Jan. 31st.......last day of the month!

Saturday morning and I'm sitting here with a cup of coffee and watching tennis ........that Serena Williams is something else!  I wish I could play tennis ...... it looks like such a fun game......the problem is that I can't always SEE the tennis ball coming over the net!  HA!  Now, that could be a big problem!

    Well, I do have a load of laundry going and the bedding is being changed.  Then we are off to the ski hill to do some downhill skiing this morning.  It's been too cold to ski lately, so we are enjoying the "warm up" temperature of 15 degrees.......in fact, it's supposed to be in the upper 20's this morning!

     I suppose everyone is excited to see the outcome of the Super Bowl tomorrow.....who are you all rooting for?   I do think the Steelers will win, but maybe.....just maybe, the underdogs may pull off a surprising win!  Go Arizona Cardinals..................

    Have a great day, everyone............I'll write later.  I am going to enjoy this weekend and warmer temperatures...............

It's almost Friday.......

Good Morning, everyone......

    Well, report cards went home yesterday afternoon, so I may be getting some challenging phone calls this morning when I get to school......HHhhhmmmmm.........sometimes it's a tough job telling these parents to get off their duffs and help their children with their homework and study for tests!  I'm eating "nails" for breakfast this morning......look out world ........here I come!  Later.....

Sunday night......Jan. 25th

BBbbbrrrrrr......it's -6 degrees outside!  I just got home from church......and the car is tucked away in the garage!  I'm sitting here, watching 60 Minutes.....it says that a low fat diet and drinkingf red wine is a trigger to living a longer, healthier life!  Hhhmmmmm.......I'm waiting to see if they mention ingesting great amounts of chocolate!  Ha!  Resvertol is the name of the medicinal drug that is the key to all this.....I'll have to do my research!

      Well, it's another work week coming up!  It's going to be another busy one.....the kids get their report cards on Wednesday to take them home....MAYBE....Here is the scenario......their teacher (ME) worked all day on Friday, on her work day to complete all of the cards online.....and they wouldn't print off for any of the teachers in school!!!!!!  Geez......I sure hope they get the glitch fixed....otherwise, no report cards!  Imagine that!  LOL I'll let you know what happens....

     Well....I'm off to bed.....it's been a wonderful weekend....dinner with friends on Friday night, watching the skiers on the Noque race come into the finish line on Saturday,  playing with Stella and Spencer last night, while visiting with Diana (who came to see the kids), and getting caught up on grading of notebooks and papers, etc. today.....oh well, time flies when you're having fun, right?

    Have a good week, everyone.....I'm checking my sister's blog and my niece's blog to see if they updated theirs......c'mon you two.......I need some updates.......................

Good Night Everyone!

  P.S.   Sue and Greg....if you're reading this......we're REALLY looking forward to seeing you folks in Florida during our spring break.......that goes for you too, Tuula and Stan!

     Later.............................................

A long work week...........

Good Morning.......what a long week this has been at work!  Today marks the last day of the second quarter of school.......so one semester down!  Tomorrow we don't have any students, so I will have time to work on and complete the kids' report cards.......all done online!  Boy, have things changed in thirty-five years!!!! Come to think of it.......so have I!  LOL

      The weather is actually not too cold....it's in the 20's, but this weekend, it's supposed to get down to 0 again!  Bummer.......as we were planning on doing some skiing!

      I"ll write more this weekend..........

Monday......Monday.....back to school......

Good Morning, everyone......

   Well, I just checked my email and thought I'd just jot down a quick line to all of you.  It's a bit warmer.......12 degrees ABOVE zero!  We did get about 5 inches of new, fluffy snow last night. It looks really beautiful in the woods........but I do have to get to school.......so have a great day everyone.  Later........

Sunday........Jan. 18th

Beautiful outside.......snow and sun ......mixed with a light snowfall.  I think we'll get out and go skiing......get some fresh air.........later.... :-)

T.G.I.F.........Another Day Off!

Hi there everyone,

    We are still in a "cold snap".....the temperature started out this morning at -13 degrees! So all of the local schools had the day off!  This is the second day off in a row! :-)  

     So I was busy catching up on things around here, and grading some papers! Our second quarter of school ends this coming week.  Report cards go out in a week and a half, and I will have to have all the cards ready to run by next Friday!  Yikes!  Where does the time go?

      This cold weather is for the birds! (penguins??)......but Dom and I are planning to get away during the spring break (early April) to Florida.  We're in the process of getting some details of the trip nailed down, and figuring out where, when, how, etc. we are doing!  So, it will be a much needed break from this cold routine.  We're excited!  

      All for now........later.........

Great Equation......

Okay.......what do you get when you add the following:

good dinner at your favorite restaurant + good movie ("Bride Wars") +good friends = a GREAT evening out with your girlfriends!!!!

