I have my new laptop! Yay!
It's a new Dell Inspiron 1318, and it's blue. :-)
It has Windows Vista on it; I'm still trying to figure out how I like it.
Bill told me it sucks...
My tech guy at school told me it sucks...
....my decision hasn't been made yet.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Here we go again!
It's musical time again!! At least this time around I'm not doing it for the first time ever.
This year I am putting on "Willy Wonka Jr". The show is March 27, 28, and 29. Mark your calendars!
Today were the call-backs...I HATE this part. I like it much better when one person comes in and blows away the competition, it makes my job much easier. This year I had a hard time deciding between a BUNCH of characters. I had to call back students for Charlie, Willy Wonka, Veruca, and 3 of the mothers. It's so difficult to decide, but I think I made the right decisions. (I hope).
At least when I announced my decision to the students who had stuck around, they were all happy for each other, and were congratulating each other. It was great to see. No one seemed to go home upset at least. However, we'll see what tomorrow brings when the entire cast finds out.
This year I am putting on "Willy Wonka Jr". The show is March 27, 28, and 29. Mark your calendars!
Today were the call-backs...I HATE this part. I like it much better when one person comes in and blows away the competition, it makes my job much easier. This year I had a hard time deciding between a BUNCH of characters. I had to call back students for Charlie, Willy Wonka, Veruca, and 3 of the mothers. It's so difficult to decide, but I think I made the right decisions. (I hope).
At least when I announced my decision to the students who had stuck around, they were all happy for each other, and were congratulating each other. It was great to see. No one seemed to go home upset at least. However, we'll see what tomorrow brings when the entire cast finds out.
Thursday, January 08, 2009
Super Mario Drummer
This is quite cool.
I suppose you'll have to settle for the link...since I had problems embedding it.
Click here
I suppose you'll have to settle for the link...since I had problems embedding it.
Click here
Dead computer
It is no longer close to dead.
It's dead.
Thank GOD the boy got me that external hard drive and I could back it all up!
It's dead.
Thank GOD the boy got me that external hard drive and I could back it all up!
Thursday, January 01, 2009
Death of a computer
Say goodbye to the Inspiron 6000. It has gotten me pretty far, but is dying. On its way out. Kaputskie.
In a week or two, I will have my new laptop. It's smaller, lighter, has more memory, and is way cheaper than this one. And it's blue!
I am stuck using this piece of junk for a few more days - then you shall see the pics and blogs that I used to make, but haven't been able to for fear of computer explosion...
In a week or two, I will have my new laptop. It's smaller, lighter, has more memory, and is way cheaper than this one. And it's blue!
I am stuck using this piece of junk for a few more days - then you shall see the pics and blogs that I used to make, but haven't been able to for fear of computer explosion...
Monday, December 29, 2008
Christmas Gifts
I almost forgot!
I got some WAY cool Christmas gifts this year!
My 2 faves are my 320 gig external hard drive (I could store everything from my work, home, and the boy's computer and not even make a dent) and my bread machine.
We will never have to buy bread again! I have already made 3 loaves since Christmas. It was fantastic! White, wheat, oatmeal...the combinations are endless! Muwahahahaha (evil laugh, I thought it was called for)
Pictures to come if I ever get this laptop up to speed (that's another story for another day)
I got some WAY cool Christmas gifts this year!
My 2 faves are my 320 gig external hard drive (I could store everything from my work, home, and the boy's computer and not even make a dent) and my bread machine.
We will never have to buy bread again! I have already made 3 loaves since Christmas. It was fantastic! White, wheat, oatmeal...the combinations are endless! Muwahahahaha (evil laugh, I thought it was called for)
Pictures to come if I ever get this laptop up to speed (that's another story for another day)
Happy vacation!
Woohoo!
It's vacation time!
So far - I have cleaned. Fun, huh?
Random thought - why are Goya juice cans so thick? They're really strong aluminum!!
I know, it's random.
Next, it's time to figure out New Year's Eve plans.
It's vacation time!
So far - I have cleaned. Fun, huh?
Random thought - why are Goya juice cans so thick? They're really strong aluminum!!
I know, it's random.
Next, it's time to figure out New Year's Eve plans.
Monday, December 15, 2008
Big scary ice storm!
