I saw this little scene when I walked into my living room last night. Oh and that's my wedding bouquet sitting beside the lamp :)
Monday, 5 March 2012
March Photo Challenge - Day 4
Today's Prompt: Illuminate
I saw this little scene when I walked into my living room last night. Oh and that's my wedding bouquet sitting beside the lamp :)
I saw this little scene when I walked into my living room last night. Oh and that's my wedding bouquet sitting beside the lamp :)
Saturday, 3 March 2012
March Photo Challenge - Day 3
Today's prompt - domestic
Ok, so I have a degree in Political Science and my brain works in that sort of way. When I read domestic, I thought "not international". lol. This morning, driving to a curling game I saw the most beautiful big Canada flag flying in the wind - the curves were brilliant and it looked so amazing. And I kept driving. About 10 km down the road I thought "dammit - that would have been perfect for the challenge". So I struggled all day to figure out what to use for domestic and, after looking at some other posts, decided to go with the domestic/home idea.
This picture is about half of the cookbooks that I own. Guess how often I use cookbooks? Hardly ever - I'm kind of a just mess with it until it tastes right type of cook. But I own all of these anyway - a whole shelf. Hell, see that Egg cookbook? I hate eggs - the taste, the smell, the texture, everything about them... and yet I have the cookbook.
Ok, so I have a degree in Political Science and my brain works in that sort of way. When I read domestic, I thought "not international". lol. This morning, driving to a curling game I saw the most beautiful big Canada flag flying in the wind - the curves were brilliant and it looked so amazing. And I kept driving. About 10 km down the road I thought "dammit - that would have been perfect for the challenge". So I struggled all day to figure out what to use for domestic and, after looking at some other posts, decided to go with the domestic/home idea.
This picture is about half of the cookbooks that I own. Guess how often I use cookbooks? Hardly ever - I'm kind of a just mess with it until it tastes right type of cook. But I own all of these anyway - a whole shelf. Hell, see that Egg cookbook? I hate eggs - the taste, the smell, the texture, everything about them... and yet I have the cookbook.
March Photo Challenge - Day 2
Today's prompt - Feet
I would have taken a picture of my own feet, but I desperately need a pedicure. I thought about the cat paws, but I have other plans for pictures for them. Instead I found this in my yard and thought it was perfect. I know it's not a picture of feet, but feet have definitely been here!
I would have taken a picture of my own feet, but I desperately need a pedicure. I thought about the cat paws, but I have other plans for pictures for them. Instead I found this in my yard and thought it was perfect. I know it's not a picture of feet, but feet have definitely been here!
Thursday, 1 March 2012
March photo challenge - Day 1
Day 1 - Self portrait
At this point I'm still not really comfortable posting a photo of myself to the blog. I'm not convinced that someone that I don't want to know all these intimate details won't find it. But hey, they say that the eyes are the window to the soul, so really, this is about as true of a picture as your going to get. Of course this picture is just confirming to me that I need to get my brows waxed again.
If you want to join in the photo challenge fun, go visit Scrambled Eggs to see what it's all about.
At this point I'm still not really comfortable posting a photo of myself to the blog. I'm not convinced that someone that I don't want to know all these intimate details won't find it. But hey, they say that the eyes are the window to the soul, so really, this is about as true of a picture as your going to get. Of course this picture is just confirming to me that I need to get my brows waxed again.
If you want to join in the photo challenge fun, go visit Scrambled Eggs to see what it's all about.
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
The Olympians
So, today I started my grade 8 English class by giving them an overview of the Greek gods. You should have heard the giggles when I told them that Hephaestus was hit by the ugly stick but that he was married to the hottest woman in the world Aphrodite. I finished up that little story by telling them that it gives some of you hope, doesn't it. When I mentioned that despite this marriage, Aphrodite was stepping out on him with her uncle Ares, they really started laughing.
I walked into the class and was initially met with "are we learning about the gods again?" and "can we do more greek stuff today". Apparently they all were all discussing it and decided that they really liked this whole mythology stuff. One boy even said "you know, this is so much cooler than I thought it would be when you told us we were going to learn this stuff". That was pretty cool.
So after we discussed each of the gods, I asked them which one they wanted to report on. Lots of people wanting Poseidon, Aphrodite, and Dionysus. So then the question came up... "what's going to happen when two of us want the same god?" My response "well, I'm glad that you asked that my fine fellow [yes, I actually said fine fellow], we are going to have THE OLYMPIC GAMES"
They all cheered and then I told them that it was going to be Mrs. L's Wild and Wacky Olympic Games! They weren't so sure anymore, but all game.
Today's events were
1. Balancing Act - because all myths have balance (monsters/heros, night/day, etc), the competitors needed to have balance. The goal was to be the last person with their eyes closed standing on one foot.
2. Weight of the World - just as Atlas had to carry the world on his back, they had to stand, arms extended over their heads and hold a basketball for as long as they could.
This was all hilarious to watch. Four of the kids lasted 13 minutes with the basketball, and then the bell rang so now we need a tie breaker tomorrow.
Some of the other events include discus using paper plates, javelin using straws, thumb wrestling, paperclip archery, and the list goes on. I expect that this will take at least a whole other hour, if not two, but the kids are into it and it relates to what we're doing in class, so it's a way to draw them in.
