Everything is breaking (also baking) my way! May 13, 2012
There has been a change in the garden status. Just a few days after accepting the plot of the back 40 of grandads weed farm, I got a message from the other garden. ( I’ve been on the waiting list for both for 3 years.) it took me about 30 seconds after walking in to accept. Even though it is still a pile o’ weeds:
the garden community is amazing. They have tools you can use, tillers, wheelbarrows, rakes, etc. I’m right next to a water spigot, and when I began to pull out weeds, I found a hose!
My first harvest! I even have a tree and picnic table near my plot, and there are lots of cute birds tweeting all around, as opposed to the car traffic that was the feature sound at the other one. (I emailed while standing in the new garden a polite decline of the other.) I’ve been over to rake around for a few days, and now that I’ve completed some other obligations, like baking 228 scones for the church tea:
and making a presentation about Downton Abbey at that same tea, I will commit much of my free time to the garden. I’m going to seek out a woman at my church who also has a garden there, and is a master gardener, because frankly, after a couple hours of yanking out week, it looks pretty much the same:
and I need some advice on how to proceed!
The Imagination vs. the Reality May 3, 2012
When I got the word that I finally had come to the top of the list for a plot in the community garden, I was very excited. I imagined I would have an end of a 2×8 box planter. I imagined it would look like this:
or, perhaps there would be no bed, and it would look something like this:
So you can imagine my surprise when it looked like this:
It’s slightly larger and slightly more weedy than I was imagining.
We are the World April 22, 2012
Tomorrow, it will be time to get life back to normal, but I have to say one last time:yearbook deadline, cupcake map of the world and church silent auction: that was one hell of a week.
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How awesome is this? April 13, 2012
My students are getting ready for our geography exhibit next week. The centerpiece is the above referenced cupcake map of the world, which we will be attempting to create. Two students, twin sisters, made this great poster!
A New Class April 12, 2012
I’m teaching an elective this quarter: Downton Abbey. Here are the calling cards they got to choose from for their first assignment. I think they are very cute!
Sigh January 23, 2012
My hands are cold. I’ve accomplished close to nothing on this teacher work day. Even the internet is boring. I would like this malaise to end at once.
Welcome to my World January 18, 2012
Today in my study skills class. I sent him to turn in a Spanish test. He returned. Wearing a box.
It’s pretty funny, random and bizarre. And that’s my day.
Soy* how you doing? January 13, 2012
How does it feel to have a three day weekend ahead with only a few commitments? DelEYEtful!
*soy sauce pot at the local sushi hut.
