Friday, September 6, 2013

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Throwback Thursday!

Hey guys!

I'm back.  My school has today and tomorrow off for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year.  Among other things, they eat apples and honey "for a sweet new year."  Isn't that nice?

So while most of my students and many of my co-workers are celebrating, I am getting some much needed down time.  I feel like I have been running non-stop for the last month!  The beginning of the school year is always intense- you have to work very hard to get all of your students "trained" before you can relax in class.  This year has been more so, between traveling and trying to help Hubby get ready for his GRE test next month.  I've been taking on a lot more chores and responsibilities to try to give him more study time.  For instance, the deal has always been that I will cook dinner and he will do the dishes.  But lately I've been doing both.  I don't really mind, especially since I feel like he's been very grateful, but it gets kind of tiring.  :-p

Here's one of my favorite old pictures of myself for Throwback Thursday:

 

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Happy Tuesday!


This was too pretty not to share. Happy Tuesday, everyone!


Nonfat frozen Greek yogurt with fresh raspberries- my favorite fruit!

Monday, September 2, 2013

Three Day Weekend!

Hey guys!

So today is Day 3 of the holiday weekend.  Happy Labor Day!  Not only do I have today off, but at my school Wednesday is a half day and Thursday and Friday are off for Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year).  We always get a lot of days off in the fall because that's when the Jewish high holidays happen.  Since I am not actually Jewish, that just means extra time to myself on those days.  I have a few little projects planned around the house: figuring out how to hang my new picture above the couch since the wall is brick covered in plaster, spray painting a wicker table for the front porch. 

I also want to go get a pedicure.  My poor feet have had a rough time lately.   First there was my ant attack and then I got some mosquito bites when I wore dress sandals to work on Friday.  Thankfully I had tennis shoes and socks in the room, so I changed to cover up my feet.  The school was buzzing with mosquitos at the end of the week.  Being a crafty science teacher, I was dropping them with whiteboard spray.  My little fifth graders thought I was the coolest ever.   I told them, "Just call me Tex."  (As in, "Nice shooting, Tex!"  Get it?)

Friday night was the season opener game for the local college football team.  We get season tickets every year as Hubby's birthday gift.  He loves to go and yell and scream, even though they're not always all that good.  It's still usually a fun experience, though.  This game we got to go with one of Hubby's good friends who had flown in for the game and also the friend's sister, who I really like.  She just moved back to town, and I've been meaning to hang out with her.  We wound up getting rained on for the entire three hours and I woke up with a bit of a cold on Saturday, though.  :-(

 
 

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