I got a C.
I am prepared to read the appropriate level of congratulatory comments.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
just two things
First, Eileen L.O.V.E.D. the bracelet. She immediately put it on, oohing and aahing over the clasp as well as the colors and the crystals. So happy she liked it.
Second, came home tonight to find three presents the dogs (and by dogs I mean, Gus) had unwrapped. Luckily, he did not chew off any parts although he did leave a few teeth marks. (Sorry kids.) He has a house full of rawhide chews and squeaky balls, but it seems he's bored with all of that and prefers wrapping paper and curling ribbon.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
i am so productive!!!
Yes, today deserves three exclamation marks!!!
SEE:
This is a bracelet I made earlier today by following the pattern that took me three hours to complete yesterday but only took about 90 minutes today if you don't count the time I spent searching for the beads that Jo Jo and Gus knocked off my lap/work surface while they were madly romping about with Jr.
Also complete:
One batch of toffee--perhaps my best ever toffee, completed after locating a toffee recipe online since I couldn't find my copy of the recipe I've used for years and years.
One batch of caramels--which are extremely yummy considering that I ignored that brief flash of thought telling me to move the bottle of diet coke away from the stove so I didn't mistakenly add 1 1/2 tbsps of diet coke instead of the required 1 1/2 tbsps of vanilla. Yes, I made caramels with caffeine.
It seems like there were several other things that I considered completing today including laundry--washed, dried, totally ready to be hung up and folded away.
And just because I know you want to see these, I'm posting pictures of my brothers, my dad, and one of my little bro's kids from the family Christmas party last night. Don't they all look so related? And kinda cute?
SEE:
these are two bracelets I made tonight. (Jessie, one is for you. Sorta.)
This is a bracelet I made earlier today by following the pattern that took me three hours to complete yesterday but only took about 90 minutes today if you don't count the time I spent searching for the beads that Jo Jo and Gus knocked off my lap/work surface while they were madly romping about with Jr.
Also complete:
One batch of toffee--perhaps my best ever toffee, completed after locating a toffee recipe online since I couldn't find my copy of the recipe I've used for years and years.
One batch of caramels--which are extremely yummy considering that I ignored that brief flash of thought telling me to move the bottle of diet coke away from the stove so I didn't mistakenly add 1 1/2 tbsps of diet coke instead of the required 1 1/2 tbsps of vanilla. Yes, I made caramels with caffeine.
It seems like there were several other things that I considered completing today including laundry--washed, dried, totally ready to be hung up and folded away.
And just because I know you want to see these, I'm posting pictures of my brothers, my dad, and one of my little bro's kids from the family Christmas party last night. Don't they all look so related? And kinda cute?
Big bro
Lil bro and dad in the background
lil bro's kid trying really hard to:
a) not look at me and b) not smile while not looking at me
(because it's hard to not look at me and smile, right?)
a) not look at me and b) not smile while not looking at me
(because it's hard to not look at me and smile, right?)
happenings around here
A few things I'm sharing with you:
1. Still no calculus grade.
2. I bought 14 lbs of clothing online at Kohl's. Plus my dad's pjs that were delivered separately.
3. I have wrapped all of the gifts I've purchased so far.
4. All of the wrapped gifts have been tied up with that curly ribbon. (Thanks for the help, Jr.)
5. Is it lame or lazy to wrap all clothing gifts to each person in one package instead of wrapping each item of clothing individually? Because that was this year's strategy. One package of clothing per person--not so different if you're one of my kids (because I only bought one item of clothing per kid) but less presents to open if you're one of my grandbabies (but who really likes to open packages of clothes anyway? besides girls? Uh. Maybe I should rethink that decision?)
6. I had to wrap Jack's clothes in more than one package because apparently, I went crazy on the Duluth Trading website when I bought him clothes, and also, obviously, because his shirts are larger than any clothing items I buy for the girlies. So he gets three shirts per package. Makes total sense, right?
7. Yesterday, in what may be described as a desperate attempt to buy my mother's love that may completely slap me in the face if she doesn't love it as much as I do, I spent nearly three hours making a bracelet for her. It is crystal and pearl and beads and I used a little tiny needle and thread to put it together. I should have taken a picture before I wrapped it up with the nightgown I bought for her. I'm very proud of it.
8. Today I will attempt to make another bracelet, which hopefully will not take three hours, for my friend, Eileen, for her birthday, which is this week. I'm going to try to do this at my house instead of under the watchful eye of my friends at the bead store.
9. Today I will also attempt to make a batch of toffee and a batch of caramels, which I will share with Eileen as a Christmas gift because she loves caramels.
