crash, leak and twilight.

Hello all. I figured it was finally time to catch you all up. Last week... could have been better. Everything was going OK until Wednesday. This is how Wednesday went- Woke up, then nose bleed. Finally get the bleeding stopped, get ready, go to leave, and bang, back into someone. I swear I looked but they came up fast. Anyway the person called the police so I ended up getting to class 5 minuted before it started. I then realized that I had forgotten my flashdrive that had the powerpoint I had spent 2.5 hours making the night before. So I quickly had to come up with something else for my students to do. I made it through the day, went home and collapsed on the couch and turned on the TV thinking, "I will watch Keith and he will make me laugh and inform me and I will feel so much better." Oh, no. Not on this day, Keith was on vacation. Yes, how dare he. Anyway I swallowed my bitter disappointment and got ready for Enrichment night. It was nice and I came home about an hour later in a better mood to find that... my ceiling was raining. My roomate had gotten home a little while before me to discover lots of water coming through the light fixtures and smoke detector in the hall. The carpet was soaked and they still had not figured out where it was coming from. Luckily the maintence people figured it out, cut a large hole in the ceiling and replaced the burst pipe. After a late night carpet cleaning and a giant fan for a couple of days all is well except for a musty smell that welcomes us as we come home. I was very thankful to live in an apartment with maintence people though! After that lovely day things did get better. My reward for surviving the week was going to see Twilight. I actually saw it twice, but only so I could see it with other people. I made plans to see it with my cousin's Martha and Lisa, and Lisa's daughters awhile ago. My brother could not make it Saturday ngiht though so I went to see it with him Firday night. Luckily it was very enjoyable so I did not mind seeing it again at all. It was a fun girls night out. I think I enjoyed it so much because I went in with very low expectations. After reading several interviews with cast members I was a little scared about what they may have done. Luckily they did a very good job transffering it. The movie is like the book in that it is great escapist entertainment! I hope you all are well and that you all have a great thanksgiving!

A new world...

So I woke up this morning and I could feel the hope in the air. I know some of you may not have voted for Obama but all of us should feel privileged to be living in America at this time and to be apart of this historic moment. I am so proud to be an American today. Because we elected this first black man to be president, because we had a huge voter turn out, because people stood in line for hours to make their voices heard!!! Anyway enough of my effusions ... There is something else I have been meaning to do and haven't yet. A couple of weeks ago I accepted a challenge to tell 5 people in my life how grateful I am for them so here goes...

Kim- You are the best sister I could ask for. Thanks for listening to my rantings, for being so supportive and for all the fun we have. Also thanks for producing the cutest, most enjoyable kids!

Kenn- Thanks for always being there. No matter what I ask or need I know you will be there when I ask. Also thanks for all the games, movies and fun! If not for my family I wouldn't have much of a social life but that is OK with me because you guys are my best friends.

Melanie- Thanks for being the most loyal friend ever. And thanks for helping keep me sane.

Angie- Thanks for being so easy to get a long with. Thanks for making me laugh frequently and for all the great conversations. Also thanks for putting up with all my stuff, rantings and obsessions.

David- Thanks for being the best brother-in-law ever. Thanks for all the help and for giving me so many new experiences like Taiwan, military bases in Prauge, Greek food, and countless others.

Ok so this is not a complete list, I have many other people in my life that I am very grateful for. So please everyone that is reading this, Thanks for all you do for me! You may be on the next list :)

Election Results!

To help you keep up! And because I think it is cool.

A to Z tag

I was tagged again by Lauri so if anyone is sick of these blame her :)...

A-Attached or Single: Single but severely attached to my family
B-Best Friend: Sister and brother
C-Cake or Pie: Chocolate cake
D-Day: I like nights best
E-Essential Item: jeans and a computer
F-Favorite Color: black
G-Gummi bears or gummi worms: Gummi worms
H-Hometown: Boise,ID
I-Indulgences: Reading all day or watching movies all day and doing no grading!
J-January or July: July, I don't have to work!
K-Kids: 3 nieces and 1 nephew, yes they count!
L-Life is incomplete without: Keith Olberman and/or Depeche Mode
M-Marriage Date: I think this is a prejudicial question
N-Number of Siblings: A sister, a brother and sister-not-appearing-in-this-movie
O-Oranges or Apples: oranges
P-Phobias or Fears: spiders, especially big hairy ones
Q-Quote: "Sarcasm was very important in my family."
R-Reason to Smile: when some is funny or kind around me.
S-Season: all them
T-Tag: Kim, and Angie
U-Unknown fact about me: I love the Princess Diaries books.
V-Vacation destination of choice: Europe and/or Disneyworld!
W-Worst Habit: Not being patient with my students
X-X-Rays or Ultrasounds: Whichever is needed?
Y-your favorite food: diet coke and chocolate
Z-Zodiac Sign: tarus

Catch Up.

Sorry all. it has been awhile since I posted. I have been busy. I had midterms last week. I got a 59 out of 60 on one so thats good :) I also signed up for a technology grant program through my school district. It means I got my own projector(that is supposed to be mounted any time now), a voice enhancement system, access to a mobile computer lab, a digital camera and a student clicker response system. It also means that I have all this work I have to do to show that I am learning new technology and using it in my classroom. I put it off for the first few months of school and now I am playing catch up. The good news is that I finally got my voice enhancement system installed last week. It is basically a sound system that I can talk into, and play music through. It also came with a wireless microphone that I can have my students read into. I have had a lot of fun playing with it this week. Especially the first day when my students didn't know what was going on. Other than school and work I have not been doing much. I played Sttlers of Catan with Kenn and his roomate John, and won. John fits right in with our family, he whines when he is losing too :) Anyway I am going to go make some cookies now.

A Poem...

Ok. So I am going to post a poem that John Cleese wrote about Sean Hannity. Now I know some of you may not think it is very funny and some might even be offended, I hope not. But this is my blog and I think it is highly entertaining, also I would welcome any comments :)

Ode to Sean Hannity
by John Cleese

Aping urbanity
Oozing with vanity
Plump as a manatee
Faking humanity
Journalistic calamity
Intellectual inanity
Fox Noise insanity
You’re a profanity
Hannity

Debate?

Ok I will not say anything about the Vice Presidential debate (those of you who know me know what I would say:) except that I did not throw anything at the TV. I think I showed remarkable restraint, I have learned discipline over that last 8 years :) On to the catch up.. it was a fast week. At school I did find out that I most likely will be able to keep my current schedule and my class of 38 went down to 27! Yea! I still have a class of 33 and 36 but still it is better. Also Pushing Daisies premiered this week and I think it is my favorite show on TV now. If you have never seen it you should give it a try. In closing I would like to say you should all go to Dave and Kim's blog and checkout the video David posted a link to. The video is pretty much indescribable, enjoy :)