darth vader did not really die...i know where he lives

today i went for another joy ride..what else do you do when you've come to the end of your budget and don't get paid until you're on your way home? and it was beautiful and relaxing!

you may not believe this, but i saw it with my own eyes! after the whole death star thing, and fighting the forces of good, darth did not die. amazing what the big screen can fool your eyes into believing! medical miracles happen every day. that was a cover up-he retired and moved to a farm out in misourri and is now raising goats, bunnies and chickens.

hard to take in, i know. (proof is in the red-eyed rabbit)

it's going to be hard to leave on friday morning!

tranquility.

 but then, it will be good to be home-i almost forgot, i should have 2 packages from the fed-ex man...i left a note on my door for him to take them to the front office..hope he obeyed my command honored my request...because they're cool things. and i may have a training date with someone's dog~time permitting.

my dad worked on this the last couple of days, and this afternoon he brought it home and said i had to paint it. so i did...it still needs another coat of paint, but here is the lock box for the ipad or 2 and ten i-touches..hopefully the school will spring for a charge and synch box (they're a little pricey), but i had him build it with that in mind, so it will fit in the back slot. then, i'd like to put anchors on it so that it is secure in one place, and all one has to do is carry the carrier to class. tomorrow we will go to the fabric store and find some foam or something to line it for the actual devices.

the one we saw in austin opens from the front, and has a drawer-like tray that slides out, but we couldn't figure out why it would be necessary, and the drawer rails aren't super cheap, so we improvised. afterward, i thought, hmm..if you have two, you'd probably want the second one to have a tray if you were stacking them, so that you could access it more easily...so if we need a second one, and if they need to be stackable...but for now, this will suffice for our needs.

i'm excited because tomorrow i get to go down to branson to visit a dear college friend! they actually moved back to the college and are working there! so i get to visit the most beautiful campus in the ozarks!

julie

is that a watermelon on that lid or are you just happy to see me? both.

ok, WOW! that salmon with the avocado/sweet potato mash-deLIcious!! in fact, it was so good for lunch that i had it again for dinner!! smiles all around! today i also had some of the watermelon i dehydrated the other day! and when i say some...it was half a baby watermelon.which dehydrated only produces about a ziploc baggie...

gigi, thought of you and decided to share with ms. lama (now mrs. sowe)

i took some over to the office as well and i think i've convinced mandie that it is a necessity and she'll probably try to talk her husband into getting her one. smile.

oh, today at school i intercepted the game. this particular game was who you would end up with.

they may or may not have put teachers' names on there as well. and my only thought was the only way any of them would 'end up' with one of us would be if we adopted them. silly kids. oh to be in 4th grade again-i remember making these games. smile.

my shoulders are so sore! i was trying to figure out why, when i remembered it was from cutting things-veggies, fruit...so i have decided that i need to get that nice food processor. and right now i am sitting with the heating pad on my shoulders wishing i had a masseuse! remember how last year they were going to give massages for teacher appreciation week and it got canceled? that was nice.

when i stopped at walmart the other day, i bought early valentines cards fort he students. at first, all i saw were boxes of 25 and 24-too many. i put them in my basket, did the math, took them out, kept going saw some more with 22 count, so i bought 4 boxes-which is almost perfect for all of my classes! woohoo! i'm going to try to put personal notes on each of them-i need to start this weekend if i really expect to get it done. i don't know, though...with that game going around, i might have to make all of them say: no, you will never end up with me. happy vday (v for darth vader).

i think i am going to try to pull out the paints this weekend-i haven't painted in awhile. i also need to do some arranging in my craft corner...craft pile...i also need to grade some writing papers. ugh.blch.

have a great weekend and try to stay off any student lists,
julie