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Beanie-Buddy aka Beanbuddy
Beanie-Buddy is a retired
elementary and middle school teacher. She officially retired
February 1, 1999. She has been a teacher of Academically Gifted
students, classroom, remediation and computer teacher and supervisor
of the Academically Gifted Program in Wake County Public Schools
in Raleigh, North Carolina. After a year's retirement, Beanie-Buddy
taught Academically Gifted Resource 1/2 time in a Cary, NC, year-round
elementary school for another year and a half. She is now retired
again. Beanie-Buddy is married to a plant physiologist and has
two grown children plus a cat, Greyson.
She has a B.A. and an
M.Ed Degree from North Carolina State University. Everyone in
her family is a Wolf Pack fan, but they also cheer for East Carolina
University in Greenville, North Carolina.
She became interested
in Beanie Babies when her students started bringing them to school
and because of gifts of Beanie Babies from her two sisters. Chocolate
was her first Teenie Beanie and Squealer was her first Beanie
Baby. The bears are her favorites with Peace and Garcia in first
place.
Beanie Babies were incorporated
into her computer curriculum and students learned to use a data
base and a spread sheet using Beanie information. Creative writing
exercises and computer art followed. The students at Durant Road
Elementary School enjoyed working with Beanie topics and assignments
in computer class.
In addition to Beanie
Babies, Beanie-Buddy also loves puzzles. Her beanie puzzles were
published in Mary Beth's Beanie World for Kids magazine. Beginning
with the June '99 issue, her puzzles will be published in Mary
Beth's Beanie World Monthly. She also had a stitchery article
in the June' 99 issue of Beanie Mania magazine.
You may contact Beanie-Buddy
at beanbuddy@mindspring.com
By the way, her real
name is Loretta.
  

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