Chrissy's Photo A Day

Last day of September. This morning I went and had coffee with my friend Drunken Waffle, and a student came by to chat also. I guess I was h...

I've fallen and I can't get up! Seriously. This happened. Saturday night I hurt my foot while walking. Yes, just walking. It w...

It's been a while since I crocheted anything, but I decided to crochet this thing to make it go faster. It's a device for my curr...

I was determined to teach my young students how to make knitting needles today despite the past week being full of daily migraines. It wa...

My sister Sta sent these to me. That was the sweetest thing ever- and it makes me realize how easy it is to show love. Send flowers. Thes...

Today Vicki visited campus and taught science to some preschool kids on campus. She also talked with colleagues in my department. I started...

Today was my promotion and tenure reception. Vicki came, and here is a snapshot taken by the photographer there. Vicki looks great, but w...

I've been meeting an old high school friend for coffee every Tuesday morning and it feels so good to have a regular social activity i...

I was really crabby today. Woke crabby, stayed crabby. Gave a pop quiz at the beginning of class because kids were skipping... then came ...

Sunday dinner at Mom's. Shrimp cakes over a pepper/garlic sauce and rosemary+thyme biscuits.

Woke and said, "Today is going to be a great day!" I worked on my evaluation report all morning until it was time for a late lunc...

Today I woke up and was cured of the migraine I'd had for most of three days. I went to work, met with some of the folks I had to can...

I spent this, my 51st birthday, in bed with a migraine. I cancelled all my meetings and just hung out in bed checking Facebook on my phone f...

I invited to students from a local high school to visit for the day. We worked on designing wind turbines, we took a tour around campus, ...

I invited a guest speaker to my class tonight. She is currently in ninth grade student at the local junior high school. She spoke as well...

Mom had some experiments she had to run on us. Bean salad? Potato salad? Foccacia recipe? Pork stew? Meatballs? Everything was delicious....

Dan took me to a game. I wore earplugs the whole time, and actually enjoyed myself watching the pageantry. We had to leave after a quarte...

Getting needles ready for knitting at NHS!

Today I scored big. Next week I start teaching a knitting class at a local, poor, rural high school. I asked on Facebook if anyone had any...

My favorite month, day 1. Today I washed and peeled paint off a door so Dan could paint it. Worked on my evaluation report. Did som...

  On this last day of August, which is hard to believe, I post photos of four projects I did this summer that I mailed last week to my...

I finished these today. Yarn bought in Maine, my first pair of socks made with self striping sock yarn. I'm pretty proud of them, and...

This week was pretty slow. Compared to one year ago, man, what a difference. Last year I was assuming all kinds of new responsibilities, ...

Today was pretty darned remarkable. Today I found a loophole in a rule and got two high school students invited to the president's ...

Finished my poncho finally! It took two months. 

Apple cheesecake tart Eggplant and grilled tomato and smoked mozzarella salad Dinner at my mom's! Today I gave a compreh...

I'm sorry I have neglected this blog. It's probably the beginning-of-school stuff, plus the very real fact that my life is not as...

And we are home. We drove from Charlotte to Auburn today- not bad- and got invited to Mom's for a steak dinner!

We spent the night in Charlotte, NC with my high school friend Sweet Bean. She is such a dear friend whom I've known for almost 40 years...

We went and saw Walden Pond today. This is a reconstruction of Thoreau's house. This is the pond- And then we headed for Pennsylvania. A...

After a day of driving, we find ourselves in Concord, Massachusetts. This evening after dinner, we took a walk around the old cemetery to tr...