So an update about my caffiene addiction
It's good because
1) I have energy throughout the day.
2) I can stay awake longer than Gemma
3) It makes me less hungry, which is good because I don't always have time to eat lunch
It's bad because
1) If I don't have a tea I get a headache
2) I am spending more money than I did before (Not an expensive habit, but more than no habits)
3) I can't spell cafienne
My trip to the doctor
I went to the doctor today; I seem to have caught what Guinness has and now can hardly swallow. So I am home from school. Anyway, my trip to the doctor...
You already know I have a few qualms about the doctor I have taken the kids to. But for as awful as his medicine tastes, it always helps, he is nice, he is consistent, he is close by... and since he just treated Guin I decided to go there too. He looks at my throat, pronounces it a throat infection, and I walk out to wait for my prescription. Well, while I was waiting, he calls me back into the room. And says he wants to show me some exercises...And then he does the moonwalk!!! And so I smile enthusiastically and clap (come on, a 55 year old little Taiwan doctor moonwalking in his office! It's hilarious!) Then he showed me some other moves he's been working on. Some step dancing stuff, and some tap moves. I asked him if he was in a club and he said, no, he's been learning from this book. He grabs it from off his desk and shows me; The Tap Dancing Dictionary.
Have you ever gone to a doctors office where the doctor learns tap dancing from a book in between patients?
Maybe I am delerious...better go lie down.
You already know I have a few qualms about the doctor I have taken the kids to. But for as awful as his medicine tastes, it always helps, he is nice, he is consistent, he is close by... and since he just treated Guin I decided to go there too. He looks at my throat, pronounces it a throat infection, and I walk out to wait for my prescription. Well, while I was waiting, he calls me back into the room. And says he wants to show me some exercises...And then he does the moonwalk!!! And so I smile enthusiastically and clap (come on, a 55 year old little Taiwan doctor moonwalking in his office! It's hilarious!) Then he showed me some other moves he's been working on. Some step dancing stuff, and some tap moves. I asked him if he was in a club and he said, no, he's been learning from this book. He grabs it from off his desk and shows me; The Tap Dancing Dictionary.
Have you ever gone to a doctors office where the doctor learns tap dancing from a book in between patients?
Maybe I am delerious...better go lie down.
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
Food for thought
I am reading Boundries in Marriage, by Henry Cloud and John Townsend. Lots of good thoughts in it, but one jumped out at me tonight, so thought I'd throw it out there for you:
Parenting is temporary, and marriage is permanent.
Parenting is temporary, and marriage is permanent.
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Home made chicken soup
Wow! If I had known it was so easy I would have started making this ages ago.
1 3lb chicken (I used 2 packages of already chopped up chicken pieces; wings and bony bits, with skin)
4 carrots, halved
4 stalks of celery, halved
1 large onion, halved
water to cover
salt and pepper
1 tsp chicken boullion (if desired)
-put meat and veg in pot, cover with cold water and simmer till meat falls off the bones. (an hour or two) Skim foam off occasionally. (I didn't need to do this; mine didn't get foamy)
-strain the broth. Pull meat off the bones and chop up veggies. Return to pot, stir, and heat. Add salt and pepper. (I didn't add the boullion)
NOTES:
I chopped the carrots and celery and returned to the broth, but the onion was all mush so I just tossed it. It was pretty flavourful without adding more. Also, I read some of the reviews of this recipe and some said to add more fresh veg after the broth is made because it loses its flavor so after I strained the broth I did add another chopped carrot, 4 more celery, and a potato chopped pretty small. I think this was good because my first vegetables were pretty soft.
This started smelling SOO GOOD after about the first 15 minutes, I had no idea only four things (chicken, onion, celery, and carrots) could make something so amazing.
We also made our own noodles, which turned out OK.
1 egg, slightly beaten
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup flour
splash of olive oil (optional)
2 tbsp water
Mix flour and salt. Make a well, add egg and olive oil and mix into firm dough. Add water if neccessary. Let rest 15 minutes. Roll flat and use knife to cut into noodle sized pieces. Toss into soup and cook until they get a bit puffy and float.
