Thursday, June 17th, 2004.
Hey, Baby! 'H' to the 'izzo', which, as far as I understand it, translates into
"Good Day, Fine Friend", but not everybody has that kind of time to
go through all that formality, so H to the izzo it be! ha,ha,ha,ha! So
it crossed my mind, last night, at about midnight, or so, that Aidan will be
getting on the School Bus this coming September... hmmmm. I still have him in
a Car Seat, so it seems crazy to take him from his Car Seat in my van to the
giant Bus with no seatbelt and God-Knows-Who on the other end of the Bus Route
all by himself. He's soooo little! And because I just signed Cara
up for a Summer School course, it made me think that maybe there's some sort
of Home Module for Aidan to do some Kindergarten
Studies at home...?
I started out as a Kindergarten
Teacher, then my students got older and older (now they're all parents,
themselves -- ha,ha!), and now I just consider My Site as my new favorite way
to 'share the wealth of knowledge 'dat is ME' with as many folks
as I can reach! Anyway, it's not like I'm not trained to Teach
Aidan, if I were to keep him home a little longer... I guess I hadn't thought
this one through -- Cara went on the School Bus when she was 5,
but she was a very different little 5 year old -- Aidan is a little bit crazy
around the seams, and I'm not sure of what he will do on the Bus, and what will
happen between the time I put him on the bus and when he arrives home... that's
the part I'm worried about.
We still have a massive amount of fancy Locks on every Door in
the house -- to keep Aidan IN! So how will that work out in School, when they
have no locks of any sort -- oh, and here's my Pet Peeve about primarily Canadian
Schools -- most Schools in the U.S. accept that bad things can
happen, and lock the main doors to the school during School Hours. You have
to ring the door bell (why, it's just like being at home and having a visitor
identify themselves befoere they come in, rather than just strolling in and
walking straight into your office...!), identify yourself, and then they can
buzz you in -- just like at any Apartment Building. So it's not like the technology
doesn't already exist. It makes me really uncomfortable that our Schools are
wide open for anyone to come in, unannounced, and kids can get out without anyone
noticing. That ain't good. I think a very simple system of locking the doors
when the kids are in Class would be very easy to establish, and would give parents
and students a higher degree of safety. That would work for everyone, wouldn't
it?
Ooooh, I'm sooo easily distracted -- I just tried some new exercises
with my Exercise Ball -- I'm really gonna have to find someone to take some
pictures of me so I can show you them -- they're lots of fun! No kidding! Here's
a quick explanation, and see if you can follow it until I get the picutres --
Lay back on your Exercise Ball -- remember, my stooopid Pin broke while I was
trying to blow mine up, so it's about 3/4 of the way full, which I now realize
is waaaay better for comfort and 'bounce'. Anyway, now you've got the Exercise
Ball in the middle of your back. Keep your feet planted firmly on the floor,
and lift your beeeehind up in a Pelvic Tilt position. Get a couple of Hand Weights
-- really, probably best to get these handy first, rather than struggle yourself
silly in some crazy position ...
So once you're all nice and balanced on the Exercise Ball, Put
the Hand Weights over your head (one per hand... I don't know how much you've
been drinking when you're reading this, but I figure it's safe to assume you've
had at least 3 shots by now... ya'ha,ha!). With relatively straight arms, lift
the Weights Up over your chest, then down to the sides. Them hold them both
together above your head, and drop them together back behind your head. (Not
ON yo' head, for God's Sake... maybe put the bottle down for a second so that
doesn't happen too many more times, 'cause that's gonna smart in the morning!
har, har!) Do 10 of each 3 times. Very nice little Exercise. You can do those
when you're watching Television, but not while you're eating. Drinking should
still be fine... ha,ha!
Have you picked up a set of Free Weights, yet? They're really
inexpensive and great to have on hand, so-to-speak... I got mine at Walmart
-- they have a really good Sporting Goods Section. And if you're new
to the whole Weight thing, start with very light weights -- 1 pounders, and
get yourself a couple of each size up to 10 pounds each. You'll find that some
exercises require more weight, and some require a very light weight. For the
above exercises, I would start out with 1 or 2 pounds in each hand, then gradually
work your way up to 3 - 5 pounds. It's always better to start with the lowest
weights so you don't hurt yourself, because then you won't get any exercise
in at all, so that wouldn't be useful at all, now would it? Okay, you can pick
up the bottle, again -- what's that? You never put it down? Ah, well. You'll
have one arm that has a very well toned 'Drinker's Arm', and that has to count
for somethin', right? ha,ha,ha!
Tip of the Day: Well, it has
to do with yesterday's Daily Update -- I think I forgot to mention that when
you make a separate Payment on pretty much any Loan (Car Loan, Mortgage Payment
-- maybe you owe Tony
from The Sopranos a couple of G's...), the extra Payment goes straight
to the Principal (no, not the Principal at your school -- unless
they're desperately trying to 'increase their personal revenues' by running
a loan sharking operation out of the Office -- really, Teachers should be paid
a whole lot more...! ha,ha!), so that's why making one or two extra payments
on your Mortgage a year can greatly reduce the number of years on your Mortgage...
or on a Car Loan. We like to pay everything off as quickly as possible, so we
can maintain a very low 'monthly payout', then Dwight can save even more
-- he's a 'Savin' kind of boy -- that's his favorite thing to do! Ah, well --
it's that special personality trait that allowed us to get into this house,
so I ain't complainin'! ha,ha!
Let me go get some pictures
for you -- be right back!
I had to go in and give each
of the Pie Shell Makin' pictures a name and save them, so that took me a few
minutes!
This is the Easiest Scmeasiest
Pie Shell on the Planet -- or it's the easiest one I've ever made! ha,ha!
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You just mix the Flour with a little Sugar and dash of Salt,
shake up some milk and oil, pour that into the flour mixture, mix it around
with a fork, then press it into the shape of the Pie Plate. You can bake it
for about 12 minutes if you need a Baked Pie Shell, or just toss in a couple
of tablespoons of sugar and 2 tbsp of flour, then pour in whatever fruit you
like. You can top that with my Apple
Crumble Mix, or the Easy
Pie Topping ... hey, did you see the running theme of everything
being easy?? ha,ha! I love to bake, but I'm not willing to give
up a whole day to do it -- my limit is about half an hour, and then it has to
taste delicious, or forget it!
Thanks for coming in for
a wee visit! And Thanks you to my Kind Readers who are signing up for stuff
and cicking on the Ads -- that's the only way I can stay afloat, so "Tank
Ye, Tank Ye!"
See ya, Later, Baby! Ailsa!!
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