- bored
- overcaffinated
- bad combo
- do not understand the nature of love
- would like slice of cake. do not have any.
June 28, 2009
June 27, 2009
- I went early to water the garden, the thunderstorm not really having done what was needed, and a little girl and her mother were sitting in the gazebo. The little girl came up and made conversation and helped me water the plants, and this was very pleasant. If only I could import a cow or two to graze the soccer field. Then I would feel very farmlike. Perhaps I should bake a pie and place it in the gazebo to cool.
- I’ve commandeered another plot. Shameless. Tomatoes! Strawberries! (For the pie!)
- I think my vacation is kicking in. I find myself wandering about the house with a completely blank mind.
- Captain Asskick has been doing a good job, and I am feeling pretty good, even doing pretty good, sometimes very good about eating my vegetables (sans being fried in deliciousness) I’ve even impressed myself about going on my off days and doing “The Turtle” on the treadmill. It’s sometimes hit and miss on what is on the three televisions, though you can pretty much see law and order on the one television, I skip the news one in the middle, and the last seems to be things like Dr. Phil, or other talk shows, but today was veggie tales, and I’ve got to say, I enjoyed that.
- The laundry situation? Stil out of control.
June 25, 2009
- Today an early meeting with someone doing a security check on a friend. (I’m an excellent character witness…”Convicted? No never convicted.”) Then a visit with Michael and Mommy and a the formation of a plan to go to a movie. Got the gym workout out of the way, and now am relaxing, with violet settling in for some laptime while I type.
- Our J2A pilgrims are off on their trip today, and can be followed here. The twitter feed is on the left sidebar.
- I’m filling up my new little notebook with projects for summer: wrapping up AG stuff and cleaning house are dominating so far. I am sitting in my comfy room, and once I get all the laundry put away, I think it will be revealed that I have way too much yarn, and need to get back to knitting.
- Got to see the awesome AT the other night now that she is back in town. Here is to the first of many pedicures!
- Garden updates. Things are growing, but some creature has been having a nibble. I think of Peter Rabbit, hopping over and taking a look, lipperty, lipperty, lippet. Pretty amazing how fast things grow. I bought a book about gardening in small spaces, and now I want to talk the Fairlington Arbor association into making the area out back a community garden. I mean, I love my little garden at school, but it is kind of a pain to drive across town!
June 21, 2009
- AB and I hosted a tea party for our goddaughter yesterday. This was quite successful, with little sandwiches, and playing with my dollhouse. Violet the kitten stayed in her usual spot under the bed, only visiting from under the bedskirt, but Kevin the cat was quite sociable, and even received his own tea plate with some nice wet food. He had good manners for most of the event, but eventually of course bad habits won out and he was discovered on the table, drinking from the creamer.
- My garden is growing! I was very surprised to see, when I went out to look on Thursday that there will little things popping up. I didn’t realize that it would happen so quickly.
- Will get to visit with some college friends today. Very exciting! Both were in Band with me. Well, she was, he was our graduate assistant, assistant director of the band. I think I am taking them to lunch, and I always panic about where to take people. I think I have settle on crisp and juicy chicken near my school. It’s just a little takeout, but has some tables, and certainly, has excellent chicken. I can show them my school too.
- I’m on vacation!
- Michael and I are going to St. Elmo’s after church today. I haven’t had much time with him yet, but now I can ramp that up. I need to come up with some good adventures.
June 18, 2009
- Registered for my high school reunion today and found out that a college friend is in town, all through the magic of facebook. I find Facebook hard to keep up with, but occasionally it wields some treasures.
- Cleaning my room at school for summer school which is being held in our building this year. Unfortunately there is lots of flinging things into boxes, and that will have to be sorted out later.
- Really enjoying my new car. Tomorrow I’ll turn the red menace over to my old school, the county vocational school. Well done thou good and faithful servant!
- I went to a retirement for the art teacher from that school, and it was great to see everyone. I was very touched because he gave out six photographs from the area near out school (He commented on our dear Columbia Pike and it’s notable architecture – Art deco meets strip mall) and he gave one to me! I was really surprised because there were some major ACC luminaries at the event, and I couldn’t imagine that I was that important. I’ve always really admired this teacher. He is a brill ant artist and was able to express ideas about education that are the best I have ever seen, both in concept and in the way he expressed them. It was neat to think that he might see me as having contributed to his experience. Neat but incomprehensible. He joked that he had picked the six by homeland security random retinal scan and even though his picks seemed to have significance to him, when he called my name, I thought, Oh, well it is random! However it was, I am very happy that he gave one to me, and will hang it in a place of honor. It’s a picture of the Columbia Pike McDonalds!
- The 8th grade graduation was very good. Not perfect, because we missed one kid and had to double back and get her. But otherwise it was good, and the children were charming, and had a good time at their dance following. Pretty much everyone stayed even one girl who is not real clicked in with the rest of the class, and she confided in me “I’m having such a great time! I wasn’t even planning on staying!” Then she ran back to the dance floor. It was lovely. It was also one of those good nights at our school where a lot is going on and it is very peaceful. The 8th graders dancing in the cafeteria, the parents chit chatting in the library, some seniors painting their wall and the rest of the seniors practicing their play in the auditorium. Relatively little supervision, and no chaos. The vision we have for our school really does play out sometimes.
June 16, 2009
OK, so they can be a LITTLE cute. Sometimes.
This will only be up a little while, but I thought you might like to see my darling punks.
June 16, 2009
- AG Schedule – Done
- 8th grade vid – Done
- Grades – Not Done
- I am…done.
- Good night (or good morning as the case may be.)
June 12, 2009
- Some switch is on in my brain and I can’t sleep. It’s that end of year time when things are moving way too fast.
- Tomorrow the kids will decorate the auditorium for the graduation of the students in our school who are in a special program for people with severe mental and physical disabilities. I hope they will get something out of the experience, and that no one will fall of the ladders.
- New car could be happening Saturday! Amazing!
- Chris sent me an awesome Pakol, which is the Afghan hat. Love it! Thanks Elder Bro! A fitting end to a great birthday week!
- Captain Asskick has been working it. My little heart monitor says that I’ve been burning about 700 calories a workout. My arms were so sore I couldn’t fully extend them earlier in the week.
June 7, 2009
- “And the devil will drag you under, by the sharp lapels of your checkered coat, sit down, sit down, sit down, sit down sit down you’re rockin’ the boat!” (Watching the tony’s tonight, reminded how fun musicals are. That’s from guys and dolls for those who are playing the home game.)
- Had a lovely family birthday dinner saturday at the sushi place and we got the sushi boat! Hooray! That is a wooden boat about 2 feet long filled with delicious sushi and sashimi. Tip, before the sushi boat, don’t fill up on bread. I don’t know if I will have any particular observances tomorrow. Just the usual 21 gun salute maybe.
- I went car shopping this weekend. All due respect to the red menace, but that car’s time is DONE. The engine hitches if it gets about 50 mph, and it has been raining like crazy around here and I have been scrambling to find rides or drive in the breaks in the rain since the windshield wipers went dead. I know I could have it fixed, but that seems a waste of money since the grim reaper is banging on the windshield. So I test drove the Honda Fit and the Hyundai Elantra and the Elantra touring (which is kind of a code word for “station wagon.” I was really focusing on the fit, but I was so impressed with the test drive on the elantra that I think that is the way to go, and mama may just have a little wagon to drive around right soon.
- I started working out with a trainer on Friday,and go again tomorrow For the time being, until his personality is revealed, we shall refer to him as “Captain Asskick.”
- Two weeks left of school!
