Hot summer night here in Ithaca. Just relaxing a little I guess after a loooong day of cleaning around the apartment. True Cinderella detail today, mopping & scrubbing floors, moving furniture around to be able to completely vacuum the carpets, dishes, watered all the plants, washed and changed the kitty's litter boxes, made dinner for Mark, ( Read more... )

You Will Be a Modern Bride!
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Your Linguistic Profile::60% General American English15% Upper Midwestern15% Yankee5% Dixie0% Midwestern
What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

Mark and I just got back from a long weekend in Michigan his family reunion thing. It was slightly insane. Fun at times. Tedious at others. Loooong car rides both ways, and uncomfortable sleeping situations. I am glad to be home . . . I think ( Read more... )

I haven't updated this in a while, so I thought I would spend a little time re-capping the last few weeks or so.

SCHOOL25 days left of school. Or rather, 25 days left with the kids. Then I have 3 days set aside to finish packing up my room. Our school is moving back to it's original building this summer, as they are just finishing up the new ( Read more... )

Friday . . . with no rest for the weary. Not really looking forward to this weekend at all. Tomorrow is my grandmother's burial service. (She passed away in Dec., but the ground was too frozen then). And the rest of the weekend is engulfed in meetings, meetings, meetings, trying to get ready for our conference presentation ( Read more... )

It's too bad the last two days of spring break have been kind of cold and rainy. Not very fun. I had been hoping to take my new bike out for a spin this weekend. Anyway, hopefully the rain will stop soon ( Read more... )

Happy spring break to me! Yay! A much needed break ( Read more... )

Good Morning! Up at 6:45 this Saturday morning . . . not really sure why. Mark just sat up in bed and said "I have to start roasting the squash," which seems sort of comical and random, but he entered us in this soup making contest to benefit a school for disabled people, and Mark's specialty soup is this squash soup, so he is downstairs starting ( Read more... )

Home sick from school today. I don't know why I can't seem to shake this cold! I wish my district had had this week off from school; it would have been nice to spend the whole week relaxing and getting into good health again. Whirlwind again of activities with parent-teacher conferences coming up, and my last observation of the year. I am also ( Read more... )