Following a one-day break for Memorial Day, school life has not slowed down since the kids were released. We have been doing a two-week training for a new language arts curriculum that we have been teaching. Class has met from 8 AM-1 PM every day, and we have had homework to complete in the afternoons. We have also been having endless "debriefing" meetings and doing end-of-year projects like moving classrooms and creating curriculum maps and plans for next year.
I have also been attending my exercise class regularly, and I am very excited to announce that I touched my own toes during our flexibility exercises this week. Hooray!
We took the final exam in our Spalding class today, so that is over, which also means that I no longer have an excuse to be in town every day. Regular blog posting should be resuming in the next couple of days. I hope that you have not all given up on checking in here!
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Who am I?
- Lindsey
- Wife. Daughter. Sister. Teacher. Friend. I'm still trying to figure out the rest.
Recent Reads
- 3- Where Trouble Sleeps by Clyde Edgerton
- 4- World Without End by Ken Follett. Pretty good sequel to Pillars.
- 5- Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. Really great medieval story. Good strong plot and compelling characters. Read this!
- 3- The Alchemist's Daughter. Pretty good medieval-ish novel. Good twist at the end.
- 2- Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife by Linda Berdoll. If you've ever wanted explicit discussions of Elizabeth and Darcy's intimate activities, including lengthy discussions of Darcy's "love torch," this book is for you. (is redeemed to a 2 for humor)
- 4- The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory. My first library sale purchase is a hit!
- 3--The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket and Brett Helquist. Okay, but not as clever as all the hype. Maybe it will be a 5 by book 13?
- 3--Stowaway by Karen Hesse. Pretty good YA novel about Captain Cook's journey to Australia.
- 4--Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller. Re-reading it despite objections from my presby. friends. Always good for a fresh perspective.
- 4--Snow in August by Pete Hammill. Great, original story.
- 3-- A Monk Swimming by Malachy McCourt. Worth reading for extraordinary wit and word play, but beware of pretty objectionable content.
- 3-- Educating Alice by Alice Steinbach. Read it for the interesting content, but you'll have to overlook the author's pretentious style.
- 0--Lake Wobegon Summer 1956 by Garrison Keillor. One too many "luscious orbs" jokes.
- 4--Forever by Peter Hamill. Good if you like New York and have the sense of humor of a groundling.
- 5--The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs. Laughed out Loud
- 1--Flight of the Falcon by Daphne du Maurier. Zzzz.
- 5--Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling. The good news is, you get 7000 pages before you have to say goodbye.
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4 comments:
You touched your own toes?!? Way to go Lindsey! You beat me to it...how did you manage? Your aerobics class made you flexible?
We WERE good at aerobics this week! And, yes, I expect summer to bring about some more frequent posting from you, missy! :-)
you can touch your toes! i cant even do that. and im a cheerleader. haha. i love you
So, how's your first official day of summer??
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