naked coffee cup-slightly embarrassing...hover around in the grand canyon, now that's daring!

at summer school on friday, i overheard one of the girls in homeroom say to a boy,"see me in my eye." i know she meant look me in the eye...but it sounded funny to hear it this way.

and in the afternoon class, one of the boys said that dogs live from 4-10 years. meaning that they don't die before they reach 4? hmm...and again phrasing. he probably heard somewhere that an average dog life is 4-10 years. (still quite a broad range)... and i didn't tell the boys about that.

the other embarrassing thing that happened on friday (embarrassing for my cup, anyway..)

when your top falls off, there's really not much you can do, besides look around and hope no one else saw...

 and as i was leaving, i noticed someone's car had a kanakuk sticker on it! that made me feel like home! wonder whose car that is. i need to find time to drop by on my way up to mom and dad's this summer.

summer school has been good-very long, very busy, it's definitely not a waste of time..the kids have been working hard and learning! i like the idea of year-round school. my niece and nephew have it that way, and david and hollie seem to like it...plus, there is just so much learning that seems undone during a long summer because so many parents let their kids sit in front of the t.v. or video games to keep them out of their hair instead of motivating them to do something like, oh, i don't know...read?!

and now we are trying to figure out exactly what to do with the rest of this week since we have to finish the rest of our week with no books-we have to pack them up and turn them in on tuesday. hmm...i think we will do what my co-teacher is doing; we will make a book to record the things that we have learned over the past four weeks.

for my teacher friends out there, check out this blog site, there is a cool giveaway- it's a reading/recording tool; great for small groups and stuff-click here to check it out!

this morning we went for a quick walk and the boys found the X and started looking around.

mama, exactly what spot does X mark??

i did make a homemade humus last night-it's not terrible, but i didn't have garbanzo beans, so i had to settle for black-eyed peas...not quite the same effect, but like i said, edible. i got the recipe out of the book that nutri bullet just sent me (an extra thing that came in the mail a couple of days ago that i didn't realize was part of my order!)

i got bored and had some colored pencils around to draw vegetables...don't ask.

last thought of the day. when i was at walmart the other day, an elderly man almost ran into me in one of those cart things. he was backing up. and of course it had a loud beeping sound, but he still should've been looking where he was backing to...and when i got home, i saw this commercial and it reminded me of him.

hover-arounds overlooking the grand canyon...i just don't know how safe that is.

those things must be incredibly versatile...but i haven't seen one traipsing through a costa rican rain forest yet...that only came to mind because i watched return of the jedi yesterday and wondered how r2d2 was able to traverse the rough terrain so smoothly when they were with the cute little ewoks...

well, may your coffee cup never lose its top,
julie

kitchen gadgets makin me fat

this morning i woke up and i was so happy that i already had my skillet made and just had to warm it up!

when i re-read what i wrote last night- the part about the agility equipment & training, i mentioned a hula hoop and yard dart hoop. i just wanted to clarify: i am not training them to hula hoop and play yard darts. i just need the hoop to train them to jump through it. i think they'll enjoy training..they're smart, in fact, if they get the jumping-through-hoops thing, they'll be doing what i do at work...maybe i will be able to train them to hula hoop and play yard darts! (then in a couple of years, they'll be doing my taxes for me).

the theme today on abc family seems to be excellent nannies (first mary poppins, then nanny mcphee, followed by sound of music and topped off with titanic..i'm sure there was a nanny somewhere on the boat). speaking of nannies, i was watching victoria on animal planet again last night, and she was helping a family who had dog nanny! who in the world has dog nannies?! three kids and she still needs a dog nanny? c'mon.

this morning, i 'hid' the eggs for the boys (no nanny to help out):

told you i was going to be sneaky when i hid them!

bruno was pretty good at it-he can get his mouth around an crunch it open real quickly, so i had to help chaco out a little. they were fine until chaco wanted what bruno had and got snippy...he's started doing that lately and they get all alien on each other (you know how the aliens had the mouth with the scary teeth and then sigourney would blast them away)...

that took all of 3 minutes. then i decided it was a doughnut day, so i found a doughnut recipe and i felt like homer price... you know, the one where he made all those doughnuts...i remember it from when i was a kid, and it's fun to read it to our kids at school again!

homer price!

with a little chocolate glaze...

...and a bit of coffee!

 i don't know how well they save, they might be rocks tomorrow, but i'm going to put them in an airtight bag and if they're any good, i might take them to school tomorrow morning. i swear, kitchen gadgets are making me fat.don't get me wrong, i love having cooking toys in the kitchen, it makes life easier, but it just makes me want to try more things and find new recipes. it's dangerous.

alright, blessings and may the power of the resurrection be real to you today!
jules

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faith is turning my arm green...let's give something away!!

chaco has a new habit. he gets his squeaky toy and climbs up on the couch, squeaks it a few times then drops it...on purpose, and then puts on puppy dog face (which takes a moment to decipher because it's so natural), then says, "momma, can you pick up my toy?" i like to call it the jenni o'halloran move.

notice the homemade stairs and the tom thumb carry-all (currently transporting student projects

i used to have a kamper a long time ago who used to do silly things: jrob, will you blow dry my hair? jrob, will you brush my teeth? then at night we'd turn out the lights and most of the kampers would be in their beds when i'd hear, "jrob, will you pick up my pig?" after i answered with a yes, we'd all hear a thud and then giggles. oh kamp, how do i miss thee? 

those of you who have fb saw my post line yesterday that went with chaco's pic, he rolled over and said, "hey momma, i'm buddha! RUB.MY. BE-LLY!" he's not demanding at all. bruno, on the other hand will lay next to me, but if i start to pet him, he'll kinda' try to pull his shoulder out of reach, and if i continue, he gets whiny and says, "stooop it." and just walks away. they are so, so different in personality!

well, tonight i came home and i noticed a strange green marking on my arm.

not the bracelet, the lighter green band around my arm!

i noticed it last night too-wasn't sure what it was, so last night i might have tasted it...(?) and it was pretty nasty, but it washed off. don't ask what was going through my head to make me taste it, because i don't even know. well, tonight i thought and thought, and finally it came to me! faith is turning my arm green! i got this amazing bracelet for Christmas some time ago from my small group bible study gals, and i've been wearing it religiously the last couple of weeks, because  it's that time of year! 

now faith is being sure of what you hope for and certain of what you do not see.

 so i looked up why my skin turned green because i am a curious person. 

it's a reaction between our skin and the metals used in jewelry, especially when the jewelry touches areas that perspire.

and there you have it, i should not wear any jewelry from now til the end of the school year because i will be perspiring..it's what we do in my classroom! the ac is almost certain to not be working in my room before summer.

i like to celebrate the small things! this morning i woke up and noticed that my silly, little blog had broke the 1000 mark! (1,001-which i loved because i really think palindromes are cool!) so to celebrate, i am going to do a giveaway!!! woohoo! sorry, it's not going to be dried fruit, sorry! 


actually, i think to kick off a fun beginning, i'm going to celebrate with something i've already shown you! STATIONERY!!! i'll be putting together 3 packages of cards, notecards, and mini cards, so if you want to be part of the giveaway, be sure to leave a comment on THIS POST! make sure to post before sunday p.m. at 7!

let your friends know, because i'm guessing that if you're still reading my blog it's because it has in some way or another entertained you, and who doesn't need a little non-intellectual stimulation once in awhile!!

have faith..but keep it off of your arms! (and if it gets on your arms, definitely avoid licking it!!)
julie

p.s. as i began writing tonight, the tornado sirens went off again, and i had to explain to bruno that it was not, in fact, the ice cream man.