here's a quickie blog
since i'm at school right now.
the kids are out of control!!!!
oh my gosh, the wildness is unbelievable!!
i gave myself a headache for lunch since i ate a cookie, a cupcake, and candy all before 11:00. there have been kids in the nurse's office with upset stomachs all day long...hmmm..wonder why...
when i went home for lunch, matt was cleaning the house (thanks sweetie!). we're having our friends marni and ed over tonight before we take them to the airport. then we'll have our friends sue and tom over on saturday to have a fun game night. that's why he's cleaning....
and then pack it up, pack it in, let me begin...
it's off to ohio for christmas! hooray!
arrive in BG on the 22nd
go to cincy on the 26th
lexington on the 29th maybe?
cleveland on the 30th
whew!
i'm tired just writing it!
it will be great to visit and relax and eat and laugh with everyone.
see you all soon!
love,
tracey
Thursday, December 18, 2003
matt is setting up my new photo printer right now--yay!
so i'll come home with some pictures for all to see at christmas.
ryan, i was laughing so hard at your blog! i can't believe reeces howls along with hannah's cry! that is the sweetest thing!
your fireplace story reminded me of our own fireplace story...
which is that matt and i were having a christmasy kind of night last weekend. we had the tree on, and sparkley lights on our banister, and we were just playing cards and stuff... it wasn't actually cold but i thought, it's december: let's have a fire! so after about 52 matches, we finally got it lit. the fire was actually just 10 evenly spaced blue flames. and the sound of the gas coming out of the line (with and without the flames) was so LOUD we had to turn it way down low. ha! so it seems that we need someone to come out and look at our deal to see if anything can be done about the wierdo gas line. maybe our neighbor knows...
well, it was a nice try, at least...
we're listening to the strokes new album--very quality, for those interested.
one more cake day before break!
i plan to do no actual speech therapy
and instead make fun christmas cards
and "holiday glasses" that say "happy holidays" on the top of big googly paper glasses
and eat candy and cookies and cupcakes, etc.
sounds fun, eh?
then freedom.
and then when we go back to school we'll be halfway through the school year.
huh???
how did that happen???
welp, matt needs to get on to get this deal going!
~tracey
so i'll come home with some pictures for all to see at christmas.
ryan, i was laughing so hard at your blog! i can't believe reeces howls along with hannah's cry! that is the sweetest thing!
your fireplace story reminded me of our own fireplace story...
which is that matt and i were having a christmasy kind of night last weekend. we had the tree on, and sparkley lights on our banister, and we were just playing cards and stuff... it wasn't actually cold but i thought, it's december: let's have a fire! so after about 52 matches, we finally got it lit. the fire was actually just 10 evenly spaced blue flames. and the sound of the gas coming out of the line (with and without the flames) was so LOUD we had to turn it way down low. ha! so it seems that we need someone to come out and look at our deal to see if anything can be done about the wierdo gas line. maybe our neighbor knows...
well, it was a nice try, at least...
we're listening to the strokes new album--very quality, for those interested.
one more cake day before break!
i plan to do no actual speech therapy
and instead make fun christmas cards
and "holiday glasses" that say "happy holidays" on the top of big googly paper glasses
and eat candy and cookies and cupcakes, etc.
sounds fun, eh?
then freedom.
and then when we go back to school we'll be halfway through the school year.
huh???
how did that happen???
welp, matt needs to get on to get this deal going!
~tracey
Tuesday, December 16, 2003
ahh, three more days until freedom!!!
this last week is busy, filled with lots of meetings that are being squeezed in before we go for break.
tomorrow i have the afternoon off, due to the fact that everyone else will be going to the christmas lunch deal for my one school.
i originally wasn't going because i had a meeting scheduled for my other school--but that got rescheduled, but i didn't get my rsvp turned in in time (besides, it's $16.50 WE have to pay. the social committee is sort of weird this year with all that stuff). so no tears here, i'll just have a nice run and relaxing afternoon with my husband!
matt is strumming the guitar in the next room-- i love it!
can't wait to see friends and family in less than a week!
i was playing the game "trouble" with 4 little boys this morning (you know, the game that has dice in a little plastic bubble that you pop in order to roll) so anyhoo, whatever number they roll is the number of speech cards they have to practice; and i was teasing a little boy because we ended on the word "girls". so i said, "oooh, girls--your favorite thing!" and he said, "ewww--yuck! girls are not my favorite thing!" and another little boy who was sitting next to me hugged me and said, "i don't like girls either, but YOU'RE my favorite girl!"
why do i have the best job in the world????
