Waxing Poetic About Spring Break

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways...
1. Going to the ocean with friends.
2. Taking my nieces to Point Defiance to collect specimens to beef up their rock collections.
3. Sleeping in...
4. Marching around Greenlake with my best buddies Whitney, Bella and Maggie.
5. Making cookies everyday (ok twice, but eating them every day)
6. Wondering if I can make it 9 more weeks until summer vacation?

Conservation vs. Convenience

I have a friend who has a dryer IN her bathroom. Can you imagine the possibilities? Warm towels after every shower. Warm, piping hot towels are my dream. I have to say though, that crunchy sun-dried towels are also delightful if they are dried in the sunshine and are still a little warm. Cook Island sun dried towels are the last word in wonderful.

Washington on the other hand isn't usually hot...or dry. So towels exposed to the elements tend to get soggier than when you put them out on the line.

Here's a trick for when you are running late and have no clean, wrinkle free clothes to wear to work. Take your just used, slightly damp towel and throw it in the dryer with your wrinkled clothes, eat breakfast, return to the dryer and voila! Instant ironing.

Following this standard procedure the other day though got me thinking. Is ironing better for the environment? Which appliance actually uses more watts of power? Do I even want to know? Do you know?

Low Calorie Friday Treat

My friend Aims sent me this video ages ago, I showed it to my scholars yesterday. They loved it. I predict that you will too. Enjoy!

Happy Birthday Dad!

We love you!

Resolutions

A couple of years ago, a few months before summer vacation, I decided I couldn't take it anymore. I couldn't stand the thought of grading another paper, writing another test, calling another parent, yada yada yada. So the best idea I ever had was born. My summer calendar. I printed a small pocket calendar for June, July and August. I tucked it into my coat pocket and carried it everywhere. I would pull it out at random times during the day, during staff meetings, in between classes, waiting for my broccoli to cook in the microwave. And I would add appointments to my calendar of things I was going to do when I was free. FREE!! Adventurous appointments.

Like go to Mt. St. Helens, Hurricane Ridge, The Gorge, San Antonio or Space Camp.

Now folks, don't worry. I'm not already loosing heart so far from the end of the school year. I feel like I'm just getting started and I'm even looking forward to getting back to work on Monday. But I look forward to my summer calendar so much (I usually print it in April) that I thought I would metamorphose my summer calendar idea into my new years resolution. So here it is:

Instead of waiting until Summer Vacation, I resolve to go on at least one adventure per month.

Januray--river rafting through the skagit to see nesting eagles.

February--?

March--umm...

April through December--have yet to be determined. But you can help me keep my resolution by helping me come up with ideas.

I'll be sure to post pictures and label them with funny antedotes. Let me know if you want to come on an adventure with me.