I am serious when I call Cold Cereal my favorite food. And I'm more than just a fan; I'm an educated lover of the stuff. Don't believe me?
Take THAT you doubters out there!A B+ in Breakfast Cereals. Skidoosh!
Monday, May 24, 2010
Thursday, May 20, 2010
The Battle of Bunker Hill? Really?
Its Civil War Test time again!! And this year I got a lot of correct answers. Really! For the most part--the most part--the students were factually correct. YAY! This year's weird answers mainly came in the form of the illogical, not-to-be-understood ramblings of the 8th grade mind.
Remember that old SNL Celebrity Jeopardy episode that goes something like: "Mr. Connery, you answered? Half of your hand. And your bid is...the other half of your hand. We've reached a new low."? Well, take a look at my favorite test this year.
We have reached a new low.
Here's a sampling of a few other favorites:
Remember that old SNL Celebrity Jeopardy episode that goes something like: "Mr. Connery, you answered? Half of your hand. And your bid is...the other half of your hand. We've reached a new low."? Well, take a look at my favorite test this year.
Side one of the test: A tracing of his hand.
Side two: A RAINBOW tracing of his hand!
We have reached a new low.Here's a sampling of a few other favorites:
“[Lincoln] got assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. This left John Adams as our president.”
(Shazaam! TIME TRAVEL!)
“President Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration was sort of like a treat to the South”
(A treat that makes you decide its time to secede...)
“Announcements by Lincoln made Confederates mad or even happy about war.”
(Just like giving her a zero made me mad...or even happy?)
“The South wasn’t very social cause they couldn’t talk to some cause they lived so far apart.”
(And they didn't have text messaging either!!)
Concerning Reconstruction: “Even though there was a lot of sadness, there was also happiness”
(Glad we cleared that up!)
“Another [disadvantage of the north] is they were the one’s who didn’t always know where the other side was.”
(That does make fighting each other rather difficult)
“The generals and the leaders were all good fighters but they really didn’t want to fight but that was because they were shy or something but they were very good fighters that’s what president Abraham Lincoln said.”
(Huh?)
“Lincoln…got assassinated in the early 1900’s”
(Time Travel AGAIN!)
"The battle that started the war was Battle of Bunker Hill."
(Um...no. That battle didn't start ANY war, actually.)
“Slaves were freed and later became Generals who became more.”
(What?)
“There were also teaching restrictions for them [Black Americans]; if there was one black in a room full of whites, that teacher would be shot.”
(Well, it could be...um...yeah. No idea. Yet again.)
“At the end of the war, General Lee and President Johnson sat down at the Church hall and had a meeting.”
(I'm going to chalk this one up to Civil War fan fiction)
“The final straw was Lincoln’s election because of his veins.”
(I have no response for this. None.)
“The Union were a bunch of pretty boys that didn’t use guns a lot.”
(HA HA HA!!! Sorry. But that's just funny.)
“One major huge event that changed the war was Abraham Lincoln!.…He was the Mickle Jordan of the war, and it made the south scared.”
(He’s an event now? I want to be an event. I want to be a Mickle Jordan of an event!)
(Shazaam! TIME TRAVEL!)
“President Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration was sort of like a treat to the South”
(A treat that makes you decide its time to secede...)
“Announcements by Lincoln made Confederates mad or even happy about war.”
(Just like giving her a zero made me mad...or even happy?)
“The South wasn’t very social cause they couldn’t talk to some cause they lived so far apart.”
(And they didn't have text messaging either!!)
Concerning Reconstruction: “Even though there was a lot of sadness, there was also happiness”
(Glad we cleared that up!)
“Another [disadvantage of the north] is they were the one’s who didn’t always know where the other side was.”
(That does make fighting each other rather difficult)
“The generals and the leaders were all good fighters but they really didn’t want to fight but that was because they were shy or something but they were very good fighters that’s what president Abraham Lincoln said.”
(Huh?)
