kermit is green, but one day i will be energy efficient!

i wanted to write over the weekend, but i just didn't get around to it.

we didn't do anything super fun and exciting, but i got a call from dad. he said he really likes the saw that i gave him (the one i bought a replacement for) they seem to be putting it to use! yea! i also received a cd-rom in the mail, which i was excited about! i spent many hours of my long weekend watching the videos and reading the manuals...when i get a house, i really want to use solar and wind energy-not so much because i'm dying to be green (that's for kermit, not me)...more like i just want to save $$.

just a few of these on top o' the roof and ixnay on the 'lectric bill!!

ya'all! seriously, i could do this! i will be a beast with the soldering gun!!! then i will use it to fix every other small appliance i have that has loose wiring!!!

 so, i think next time i go to visit mom and dad, perhaps we can put a few together and see if we can put some together! i'm looking forward to it-if we can get it right for them, then when i get a place, i'll know what to do to put my own together! (there were also manuals for solar cooker, solar water heater, wiring, wind power, crisis 101...) i'm set.

so yeah, i spent a chunk of time doing that. another chunk reading a leadership book bestowed upon me from my principal. and my third major chunk yesterday working on lesson plans, trying to get my objectives worded correctly and in alignment with the standards...and in the in between times, we did take some walks in the cool morning, a trip to petsmart, i made my way over to tom thumb for some necessities and i grabbed this just to try something new:

almond milk! not bad!

 and on the way home from petsmart the other day, we saw a raising cane's on the way home and decided it was a 'must stop!' best chicken fingers! thanks to shea, lo and ally for taking me there when i was in ok a couple of years ago for the first time! i think the one here is kinda' new. i need to take the survey on the receipt-drawing for a year of free chicken fingers!!

the sauce is to die for! parents, if your kiddos like chicken fingers, use the kids as an excuse to go here!! you won't be disappointed!

 cute commercial on t.v. cleaning oil of duckies with dawn soap. it reminded me of a visit long, long ago to grandma's and the kids always got the privilege of doing the dishes. well, one time i was doing dishes with my aunt beth, and i recall her saying, "i HATE dawn." she was talking to one my other aunts, and i just looked at her, as i was drying dishes and very innocently said, "it isn't good to hate!" i thought they were discussing a person, and i must have just had the sunday school lesson about hating being evil or something. i'm pretty sure they either weren't paying attention to me, or wondered what in the world i was talking about.

this reminded me of kamp, too. when we go out to camp at k-wet, across the lake to do water sports, we don't get to shower, but we do get to go down to the lake to use joy dish-washing soap to wash the dishes and pans. well, one group we had, i told one of the girls who was new to this camp, "don't forget to take joy down to do the dishes!" and i was told later that she kept asking everyone who joy was...like mother like daughter...i guess that phrase doesn't really work since she wasn't my daughter, but 'like counselor, like camper' makes even less sense and sounds ridiculous.

so, there is this program out to help teachers communicate with parents and students. it's called REMIND 101. i am intrigued, and i am going to try it to send out mass texts to students to remind them of upcoming events an projects, field trips, etc. i am super excited about it, and the best part is that they cannot txt you back because it is done through an alternate #. check it out here. so far only 2 students have signed up, but then, i just gave it to them today. i might have to offer some sort of enticement to motivate them to activate!

why am i still so tired? it's so hard getting back into the swing of things.
julie