NOTES
I let the kids help me with this part, and it was OK. Gemma got a bit too much flour in it and they were a bit chewy, but still tasty. Was unsure of how big to cut them; I did about .5 cm wide strips, then stretched and ripped them about 1 inch long and 2 mm thick. With the kids they were all shapes and sizes but turned out pretty well. Once again, so simple!
Had supper, and froze a big bowl full.
Yummy!
1 3lb chicken (I used 2 packages of already chopped up chicken pieces; wings and bony bits, with skin)
4 carrots, halved
4 stalks of celery, halved
1 large onion, halved
water to cover
salt and pepper
1 tsp chicken boullion (if desired)
-put meat and veg in pot, cover with cold water and simmer till meat falls off the bones. (an hour or two) Skim foam off occasionally. (I didn't need to do this; mine didn't get foamy)
-strain the broth. Pull meat off the bones and chop up veggies. Return to pot, stir, and heat. Add salt and pepper. (I didn't add the boullion)
NOTES:
I chopped the carrots and celery and returned to the broth, but the onion was all mush so I just tossed it. It was pretty flavourful without adding more. Also, I read some of the reviews of this recipe and some said to add more fresh veg after the broth is made because it loses its flavor so after I strained the broth I did add another chopped carrot, 4 more celery, and a potato chopped pretty small. I think this was good because my first vegetables were pretty soft.
This started smelling SOO GOOD after about the first 15 minutes, I had no idea only four things (chicken, onion, celery, and carrots) could make something so amazing.
We also made our own noodles, which turned out OK.
1 egg, slightly beaten
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup flour
splash of olive oil (optional)
2 tbsp water
Mix flour and salt. Make a well, add egg and olive oil and mix into firm dough. Add water if neccessary. Let rest 15 minutes. Roll flat and use knife to cut into noodle sized pieces. Toss into soup and cook until they get a bit puffy and float.
NOTES
I let the kids help me with this part, and it was OK. Gemma got a bit too much flour in it and they were a bit chewy, but still tasty. Was unsure of how big to cut them; I did about .5 cm wide strips, then stretched and ripped them about 1 inch long and 2 mm thick. With the kids they were all shapes and sizes but turned out pretty well. Once again, so simple!
Had supper, and froze a big bowl full.
Yummy!
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Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Working hard...
During the year I always get these noble, grandiose ideas about what it would be like to be a stay home mom. If I were a stay home mom, for example, I would always have fresh fruit and vegetables in the house (better yet, the kids and I would have gone to the local market and picked them out ourselves.) We would never run out of milk or healthy snacks, my husband would have little handwritten notes everyday, etc etc... Classic 'the grass in greener on the other side' stuff. And about the title of today's post, I hear that a lot: that I work hard. Or too hard. But honestly, although I am working on margins in different areas of my life, I can't imagine a life of not working hard. I have been so blessed with a healthy and able body. I have legs that walk and run and jump. I have lungs that function well. I have a wonderful job; I love my job and am so blessed by how I can grow and learn through what I do. I have a beautiful apartment that I want to keep clean. Lots of moms don't have what I have. Lots of people don't have what I have. Young lives are ended everyday, lives younger than mine. My own mother was in a wheelchair by the time she was my age. Luckily I got to have my mom until I was 21; some people don't get that long with their mothers. What a gift and blessing each day is. Stressful at times? yes. Exhausting? You bet. But I really feel compelled to fill each day. I just feel it as a being a responsible steward of the life God has given me. Like the parable of the talents; using and investing what you have. Or the parable of Jesus feeding the 5000. How did he feed 5000? Because a few gave all they had.
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009
What a week...
It's been such a tiring week, physically and emotionally. Kids not sleeping, not like that's new but still dragging on and on. Then this morning read the news about the tragic death of Dallas Martens. I wouldn't say we were friends, but we lived three houses apart for all of our school lives, and he was only a year older than me so I knew him for sure. It was just so shocking that such a thing could happen. This combined with Karen's death a few weeks ago, and then Dad emailed this morning and said that Jean, a good friend of his and mom's and now Sheri's, finally succumbed to her cancer. People say things come in three's and I usually chalk that up to superstition but wow, here it is. Three in a row.