“Lincoln…got assassinated in the early 1900’s”
(Time Travel AGAIN!)
"The battle that started the war was Battle of Bunker Hill."
(Um...no. That battle didn't start ANY war, actually.)
“Slaves were freed and later became Generals who became more.”
(What?)
“There were also teaching restrictions for them [Black Americans]; if there was one black in a room full of whites, that teacher would be shot.”
(Well, it could be...um...yeah. No idea. Yet again.)
“At the end of the war, General Lee and President Johnson sat down at the Church hall and had a meeting.”
(I'm going to chalk this one up to Civil War fan fiction)
“The final straw was Lincoln’s election because of his veins.”
(I have no response for this. None.)
“The Union were a bunch of pretty boys that didn’t use guns a lot.”
(HA HA HA!!! Sorry. But that's just funny.)
“One major huge event that changed the war was Abraham Lincoln!.…He was the Mickle Jordan of the war, and it made the south scared.”
(He’s an event now? I want to be an event. I want to be a Mickle Jordan of an event!)
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Catching Up with Myself
As an admitted Accomplishment Junkie, the past month has been AWESOME. Talk about a natural high! I have been able to check #8, #10, and #25 off the List o' 27. And I think it necessary at this point to report in on the awesomeness all that involved.
I checked off #25, Go Green, about a month ago. I purchased 5 reusable shopping bags from a local grocery store and started taking them each time I shop. The main problem with these bags--as Word on the Street would suggest--is that people just forget to take them into the store. In an attempt to combat this, I put the bags in my car; when I empty the bags at home I have to immediately put them back in the car before I can be Done. Workin' like a charm and I feel like a Go Green Pro. Captain Planet would be proud.
Happy Dance! National Boards are DONE!
On Friday, I took the National Board exam. The portfolio was finished up and mailed off about a month ago and only the test was left. So after 3 long hours, answering 6 exercises with 2-4 prompts each...I am finally DONE. Yes! Yes!!! YES!!!!!!!!! I won't find out the results until November, but right now...its done. I'm crossing off #10 with great flourish and topping it off with a bowl of frozen yogurt. Because, really, finishing National Boards is treat-worthy.
This is what finishers look like! Me and Catie after the 10K/5K in Ptown in April.
Goal #8 was to run a race--a 10K, a half marathon, or even a Ragner Relay. I have not given up hope of tackling a Ragner sometime, but nothing's on the board right now. However, in April I ran the 10K for the Boys & Girls Club down in Provo, and a few weeks after that I returned to Utah County to tackle the Provo City Half Marathon. The latter proved to be the wettest, coldest, most miserable 13.1 miles I ever hope to run. It wasn't fun--but I did it! No pictures of that "blessed" event because of the weather...and because my fingers were so numb after that I couldn't even get my hand into my pocket for the car key--forget working the zipper on my camera case!
All in all, life has been crazy and fun. There are fifteen days of school left and I am eagerly awaiting the onset of warm weather (Come on Utah--get it together!!) and time to CHILLAX. Woohoo!!
I checked off #25, Go Green, about a month ago. I purchased 5 reusable shopping bags from a local grocery store and started taking them each time I shop. The main problem with these bags--as Word on the Street would suggest--is that people just forget to take them into the store. In an attempt to combat this, I put the bags in my car; when I empty the bags at home I have to immediately put them back in the car before I can be Done. Workin' like a charm and I feel like a Go Green Pro. Captain Planet would be proud.Happy Dance! National Boards are DONE!
On Friday, I took the National Board exam. The portfolio was finished up and mailed off about a month ago and only the test was left. So after 3 long hours, answering 6 exercises with 2-4 prompts each...I am finally DONE. Yes! Yes!!! YES!!!!!!!!! I won't find out the results until November, but right now...its done. I'm crossing off #10 with great flourish and topping it off with a bowl of frozen yogurt. Because, really, finishing National Boards is treat-worthy.
