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MAP testing

Ryan has been going through MAP testing this week as school. The first day he came home and told us he was the last one done - I tried to convince him that was ok, they said to take as long as you wanted and that it gives you harder questions if you did well. Second day same thing. Fourth day - "MAP testing was so much fun today. I got to move balls between bowls and take someone clothes off." That got our attention - apparently, you count the number of items of clothing and remove however many they told you to (it's on a computer, no children are harmed and I'm guessing there are more than enough items of clothing so some are never removed....)

We got an email from his teacher. He scored really well on the reading portion so she's going to allow him to do Accelerated reading based on his Lexile score. He'll take a computer quiz on the book and can go to the prize box if he does well. He thinks this is great. (She kept him after class to tell him about it.)

Catching up

Finished by-laws. Finished Alumni Council (for now). Filled out curriculum forms. 1/2 way through grading projects. Catching up....

Went to Boone this weekend. Will try to get pictures up soon.

Wow, I'm bad at this...

So I've been considering cancelling my blog account - I post what, once a month? Today I was searching for the recipe I used to make Leek and Salmon chowder last year (was yummy) so decided to search my blog. I didn't find it, but I did find lots of fun tidbits about life that I'd forgotten, so maybe I'd better get back to it, eh?

Last week, I worked a 65 to 70 hour week - NONE of it was research. It was all teaching, grading, and meetings. At least it's over now...

Today is a home football game but they're calling for rain (after the rainy one last week, Ryan decided to stay home with me.) He's downstairs plaing Overlord on the Wii - hope he doesn't spend all my gold (the child really loves to virtual shop!)

In the interest of my finding a recipe again, this is some darn good pizza sauce:

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Exquisite-Pizza-Sauce/Detail.aspx

For the caramel apples: I used the recipe out of the Family Fun magazine...

 

 

 

 

Facebook

How is it that I can post facebook updates but can't seem to update a blog?

Classes start back this week. Teaching three sections is going to be tough on my voice - I tend to lose momentum as the day wears on... I'm going to try hard to work on it this semester.

Ryan comes back Monday - it has been nice to have some free time but we miss him.

I bought a bike before we left for the beach in July but didn't take it due to Ryan's arm. Jack and I rode bikes today - it was first real time riding (other than at the bike store) in roughly 15 years.

 

Ryan's hanging out with my parents

So Ryan's hanging out with my parents so we have more free time. I've been in the office this week updating my powerpoint slides. Hopefully, I'll finish tomorrow and then can finish my paper rewrite.

I've been trying to get some scrapping done at night:

 

Why I've been AWOL

 

Yep, that's a broken arm. Happened first week of July (two days before our beach trip). Turned out to be an unstable break. To avoid a pin, I kept him home with me - 3 1/2 weeks. He got a cast yesterday.

So, no new scrapbook pages. We did go to DC, Williamsburg, and the Outer Banks so I've got loads of new pictures.

Playset

Jack's been slowly putting Ryan's playset together in the garage. This weekend started the process of putting it together in the yard - which likely would have been easier if our yard was level!

After 5 days, the playset (minus the swing part) is finished! Yay!