10. So I'm doing all of this thinking and planning and shopping and making and wrapping and Jack agreed to make a present for someone we give to. I came home from the bead store yesterday, proudly displaying my craftiness, expecting to find a nearly complete homemade project made by Jack. But, smart guy that he is, Jack has found just such a gift already made, so we got in the car and went to the credit union to make a deposit, stopped at a local store to pick up the gift, made yet another stop and picked up another gift, and returned home in less than an hour. See Jack might have this gift-giving thing figured out. Perfectly acceptable store-bought gift, far lower stress level, helping the economy.
1. Still no calculus grade.
2. I bought 14 lbs of clothing online at Kohl's. Plus my dad's pjs that were delivered separately.
3. I have wrapped all of the gifts I've purchased so far.
4. All of the wrapped gifts have been tied up with that curly ribbon. (Thanks for the help, Jr.)
5. Is it lame or lazy to wrap all clothing gifts to each person in one package instead of wrapping each item of clothing individually? Because that was this year's strategy. One package of clothing per person--not so different if you're one of my kids (because I only bought one item of clothing per kid) but less presents to open if you're one of my grandbabies (but who really likes to open packages of clothes anyway? besides girls? Uh. Maybe I should rethink that decision?)
6. I had to wrap Jack's clothes in more than one package because apparently, I went crazy on the Duluth Trading website when I bought him clothes, and also, obviously, because his shirts are larger than any clothing items I buy for the girlies. So he gets three shirts per package. Makes total sense, right?
7. Yesterday, in what may be described as a desperate attempt to buy my mother's love that may completely slap me in the face if she doesn't love it as much as I do, I spent nearly three hours making a bracelet for her. It is crystal and pearl and beads and I used a little tiny needle and thread to put it together. I should have taken a picture before I wrapped it up with the nightgown I bought for her. I'm very proud of it.
8. Today I will attempt to make another bracelet, which hopefully will not take three hours, for my friend, Eileen, for her birthday, which is this week. I'm going to try to do this at my house instead of under the watchful eye of my friends at the bead store.
9. Today I will also attempt to make a batch of toffee and a batch of caramels, which I will share with Eileen as a Christmas gift because she loves caramels.
10. So I'm doing all of this thinking and planning and shopping and making and wrapping and Jack agreed to make a present for someone we give to. I came home from the bead store yesterday, proudly displaying my craftiness, expecting to find a nearly complete homemade project made by Jack. But, smart guy that he is, Jack has found just such a gift already made, so we got in the car and went to the credit union to make a deposit, stopped at a local store to pick up the gift, made yet another stop and picked up another gift, and returned home in less than an hour. See Jack might have this gift-giving thing figured out. Perfectly acceptable store-bought gift, far lower stress level, helping the economy.
Monday, December 13, 2010
i survived
I'm breathing again. Calculus test complete. Well, unless you count that one problem that I started to work on and then got distracted by another problem and forgot to go back to finish it--AND I'M SURE I COULD HAVE FINISHED IT CORRECTLY!!!
Well. Maybe not. We'll never know. At least not until I retake the class next semester.
WHATTTT??
I'll just have to see how it all shakes out. I mean, obviously, if the teacher gives and I do mean gives me a B, I'll be done with my economics degree from SLCC. But if he gives me a D, which might still be generous, then will I be able to feel satisfaction with that grade or will I need, simply need to retake the class to improve that grade? And what if he gives me a C? Then what oh what will I do?
Yeh, I know. It's a sickness. Partly I don't want that D dragging down my 3.92. But partly, I kinda want to understand calculus a bit better. See, it's sick.
But.
For now, I am getting ready for the holidays. I am free to wrap and shop and wrap some more and bake and all the rest--see the lights and sing the songs and soak in the happiness and joy.
Keeping my fingers crossed, kids.
Well. Maybe not. We'll never know. At least not until I retake the class next semester.
WHATTTT??
I'll just have to see how it all shakes out. I mean, obviously, if the teacher gives and I do mean gives me a B, I'll be done with my economics degree from SLCC. But if he gives me a D, which might still be generous, then will I be able to feel satisfaction with that grade or will I need, simply need to retake the class to improve that grade? And what if he gives me a C? Then what oh what will I do?
Yeh, I know. It's a sickness. Partly I don't want that D dragging down my 3.92. But partly, I kinda want to understand calculus a bit better. See, it's sick.
But.
For now, I am getting ready for the holidays. I am free to wrap and shop and wrap some more and bake and all the rest--see the lights and sing the songs and soak in the happiness and joy.