Wow...craziness...
Let me recap the last few days for you.
Thursday:
The power goes out around 8:30 or so. We sit in the dark, and decide to sleep on the futon in the living room to be closert to the wood stove. Little did we realize, this would be the first night of many.
Friday:
I awoke with a start at 7:45, realizing my alarm never went off. I have to be at school in 15 minutes. My cell died, and we still have no power. I don't even know if I have school. I go out to the car and plug in my phone and listen to my voicemail - luckily, no school
We wake up to a pretty scene - ice covered tree branches glistening in the sun. No wait - the beauty is suddenly drowned out by the realization that these tree branches are covering the ground and marking their destruction all over the county. Branches down in the front yard, branches hanging on the wires to our house (doesn't matter since there's still no power), a giant tree-sized branch standing straight up and down in front of the shed - it was buried 2 feet deep into the ground!, a tree split in half that hangs into the pond and broke one of the balustrades to the footbridge, a tree down in the middle of the backyard, and many more branches all over the yard. Branches on top of the fence between us and the neighbors, branches covering the lawn, that 3 foot diameter branch buried in the ground leaning against the shed, narrowly missing the pool filter...
We spent a number of hours sawing and clipping back, pulling and knocking over that giant tree-sized branch away from the shed. The boy tried to find a chain saw - ha - not much open around, and the only chainsaws he could find were electric - fat lot of good those would do us.
The rest of the day we were still cleaning the house in hopes that the house-warming party would still happen tomorrow night, and keeping the wood stove manned for warmth. Have I mentioned it's REALLY ccccold outside??
We spent the night in the living room again - it's kind of like camping! As a matter-of-fact, we pulled out camping gear and used it inside. We found our rechargable lantern and our coffee percolator. We could boil small amounts of water on the top of the stove, and we cooked food in foil packets placed inside of the wood stove. We're pretty resourceful like that.
Saturday:
Obviously, the party cannot go on as planned. Friends and family are calling the cell all day asking about the party. An email is sent out via a friend letting as many people as possible know the party is cancelled.
I had to move the food into a cooler and place it outside to keep cool. The freezer food was ok for the most part, but the fridge stuff was getting warm. I also had to move the bucket o' peppermentini outdoors to keep it cold - it never did create ice crystals.
Again, I spend most of the day loading wood into the stove to keep warm. I also wrap a lot of Christmas presents.
My college roomie and her hubby come down from NH and bring us warm food. We spent the evening by the fire with some drinks and some food. It was a lot smaller than I planned, but it was a lot of fun.
After they left, we again hunkered down in the living room for the night. It is COLD, but the fire is roaring, and we are keeping pretty warm.
Sunday:
About 1:30 am we awoke to the lights flickering a few times, then the ROAR of the smoke alarms going off. The alarms are all hard-wired, and I guess the flickering on and off of the electricity spazzed them out. We couldn't figure out how to turn them off. The two of us were running around the house trying to get them to shut up. I don't know what we did, but we eventually got them to stop.
Finally! Heat! Hot water! Electricity! Happiness!
We spend the day cleaning the house and the yard, answering emails and voice messages from friends and family asking how we are doing. I'm hoping that school is cancelled for tomorrow, since I see that all of the area schools have cancelled for tomorrow.
At least tonight we can sleep in our own bed tonight!!
Monday:
Of course we have school - every other school district in the area has cancelled, but why would we? On my way to school I am rerouted twice, and dodge branches and trees all the way to school. When I show up, half of the staff for the building aren't there, and most of the students from the town next door aren't there since their town has cancelled school. However, since the town next door doesn't have its own high school, half of them go to our high school. The buses, however, couldn't pick them up, even though they were required to be there.
Argh-ridiculous.
I was supposed to go Christmas caroling with some of my students at the local mall after school. The mall wasn't expecting us, and a lot of the kids had to bail; I decided to cancel. I must have ESP, since I learned later that the mall lost power again. Good thing I decided to cancel before school let out!
Finally...I'm home.
I'm exhausted.
I learn that the town next door has once again cancelled school for tomorrow...
We'll see what tomorrow has in store - will I be going through this all over again? Only time will tell...
Let me recap the last few days for you.