This is what finishers look like! Me and Catie after the 10K/5K in Ptown in April.Goal #8 was to run a race--a 10K, a half marathon, or even a Ragner Relay. I have not given up hope of tackling a Ragner sometime, but nothing's on the board right now. However, in April I ran the 10K for the Boys & Girls Club down in Provo, and a few weeks after that I returned to Utah County to tackle the Provo City Half Marathon. The latter proved to be the wettest, coldest, most miserable 13.1 miles I ever hope to run. It wasn't fun--but I did it! No pictures of that "blessed" event because of the weather...and because my fingers were so numb after that I couldn't even get my hand into my pocket for the car key--forget working the zipper on my camera case!
All in all, life has been crazy and fun. There are fifteen days of school left and I am eagerly awaiting the onset of warm weather (Come on Utah--get it together!!) and time to CHILLAX. Woohoo!!
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Happy #200!
Dear Blog,
Happy 200th Birthday! I know you probably don't feel that old, but you are! This marks the
200th post on your fair wall. Crazy, but true. In human years, you're not even three, but the age of humans differs greatly from the age of Blogs.
Much has occurred since your birth in September 2007, and you are a lucky Blog indeed because so many of those changes and events have been detailed right here with you. At your birth, I was living in Bleak House with one roommate and a wall full of mice (didn't know that at the time...); today I'm living life solo in my very own condo, and heartily optimistic there aren't any rodents sharing the living space.
Would you mind if we wandered Memory Lane just a little bit longer? I promise just a small sampling. But in your 200 posts there are some favorites I feel to point out.
I can't deny that on your very first birthday (when I dubbed myself Felicity with the romantic idea of being anonymous and keeping you all to myself) I couldn't have begun to imagine myself where I am in 2010. But here I am, and I hope I'm the better for it.
Life is really grand, you know. And I am grateful and happy that I have you, my dear little Blog, to help me remember that fact as together we keep track of life's ups and downs.
Here's to another terrific 200 together!
*me*
P.S. Do you think this would justify eating cake?
Happy 200th Birthday! I know you probably don't feel that old, but you are! This marks the
200th post on your fair wall. Crazy, but true. In human years, you're not even three, but the age of humans differs greatly from the age of Blogs.Much has occurred since your birth in September 2007, and you are a lucky Blog indeed because so many of those changes and events have been detailed right here with you. At your birth, I was living in Bleak House with one roommate and a wall full of mice (didn't know that at the time...); today I'm living life solo in my very own condo, and heartily optimistic there aren't any rodents sharing the living space.
Would you mind if we wandered Memory Lane just a little bit longer? I promise just a small sampling. But in your 200 posts there are some favorites I feel to point out.
- My thoughts on Facebook were noted more than once. First in Welcome to the Book, and again in What if I don't want to be your friend?
- I dated three different men. One ended with a "meh," another with a "Jerk" and the last with a giant sob. My Mind is a Scary Place and Message I Need Today are definite faves in the relationship category.
- I traveled all over and used your writing space as a travel journal to detail a Forks roadtrip, O Canada!, two trips to New York, the food bonanza of San Francisco, Disneyland Disneyland Disneyland, and I'm sure many others.
- I started writing with you as a lowly 3rd year teaching. Now I'm finishing up year #5 as a National Board candidate, District trainer for Primary Sources, and Board Member of the U.C.S.S. (pretty much all thanks to Pam, btw)
- I ran and ran and ran.
- Remember my rant against LDS Fiction?!
- And the time I defended text messaging?
I can't deny that on your very first birthday (when I dubbed myself Felicity with the romantic idea of being anonymous and keeping you all to myself) I couldn't have begun to imagine myself where I am in 2010. But here I am, and I hope I'm the better for it.
Life is really grand, you know. And I am grateful and happy that I have you, my dear little Blog, to help me remember that fact as together we keep track of life's ups and downs.
Here's to another terrific 200 together!
*me*
P.S. Do you think this would justify eating cake?
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