Friday, June 20, 2008

Air conditioning-It's a good thing.



I never realized how much I appreciated my air conditioning-until I didn't have it in the middle of June! I spent a week at the beach and then a weekend in TN visiting my family. I was so excited to come back home and sleep in my own bed on Sunday night. I picked up the kittens at Megan's house(thank goodness for kitten sitters!) and headed home. I got all my stuff inside and was sweating. I took a look at the thermostat--it was on 79 and I had left it at 76. I could also hear a loud sound out by the unit outside. I turned it off and opened the windows. I knew it was going to be a long, hot night.


I woke up early on Monday so I could schedule an appointment with the air guys. When I called I was told they couldn't come until FRIDAY!!!! OMG!!!! It was a very long and very hot week. I pretty much sat on the couch under the fan. The kittens were even hot and lazy. Nights were a little better but still hot. I am happy to say the air guy came today and fixed it---luckily the repair was under warranty. The only bad news now is I have no excuses to not vacuum and mop and the other cleaning that needs to be done.

Friday, June 13, 2008

Beach Blues


I just returned from the beach. I went to Panama City Beach with a couple of teacher friends. It is the same place we went last year. We had planned on staying 7 days. We got down there on Saturday and found out the pool wasn't working. Arghhhh!!! I love my pool time! The beach is just across the street so we went there a few times. It was ok, but the red flag was up and there was a lot of seaweed. The condo owner said the pool would be ready Tuesday. Ok...not too bad I guess but still disappointing. On Sunday (probably the best day weather wise) we sat on the back porch in the sun with the water hose....quite a sight I am sure. On Monday the condo owner ( a teacher friend) said we could use her neighbor's pool and knocked $25 off the daily rate. We were good with that---it certainly beat using the water hose!!! By Tuesday the pool was no closer to being ready, and we decided we would just head home on Thursday morning. I have a pool in my neighborhood and it won't cost me $50 a night to sleep in my own bed. Over all the beach getaway was nice and relaxing. We missed the easy pool access--thank goodness for the neighbor's pool! I have some new memories, t-shirt, freckles, and a little tan going. And the condo pool...still not open at last check.

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Tales from a 2nd grade classroom...

Kevin came back from the bathroom and had a wet spot on his pants. When I asked him what happened he said “The pee got on me”. I asked how did the pee get on you and he said “It folded.” It folded?


Lucy was working on a math sheet and asked me “Is this when we steal?” We had recently learned how to do two digit subtraction with regrouping. I use the term “borrow”. She uses “steal”.


Marco came in one morning and asked “Ms. Bond when are we going to do some potions?”


Peter, a student from a visiting classroom, came in one day and saw my Ipod. He said “Ms. Bond-uh is that a MP3-uh?” Peter has a speech problem and puts “uh” on the end of most words. He has a twin brother Paul who does the same thing. They make me smile every day when I hear “Good morning Ms. Bond-uh.”

Lucy asked me if my parents moved to Texas would I be an orphan? We had just finished watching the movie “Pollyanna” with Hayley Mills in which she played an orphan. I’m not sure what Lucy was really talking about, but I thought it was sweet that she was worried that I might become an orphan.


I overheard Olsen telling Steven “They (adults) know everything. God tells them when we do stuff.” I thought this was so funny. A few hours later Steven did something and I caught him without him knowing he’d been caught and Olsen turned to him and said “See I told you God tells them when we do something wrong.” I love these moments!

*All names have been changed*

Crazy Cat Lady

So I started out with one cat (Gracie) about 7 years ago. I have always been a cat lover and decided I wanted another cat. I got an email from a friend that had 9 kittens from 2 different litters. I saw #6 and knew I wanted her. I went on a Friday night to look at all the kittens. On the way there my SIL started saying "you should get two kittens so they will have each other". I was positive that I only wanted one. Imagine my surprise when I ended up with two kittens! Now I have 3 cats and can be officially called the crazy cat lady! The new kittens (Junie B. Jones and Skippyjon Jones) are doing well. I have had a few nervous breakdowns since they came home. First I was not ready for the cost of taking care of two kittens. Oh well on that one though....at least after the first year the cost shouldn't be too bad.

One cause of my nervousness is Gracie. She is not the most friendly cat. She loves me and that's all that mattered for awhile. She really is a sweet and loving cat...but only with me. She pretty much hates everyone. My sweet niece Addie loves her so much and all Gracie does is growl and hiss at her. Poor Livie hasn't had the pleasure of Gracie as of yet. I have kept the kittens segregated for awhile from Gracie, but I can't do that forever. They have had a couple of "run-ins". Gracie just tends to growl, hiss, and eventually run away. Luckily she sleeps most of the day and doesn't really care. I don't know what will happen at the end of the summer when I go back to work. I guess time will tell....