3-19-15

I knitted Grandma some little socks because she has sores on her ankles and heels but her feet were cold. I made cookies. I made chicken soup, and she had some from a spoon. This is not easy. I had nightmares last night.

3-3-15

I made alpaca mittens for my friend Drunken Waffle. 

3-18-15

We arrived after an 8 hour drive at my grandmother's house. She is preparing to depart from this world. It is sad and surreal and makes me feel deep things. 

On the way here I found out I was awarded a grant I had applied for. I was elated!

3-17-15

My students working on performance assessments. 

3-16-15

3-15-15

3-14-15

Fund raiser for the local Habitat chapter. I was surprised at how many people I knew or recognized. 

3-12-15

Party for the 100th anniversary for the C of Ed. Orange and Blue style. 

3-10-15

I got a new computer! This is my office at school. 

3-8-15

Crab gumbo. Literally. 

3-6-15

No sleep for many nights. Migraine so bad my student Kat comes over to bring me flowers and bananas and yogurt. 

3-2-15

My students learning engineering design. 

3-1-15

Dinner at The Hound

2-28-15

 I finished this little outfit today so that my friend, drunken waffle, can use it in a photo shoot she has coming up. I'm looking forward to the time when I can make little things like this for my grandchildren.

 Dan came home today. Then my mother came over with a cake that she  made during a cooking class she taught.  I got to watch all my favorite TV shows again with  Dan  since he missed them week.

2-27-15

Drunken Waffle and I  went on a road trip to Camp Hill, Alabama  where we saw some Tibetan monks making a sand mandala on the floor of an old Unitarian church. We also drove around and looked at decaying small towns.

2-25-15

 Tonight a friend of mine from work came over to learn how to knit. She was a very good student, and after three hours I had her doing all the basic stitches. It was really fun to get to know someone new out of the work setting.

2-24-15

 I making this hat for my friend to use in a photo shoot,  and I tried to figure out how to put pink fluff in the ears. This was not the best way to do it.  I taught class tonight, and when I came home and had a terrible headache and really needed my evening dose of medicine. It was difficult to get through the day. I didn't even go into work until  it was time to teach, and I couldn't find a place to park because there was a basketball game and a baseball game going on.  One of my students had to take my car out of a loading zone and move it for me.

2-22-15

 My friend Doug made these for me. He dropped them off today in a box. They are so cute! I would like to have one for every window in the house.

2-20-15

 Today is my mother's 81st birthday. She had a party for herself with another friend whose birthday is the same day. The food was really good, the cake was exceptional, and I enjoyed catching up with some of her friends who are now my friends too.

2-21-15

 Dan is out of town, and I am tapering, so therefore I'm doing a lot of knitting.

2-19-15

  I hosted another knit night tonight, and even lit a fire in the fireplace. This is my friend, drunken waffle, figuring out how to cast on.  I taught a student from Saudi Arabia to crochet.

2-16-15

 Class Tonight

We did the Mystery Tube activity.

2-14-15

 Valentine's Day

Dan I Went To Country's Barbecue  For a Down-Home Dinner.

2-12-15

Dan finally got the purchase order from Texas and shipped three pallets of my kits. What an order! 

2-10-15

 This Is Not a Hat.

It Is a Hyperbolic Space.

2-9-15

 Class Tonight.

Took This Video Of My Students Working on the Little Circuit

2-8-15

 Square Is Making Beer Again, And It Is Taking up the Fridge.

2-7-15

After a week of tapering, Dan and I drove up to the lake and went on a 3 mile hike. It was so beautiful.

2-2-15

Class tonight- roller coaster physics and the 5E Learning Cycle. I loved it.

2-1-15

Sock #1 done!

1-31-15

Sock progress.

This is the strangest sock recipe... but it looks pretty good on my ankles. 

Today I worked on student lab schedules, graded homework, went shopping, got some more wool roving, talked with Aza, and felt perfectly perfect.

I have no pictures from yesterday, but yesterday I gave a workshop in Montgomery for 42 teachers and it went really really well. I felt great and the teachers all seemed engaged and seemed to learn a lot.