Thursday, November 13, 2008
Quilt giveaway
Ashley sent me this cool blog about quilts. The quilt blogger is having a giveaway, so go check it out! Quilt giveaway
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Back from Italy
Rebecca and I just spent three weeks in Italy! It was a wonderful trip. We saw and explored by walking miles of Rome, Pompeii, Florence, Sienna, Milan, Venice, Treviso and even Zurch , Switzerland!
We started out landing in Roma. We had a heck of a time finding our hotel, which was supposed to be a 30 minute ride from Rome. Ha! We had to take a train (which ended up being the wrong one) and then another train and then a 45 minute bus ride that left us at the bottom of a hill. At his point we had been up for almost 23 hours. As we lugged our luggage up the unpaved hill, I groaned that I was not going to make it alive to see Rome! We finally reached the hotel near the top of the hill , crawled into our room and slept until the next morning. Then refreshed we decided to go to Rome.
As we walked around Rome, we found out that the climate there is like Florida. There goes the curly hair! We saw the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, and some other sights. The next day we went back to Rome and finally found the Pantheon. We went to Vatican City and joined a tour that was well worth the fee. The art work on the ceilings was spectacular! The Sistine Chapel was amazing! You need to go and see it for yourself!!
From Rome we took a train to Pompeii and were amazed at the size! We both thought it was a small area but it was a city! It was sad to see the plasters casts of the inhabitants, including one of a pregnant woman. There are still so many structures standing after all the volcanic eruption and centuries of being covered.
Wikipedia states: “ During early excavations of the site, occasional voids in the ash layer had been found that contained human remains. It was Fiorelli (who took charge of the excavation in 1860) who realized these were spaces left by the decomposed bodies and so devised the technique of injecting plaster into them to perfectly recreate the forms of Vesuvius’ victims. What resulted were highly accurate and eerie forms of the doomed Pompeiani who failed to escape, in their last moment of life, with the expression of terror often quite clearly visible.”
We also went to Ostia Lido (the beach) again by train on the Tyrrhenian Sea which is part of the Mediterranean Sea on the west coast. We had a nice relaxing day there.
We started out landing in Roma. We had a heck of a time finding our hotel, which was supposed to be a 30 minute ride from Rome. Ha! We had to take a train (which ended up being the wrong one) and then another train and then a 45 minute bus ride that left us at the bottom of a hill. At his point we had been up for almost 23 hours. As we lugged our luggage up the unpaved hill, I groaned that I was not going to make it alive to see Rome! We finally reached the hotel near the top of the hill , crawled into our room and slept until the next morning. Then refreshed we decided to go to Rome.
As we walked around Rome, we found out that the climate there is like Florida. There goes the curly hair! We saw the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, and some other sights. The next day we went back to Rome and finally found the Pantheon. We went to Vatican City and joined a tour that was well worth the fee. The art work on the ceilings was spectacular! The Sistine Chapel was amazing! You need to go and see it for yourself!!
From Rome we took a train to Pompeii and were amazed at the size! We both thought it was a small area but it was a city! It was sad to see the plasters casts of the inhabitants, including one of a pregnant woman. There are still so many structures standing after all the volcanic eruption and centuries of being covered.
Wikipedia states: “ During early excavations of the site, occasional voids in the ash layer had been found that contained human remains. It was Fiorelli (who took charge of the excavation in 1860) who realized these were spaces left by the decomposed bodies and so devised the technique of injecting plaster into them to perfectly recreate the forms of Vesuvius’ victims. What resulted were highly accurate and eerie forms of the doomed Pompeiani who failed to escape, in their last moment of life, with the expression of terror often quite clearly visible.”
We also went to Ostia Lido (the beach) again by train on the Tyrrhenian Sea which is part of the Mediterranean Sea on the west coast. We had a nice relaxing day there.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
New house color
House before painting
House after painting. It looks blue but it is really dark grey.
Friday, May 30, 2008
14 days and counting
When those 'surveys' come around through email--the ones where you get to 'know' your friends better by their answers to questions--there is always the question "What is your favorite day of the year?" My answer is always "the day after the last day of school". Don't get me wrong, I love teaching (well not the paper work or politics or correcting or...I'd better stop). But after spending almost ten months with the little darlings I need a break from them and they need one from me. Hasn't there been a time when you are driving to work and you imagine what it would be like to just keep driving out of town, out of the state? I think back to a tv show decades ago called Route 66. Two cute guys had a Corvette and just drove from place to place, getting temporary jobs and then moving on. It all looked like so much fun! I know...I watch too much tv....I'm a tvaholic. I'll admit it.
Well, these days instead of daydreaming of going off on an adventure I like to speed home to see Jack. He is just too cute and becoming quite a little tyrant. When I get home he likes to come to me because he knows I will follow where he leads (actually I will take him where he points cuz he can't walk or talk yet).
In the not too distant future I will have another grandchild from my daughter Jessica. Unfortunately she and her husband live in Maryland. I am hoping that they will eventually come here to live.
Well, these days instead of daydreaming of going off on an adventure I like to speed home to see Jack. He is just too cute and becoming quite a little tyrant. When I get home he likes to come to me because he knows I will follow where he leads (actually I will take him where he points cuz he can't walk or talk yet).
