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[Veronica]

Nice - our admin must read and sign every report card. Quite a job with 730 students at our school and only 1.8 admin. Yikes on giving a grade for every benchmark. What kind of grades do you use, A to C- or ?

1 - Far below grade level
2 - Below grade level
3 - at grade level
4 - above grade level

They're done! Went to work with Thom and while he futzed with computers I did my report cards. Didn't ride - but it was nice to be with my honey.

V.

[mimitabby]

Well, after 2 months of waiting i finally got to go to the Spoke and Sprocket
bike shop in Tacoma Washington. To my great disappointment they only had 1 Mondonico bike set up, and it was way bigger than anything I could ride.
Further, they said that the brothers Mondonico were retiring and he was not certain of what the bikes from the new shop would be like...
So I don't imagine I will ever GET a Mondonico.
I asked the fellow what he does for people built like me (average woman size)
that want a nice bike. ANd he said he puts them on Serotta's.
Then upon hearing more about my interests (steel, but not necessarily custom) and needs he mentioned Waterford.
I hadn't told him that I wanted an Italian bike. So next stop... Sammamish bikes
to talk about Marinoni.. Not in any hurry here, I have 3 bikes to ride right now.

I find the Fremantle doctor very interesting. GOod to know that Australia has a way to cool off!
We had a nice enough Turkey day; except that the drive south - 140 miles
took 5 hours!! no, we don't have a traffic problem!!
ARGH!

[snapdragen]

Thanksgiving in a box, courtesy of Safeway. Meh. Not so great, and with all the reheating you have to do, you're just as busy in the kitchen as if you cooked an entire meal. The sweet potatoes were really good...oh yeah, Mom made those Oh, and my niece brought a wonderful bottle of wine - Frei Brothers Cabernet

I finished my secret sister shopping today. I'm so late! I hope to get it boxed and mailed tomorrow.

[kelownagirl]

1 - Far below grade level
2 - Below grade level
3 - at grade level
4 - above grade level

They're done! Went to work with Thom and while he futzed with computers I did my report cards. Didn't ride - but it was nice to be with my honey.

V.

Ahh, in primary we have:

Not yet meeting
approaching
meeting
exceeding

:expectations

Know what you mean about being with your honey. Erik and I share an office and sit side by side working on report cards. He has more than me though since he teaches intermediate....

[kelownagirl]

Let in snow, let it snow, let it snow!

Great big beautiful flakes tonight. Thankfully it waited until I had driven the little guy all the way out to his dad's. After school, I dragged dh around the mall while I tried on sexy black party dresses but didn't buy anything. I just don't look good in black. Might have to find an alternative. Now we're back with a bottle wine and a movie (Davinci Code). Report cards are behind us, there's a couple of inches of snow in the yard, life is good.

And the good news is - I can wear a size 6 again!!! OMG, I was trying on dresses and steering towards the size 8's after wearing 10s' for the past few years and they were hanging on me. Finally decided to see if I could squeeze into a 6 and lo and behold, it fit! When I got home, ran to my closet and pulled out 4 pairs of pants that I haven't been able to wear in two years and they fit!!! I am so happy... Wonder if I'll ever fit into a 4 again? Oh well, a girl can dream. I just want to get down to 115 lbs so I can get up hills easier...

Sounds like Black Friday is similar to our Boxing Day - biggest shopping day of the year.

Snap - what is TG in a box???

CWR - sorry your feet are bothering you - what is it? I know, I should go back an reread to find out...

[snapdragen]

TG in a box - you order a fully prepared dinner from the grocery store. It came with turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, dinner rolls, and cranberry sauce. Everything is cooked, it has to be reheated.

[kelownagirl]

TG in a box - you order a fully prepared dinner from the grocery store. It came with turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, dinner rolls, and cranberry sauce. Everything is cooked, it has to be reheated.

Hmm, sounds, um, yummy. Sounds like the day-after TG food around my house. Hope you dont' reheat the cranberry sauce.

[Kitsune06]

Everyone's so quiet- still in TG Coma?

Just returned from having a drink and a chat with Jobob. Very nice. We both decided to go with the Riesling -Edgefield. Don't know the year but very sweet, nose of pear and apricot.
We chatted about TE, of course, and had lots of fun. Got the tour of the Grand Lodge. At one point there was some excitement because a guy was in the hot tub "soaking pool" sans shorts "acting weird" so we reported him to the front desk. Aside from that, much relaxed chatting until we both felt like we were going to fall asleep. I'm pretty close to being there. (asleep, that is) yays!
so good luck to Jobob, and hoping she and Leebob have good weather for tomorrow... and Jobob says hi.

[chickwhorips]

KG congrats on the new size! go you!

feet: bunionettes (started a thread a while ago in health issues) and they are getting worse. now i have a wound ontop of one that won't heal. i don't own a single pair of shoes that won't make them hurt. its so frustrating.

have a good night TD.

[crazycanuck]

Ohhh...I just received a cool email from the Ironman WA volunteer Co-ordinator...discounts on merchandise..I'm excited about next weekend!! Not just for the merchandise(I get a cool Ironman volunteer shirt anyways..) but for the atmosphere.

I see a few funky chrissie pressies for some of our Ironman ladies....

I promise to take photos & give you a report. Keeping my fingers crossed for nice weather next weekend down in bussleton.

c

[Nanci]

http://tinyurl.com/yxlk7n You have to watch the video...

I did a "donation release" today. A local resident...111 years old...the nations oldest WW1 veteran. I had read about it. Gov. Busch had given him a certificate last month. He was in the same "trailer" since 1960, he was so cute...and I thought, so alone. I called the funeral director and asked if he thought they might like a dove release. I had been at that cemetary several times. I brought 12 birds. Ended up that the relatives kept coming up wanting to release a bird. I originally asked "would a family member like to release the single white bird, representing the soul?" They all wanted to. I reached in and got a bird for each one. It really was very moving. There wasn't one of them with a dry eye. Most of them kissed the bird. I was amazed at the media there. Have already received some pictures (via email) from The Observer. Watched Fox news and I WAS ON IT!!!! If any of you in Fl get it, I bet it will be on later tonight. FOX news. The family thanked me so many times. The funeral director thanked me several times. Man, do I feel good. Thought I would share. God, I love what I do. Someday, I might even make money doing it!!! In the mean time, you can't put a price on how it makes me feel.

Jackie
Sarasota Dove Release
Sarasota, FL

[Lise]

Nanci, how sweet! Thanks for sharing it. Where does your friend get the birds they release? I love the idea of releasing a bird representing the soul. L.

[Nanci]

She raises them. They are pure white homing pigeons.

Nanci

[mtbdarby]

Very cool Nanci! What a wonderful thing to do.

I had the please of meeting an 85 year old pilot yesterday. Flew in WWII, Korea and Vietnam. I could have sat and listened to him all night....

CWR - sorry to hear the feet are still giving you grief. I hope you're able to get them taken care of soon.

KG - congrats on the new size! That's a great feeling indeed.

OTG - hope you had a great ride. Great job on keeping the eating under control for TG. I wish I were more like you.

So my 'puters been down for a few days. Had a friend look at it and peoplepc had me pointing to a server that's broken. He's got a temp fix for me hear so I can chat with you guys.

I finally got my SS gift all wrapped and I'll be heading to the PO shortly. I think one of my doggies has a bladder infection and the vets office is closed - any ideas what to do to help her for the weekend?

[Xrayted]

hey Kit - how's the weather out there?