Sunday, May 16, 2010

Lisa's Logbook - May 16

Outside: Sunny and 63! yeah!

Sounds: Bob talking to David about drywall

Home: several projects underway

Projects: Now it's time to start thinking about fall co-op classes; also I am organizing a field trip this week.

Pondering: my shortcomings

Teaching: Educational movies this week include Grizzlies, Nature's Fury!, Drive-Through History (thanks, Dar!). David has his last dissection class (and I didn't have to teach it), Spanish evaluations are this week and next, and Emily is doing Life of Fred math.

Gratitude: that Bob was actually able to fix the fridges - yes, both of them. He really is very talented with fix-it stuff.

Recipes: Not cooking.

Duds: jeans (too tight! argh!), hot pink tee with Bible verse, white socks (my feet are cold)

Reads: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott for book club, about halfway through Echo in the Bone audio; skimming through lots of magazines

Vids: Eli Stone TV series on DVD (enjoying it still, but it has a very liberal slant), The Young Victoria (yes, again), The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (This one is on my TEN WORST MOVIES EVER list), An Education (liked it a lot), and some of North and South, a tiny bit of Avatar & of Lars and the Real Girl

Hopes: that Bob can find a full time job, because otherwise I will probably have to. Can't go on like this.

Love: Garage sales! LOVE THEM!

Plans: Teaching Spanish (this is the last week for one of my classes), Working 4-5 hours M-F, J & S soccer, field trip, Suzy's birthday! and she has a party to attend as well.

Pic: We stopped by and there was no Jackman, no Dancy, no Grant, not even Laurie. Nor was it hugE. So much for truth in advertising.

3 comments:

Denise Bryant said...

An eclectic bit of vids! Only one I've seen is Avatar. Enjoy your week, as crazy as it is. :)

MICHELE said...

Miss you, Lisa.

I've been out garage sale-ing, too. I can't believe how pricey things are. A sign of the times, I guess... people are trying to make as much as they can.

How about doing a blog post on "the life of fred?" I'd be curious to know about it.

Have a good Monday- Mich

Wee Pip said...

I agree - a Life of Fred post is in order:) I've been wondering about that one, too. I was wondering if all the text and story is distracting from the lesson? I noticed you are reading aloud Alice (LOL! Of course I noticed!) I have an article I'll email you about it - how the books are actually based upon trendy math & science ideas of the day & the author's response to them (no, it wasn't a drug induced story!) My kids hate AIW, sigh. You are welcome to borrow my Annotated Alice if you are interested (it makes a great math, sci & history unit study)