sometimes I rock the side pony

new favorite waste of time/new motivator to get work done: rock band.

maybe we have a band.

maybe it's called Yam Yops.

maybe when designing my character and I saw hairstyle: side pony i was like BAM bitches done.

maybe when I play I put my hair in a side pony to channel my character because maybe this makes me play better.

maybe I finished my class 15 min early one day this week because I wanted to play rather than add slides to my powerpoint the night before.

maybe.

year end re-cap

clearing out my camera I found lots of pics that were take purely for the sake of bloggity-blogging and then never did. So here's a recap of what was missed because my life got too busy.

when I was taking my car to have its oil changed I went to whole foods and wandered around. and remembered how much I love annie's line of organic food products. for one they are yummy. for another, they all come in adorable little bunny shapes. needless to say when eating (aka playing with) my bunny fruit snacks pictures had to be taken.



and here were the massive amount of turkey cupcakes I made for my homeroom for thanksgiving. there was going to be some warm wishes of a happy thanksgiving given to all.


and here a cake made by one of my students...ahhh she loves physics. this I think was going to illustrate a top ten list of good things about teaching.


and here...nick and I went to italy while on a christmas shopping trip. this are the things that we do here in chicago land.


and these pictures were going to go with a witty commentary on the house of blues in chicago. more comonly known as the the house of poos. concert ok, but venue stupid. taking our cameras, making us pay to check them because of their stupid rules. (and on that experience we learned an imporant life lesson, never attempt to do a museum AND a concert in the same night, especially in snow boots) this was going to tie along with our need to establish a no dumping sign for when a certain individual comes to visit.


hopefully next year will lead to more current and witty blog posts....

project!

emily feels as though I should take up creative grooming. and has suggested my first project be to turn this fluffball known affectionately as baby cat into a ferocious lion


I can see it now...

why some people shouldnt be allowed near animals

when I am bored I spend too much time looking and clicking on things on facebook. sometimes you come across things like this.


what is this if not a prime reason why some people should not be allowed near animals.

Granted claires and I talked of giving baby cat a poodle inspired hair cut when she first moved to chicago and the fluff ball wasn't handling the heat so well. but the important difference remains. we never did it. nor did we ever even consider turning her into a a poodle ninja turtle-leonardoodle. (or even a kitten ninja turtle-leonardacat)

christmas baking extravaganza 2008

I like to bake a christmas. well I actually like to bake all the time, but christmas gives me an excuse to do it in extremes. and yes I am a little protective of my christmas baking. christmas being an imperative word. like the year when I accidently confused my gingerbread cookies with my molasses cookie dough and ended up with gingerbread circles instead of gingerbread men. and I made a new batch.

or this year when emily made chrismtas pocahontas shapes and christmas barnyard animals instead of christmas sugar cookies. last time I let anyone else near the cookie cutters. at least nick now knows only to use sanctioned cookie cutters.

I like large amounts of things and keep baking and baking and baking. here is this year's load.


this led nick to claim "she must have some ulterier motive, like fatening the family up so she can eat them"

last time I make him a christmas dinosaur.

merry christmas, welcome to the real world.

new favorite thing about the real world. christmas bonus.

turns out my catering office job never had such perks. though the last year we did finally get sweatshirts.

AND a cute little ornament.

apple sauce on mars

I do a lot of things to avoid having to get up in the morning. 5 more minutes of sleep. 1 more snooze. deciding what to wear when i finally get up. this morning it was a conversation.

me: guess what
nick: I hate these games
me: come on guess.
nick: umm apple sauce on mars

then later

nick: guess what
me: give me a hint
nick: it has to do with apples
me: umm apple sauce on mars?
nick: NO apple cider on jupiter. duh.