I've been reading a book at school, Turn Turn Turn, based on the Pete Seeger song which was based on the words from Ecclesiastes and wow, it hit me hard today. The author who illustrated it is coming to our school so I've been dwelling on the book trying to decide what to do with it, and the illustrations are so touching and thought provoking and the words of course so fitting for a time like this. It is a wonderful discussion starter and explainer of 'why do bad things happen' for young children, I think, just explaining how every time has its season and the world has both parts to it. Check it out if you have a chance.
Going to finish my progress reports so I can go to bed.
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Fun survey
A fun survey to end the day with...
1. What color is your toothbrush? white and pink
2. Name one person who made you smile today: Gemma; she started patting her head and rubbing her stomach totally out of nowhere.
3. What were you doing at 8 am this morning? Cueing up Big House for chapel this morning
4. What were you doing 45 minutes ago? dishes
5. What is your favorite candy bar? pretty much any
6. Have you ever been to a strip club? no
7. What is the last thing you said aloud? "Mommy's just going to check her phone"
8. What is your favorite ice cream? Chocolate chip cookie dough, espresso flake
9. What was the last thing you had to drink? water
10. Do you like your wallet? Yes. It's a care bear wallet I got in the mountains last year. Cheap wallets are fun because you can replace them more often.
11. What was the last thing you ate? a bite of celery
12. Have you bought any new clothing items this week? Nope
13. The last sporting event you watched? hmm... tough one. I have no idea!
14. What is your favorite flavor of popcorn? All dressed
15. Who is the last person you sent a text message to? Erin Clark
16. Ever go camping? Many times.
17. Do you take vitamins daily? I try to remember
18. Do you go to church every Sunday? Yeppers: pastor's wife and sunday school coordinator
19. Do you have a tan? Yes. But I always wear sunscreen when being in the sun is the main activity.
20. Do you prefer Chinese food over pizza? I like Canadian Chinese food, but would prefer pizza
21. Do you drink your soda with a straw? When I can
22. What did your last text message say? Yep. Sorry, I forgot my phone at home."
23. What are you doing tomorrow? Teaching (grade 1, grade 5, grade 3) and staff meeting, Erin Clark is coming for dinner
25. Look to your left, what do you see? Messy corner with Chris' crutches and our rolled up rug that we don't use anymore because we have messy kids.
26. What color is your watch? black, but I don't wear it
27. What do you think of when you hear Australia? down under.. Hmm, thats a random question.
29. Do you go in at a fast food place or just hit the drive thru? If the kids are happy we stay; may as well have the mess at the restaurant instead of home.
30. What is your favorite number? 6 and 8; my numbers from the two years I played soccer as a kid.
31. Who's the last person you talked to on the phone? Katrina; we met to go to the bookstore with the kids after supper.
32. Any plans today? Day is done!
33. How many provinces have you lived in? 1
34. Biggest annoyance right now? I got a blister on my right index finger cutting vegetables for tomorrow's soup with a not so sharp knife.
35. Last song listened to? Hmmm, it was kindergarten music... Something about a caterpillar.
36.Can you say the alphabet backwards? Uh, no.
37. Do you have a maid service clean your house? We have a lady come every two or three weeks. It is AWESOME!! (and on that note she is looking for sponsorship to come to Canada. Anyone interested in a Filipino helper?)
38. Favorite pair of shoes you wear all the time? My birks. I love crocs the best, but my birks are 'school appropriate'.
39. Are you jealous of anyone? Different people at different times
40. Is anyone jealous of you? I suppose so, not sure who. But we have a great place, two awesome kids...
41. Do you love anyone? Totally!
42. Do any of your friends have children? Some of them. Not al of our friends here, which is nice because then they have time to help us with our kids :)
43. What do you usually do during the day? teach, lesson plan, type newsletters, repair instruments, play with my kids, nurse Guinness, dishes, floors
44. Do you hate anyone that you know right now? no
45. Do you use the word 'hello' daily? Of course!
46. What color is your car? No car, but a silver Giant mountain bike. Which is about to be equipped with a second child's seat.
47. Do you like cats? No
48. Are you thinking about someone right now? Allison, because I got this survey from her blog and so I am reading/deleting her answers as I go.