Thursday:
The power goes out around 8:30 or so. We sit in the dark, and decide to sleep on the futon in the living room to be closert to the wood stove. Little did we realize, this would be the first night of many.
Friday:
I awoke with a start at 7:45, realizing my alarm never went off. I have to be at school in 15 minutes. My cell died, and we still have no power. I don't even know if I have school. I go out to the car and plug in my phone and listen to my voicemail - luckily, no school
We wake up to a pretty scene - ice covered tree branches glistening in the sun. No wait - the beauty is suddenly drowned out by the realization that these tree branches are covering the ground and marking their destruction all over the county. Branches down in the front yard, branches hanging on the wires to our house (doesn't matter since there's still no power), a giant tree-sized branch standing straight up and down in front of the shed - it was buried 2 feet deep into the ground!, a tree split in half that hangs into the pond and broke one of the balustrades to the footbridge, a tree down in the middle of the backyard, and many more branches all over the yard. Branches on top of the fence between us and the neighbors, branches covering the lawn, that 3 foot diameter branch buried in the ground leaning against the shed, narrowly missing the pool filter...
We spent a number of hours sawing and clipping back, pulling and knocking over that giant tree-sized branch away from the shed. The boy tried to find a chain saw - ha - not much open around, and the only chainsaws he could find were electric - fat lot of good those would do us.
The rest of the day we were still cleaning the house in hopes that the house-warming party would still happen tomorrow night, and keeping the wood stove manned for warmth. Have I mentioned it's REALLY ccccold outside??
We spent the night in the living room again - it's kind of like camping! As a matter-of-fact, we pulled out camping gear and used it inside. We found our rechargable lantern and our coffee percolator. We could boil small amounts of water on the top of the stove, and we cooked food in foil packets placed inside of the wood stove. We're pretty resourceful like that.
Saturday:
Obviously, the party cannot go on as planned. Friends and family are calling the cell all day asking about the party. An email is sent out via a friend letting as many people as possible know the party is cancelled.
I had to move the food into a cooler and place it outside to keep cool. The freezer food was ok for the most part, but the fridge stuff was getting warm. I also had to move the bucket o' peppermentini outdoors to keep it cold - it never did create ice crystals.
Again, I spend most of the day loading wood into the stove to keep warm. I also wrap a lot of Christmas presents.
My college roomie and her hubby come down from NH and bring us warm food. We spent the evening by the fire with some drinks and some food. It was a lot smaller than I planned, but it was a lot of fun.
After they left, we again hunkered down in the living room for the night. It is COLD, but the fire is roaring, and we are keeping pretty warm.
Sunday:
About 1:30 am we awoke to the lights flickering a few times, then the ROAR of the smoke alarms going off. The alarms are all hard-wired, and I guess the flickering on and off of the electricity spazzed them out. We couldn't figure out how to turn them off. The two of us were running around the house trying to get them to shut up. I don't know what we did, but we eventually got them to stop.
Finally! Heat! Hot water! Electricity! Happiness!
We spend the day cleaning the house and the yard, answering emails and voice messages from friends and family asking how we are doing. I'm hoping that school is cancelled for tomorrow, since I see that all of the area schools have cancelled for tomorrow.
At least tonight we can sleep in our own bed tonight!!
Monday:
Of course we have school - every other school district in the area has cancelled, but why would we? On my way to school I am rerouted twice, and dodge branches and trees all the way to school. When I show up, half of the staff for the building aren't there, and most of the students from the town next door aren't there since their town has cancelled school. However, since the town next door doesn't have its own high school, half of them go to our high school. The buses, however, couldn't pick them up, even though they were required to be there.
Argh-ridiculous.
I was supposed to go Christmas caroling with some of my students at the local mall after school. The mall wasn't expecting us, and a lot of the kids had to bail; I decided to cancel. I must have ESP, since I learned later that the mall lost power again. Good thing I decided to cancel before school let out!
Finally...I'm home.
I'm exhausted.
I learn that the town next door has once again cancelled school for tomorrow...
We'll see what tomorrow has in store - will I be going through this all over again? Only time will tell...
Friday, November 28, 2008
Currently...
I am at the rents' house cuddling with the dog on the couch watching Dave Letterman.
Shhh...
don't tell mom.
Shhh...
don't tell mom.
