Post By Request

I have never had a request for an update. Probably one of the many contributing factors of my not blogging much or consistently.

I am going to try to blog more so maybe I will try to keep my brain open for ideas. I also would like input about topics you've read here that you'd like to see more often. I will try to listen for funny quotes!

I thought I would mention a couple of things in my first post back.

1. Funny comic http://falsewithasmith.com/
2. David is going to have a time slot on http://vader.boisestate.edu/stumedia/university-pulse/ starting sometime this semester.
3. I am trying to learn American Sign Language so I may post related items for anyone interested in that challenge. I am using http://www.lifeprint.com/ to help me learn right now and I have a textbook with videos from a friend who took the BSU class.
4. We recently got bicycles and anyone who talks to me will know that I am sore almost all the time but loving the fun of riding my bike. It is the first time I have enjoyed exercise in awhile. I will try to post pictures of my new toy once I get my camera back.
5. Pumpkin Spice Lattes at Starbucks are back and we all know how much I LOVE them. I got one today and it was delicious. It was even better because I enjoyed it with a friend.
6. Viola is good. She had been sick a few weeks ago, but seems 100% normal.

Hope all is well with you and thanks for not ditching me :)

I love... (part 14)

I love how I felt yesterday when I received a gift ticket to see WICKED.
I love how much fun I had at the special Valentine's Dinner from Saturday night.
I love my husband and how much time we spent together last weekend.

Student Quotes

"Trinomial times Trinomial! Hold on. Better turn my paper to landscape." 

 

"Monomial? I thought you said Malt-o-Meal." 

"Someone left their fingernail on my keyboard. I'm not going to touch it - it isn't on a key I use much anyway."

Have a merry dead week and a happy finals week, too!

Snow Day Highlights

Drank coffee with my husband at Starbucks.

Finished knitting my monster scarf.

Finished watching Bones season 4.

Finalized some grades.

Played Skipbo.

Teacher in the Crosswalk

Hit my teacher with my car.
Goal achieved: she flew quite far.
But of me she got the best-
When a proctor gave her test.

Quote

"I wouldn't want to get a concussion on the way to school."

"Neither would I - it's not conducive to learning."

"Where's my hand?"

David was sleeping when I called him last night. He doesn't remember talking to me. What he does remember is what happened in the middle of the night...

Him: "Where's my hand?" - said in a PANIC.

Me: "What do you mean? It is right here." And I grab both his arms to show him his hands.

Him: "No that is your arm! Where is MY arm and hand?"

Me: "Right here!"

Him: "Oh I thought that was your arm." Almost instantly he went back to sleep.


I thought he had been dreaming. Apparently, his arm was asleep so he couldn't feel anything and the weight of his arm felt like it was coming from me.

Logic in Math Class

My students had a quiz this week and there were logic circuits on the quiz. The directions required the student to "write a logical statement using the diagram." Since I didn't emphasize that their answers should be in the form of a *symbolic* statement, one student decided to only write an English statement, which would have been alright if the student had done it correctly.

Here is what the student wrote:
"If it is delicious it is fried or it is not pork, but if it is fried it is pork."




This is funniest while grading at 2 am. The handwriting only makes it funnier.

Follow Up on Forced Changes

So we bought a new-to-us used car to replace our Altima. We shopped a bit, almost got a newer Altima, but fell in love with a cute, pearly white, 2006 Jettta TDI. Drives like a dream and gets good gas mileage. David named it Ula so he can say "Now Ula Dance" when we start the car.

Softball

When I was younger, I played ten years of softball. In the last year I was on my way to playing for a college team, but I had a shoulder injury and couldn't throw overhand farther than a few feet. Even though I was a pitcher, I still needed to be able to throw the ball from home to first in case of a bunt, but I couldn't even throw it that far.

My father has had similar shoulder injuries and so we decided to rehabilitate our throwing arms with a weighted softball his friend recommended. We've played catch every day for two weeks and I've already seen significant improvements in my abilities. It has been great to play the game again and to spend a little time with my dad every day.

Are there any fun activities you've put on the back burner that you'd enjoy picking up again?

Funny Book

I've loved Shannon Hale's books in the past so when I saw one on the library shelf I just grabbed it. I am currently reading The Actor and the Housewife and it is quite funny. I'm only about half-way through, but I've enjoyed it every much so far.

Summer Reading

One of my favorite things to do each summer is read as many books as I can enjoy (which is usually a considerable amount). I like to read to relax, to be entertained, to get my mind off math, and to learn. I've been reading the Sookie Stackhouse "southern vampire" books and have been enjoying them in a fluff sort of way. They are easy to read, quick paced, a bit romantic, and very entertaining.

Here is my summer reading list from most recently read to read just after graduation - copied from goodreads.com - ignore the stars. I enjoyed Poison Study and Hourglass Door the most off of this list.

	Dead as a Doornail (Sookie Stackhouse, #5)	Harris, Charlaine		read, ebooks, own [edit]	4.00	Jun 21, 2010	Jun 19	edit view
	Dead to the World (Sookie Stackhouse, #4)	Harris, Charlaine		read [edit]	4.15	Jun 19, 2010	Jun 12	edit view
	Club Dead (Sookie Stackhouse, #3)	Harris, Charlaine		read [edit]	4.02	Jun 13, 2010	Jun 12	edit view
	Living Dead in Dallas (Sookie Stackhouse, #2)	Harris, Charlaine		read [edit]	3.92	Jun 12, 2010	Jun 07	edit view
	Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1)	Harris, Charlaine		read [edit]	3.87	Jun 10, 2010	Nov 18, 2008	edit view
	Spirit Bound (Vampire Academy, #5)	Mead, Richelle		read [edit]	4.57	Jun 05, 2010	Feb 06	edit view
	Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast	McKinley, Robin		read,ya_clean_recommendations [edit]	4.09	May 31, 2010	Nov 18, 2008	edit view
	Mountain Laurel (Montgomery Saga, #7)	Deveraux, Jude		read [edit]	3.59	May 31, 2010	Jul 07, 2009	edit view
	Enna Burning (The Books of Bayern, #2)	Hale, Shannon		read [edit]	3.90	May 29, 2010	Dec 30, 2009	edit view
	Poison Study (Study, #1)	Snyder, Maria V.*		read [edit]	4.21	May 27, 2010	Feb 06	edit view
	Living Dead Girl	Scott, Elizabeth*		read [edit]	3.84	May 25, 2010	May 01	edit view
	The Hourglass Door	Mangum, Lisa*		read [edit]	3.81	May 23, 2010	Feb 27	edit view
	The Sweet Far Thing (Gemma Doyle, #3)	Bray, Libba		read [edit]	3.93	May 22, 2010	May 11	edit view
	Rebel Angels (Gemma Doyle, #2)	Bray, Libba		read [edit]	4.02	May 18, 2010	May 11	edit view
	A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)	Bray, Libba		read [edit]	3.75	May 12, 2010	Aug 02, 2009	edit view