the CD player ever while the kids worked on Social Studies assignments
9. Wrapped twenty-one gifts
10. Helped a kid find his lunch bag
11. Rescued a math text book from the recycling bin (nice try)
12. Made about a hundred kids go back and get their coats
13. Organized our potluck Christmas party for Friday
14. Gave out some hugs (strictly against Board policy)
15. Dried some tears
16. Covered for the French teacher first period this morning while she was stuck in traffic
17. Collated twenty-one eight-page scripts for the class musical we have written (the kids are fondly calling it Middle School Musical)
18. Marked a gazillion spelling books
19. Marked a pile of social studies comprehension questions
20. Looked at a whole lot of baby photos and remarked on how cute they all were
21. Other stuff I don't remember

At Home:
1. Admired the handy new clay candle holder complete with dinosaur that came home from school
2. Made cool new roll-up Christmas cookies
3. Tried to explain how Santa is going to get through the glass front of our fireplace
4. Fixed a sock that wouldn't stay properly on Someone's foot
5. Made the world's best gravy to go with our roast chicken
6. Got a kid to try zucchini and actually swallow it
7. Mopped up spilled milk at supper (and the tears that went with it)
8. Explained that spilled milk does not equal "having a bad day" and asked if anyone had been killed or had gotten an "owie" from the spilled milk? Was told that Spilly's foot was hurt because of the milk.
9. Said that yes, I still liked Spilly
10. Washed the tablecloth and the felt thing underneath
11. Demonstrated how to "Riverdance"
12. Read several Christmas books aloud, using pleasing voices for the different characters
13. Explained exactly how Rudolph helped Santa get through the blizzard
14. Fell asleep in front of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
15. Other stuff that hasn't happened yet