Monthly Archives: June 2009

We have just returned from a trip to Colorado.  When you’re traveling, it’s amazing to see how different other places can be….. and depressing to see how similar many places have become!  I mean, we drove across the states of … Continue reading →

This afternoon Claudia texted me and said she was bringing something over for dinner so I wouldn’t have to cook…. we weren’t going out as we’ll be going out somewhere in Colorado.  This is the awesome dinner we ate this evening: … Continue reading →

OK, I baked them.  But Roya frosted them while I was at work 🙂 The teacher whose birthday it was liked it too!  And it did turn out to be delicious….Note the exquisite plating…. I’m supposed to be packing, actually, … Continue reading →

Our staff has a tradition of picking names and preparing birthday treats.  I picked the name of someone whose birthday is June 30th, and I wanted to get it close to the actual day.  It’s going to be a busy … Continue reading →

OK; sing it with me…..I’m sure my kids are enjoying their first taste of vacation!  As for me, I still have a week of cleaning and packing up my classroom, ordering supplies for next year, meeting with other teachers and … Continue reading →

The other day I posted about all the things we’d done in our second-to-last week of school.  I did, however, omit one episode of which I am NOT proud.  You know all that ice cream we made?  Well, our school … Continue reading →

Last month I made the mistake of thinking "mushy peas" sounded funny, and was roundly set straight by my British blogger friends!  In fact, I have learned that mushy peas are not only vegan (despite being made from something called … Continue reading →

So in a week of long days, we’re extremely lucky to have, literally, longer days!  Today is Friday, and I’m looking back on a mind-boggling week.  In the last seven days, we have Made four kinds of ice cream, Laid … Continue reading →

This is the time of year when lots of things happen at once.  It’s the end of the school year, so I’ve been staying at work much later trying to get things together, and there suddenly seems to be so … Continue reading →

This is my ice cream maker, which was a present from Andrea.  Until yesterday, I had yet to use it.  However, we’ve been studying Wisconsin at school, and of course we love to cook, and of course Wisconsin is the … Continue reading →