49. Have you ever been to Six Flags? No
50. How did you get your worst scar? I get keloids, so I have lots of weird ones. The worst is from a mole I had removed on my back. You can see all the little holes where the stitches were. The strangest scar I have is from when I was at the cabin with Allison and my thigh just touched the blade of the boat engine as I was climbing out. (obviously the boat was stopped). It didn't even really bleed, just turned red but I still have that scar.
1. What color is your toothbrush? white and pink
2. Name one person who made you smile today: Gemma; she started patting her head and rubbing her stomach totally out of nowhere.
3. What were you doing at 8 am this morning? Cueing up Big House for chapel this morning
4. What were you doing 45 minutes ago? dishes
5. What is your favorite candy bar? pretty much any
6. Have you ever been to a strip club? no
7. What is the last thing you said aloud? "Mommy's just going to check her phone"
8. What is your favorite ice cream? Chocolate chip cookie dough, espresso flake
9. What was the last thing you had to drink? water
10. Do you like your wallet? Yes. It's a care bear wallet I got in the mountains last year. Cheap wallets are fun because you can replace them more often.
11. What was the last thing you ate? a bite of celery
12. Have you bought any new clothing items this week? Nope
13. The last sporting event you watched? hmm... tough one. I have no idea!
14. What is your favorite flavor of popcorn? All dressed
15. Who is the last person you sent a text message to? Erin Clark
16. Ever go camping? Many times.
17. Do you take vitamins daily? I try to remember
18. Do you go to church every Sunday? Yeppers: pastor's wife and sunday school coordinator
19. Do you have a tan? Yes. But I always wear sunscreen when being in the sun is the main activity.
20. Do you prefer Chinese food over pizza? I like Canadian Chinese food, but would prefer pizza
21. Do you drink your soda with a straw? When I can
22. What did your last text message say? Yep. Sorry, I forgot my phone at home."
23. What are you doing tomorrow? Teaching (grade 1, grade 5, grade 3) and staff meeting, Erin Clark is coming for dinner
25. Look to your left, what do you see? Messy corner with Chris' crutches and our rolled up rug that we don't use anymore because we have messy kids.
26. What color is your watch? black, but I don't wear it
27. What do you think of when you hear Australia? down under.. Hmm, thats a random question.
29. Do you go in at a fast food place or just hit the drive thru? If the kids are happy we stay; may as well have the mess at the restaurant instead of home.
30. What is your favorite number? 6 and 8; my numbers from the two years I played soccer as a kid.
31. Who's the last person you talked to on the phone? Katrina; we met to go to the bookstore with the kids after supper.
32. Any plans today? Day is done!
33. How many provinces have you lived in? 1
34. Biggest annoyance right now? I got a blister on my right index finger cutting vegetables for tomorrow's soup with a not so sharp knife.
35. Last song listened to? Hmmm, it was kindergarten music... Something about a caterpillar.
36.Can you say the alphabet backwards? Uh, no.
37. Do you have a maid service clean your house? We have a lady come every two or three weeks. It is AWESOME!! (and on that note she is looking for sponsorship to come to Canada. Anyone interested in a Filipino helper?)
38. Favorite pair of shoes you wear all the time? My birks. I love crocs the best, but my birks are 'school appropriate'.
39. Are you jealous of anyone? Different people at different times
40. Is anyone jealous of you? I suppose so, not sure who. But we have a great place, two awesome kids...
41. Do you love anyone? Totally!
42. Do any of your friends have children? Some of them. Not al of our friends here, which is nice because then they have time to help us with our kids :)
43. What do you usually do during the day? teach, lesson plan, type newsletters, repair instruments, play with my kids, nurse Guinness, dishes, floors
44. Do you hate anyone that you know right now? no
45. Do you use the word 'hello' daily? Of course!
46. What color is your car? No car, but a silver Giant mountain bike. Which is about to be equipped with a second child's seat.
47. Do you like cats? No
48. Are you thinking about someone right now? Allison, because I got this survey from her blog and so I am reading/deleting her answers as I go.
49. Have you ever been to Six Flags? No
50. How did you get your worst scar? I get keloids, so I have lots of weird ones. The worst is from a mole I had removed on my back. You can see all the little holes where the stitches were. The strangest scar I have is from when I was at the cabin with Allison and my thigh just touched the blade of the boat engine as I was climbing out. (obviously the boat was stopped). It didn't even really bleed, just turned red but I still have that scar.
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