Published September 21st, 2008
in family and general randomness.
The leaves have changed colour already. This is the maple out front of our cottage. The air is crisp and it smells like apples. My dad and Harry are finishing their last leg of their Kingsville to Kincardine bike trip. We are making jalepeno poppers with our home-grown peppers. It is just about time to bundle up in blankets and a hat and read.
Rob found some baby pinky mice in the yard of his school. He has been keeping them alive in a box with warm rags and feeding them baby formula with an eye dropper. They are teensy. But… Mike, if they don’t live, you have 5 weeks of free food.
Published September 14th, 2008
in teaching duds.
It has been 2 weeks and I still love my teensy class of kids. They are a super bunch. The kids that I had last year just love being the “oldest” in the class this year. They know the routines and are great leaders. The grade 3s are still so little. I will whip them into shape in no time. hehe. I only have 2 boys. That will be an adjustment.
It has been rainy all weekend. I went for brunch with mom & dad and did some touring around to look at houses for ideas of colour schemes. We are still waiting to hear back from the two builders with costs. Then we will have to get a mortgage. Like real adults. Scary.
Last week my QECO finally came in and bumped me up to an A4. Hurray for a pay increase! Now I can put more money on my credit card. bah.
I am super happy for Brandrea too. xoxo.
Published September 7th, 2008
in cool website.
will bryant rules. I love love this print. love. Please go check out his etsy site and flickr stream. now.
(ps. I love the weekend. and vampire weekend.)
Published September 4th, 2008
in family and teaching duds.
The first week of school has been super. I have the greatest group of grade 3s and 4s - so cute and eager to please (for now!) We have a new schedule and new students and a fresh start of the year. I am liking it.
But… the relaxing of summertime and Rob’s bbq blts will be missed. For this year.
Tomorrow is Friday. I am exhausted. xox
Published August 30th, 2008
in inspiration.
more flickr inspiration.
1. Botan-Bark, 2. SchoolDays, 3. post-it-zeitgeist, 4. moleskine, 5. moleskine7, 6. clean work space, 7. morning coffee, 8. moms fiestaware, 9. rosy garden, 10. yes, it is amazing., 11. 14 Studio Space by Starlee Matz, 12. “”"”
Published August 30th, 2008
in teaching duds.
My artwork for the past little bit has consisted on classroom decorating. I ‘ve been in to school the past little bit getting ready for my eager grade 3s and 4s that will come on Tuesday. I only have 14 students this year - smallest class ever. I wish I had more. At least more boys. I’ve been reading teacher websites like crazy and trying some new stuff. I am really excited.
August was relatively lazy. We’ve been busy visiting friends & family, talking about mortgages and contractors and life, planning for school and playing on our macs. The summer has been cool, but still nothing beats our backyard.
Trying to find the right time of day to blog. I still have not found it.
Published August 10th, 2008
in family and books.
I read Twilight a little bit ago, as recommended by Meghan (happy birthday my dear friend!), and I am hooked on Edward and Bella. I picked up the sequel - New Moon - on Saturday (I love that the prices of YA novels are cheaper than adult fiction) and I have not put it down since. I don’t know what it is about this series, but it is addicting.
The movie version is coming out in December. I will probably go see it, although it is doubtful that it will compare to the books. I am interested to know if they cross over into the sequel or if it is strictly book 1. There have been many a complaint about the casting of the characters - Edward in particular. People are complaining that he isn’t good looking enough - Edward is supposed to be amazingly attractive, and they don’t feel this guy compares. But at the same time, Edward is “17″. How incredible can he _really_ look?
A change of plans left Rob and I at home this weekend. We have been relatively lazy - the pouring rain for most of the day yesterday didn’t help much. Rob has been good with his running though. Every morning he is out and back before I wake up. I am proud of him. He is a super star. As for me, I got back into DDR this morning. I scored either an A or AA on every single basic song. Triple arm pump. Tomorrow I will tackle the difficult ones. I may or may not go back to Yoga on the Beach on Wednesday. It is a little expensive, and we need to start saving money…
I am starting to get the back to school itch. I will probably go in sometime this week.
Published August 8th, 2008
in general randomness.
Kate dreaming or praying or posing minutes before walking down the aisle.
I love you.
Published August 7th, 2008
in family and general randomness.
I haven’t blogged for some months now. lots of fun things have happened, such as the end of school, our road trip to the east coast, kate & curtis’ wedding, Kincardine old boys… but I haven’t been blogging about it. It isn’t as though I don’t have enough time to do it - I am on the computer daily, just no motivation too. So, I upgraded the look of my blog and have been trying to take more photos to make my posts better looking. I am still trying to figure out why using wordpress on my mac mini does not like formatting these posts properly. I am trying to figure out where I should store my photos and when the best time to blog will be. Not right now, because the day isn’t finished.
I woke up to a telemarketer phone call and then cleaned the cottage. My “little sister” showed up at 1 pm (instead of 5 pm like she said on the phone) so we did some make-shift cutting and pasting. We (and Rob too) went for a bike ride along the boardwalk and then Boiler Beach. It is sunny and windy and I haven’t been bike riding in forever.I have been dabbling a bit into school work for the fall. Trying to visualize some long range plans, but I am not quite ready to get right into that yet. I will try to paint every day instead.
