Back To School

Dylan and I went back to school on Thursday.
Here he is:


I can't get over how grown up he looks.
This is where I work, the art room
The view from my desk:

This is my desk, over in the corner. It looks a little sad right now. I don't have any of my "stuff" on it yet.

Jen's desk.

The drying rack and all the markers, glue and colored masking tape a girl could ask for!

Yummy paint. Doesn't everyhing look great - all in rainbow order? I am NOT going to let the kids paint this year. It just looks too good.

Tools. We have every type of paint brush you could imagine, but remember, I'm not letting the kids paint because the new paints look so good!

The kids LOVE this table. 12 shades of Playdoh, Etch-a-Sketch, popsicle sticks, pipe cleaners, beads, foam shapes, masking tape. You name it!

Each grade gets to paint a ceiling tile at the end of the year. It represents something they learned in art. So cool.

A Monet tile.

Light table, lots of construction paper and tissue paper - rainbow order of course!

I love my job.

"Annie, Annie, are you okay?"

We had CPR/AED training at school today.
I haven't taken it since Dylan was a baby and
I've never taken AED training (defribillator).
The course was very well taught, I feel I'm
ready for anything.
I also discoverd something....
If I sense that I may have a heart attack,
or choke on my lunch, there are some teachers
that I now know to stay away from. I'd rather die
with dignity than let these goofballs touch me.
Here is an actual converstaion that went on between
a teacher and one of the CPR people:

"What if he gets all fussy when I'm doing CPR?"
-"Then he doesn't need it."
"What if he tries to push me away while I'm doing CPR?"
-"Then he doesn't need it."
"What if he tries to talk while I'm trying to do CPR?"
-"THEN HE DOESN'T NEED IT!!!! HE'S ALIVE! LEAVE THE POOR GUY ALONE!!!"

Been Busy

I've been busy, take a look.



The frame is a lift from Gift Maker Mag.
The clipboard is great, love it. I'm going to do more.
The tea bags are so cute!

WOW to the MAX!!!!

WHOA!
Just tried this.
It has lots of caffeine and some ginsing.
WOW.
My heart was racing, I was buzzing!
Love it!
(if I'm not here tomorrow, I my heart exploded)

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you could WIN SOMETHING!
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Iron Chef

So, I'm flipping channels last night
and I get to the cooking channel.
Iron Chef.
Meet Chef Kerry Simon;


He's known as the Rock n Roll Chef.
His name is the same as mine.
He looks like a bad boy.
He cooks!
He won Iron Chef.
Yummy!

Where would you go?

Paul asked me;

"If you could go on vacation and time of year
and money were not issues, where would you go?"

I'm open to suggestions.

Defying Gravity

I took Dylan to his first Broadway show last night.

IT was great!
Paul was able to get us 9th row seats.
(He's seen the show twice for business, so he didn't go)
Loved the show, had a great time.
I'd love to see it again.

Refrigerator Blindness

"Dylan, please go try on your uniform shorts
and tell me if they still fit."

"Where are they?"

"In your drawer."

"I can't find them."

"They're in there."

"Where?"

"In the drawer."

"I don't see them."

"Did you try moving stuff around to look for them?"

"Oh."

What is it with males?
If they're looking for something and it's not right in front of them,
then they think it doesn't exist.
I heard a comedienne, Rita Rudner, talk about this once.
She called it Refrigerator Blindness.
They look for something in the fridge, if it's not
right there, in front, waving at them
when they open the door, then forget it.
God forbid they have to move the milk to find it.
They won't do it.
I can tell you, this is a serious problem and it must
be hereditary because both Paul and Dylan suffer
from this affliction.

The Joys of Technology

Ahh, the joys of being wireless.

I can now sit on the couch and write my blog
instead of sitting at my computer desk....which is
only about 3 feet away from where I am now, but stil....

I can watch a dvd on my laptop while lying in bed.
Yeah, ok, we have a tv and dvd player in the bedroom
but still.....

I can take my laptop over to my scrapbooking
workspace and chat with my friends while I create
masterpieces.
Ok, so I haven't been able to set up AIM on this
new computer, but still.........

I can read and answer mail anywhere now!
Well, I could if this new computer supported my old
mail program. I'd have access to my address book
and all my saved emails, but still........

Yeah, the joys of technology.

I'm a mom

Took Dylan to the mall last night for sneakers.
He picked out some not so awful pair.
I let him get them.
At some point I made some comment like this:
"they're awful".
Dylan got upset with me and said,
"Why do you have to say something like that?"
He had a point.
Why did I have to say that?

Later:

We're walking past a store with very wrinkled
jeans on the mannequins. It thought they looked
ridiculous and I made this comment;
"I can make your jeans look like that for a lot less."

All of a sudden it hit me.
I'm starting to sound like the parent of a teenager.
He's only 11.
I guess I'm advanced.

Ugh

We're having fall weather here on Long Island,
It's cool and windy.
I have the windows open.
My neighbors have wind chimes.
Shoot me.

**Chris - my link to your blog isn't working.
Please send me the new one. Thanks!