Travel/food:
Once when traveling in Paris, for Christmas dinner, I (or should I implicate my cousin as well and say we) ordered the only thing on the menu that I couldn't translate simply because it was "....Flambe".
it was liver
lots of liver
it was not on fire
Style:
My shopping swings widely between consignment/thrift stores and Nordstroms. Nothing beats Nordstroms for being fitted and helped with picking out a new bra or for customer service, which is huge for someone who gets a little nervous shopping. Nothing beats the thrift stores for finding super awesome jeans that actually fit almost every-time I look in for under $30 I don't know how it happens, but it does (my luck that by declaring it my luck will run out).
Health:
I have allergies like crazy, though the impact in Portland is substantially less severe than California. After the long, grey, wet, winter breaks into joyous, beautiful, sunny, breezy, blooming spring... I huddle inside slightly woozy with the drugs and with the air conditioner and air filter on so I can breathe. This is even more discouraging with kids that you want desperately to (and indeed do) shoo outside, but know they will come back in covered with pollen. Stoopid allergies.
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Things I have learned in daycare
1. Boogers happen, runny noses, coughs, sneezes, heck even lice, foot and mouth and whatever cringe-worthy bugs come through...these things fall under the "that which does not kill us" category (much like school meals).
2. When in doubt, call someone a friend.
3. Greet people with "Hello Friends!" "Bye Friends" "Thank you Friend" I now have the affliction of calling any unknown group of people our friends... our bus friends, our store friends, our library friends.
4. Hold hands (this has backfired, since they aren't supposed to hold hands in Kindergarten, but I don't care... hold hands)
5. Clean-up Clean-up Everybody do your share.
6. Wash your hands often.
7. Daycare teachers are miracle workers as evidenced by simultaneous and consistent nap-times for 10 kids, daily. Respect y'all.
8. Cutie pie little chairs, little tables and little potties are just tooo much.
9. In spite of how my kids act at home, they really do know how to share, how to play independently, how to eat, how to clean up, how to sleep.
10. There are a lot of personalities, learning styles, backgrounds, diets, but we can all hold hands, walk together, play together, those things make the class and make our lives more entertaining and fun!
Tee hee, can I add something that I learned in the coffee shop, from eavesdropping on the cute young hipster neighbors: "I have never had coffee cake AND coffee together before... Oh My GOD! People were so right, this is so good together! The flavors all totally complement each other, they are so good!" (general affirmation of this observation confirmed among all four friends).
2. When in doubt, call someone a friend.
3. Greet people with "Hello Friends!" "Bye Friends" "Thank you Friend" I now have the affliction of calling any unknown group of people our friends... our bus friends, our store friends, our library friends.
4. Hold hands (this has backfired, since they aren't supposed to hold hands in Kindergarten, but I don't care... hold hands)
5. Clean-up Clean-up Everybody do your share.
6. Wash your hands often.
7. Daycare teachers are miracle workers as evidenced by simultaneous and consistent nap-times for 10 kids, daily. Respect y'all.
8. Cutie pie little chairs, little tables and little potties are just tooo much.
9. In spite of how my kids act at home, they really do know how to share, how to play independently, how to eat, how to clean up, how to sleep.
10. There are a lot of personalities, learning styles, backgrounds, diets, but we can all hold hands, walk together, play together, those things make the class and make our lives more entertaining and fun!
Tee hee, can I add something that I learned in the coffee shop, from eavesdropping on the cute young hipster neighbors: "I have never had coffee cake AND coffee together before... Oh My GOD! People were so right, this is so good together! The flavors all totally complement each other, they are so good!" (general affirmation of this observation confirmed among all four friends).
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