rain, rain, keep on falling! and temperatures, please drop and freeze everything up so that we can enjoy an ice day tomorrow! (pretty obvious that i live in the south and we haven't had snow days this year).
as i was walking through the hallway after school the other day, i saw a box with a string attached and i thought of those candid camera shows, wondering what might be inside or under the box. then as i got closer, it turned out to merely be cable for enhancing our internet connection. while the first would've made for a great story, the latter will really be great for our students and teachers!
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| you can see how it might look like a trap, right? |
and before i left for work the other day, i had thrown a load into the dryer, but when i opened the door, there was a dank smell. when i looked behind the dryer, i noticed that the hose had become detached from the pipe, so i had to just shut 'er down until returning in the afternoon when i had more time. so when i got home, i moved the dryer out and gathered the necessary tools. i was able to get the hose connected; i now have one more 'first' marked off my list.
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| although, the plate surrounding the hose is not flush to the wall, so there is still some 'exhaust' escaping...hmmm..duct tape? |
and then there was the day that we had to go over to another school for a coaches meeting, and there i saw abraham lincoln with a mouth that somewhat exemplified a small bunny rabbit. (squint your eyes)
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| this is abe "rudolf bunny lips" lincoln |
if you recall, i was SO looking forward to eating at the
nammi foodtruck place at the valley view mall, but they weren't open on saturday, so i had to improvise and found a
philly cheesesteak joint-yum! and then i may have visited it again for the gyro!
(no worries, health-team, i only ate the meat! and veggies).
while i did enjoy the cheesesteak and gyros, i was still craving the vietnamese fusion cuisine, so i looked up the important stuff. yesterday i purchased some daikon radishes and carrots to make some do chua:
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| purple cabbage slaw and do chua. the dish normally comes with rice as well, but that isn't on my current menu, so i'll be cooking up some chicken and having a long-awaited (week) meal tomorrow... |
we had a professional development day on friday, and once again, the church was so gracious to provide such a fun snack spread! it was hard to not go straight to the cheese nips and all of the miniature candy bars, but i did it! pretty sure my team did a good job too!
the pd was actually great! we had MOMENTOUS institute come out to give us a great training on social/emotional learning health. it was phenomenal! they spoke on the brain and breathing and working with students to lessen the stress so that they can actually function. in the afternoon, we had the writing training, which was good, but not exactly what i was expecting. it will be a good catalyst and jumping off point to be able to go into classrooms to model.
then on saturday i got a text around 4 asking if i was interested in going to a benefit for
operation kindness, a no-kill shelter. olivia bought a ticket, but was sick and didn't want it to go to waste. i was debating to go, not to go...i decided it would be for a good cause. once i got there, i was happy to have gone. i was very impressed by the artwork donated by one of the art classes at
booker t washington. i was most persuaded by the word:
symphony! love me some mozart and vivaldi! good for the soul-the slide sets were awesome as well! unfortunately, by the time i got back out to the gallery, the painting i was going to purchase had been sold, so i settled for notecards
(surprise!).
and today i decided that it was probably wise to go ahead and use my baby portabellas in the recipe i've been meaning to create. it looked delicious and it taste just as good as it looked. (and healthy to boot!) i've never been huge on eating fungus, decomposers...but turn 'em upside-down, throw a little pepper/onion mix(producers), and some pork(consumers) and the only thing i'm missing from the food-chain is sunshine...but we're happy about that, because remember what i said first:
hoping for an ice-day!
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| i'll do these again. if for nothing else, they're so cute-they look like little ninja turtle road-kill kinda...but looks can be deceiving-yum! |
alright, everyone just stop what you're doing for a moment and say a prayer for one day of ice for dallas!
julie
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