Birthdays & New Cookbook!

I had a lovely birthday! Thanks to everyone who was involved in the week-long celebration. I got a number of wonderful gifts, here is a summary: 1. Monty Python on DVD, 2. New Slippies, 3. 1/2 a Chicken Pizziola and a Diet Coke, 4. Subway gift card, 5. Roses, 6. 2 Trees, 7. Balloons, 8. Candy and the best....well, maybe second best (what can compare to 1/2 a sandwich) is a new cookbook. It's wonderful! For foodie types, you must check out Alice Water's The Art of Simple Foods. It's beautifully illustrated and full of wonderful, simple food to try. Can't wait to start cooking.

Monday Blues

This school year has been especially trying. The last few weeks have been extremely difficult to get through. The new subject matter is difficult to comprehend and exceptionally difficult to explain to a 17 year old with no background in business. Coupled with a terribly written textbook, it could be the perfect storm. Thinking back, about this time last year I was dealing with the same feelings about my SDAIE class; feeling completely inept, unprepared and ineffective. Although our department is wonderful, I still feel quite alone. This lag between labor day and veterans day is very long, as Penner says, "it's the dog days of fall". Will it ever end? Any words of wisdom to help get me through?

Greetings Earthlings...here's another kristen eharmony video.