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Wow-I need to post more often
Ugh - I need to post more often, I keep forgetting.
I am busy!
However, I have found this piece of amusing information.
I am currently cooking dinner with a LOT of garlic! I am making garlic chicken, stuffed peppers (garlic in those too), and sour cream and onion mashed potatoes (ok, so no garlic there). Earlier, I made banana cookies to freeze for my party next month.
I like having Tuesday off. We should do it every week.
I am busy!
However, I have found this piece of amusing information.
I am currently cooking dinner with a LOT of garlic! I am making garlic chicken, stuffed peppers (garlic in those too), and sour cream and onion mashed potatoes (ok, so no garlic there). Earlier, I made banana cookies to freeze for my party next month.
I like having Tuesday off. We should do it every week.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Looking forward to next season
The Boston Red Sox today received righthanded pitcher Virgil Vasquez on a waiver claim from the Detroit Tigers.
What do we know about him?
Well:
Last year for Detroit, he pitched for 16.2 innings total. In those 16.2 innings, he allowed 27 hits, 16 runs (all of which were earned), allowed 7 home runs, walked 5 and struck out 7. His ERA was 8.64.
We'll see how he works out, but pitchers are always a good thing to have, right?
Right?
What do we know about him?
Well:
Last year for Detroit, he pitched for 16.2 innings total. In those 16.2 innings, he allowed 27 hits, 16 runs (all of which were earned), allowed 7 home runs, walked 5 and struck out 7. His ERA was 8.64.
We'll see how he works out, but pitchers are always a good thing to have, right?
Right?
I KNEW I recognized her!!
I've been watching "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles", because I am obsessed...
I saw the creepy, red-haired, Irish, creepy, robot-woman (did I mention creepy?) and I thought I recognized her -
She's Shirley Manson, frontwoman to the band "Garbage". Remember them from the 90s??
I think she's great, creepy, but great!
Monday, October 27, 2008
Edit to the last post
Well gee, they thought it was time to put the tarp down.
I don't care what they said - they would not have put out the tarp if it wasn't a tied game.
A suspended game to be picked up in the bottom of the 6th, or will the rain delay end sometime tonight? We'll have to wait and see...
I don't care what they said - they would not have put out the tarp if it wasn't a tied game.
A suspended game to be picked up in the bottom of the 6th, or will the rain delay end sometime tonight? We'll have to wait and see...
Is anyone watching the Series?
I tune in here and there, just enough to know I'm not all that interested.
I did tune in for a bit tonight to see the DELUGE of rain coming down. What are they thinking? The field is puddling up, and everyone's going to drop the ball.
Argh - stupidity at its finest.
I did tune in for a bit tonight to see the DELUGE of rain coming down. What are they thinking? The field is puddling up, and everyone's going to drop the ball.
Argh - stupidity at its finest.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
mini-Thanksgiving
Tonight I had my in-laws for dinner. Mom, dad, and brother.
I made them Orange Spiced Chicken, Peapod & Orange Salad, Cinnamon Raisin Bread, Sweet Potato Salad, and a Black & White Angel Food Cake.
Mom brought some pasta with vodka sauce, Dad brought an apple pie, and brother-in-law brought some wine.
We had to pull the leaf out in the table, and I used a tablecloth and cloth napkins with napkin rings. I even bought a small bouquet of flowers for the center.
It was a feast!! We even watched football! It truly was a mini-Thanksgiving.
I made them Orange Spiced Chicken, Peapod & Orange Salad, Cinnamon Raisin Bread, Sweet Potato Salad, and a Black & White Angel Food Cake.
Mom brought some pasta with vodka sauce, Dad brought an apple pie, and brother-in-law brought some wine.
We had to pull the leaf out in the table, and I used a tablecloth and cloth napkins with napkin rings. I even bought a small bouquet of flowers for the center.
It was a feast!! We even watched football! It truly was a mini-Thanksgiving.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Massachusetts connections
Monday, October 13, 2008
Cambodian couple saw house in half in divorce - Yahoo! News
Cambodian couple saw house in half in divorce - Yahoo! News
Perhaps if all divorces were solved this way, there wouldn't be so many.
King Solomon makes a comeback
Perhaps if all divorces were solved this way, there wouldn't be so many.
King Solomon makes a comeback
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