    Last night we had a little get-together at Applebee's here in Marquette.  I have 3 of my girlfriends who are my exact same age (39 yrs. old), and we have our birthday dates really close together......SOOooooooo....we usually have a girls' night out!  The food was great, the wait staff sang "Happy Birthday" to me, the movie was hilarious, and my friend's car has heated seats!!!  What more does a girl want?  LOL

     Barb's birthday is next........we'll get together in a couple weeks for another night out....we agreed to go out on Tuesday nights, because the popcorn at the theater is only 50 cents!!!!  Here's out this works....... You bring in the biggest container that you want and they fill it for that price!  So the next Tuesday night we go out, we'll skip the dinner and just dine on popcorn!  HA!  I'll have to bring in a big bowl.....you should have seen all the large bowls and buckets that people had brought in for the movies last night.  It was quite the scene in the lobby!

    The weather here is so frigid!  This morning it is -7 degree F .....I think it's going to be an inside recess at noon today!!!!  You think.....!!! 

     Well......'must go........have a great day everyone.............keep warm and stay smiling!

BRrrrrrrr.......it's freezing!

   Diana, Debbie, Sandy and I went cross-country skiing last night at 7:00......on the "lit loop" at the Blueberry Trails....it was just beautiful.....snowing lightly and softly covered trails.....wonderful experience!  Then we went over to Diana's for some hot cider and cake....yummy!  It's fun to have such great girlfriends.....

    School is going fine, but the kids need to get outside at noon to get some fresh air.....they get so antsy.......if they are kept indoors for too many days in a row!  So we're hoping that the temperatures stay in the 20s ....at least!  Let  it snow.....you can't even see the parking lot outside my classroom window anymore because the snow drifts and snowbanks are so high!

    Dom and I are planning to go to Florida for spring break during the first week of April.  We plan to visit some of our dear friends, Sue and Greg.  We'll catch a flight out of the Twin Cities, so that we can see Trina and Jon & their kids on the way there, etc.  It's always so darn hard to get out of the Upper Peninsula.......

     Well...all for now.......keep smiling.....the weekend is coming!

First Day Back...... Whew!

Hey there......it's been quite a day in the salt mines!  My class was happy to be back to the regular schedule.....I only had 5 students who were absent today!  So tomorrow, we'll keep easing back into the regular routine.......I had a dentist appointment later in the day, so I took some "school time" off........meanwhile, I have to grade some papers, so until later..........

Jan. 4th....

Aaahhhh....the last of our Christmas vacation........as we have to go back to work tomorrow!  It's always a tough toss of the coin!  I bet the kids are going to be so excited to back at school......AND the parents are REALLY going to be excited! Meanwhile, the teachers are reluctant!!!  HA!

   Well....I didn't get the Christmas tree down today.....maybe tomorrow!  I played all day today.  Dom and I downhill skied this morning and then I went out for lunch with my two girlfriends, Ragene and Sandy.  Then later in the afternoon, I took down the holiday trims and the Christmas tree at the Clubhouse.......busy!

    It's cold and damp outside.....one gets chilled to the bone! We're expecting more snow tonight or tomorrow.....maybe that will help the temperatures.....

     Good News.....our friends, George and Jane Miller are new grandparents as of Dec. 30th......a baby girl, named Selene Abigail......Geo is now a dad!  Both Erin and baby are doing fine!  Whew!  She just made the deadline for being a tax deduction!!  We are so happy for them.

     All from this end of the world.........................

January 3rd

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MIKE........... We're all thinking about you!    I heard that Kim made you your special dessert recipe for your birthday! 

       It's been a cold and snowy day for your big birthday day!  I did some errands in town and am now in the process of taking down the Christmas trims.  The tree will be going out in the backyard, so that I can decorate it with a popcorn stringer for the birds.......

      We're supposed to get more snow tonight.....Yippeeeee.....powder skiing in the morning!  Hugs to you both............

Happy New Year.....2009

      Well.....it's been a cold start to the new year.......our friends came up from Green Bay to ski with us for a couple of days.  So, after getting together last night for pizza and festivities, we headed to the Mqt. Mtn. to ski for the day this morning......despite the temperature of 13 degrees, with a -3 degree wind chill!  Needless to say, we bundled up and braved the conditions!  We did manage to ski for 6 hours.....but then, we HAD to sit in the sauna to thaw out!  HA!  

     We're watching the Rose Bowl football game and then we will head to our favorite ribs place.....the UP North Lodge.....we have reservation for 7 o'clock for a table of 12.....Debbie and Dave have one foreign exchange student from Germany with them....and Connie and Don have two students with them from the Czech Republic.....then we have another couple, with their son, in for a USSA ski race at the hill.  So we're going to make it a party! Hey....I don't have to cook, so it'll be a good dinner!  LOL

     Connie and I probably not ski tomorrow....as we just like to hang out and have some girlfriend time.....we'll let the other people hit the slope!

   Hey Grant, if you're reading this.....it was so nice to talk with you on the phone...thanks for the nice surprise phone call.....we really enjoy hearing from you!  :-)

    Well....I'm just touching bases with the rest of you....this is what we've been up to.....I hope everyone is having a good time and a great start to the new year......Later.......