Today was suppose to be a "lazy" day; one of catching up on a few things and finishing the last of this weeks assignements before I hit hte couch for some serious T.V. napping. Of course this was all going to happen after church and thenI would feel refreshed to do the montain of laundry and cook the big dinner for tonight. Ahh such wonderful plans toobad none of it happened as I had planned. First I get on the computer and finish myt assignments, did the double check to make sure they were complete as stated when I discovered I had not started one assignment that required major reflection, reading, and brain cells that were alredy on a nap mode. So the debate started in my head about whether I should take the nap as desired or be the student that I should be and do the assignment. Student won and after three hours I made some progress. The laundry became my breaks and the T.V. was just background noise. The nap never happened but I had the cooking of dinner to look forward to.
Are you serious?! As I go to prepare the chicken, deciding to fry it instead of the usual baking I discovered that it was still frozen so more thawing under running water was needed. The coating is made with a wonderful mixture of spices and herbs- no oil! Okay thank goodness for a can of Crisco that I do not remember purchasing to the rescue. MMMMMMMM the sound of the chicken skin sizzling makes my mouth water. Now time to make biscuits- yes have everything. Potatoes to boild for mashing- oops used them the other day for work luncheon - oh well have the back-up instant stuff. Pantry has been robbed for the box is sitting on shelf empty -grrr
"Umm kids dinner is now chicken and biscuits with gravy sorry"
Biscuits become a little overcooked (buthte homemade blueberry jam was deilicious) and the chicken raw in the middle. Yep I live for/love Sunday dinners.
Wow! not what I planned but we talked and laughed and didn't eat as much so the diet wasn't totally blown by all the comfort food I had planned on eating plus my son did the dishes!
Sounds like a typical Sunday around our house, minus the son doing dishes!:0 Good for you to opt for doing your homework. You must be a 4.0er. :)
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to thank your for those encouraging words about grade retention. I've passed the article around to two elementary schools so far and working on a third. Just want to get the word out there. I think continual, open conversations with Walker will help. When I went into Washington Elem. I noticed about half the students had been held back. Maybe it will just be the norm and kids wont get the complex...dought it. But time will tell. :)
I hope retention is not hte norm a t any school. I am glad that my words helped you a little. I hope the schools do read the articles but keep in mind that changes are slow for changing some policies.
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