Bug on Don
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Summer is on its way
Today I am administering my final exam to my ESL seniors. For the most part, they are doing very well on the multiple choice/multiple guess test on the novel we just finished. They also have a quick response writing piece to some literary aspect of the novel. Eee Gads! It is as though I have forced them to eat raw slugs!! What babies! After Friday, I will have no students on B days. I will have only 3 finals to administer during finals week, and then I will be done! I am so looking forward to the summer when Briana and I can just sit back and eat ice cream all day - - NOT! We have the reunion and then drivers' ed and then day camp for the grandkids and then some inservice days and it's back to work!! I'm really not complaining - - not everyone gets 14 weeks a year of paid vacation! I do have three new novels I want to read and a boatload of magazines - - I am going to two weddings, and I want to work on four different quilting projects - - ambitious summer plans!
Sunday, May 3, 2009
I'm still here
Wow! I can't believe I let a month go by without posting. Let's see, I have graded 70 research papers, thrown a huge Easter Egg Hunt
and Easter Dinner for 26, edged my front flower beds, planted lots of flowers, visited Chicago, rented a few wrestlers to clean out under all these trees, and, last but not least, worked full time. Briana is totally into cooking, so I bought her The Good Housekeeping Illustrated Cookbook circa 1981. I have one that I have permanently borrowed from the KILT and am not really willing to give it up. So I found a used copy on Amazon for $4.99. Wow! It is as though I have given her a treasure map. She baked this amazing Apple Cake last night - - I didn't see it until this morning and this is what it looks like.
Last week I was too tired to make the chocolate butter cream frosting for a cake I had made for a baby shower, so Briana and her friend made the icing and decorated the cake. I wish I had a photo of that one - - OMG - - the frosting was an inch thick and tasted like a chocolate bunny. Needless to say, several people called me afterwards and wanted to know how to make it - - I had to defer to Briana becasue I was asleep on the couch when she made it.
In any case, Spring has sprung in Oregon. This is the view from my dining room window.
If you recall, I believe I posted a photo of this same shot at night in winter. What a difference 5 months makes!
Today is Sunday, so after church Briana and her friend will be studying for AP US History exam, and I cannot decide if I am going to quilt or plant more flowers. Maybe, I'll do both!! Looking forward to seeing you all this summer!
and Easter Dinner for 26, edged my front flower beds, planted lots of flowers, visited Chicago, rented a few wrestlers to clean out under all these trees, and, last but not least, worked full time. Briana is totally into cooking, so I bought her The Good Housekeeping Illustrated Cookbook circa 1981. I have one that I have permanently borrowed from the KILT and am not really willing to give it up. So I found a used copy on Amazon for $4.99. Wow! It is as though I have given her a treasure map. She baked this amazing Apple Cake last night - - I didn't see it until this morning and this is what it looks like.
Last week I was too tired to make the chocolate butter cream frosting for a cake I had made for a baby shower, so Briana and her friend made the icing and decorated the cake. I wish I had a photo of that one - - OMG - - the frosting was an inch thick and tasted like a chocolate bunny. Needless to say, several people called me afterwards and wanted to know how to make it - - I had to defer to Briana becasue I was asleep on the couch when she made it.
In any case, Spring has sprung in Oregon. This is the view from my dining room window.
If you recall, I believe I posted a photo of this same shot at night in winter. What a difference 5 months makes!
Today is Sunday, so after church Briana and her friend will be studying for AP US History exam, and I cannot decide if I am going to quilt or plant more flowers. Maybe, I'll do both!! Looking forward to seeing you all this summer!
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