In the not too distant future I will have another grandchild from my daughter Jessica. Unfortunately she and her husband live in Maryland. I am hoping that they will eventually come here to live.
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Cleaning the closet
It was a bad day today for doing outside chores (not that I do any---Dave does that stuff!). So I said to Dave "Let's clean our closet". I wanted to clean the closet because I think around Christmas time we were in a time crunch and just placed all kinds of stuff in there 'temporarily'. It never saw the light of day again ...until now.
Dave said "I bet all that stuff on the floor is not mine". He's a wise guy and I don't mean that in a good way. He pulled all of his clothes out. I didn't have to because my side was neat. I color code my clothes...all clothing of the same color is hang together. So we proceeded to place stuff on our bed. When it overflowed we started on the floor around the bed and then spread out into the hallway. I felt like we were on the HGTV show "Mission Organization" without all of the neat organizers they bring. We ended up filling up 6 large garbage bags of clothes and 3 bags of, well, garbage. We can now walk in to our walk-in closet. Next will be a "California " closet. I'm saving my pennies... Speaking of pennies, I found a good sized plastic container with lots of pennies as well as dimes and nickels in the closet. But Dave has me beat.....He found $50!
Dave said "I bet all that stuff on the floor is not mine". He's a wise guy and I don't mean that in a good way. He pulled all of his clothes out. I didn't have to because my side was neat. I color code my clothes...all clothing of the same color is hang together. So we proceeded to place stuff on our bed. When it overflowed we started on the floor around the bed and then spread out into the hallway. I felt like we were on the HGTV show "Mission Organization" without all of the neat organizers they bring. We ended up filling up 6 large garbage bags of clothes and 3 bags of, well, garbage. We can now walk in to our walk-in closet. Next will be a "California " closet. I'm saving my pennies... Speaking of pennies, I found a good sized plastic container with lots of pennies as well as dimes and nickels in the closet. But Dave has me beat.....He found $50!
Monday, April 28, 2008
First post
Since this is my first post, bear with me. Dave and I have been married for almost 32 years. I am Mom to twins (Justin and Jessica) who are now 25 y/o and triplets (Matthew, Ashley and Rebecca) that are 23 y/o. I also have a grandson, Jack, who is 8 months old. Jessica is married to Ryan for going on 3 years and Ashley is married to Justin (another Justin) for almost 2 years. They have provided me with Jack, the cutest boy on the planet--not that I am prejudiced.
I teach in a dual language school where I am the Spanish immersion first grade teacher. My partner and friend, Denise, is the English immersion teacher. Every week we change homeroom classes. So, the students have English for one week and then switch to Spanish the next. It is a great program for most students. The classes are made up of 50% English dominant students and 50% Spanish dominant students. I have been teaching for 16 years. I was a stay-at-home mom until my husband lost his job. I thought I would sub until he found a job, but instead, you guessed it, I am the one who 'found' a job. Dave has been working at the same place for almost ten years. Yeah!
We were on Spring break last week. What gorgeous weather we had! I didn't go anywhere special. But I did go Outlet shopping with my friend Deirdre but did not buy anything for myself. Jack, however, has more summer clothes now.
Later in the week, Ashley, Jack and I went to another outlet mall where I had much more luck. I had picked out a shirt when a somewhat older lady commented on how pretty it was. Well, that was almost the kiss of death for that shirt! So, I bought it and said if I decided against it I would give it to my mother. The next night I wore it to go out for dinner with friends and neighbors Mary and Bill to "It's Only Natural", a vegan restaurant where my son is a chef. The meals were oh-so-delicioso! I got to order off the menu because I had an 'in' with one of the chefs. Later that night, my chef son, Matthew, said that three of his co-workers came up to him and said that I looked too young to be his mom!!! Needless to say, the shirt is a keeper.
I teach in a dual language school where I am the Spanish immersion first grade teacher. My partner and friend, Denise, is the English immersion teacher. Every week we change homeroom classes. So, the students have English for one week and then switch to Spanish the next. It is a great program for most students. The classes are made up of 50% English dominant students and 50% Spanish dominant students. I have been teaching for 16 years. I was a stay-at-home mom until my husband lost his job. I thought I would sub until he found a job, but instead, you guessed it, I am the one who 'found' a job. Dave has been working at the same place for almost ten years. Yeah!
We were on Spring break last week. What gorgeous weather we had! I didn't go anywhere special. But I did go Outlet shopping with my friend Deirdre but did not buy anything for myself. Jack, however, has more summer clothes now.
Later in the week, Ashley, Jack and I went to another outlet mall where I had much more luck. I had picked out a shirt when a somewhat older lady commented on how pretty it was. Well, that was almost the kiss of death for that shirt! So, I bought it and said if I decided against it I would give it to my mother. The next night I wore it to go out for dinner with friends and neighbors Mary and Bill to "It's Only Natural", a vegan restaurant where my son is a chef. The meals were oh-so-delicioso! I got to order off the menu because I had an 'in' with one of the chefs. Later that night, my chef son, Matthew, said that three of his co-workers came up to him and said that I looked too young to be his mom!!! Needless to say, the shirt is a keeper.
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