The answer, of course, is ladybugs.  I was told by several kids that Ioanna eats the ladybugs she finds at the school yard. She denied it and said it was another kid who eats them on a regular basis, not her. Either way, it's an interesting diet. Bugs have protein, no?

That and several other things I've observed over the past few months speak ( Read more... )

So I  decided to make skordalia  greekfood.about.com/od/syrupssauces/r/skordalia.htm tonight. It's a traditional side dish/spread that's usually prepared for March 25th (which happens to be our Independence Day) and it involves A LOT of garlic. It looks right. It tastes like garlic (believe me, it does!) My only problem is, I've never tasted the ( Read more... )

Seven years ago I got my first PM from this guy that sounded kind of cool and not that creepy. Look at us now. :)

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I'm off to work soon. I'll be spending my Monday with 52 (or more) kids to finish off the project with the kindergarten. Then tomorrow is report card day and I get to meet with all the parents and talk about their kids with them, never a ( Read more... )

I love it when both cats fight over me. Killy was nudging me at 5:15, saying "Either get up, or let me under the covers". I was getting up anyway so he followed me around as I stumbled from the bathroom to the kitchen to the computer. He does this EVERY morning, it's our little ritual. He can't wait for me to sit down, he hops on my lap and stays ( Read more... )

I wanted to return some books to the library and I thought I'd combine this with a little bit of grocery shopping to a store that's out of the way. (I get a perverse pleasure out of shopping for groceries, you wouldn't believe it.) In the little time it took me to pick what I wanted and pay it started pouring. I did have an umbrella with me but I ( Read more... )

Damn it, I lost track of time reading the board again, I even forgot to feed the cats!

What is it with some mothers who seem to think their little girls can wean nothing but pink? I swear there's at least one first grader that has worn pink in all its shades, with some purple thrown in for variety, throughout the whole year. Like, every single day. I thought it was cute at first but it's kind of weird now ( Read more... )

This is the kind of song I would go crazy over if I still was a teenager, which I'm not. One Greek channel seems to be playing it constantly, like every time it goes to commercial. I just can't get it out of my mind now, so I'm sharing. Maybe this will help me get rid of it.

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On other news, the meeting on Saturday was fun. Totally geeky discussion ( Read more... )

Three days ago the power kept going out  and I guess the power surges from when it was trying to come back on fried my little old TV/VCR combo that we had in the bedroom. Dave took it apart and he was hoping that finding a replacement fuse would fix it, but we just tried it with the new fuse and it blew it again. So there's something else wrong ( Read more... )

Work has been crazier than shit and I could tell you things about students and parents that would probably make your eyes roll, but I just don't feel up to it right now. Instead, here's Greece's glorious entry to the Eurovision song contest for this year. I really meant to stay awake last night to watch the show where the song was selected but I ( Read more... )