~tracey
this last week is busy, filled with lots of meetings that are being squeezed in before we go for break.
tomorrow i have the afternoon off, due to the fact that everyone else will be going to the christmas lunch deal for my one school.
i originally wasn't going because i had a meeting scheduled for my other school--but that got rescheduled, but i didn't get my rsvp turned in in time (besides, it's $16.50 WE have to pay. the social committee is sort of weird this year with all that stuff). so no tears here, i'll just have a nice run and relaxing afternoon with my husband!
matt is strumming the guitar in the next room-- i love it!
can't wait to see friends and family in less than a week!
i was playing the game "trouble" with 4 little boys this morning (you know, the game that has dice in a little plastic bubble that you pop in order to roll) so anyhoo, whatever number they roll is the number of speech cards they have to practice; and i was teasing a little boy because we ended on the word "girls". so i said, "oooh, girls--your favorite thing!" and he said, "ewww--yuck! girls are not my favorite thing!" and another little boy who was sitting next to me hugged me and said, "i don't like girls either, but YOU'RE my favorite girl!"
why do i have the best job in the world????
~tracey
Sunday, December 14, 2003
my shoulders are sore this morning. i think from my bike ride yesterday. i upped the mileage/minutes and by the last 10 minutes i was feeling it in my lower back (for mary's info: i measured most of it and i think it was approximately 13-14 miles in 60-65 minutes--most triaths i've checked out have a 9 mile bike section--so even if we stayed at this speed it would be at least less than a 45minute ride). love it, though, it makes training much more interesting and biking is easier to control speed than in running. mare, do you concur? mom and dad, do you still have your exercise bike set up in the basement? if so, i will probably need to be using that on one of the days we are visiting. i will definitely be using the treadmill (don't worrry, mom, i won't do it when your quilt shows are on:) if it is too cold to run outside.
i was walking down the hall in school the other day, alone, and i hear a little child's voice say, "hey baby." so my eyes get all mean-teacher-squinty, and i say, "who said that?" and i hear, "hey baby," again. i can't really identify where the voice is coming from so i just stop and sort of look in all directions. all of the sudden, one of my little girls comes around the corner and i hear the voice again (not coming from her) give a scream and a laugh. and i ask her, "who is that? who is laughing?" and she points to a random brown wooden box in the hallway that has holes drilled into it--"it's a bird". so we go over and there is about a 3 inch diameter hole with a circle of white feathers and a silly bird eye, checking me out. i started cracking up. (apparently there were people from the zoo at our school, bringing around different animals--this little guy was just on a break). maybe this bird was a friend of bocifus?
i sent out christmas cards yesterday morning. yay.
last night we went to the festival of lights at the wild animal park.
the lights actually weren't that impressive, but we did get to see some sweet baby warthogs (they looked adult size, though), who were acting like dogs. one of the zoo workers came in to fix something and they ran over to her and nuzzled against her and she petted and scratched them. she said that sometimes when she scratches them, they roll over onto their backs! then when she was leaving, one of them sat his little bottom down by the door and she said, "oh good boy! you're sitting! oh no, you want a grape--i don't have a grape." SO CUTE! now i want a pet warthog!
long, slow run today, too:)
~tracey
i was walking down the hall in school the other day, alone, and i hear a little child's voice say, "hey baby." so my eyes get all mean-teacher-squinty, and i say, "who said that?" and i hear, "hey baby," again. i can't really identify where the voice is coming from so i just stop and sort of look in all directions. all of the sudden, one of my little girls comes around the corner and i hear the voice again (not coming from her) give a scream and a laugh. and i ask her, "who is that? who is laughing?" and she points to a random brown wooden box in the hallway that has holes drilled into it--"it's a bird". so we go over and there is about a 3 inch diameter hole with a circle of white feathers and a silly bird eye, checking me out. i started cracking up. (apparently there were people from the zoo at our school, bringing around different animals--this little guy was just on a break). maybe this bird was a friend of bocifus?
i sent out christmas cards yesterday morning. yay.
last night we went to the festival of lights at the wild animal park.
the lights actually weren't that impressive, but we did get to see some sweet baby warthogs (they looked adult size, though), who were acting like dogs. one of the zoo workers came in to fix something and they ran over to her and nuzzled against her and she petted and scratched them. she said that sometimes when she scratches them, they roll over onto their backs! then when she was leaving, one of them sat his little bottom down by the door and she said, "oh good boy! you're sitting! oh no, you want a grape--i don't have a grape." SO CUTE! now i want a pet warthog!
long, slow run today, too:)
~tracey