I'm really excited for this unit. The kids are getting really excited to read the Lightning Theif. I had my grade 6s starting Harry Potter 1 today, which they are really excited for.
If only I could draw my 9s into Romeo and Juliet in the same way... time will tell... I have a very cool CSI thing planned to start that unit.
Overall, it was a pretty good day.
On other fronts, I've decided to try to do the photo challenge that Belle at Scrambled Eggs is doing. It looks like it might be a good distraction for me - we'll see if I can stick with it, but you should check it out if you haven't already - it looks kinda fun.
I walked into the class and was initially met with "are we learning about the gods again?" and "can we do more greek stuff today". Apparently they all were all discussing it and decided that they really liked this whole mythology stuff. One boy even said "you know, this is so much cooler than I thought it would be when you told us we were going to learn this stuff". That was pretty cool.
So after we discussed each of the gods, I asked them which one they wanted to report on. Lots of people wanting Poseidon, Aphrodite, and Dionysus. So then the question came up... "what's going to happen when two of us want the same god?" My response "well, I'm glad that you asked that my fine fellow [yes, I actually said fine fellow], we are going to have THE OLYMPIC GAMES"
They all cheered and then I told them that it was going to be Mrs. L's Wild and Wacky Olympic Games! They weren't so sure anymore, but all game.
Today's events were
1. Balancing Act - because all myths have balance (monsters/heros, night/day, etc), the competitors needed to have balance. The goal was to be the last person with their eyes closed standing on one foot.
2. Weight of the World - just as Atlas had to carry the world on his back, they had to stand, arms extended over their heads and hold a basketball for as long as they could.
This was all hilarious to watch. Four of the kids lasted 13 minutes with the basketball, and then the bell rang so now we need a tie breaker tomorrow.
Some of the other events include discus using paper plates, javelin using straws, thumb wrestling, paperclip archery, and the list goes on. I expect that this will take at least a whole other hour, if not two, but the kids are into it and it relates to what we're doing in class, so it's a way to draw them in.
I'm really excited for this unit. The kids are getting really excited to read the Lightning Theif. I had my grade 6s starting Harry Potter 1 today, which they are really excited for.
If only I could draw my 9s into Romeo and Juliet in the same way... time will tell... I have a very cool CSI thing planned to start that unit.
Overall, it was a pretty good day.
On other fronts, I've decided to try to do the photo challenge that Belle at Scrambled Eggs is doing. It looks like it might be a good distraction for me - we'll see if I can stick with it, but you should check it out if you haven't already - it looks kinda fun.
Monday, 27 February 2012
Excerpts from the Classroom
So I just had to share this bit of humour from my class today. It involves nothing about babies, nothing about infertility, nothing about any of that... but it had me laughing so hard I nearly peed myself.
Background: I am currently teaching a unit on Greek Mythology to my grade 8 English class. I told them today that we were going to be talking about Greek creation stories tomorrow. I also warned them that we would be discussing a god by the name of Uranus. This naturally resulted in giggles. So I said the name again and again until the giggles were no longer so noisy or instant. Good, they got it out of their systems a bit. Anyway, this one boy, we'll call him Andy, was in the washroom when I was talking about this, so when he came back into the class, this is how the conversation went.
Me to whole class: Ok, so once again, tomorrow we will be talking about the creation story and we will be discussing Uranus.
Andy with a look of sheer shock on his face: What? My anus? Why my anus? I don't know if I'm comfortable with that! You should discuss Kenny's anus instead!!
He said this without any bit of a smile, and knowing Andy as I do, this was not a joke - he was dead serious!!
My response was to start laughing - I was laughing so hard I was crying. Then the bell rang and I dismissed them through the laughter.
Sometimes I absolutely love love love middle years! So honest and so real!
Background: I am currently teaching a unit on Greek Mythology to my grade 8 English class. I told them today that we were going to be talking about Greek creation stories tomorrow. I also warned them that we would be discussing a god by the name of Uranus. This naturally resulted in giggles. So I said the name again and again until the giggles were no longer so noisy or instant. Good, they got it out of their systems a bit. Anyway, this one boy, we'll call him Andy, was in the washroom when I was talking about this, so when he came back into the class, this is how the conversation went.
Me to whole class: Ok, so once again, tomorrow we will be talking about the creation story and we will be discussing Uranus.
Andy with a look of sheer shock on his face: What? My anus? Why my anus? I don't know if I'm comfortable with that! You should discuss Kenny's anus instead!!
He said this without any bit of a smile, and knowing Andy as I do, this was not a joke - he was dead serious!!
My response was to start laughing - I was laughing so hard I was crying. Then the bell rang and I dismissed them through the laughter.
Sometimes I absolutely love love love middle years! So honest and so real!
Friday, 24 February 2012
So not fair
Why do bad things happen to good people? I just got an email from my sister-in-law. They went for follow up blood tests on tuesday which showed her levels were good and then an ultrasound yesterday. They found out from the doctor today that she had miscarried. This is her 4th miscarriage. Sure she has two beautiful children but this is complete bullshit! Nobody should have to deal with this!
I'm so sick of infertility and it's ugly face showing up!! It's just not fair!!
I'm so sick of infertility and it's ugly face showing up!! It's just not fair!!
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