geocaching

For an early birthday gift my husband got me a geocaching GPS. I am addicted to geocaching. So far I have found 20 caches, 2 travel bugs and 1 geocoin. I have put out one geocache. It was put out yesterday so we will see how long it takes to be found. We have discovered some really pretty walking trails that I did not even know existed while geocaching. I looked on etsy to see if they had stuff there for GC. http://www.etsy.com/treasury/Nzc3NDY5M3wyNzIwNzQ0Mjcx/geocachers-spending-cash?index=0 Of course they do. Etsy never disappoints. There is a small town near us that has a county park. The park has about 10 caches in it. That will make a fun day of hiking. Can't wait to try it.

Geocaching!!!

I am addicted to geocaching. We went hiking today and found 2 caches. One was a cache that we had not even put the coordinates for. There were 2 others that we could not find. Using a smart phone is not super accurate. One of the caches had a geocoin in it. We took it and plan to put in another cache soon. Mt husband got a magellqan GPS for my birthday! Thanks honey!! My birthday is not until the end of the month so it is a little early. Tomorrow I hope to try it out. I hae already downloaded several nearby caches. Another happy surprise today, someone included one of my etsy items in their treasury. http://www.etsy.com/treasury/OTQwNjM5NnwyNzIzMjc2MzM4/bats-in-the-belfy

Nerd Alert

I am a total nerd! I love The Great Courses http://www.thegreatcourses.com/ I only buy them when they are on sale, and usually buy the audio download (no shipping cost) So far I have listened to Unexpected Economics, The Great Pharaohs, Hilters Berlin and the new testiment. I am interested in getting more economics courses. I thought that economics was just numbers. It is more like math and psychology together. It is crazy what sheep we all are in terms of what we buy and how we act. Marketing involves a lot of pshchology. I wish that they had a criminal psychology course. I only buy the courses when they are on sale. I do not know who buys then full price, they always have several courses on sale every month. The courses that I have listened to are far better than any I attended in college and much cheaper. What course would you buy?

chat

I really miss the etsy chat. I do not handle change well. Why must the things that I like disappear? This is a small chat of crafters. Hopefully more people will join and it will become more interesting. It is not super interesting chatting with just one other person. Much more fun with lots of people. sigh

Much better day

Today was much better than the first 2 days. The first week of school is always difficult. I forget about all the little things I need to reteach and all of the paperwork and meetings that are in the first week. I gat another new student. I am up to 19 kids. Good size class. My etsy shop has had several sales this week. It is hard to tell if the increase has been because of new items being added, summer being over of the fact that I posted an ad on a blog. Perhaps I should not introduce so many variables. Listing takes a long time so I wanted to get that finished before school started. Here is a recipe from vegeterian news that I really want to try. Thin-skinned delicata and butternut squash can be roasted without peeling. Serve this satisfying vegetable roast with brown rice, steamed bulgur, or polenta. Sprinkle leftovers with grated cheese, and broil until bubbly for a delicious next-day dinner. 2 Tbs. olive oil, plus more for greasing pan 1 Tbs. chopped fresh rosemary 1 Tbs. chopped fresh basil 1 Tbs. chopped fresh thyme 2 cloves garlic, minced (2 tsp.) 2 delicata or 1 large butternut squash, cut crosswise into ½-inch-thick rounds (2 ½ lb.) 1 acorn squash, peeled and cut into 1-inch chunks (1 lb.) 2 medium carrots, cut on the diagonal into ½-inch thick slices (1 cup) 2 medium parsnips, cut on the diagonal into ½-inch thick slices (1 cup) 1 medium onion, cut into 1-inch-thick wedges Preheat oven to 400°F. Lightly oil rimmed baking sheet or roasting pan. Whisk together olive oil, rosemary, basil, thyme, and garlic in large bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Add delicata or butternut squash, acorn squash, carrots, parsnips, and onion; toss to coat. Spread in single layer on prepared baking sheet. Roast 45 minutes, or until vegetables are tender and beginning to brown, stirring every 15 minutes.

kindergarten blogs

Here is a page that lists kindergarten blogs http://www.teachingblogaddict.com/2011/04/kindergarten-blogs.html

First Day of School

Well, I made it through the first day of school. It went pretty well. It was so hot in the room that sweat was dripping off of my chin. Gross! I plan on bringing a fan in tomorrow. My class is pretty small. So far it is 18. Frequently parents enroll their kids during the first or second week of school. This drives me nuts! Who does not know that school starts in September! There are signs up everywhere. I was surprised at the number times that I gave a direction and had a kid say no. It is not like the project was the difficult. We were cutting and gluing a school bus. One kid kept yelling out "When it playtime?" He quickly shut up when I told him that I make the choice when playtime was and if he kept asking he would not have any playtime. Yikes, get some manners. Hopefully I made the point that I actually expect them to follow directions. (Without seeming like a total monster.) No one cried so that is a good sign. Tomorrow we will be working on name writing. I have several projects for this week that involve writing, tracing, building with letter blocks and painting their names. We will sort names by how many letters in the names, what letters they have that are the same and how many names we have that begin with the same letter. By the end of the week they will know everyones names pretty well.