12-21-07
Today Jes went out and bought us a Christmas tree. She and Aza decorated it in the evening, dancing to the Nutcracker, as is their custom.
12-19-07
12-17-07
12-16-07
It was supposed to snow today. You can see that it was a bright sunny day instead. This evening, with Aza home and Squirt doing French homework on my computer, I caught Dan and the two kids working on laptops on the couch together. Funny sight! Squirt is wearing a Santa hat. He has his French final exam tomorrow.
12-15-07
12-14-07
Developed a migraine overnight. Woke up early and took a Maxalt and managed to go to school. They are really stripping the land next to the school- it's depressing. I looked at the package of manacotti and saw that it contained romano cheese. The combo of dehydration and aged cheese probably caused the migraine. Meanwhile, Aza came home this evening from school. It's good to have here home. Very good.
12-13-07
12-12-07
12-11-07
12-10-07
12-9-07
12-8-07
I went on a rampage Saturday, cleaning out bathroom closets, throwing away old bottles of expired medicines and vitamins and lotions. I even organized our growning collection of single socks and found only 5 pairs. Note to my daughters: If you have any single socks, bring them home for Christmas. I'd bet your mates are here in the purple bag waiting for you.
12-7-07
There used to be a woods next to the school. But this week I watched a bulldozer push the trees down morning and afternoon. Today they were burning. It's sad to see development in this rural part of the county. Today was one of the worst days teaching I've had yet. I tried giving my science students a work day and it failed miserably. I brought blondies for the kids who'd behaved all week. Half. Only half.
12-6-07
It snowed this morning but not enough to cancel school. Today, Thursday, is an odd day of the week and usually odd days are rough for me. I stupidly let my first math class go outside to see the snow falling and they came back in with muddy feet which we had to clean up. I had class tonight and served on a discussion panel. Took pictures of grounds on my way to class.
12-4-07
12-3-07
This day I drove to work and took a picture of the beautiful scenery. Scenery from my car, scenery from my desk. After work, Dan and I did kitchen duty. He worked on fixing the broken oven and I worked on fixing the broken ice cube maker. Aza will be thrilled to know that I fixed it! Yeah! I cleaned out the tray and by the evening's end it was making beautiful fresh cubes.
12-2-07
12-1-07
Moving day 2007-
That's what I've been calling this day since I was 10 years old and my friend Bert Francis moved away. Every day on December 1st something moves in my life. Today I got moving on my dissertation proposal. I officially started Chapter 3 and hope to have a good first draft done by the new year.
This picture was taken from the back deck looking in.
11-23-07
11-22-07
11-21-07
11-20-07
11-17-07
11-16-07
The top picture is of Jes and her new "Camera on a Stick" which her father and I designed and created this evening. She wants to take photos from a bird's view and we rigged up this contraption. It even includes dental floss to pull the shutter with. We had fun!
The other photos I took this afternoon of our street and house. I just love the way everything looks in the fall.
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