Keeping my fingers crossed, kids.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
school girl update
I know you've been anxiously waiting for news about my last semester at SLCC. But, well, I've been busy:
--Shopping: not something I've typically even thought about since it isn't even mid-December yet, but I am all over the shopping and nearly done and ready to begin the wrapping;
--Creating: well, not actually creating much, but I have been looking at and fingering my bead assortment and I'm feeling a creative stirring in my soul that may blossom into jewelry at any moment;
--Worrying: about my kids because, hello, that's what I do;
--Enjoying: a lovely little dance recital by two adorable granddarlings last night followed by dinner at IHOP (or IPOP if you happen to be Janey, because I taught her it is called that)
My calculus final is on Monday. I think I mentioned my last test was two weeks ago and I got 35 out of 98, which was, anyway you figure it, the worst test score of my life. I had to do some really serious self-talk to convince myself I'm not really stupid at math.
I've been fretting a bit about the final. Because 1) I just totally failed a test for the first time ever, and 2) it's calculus, and 3) the professor told us during our last class that the final would be on eight sections instead of the previously announced four sections, and the combination of newly included sections makes this as close to a comprehensive final as is possible (mathematically speaking).
While I should probably be studying my brain into a coma, I've instead been fretting and stalling--which is why I had time for a haircut, several visits to the store, much online purchasing, and all of the rest of the dawdling and procrastinating I've been doing.
But just now, I've finally come up with an idea that gives me hope that I just might pass the final and with that, pass the class, maybe even earning (and I do mean earning) a C. (In case you need to know, a C is not average at all--it is hard to earn a C in math when numbers are not your native language.)
My plan is to redo all of the homework assignments for the eight sections that will be covered on the final. In yet another fit of procrastination, I checked the syllabus and noted that I will be completing 28 + 12 + 11 + 22 + 28 + 9 + 34 + 29 + 10 + 13 problems which = 196. One hundred ninety six calculus problems in the next two days (really in the next day because I'm working on Monday).
Now it should be clear why calculus is so hard. It's the stalling and cramming and reviewing before the big test and then the big brain freeze anyway. But I can do this, right?
--Shopping: not something I've typically even thought about since it isn't even mid-December yet, but I am all over the shopping and nearly done and ready to begin the wrapping;
--Creating: well, not actually creating much, but I have been looking at and fingering my bead assortment and I'm feeling a creative stirring in my soul that may blossom into jewelry at any moment;
--Worrying: about my kids because, hello, that's what I do;
--Enjoying: a lovely little dance recital by two adorable granddarlings last night followed by dinner at IHOP (or IPOP if you happen to be Janey, because I taught her it is called that)
My calculus final is on Monday. I think I mentioned my last test was two weeks ago and I got 35 out of 98, which was, anyway you figure it, the worst test score of my life. I had to do some really serious self-talk to convince myself I'm not really stupid at math.
I've been fretting a bit about the final. Because 1) I just totally failed a test for the first time ever, and 2) it's calculus, and 3) the professor told us during our last class that the final would be on eight sections instead of the previously announced four sections, and the combination of newly included sections makes this as close to a comprehensive final as is possible (mathematically speaking).
While I should probably be studying my brain into a coma, I've instead been fretting and stalling--which is why I had time for a haircut, several visits to the store, much online purchasing, and all of the rest of the dawdling and procrastinating I've been doing.
But just now, I've finally come up with an idea that gives me hope that I just might pass the final and with that, pass the class, maybe even earning (and I do mean earning) a C. (In case you need to know, a C is not average at all--it is hard to earn a C in math when numbers are not your native language.)
My plan is to redo all of the homework assignments for the eight sections that will be covered on the final. In yet another fit of procrastination, I checked the syllabus and noted that I will be completing 28 + 12 + 11 + 22 + 28 + 9 + 34 + 29 + 10 + 13 problems which = 196. One hundred ninety six calculus problems in the next two days (really in the next day because I'm working on Monday).
Now it should be clear why calculus is so hard. It's the stalling and cramming and reviewing before the big test and then the big brain freeze anyway. But I can do this, right?
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
who is this guy?
Yesterday's post had a record four comments. I could hardly wait to see who had something to say about the pictures of my darlings or my near death by ceiling tile experience.
So who is this Steve Finnell guy inviting me to follow his blog? Christian with a view? Why does this feel like my computer is about to be hacked into and infected?
So who is this Steve Finnell guy inviting me to follow his blog? Christian with a view? Why does this feel like my computer is about to be hacked into and infected?
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