February 27, 2012

I really miss my chauffeur - it's awesome that Bob takes me to and from school when he's home.  Oh well, gotta get up a little earlier...

Today was peer edit day.  Student feedback on my new method was totally positive -- they loved the class time and validation of their work for the composition.  I know some of my slackers who normally would have had a minimal paper (if any) used their time wisely and brought in a full draft - yay!

I have a massage at 4PM - yay again!  Tomorrow I MUST update grades for interims.  I also need to create a new key for my final exam, complete with standards -- yuck!!!  Thanks to last year's coordinator for losing my key...grrrrr.  But -- I just asked my department chair if he had saved the correspondence from last year, and HE HAD!!!!!!  Sweet.

February 26, 2012

Bob left this morning for parts unknown...boo hoo!!  I watched the last episode of Season 2 of White Collar -- so good!!!

Frank is singing in a concert this afternoon, so I'll be getting ready in a few minutes to head over to the local Lutheran church...

After the concert, Frank and I went to the Pizza Pub for dinner, and then I watched about 2/3 of the Academy Awards - no surprises, darn it!  I would have liked to see Viola Davis win although I also love Meryl Streep...

Bed at about 10:30 - no reading tonight -- too tired.

February 24, 2012

Today is Ingo Beckmerhagen's birthday - sent him an email yesterday so that I didn't forget.

This week flew by: 4 days + Cyrano projects due = no blog  MATH ACROSS THE CURRICULUM!!

The kids really rose to the challenge of baking difficult French breads and desserts; all dishes were spectacular.

I need to remember to keep the same timing next year: project due Wed after President's weekend, rough draft of Cyrano comp due the following Monday.  The food was due over three days; during the rest of the period, the students worked on their embedding and outlines for the Cyrano/Doll's House comp.

Bob and I went to Stella Blu for dinner.  We planned to sit at a table, but the bar deal was just too good - $5 wine and half price small plates.  We shared a cheese plate,
drizzled with balsamic vinegar, scallops and polenta , and lamb lollipops - so good!

Then we drove back in the rain and rush hour from Conshohocken and watched some White Collars....

Bed at 9ish....

I finished Death Comes to Pemberley!

February 18, 2012

I slept until 7ish - nice!  We got up, Bob exercised while I did two crossword puzzles and read part of the paper, and then we sat on the side porch for a few hours reading the rest of the paper.  I also worked on trying to upload pictures to the blog, but they still come in sideways...so weird and frustrating.  I also did some Wii exercises later in the day, and we watched some White Collar. I actually COOKED DINNER!!  We had bratwurst and pierogies, a classic from back when the boys were home.

It's 8:45, and I'm ready to read for a while before going to sleep. 

February 17, 2012

Today was an in-service day, and not too bad of a day, all things considered. We had to sign up for 3 sessions in the morning, so I signed up for AP, reading, and technology workshops. The AP and the technology were really interesting, the reading just new vocabulary for the same old stuff.  During the lunch break, I went back to HH Gregg and bought a refrigerator, which should be delivered on Monday.  The afternoon was devoted to working on our final exams.  The PLC I'm in works really hard, and so we got a lot accomplished.

By the time I got home, Bob was back for his week at home - yay!  We went to El Sarape for dinner and then came back and watched White Collar - Bob really likes it, so we have another fun show to watch together...

February 16, 2012

And how time does fly - if I don't post early in the morning, I'm too tired to post before I go to bed.

Anyway, Valentine's Day is the saddest day of the year for Cassel women and partners, so I had nothing for that "special" day except that Frank came for dinner before his choir rehearsal - Happy Valentine's Day, poor Chris! 

In class I introduced Catcher, and they had their first reading due yesterday. It's so fun to see their reponses when we discuss the novel for the first time! I also went over embedding rules for plays - different than those for novels. 

Today the kids worked on embedding quotes into their sentences so that I could see that they knew what they were doing - thank goodness for (crappy) computers in the classroom. 

There's a school-wide happy hour after school today, so I'm heading over there.  Tomorrow is an in-service day -- yawn.

February 13, 2012

It was a good Monday - kids were finishing up their prewriting, and tomorrow they present.  We also start Catcher in the Rye, which is the basis for their literary critical paper.

After school, I scouted out refrigerators and found one that I liked - will probably go back on Thursday to buy it.

Watched most of Downton Abbey - it was 2 hours this week!!

Gotta stop eating cheese - it cuts into my point count!

Still reading Death Comes to Pemberley.