I have a problem. You can see it here. Yes. Star Trek, The Next Generation, all SEVEN SEASONS in the BOX SET is going for LESS than $400. It's slightly more than $50 per season. Which is really exceptional considering the volume of episodes. A while ago I said that when it gets under $400 that I'd look into buying it. Well, my friends, the time has ( Read more... )

Had open house this morning. 16/19 turned up! That's outstanding. I was most surprised. But now the fun comes on Monday to see if all of those 16 turn up, and who on top of my given 19 turn up!!! Should be interesting. 18 of the 19 went to the school last year. After open house I was beat. Spent an hour trying to figure out transportation issues. ( Read more... )

School starts next week. The students roll in. Am I ready? No. Not really. I have the first almost whole day planned out... kind of. It's written in my lesson plan book. Do I have all my materials ready yet? No. Are my bulletin boards up yet? No. Are my floor lamps up? Only half. Is my classroom library ready?> Not quite. Has the school given me ( Read more... )

I have not read LJ in.. well, a long time. Sorry. If any of you are reading this right now and have made any particularly good posts in the last say... month, please link me or fill me in on the info ( Read more... )

I was looking in Michaels yesterday for plastic coasters, and found myself in the yarn section (which is not where I was supposed to be). While perusing their selection, I found some Fiery Red Bernat Frenzy yarn. It is beautiful. 20% natural fibre (alpaca and mohair). The best part? $1 per ball! It was marked at $2, so I "conservatively" grabbed 5 ( Read more... )

So, tonight, instead of doing my laundry like I should have, instead I spent a number of hours on creating a skirt. I reverse engineered the pattern from a skirt I made about 6 years ago. I can find every other pattern I've ever made, except for that one! So, I recreated it. But to my horrors, the fabric is not quite like it should, and after ( Read more... )

I am most amused by Alex Nesic's performance as a "South African" drug dealer in last week's NCIS. His accent sounds like a confused Australian, especially with the frequent use of the word "mate". Also, I didn't know that South Africa had a large export of Heroin?

Ah, TV. The silliness.

When most of you met me, I was rather geeky. Coding most of the time. Then I fell into teaching. Kept some of my coding etc. As teaching took up more of my time, so my computer slowly turned into primarily a media player. I realized this morning in the shower that my primary activities these days are related to tennis, knitting, crochet, teaching, ( Read more... )

Well, another Easter spent as usual... Ate my usual ham and cheese hot pockets, had some easter eggs, and lazed around. Must get busy soon planning for next year... I'll be teaching the 4th grade. I'd really like to get a bunch of stuff planned in advance, not to mention collecting resources! Don't want my first year to go horribly! Lots of ( Read more... )

Oh hey, I just realised... Daylight Saving Time goes into effect in 25 hours and 13 minutes. So crap, I'll be an hour short of sleep on Sunday. Remember to "spring" your clocks forward, Americans!