tricksy lights-our pond is the dead marshes

well today i was encouraged as my friend shared her magazine with me and i saw an ad that made me feel much better about my life.

how does she do it? i don't feel nearly as busy now. ok, lie. i still feel busy...and i'm pretty sure SHE does NOT produce most of the world's food.

the weirdest thing happened today. i was out of diet coke, and i still am procrastinating-i have not gone to get the syrup yet. so at lunch i decided to go get a 12 pack of diet coke. i took my sandwich with me to eat, but on my way to the store, my car turned left instead of right (christine?), so i thought...well, there's a walgreens i could stop at. and as i got close, i saw the golden arches. and it may be because i was born in illinois(not sure), but the symbol of the arch is dear to me, and because of that loyalty, i found it necessary to pay homage by purchasing a # 3. unfortunately i could only do one or the other, so i got a large d.c. so that it would last me the rest of the day and i did not make it to the store. sigh.

when i got back to school, i noticed some original artwork the students had crafted on their testing folders. there were three that stuck out

i think that's an animal tail hanging off the side of her head

it's all about proportion...notice the eyes are staples; reminds me a little of the ugly baby on family guy(which i don't watch)

80's side-ponytail=good. 2011 side rainbow-tail=not-so-good. (please note the ear on the top of the head)

gee. i can't wait to see the shirt they designed for field day. (period, not an exclamation point. i try to explain to my students that reading with, or without punctuation is really important.) actually, i'm pretty sure my class was the one who didn't do their art homework, and we don't have a shirt. cool.

bruno and chaco just got really excited that i don't have saturday school! they asked me to do and egg hunt for them. i said i would..maybe i'll put a treat in 2 eggs, and then throw a bunch of them around the room and see if they can find the treat (they love games like that!)

today as i was walking the boys around the pond, i was so happy to see that it had finally turned over. it's been so murky the last couple of weeks...i mean gross to the point it reminded me of LOTR THE TWO TOWERS when frodo and sam were in the dead marshes and gollum warns them not to look at the 'tricksy lights'..and the fallen look somewhat like seaweed. i imagine myself falling in. scary.

speaking of the pond, in the first year when i lived here, one morning during spring break (or was it easter wkend?) there was a thunderous boom outside. i got a knock at my door a little later and the neighbor made me go out to see what had happened. so i went over to the stairs on the south stair side and saw the top of a mercedes or bmw in the pond. yes, it was submerged and had floated from the opposite side of the pond to our side. crazy.ness.

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oh, and hollie just posted another really cute easter idea!! check it out here!

so happy i don't have to produce most of the world's food!
julie