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The weather is gorgeous today and I'm taking my daughter to see a theatre production of Munsch Muddles! Have a great day!
How beautiful, Laura! It is rainy and chilly here today, so that helps.
I got off early from jury duty -- yay! I wasn't selected for the panel of 24, but I had to wait in court until they selected the final 12. :)
I got off early from jury duty -- yay! I wasn't selected for the panel of 24, but I had to wait in court until they selected the final 12. :)
Yay for no jury duty!
I may faint from shock...it's 62 degrees. I actually see my tulips starting to show.
I may faint from shock...it's 62 degrees. I actually see my tulips starting to show.
We are supposed to hit 63 by Friday, I hope. Cold and drizzly here and the flooding has already begun. I can see my daffodils!! :)
Fifty-nine here. Our daffodils have been blooming for a couple of weeks, though. (Welcome to the sunny South!)
Happy St. Pat's everyone!!No tulips or daffs here yet but I can finally see the snowdrops and crocuses!!
Mary wrote: "Happy St. Pat's everyone!!
No tulips or daffs here yet but I can finally see the snowdrops and crocuses!!"
Happy St. Patrick's Day! Oh, to be able to enjoy crocuses! (The rabbits love them in Iowa.)
No tulips or daffs here yet but I can finally see the snowdrops and crocuses!!"
Happy St. Patrick's Day! Oh, to be able to enjoy crocuses! (The rabbits love them in Iowa.)
After a gazillion pinches as a kid, I never forget to wear green on 3/17.
Mary wrote: "Happy St. Pat's everyone!!
No tulips or daffs here yet but I can finally see the snowdrops and crocuses!!"
My crocuses never survive either, Jeannette...rabbits, deer, etc.
No tulips or daffs here yet but I can finally see the snowdrops and crocuses!!"
My crocuses never survive either, Jeannette...rabbits, deer, etc.
Barb wrote: "Good morning and Happy St Paddys Day everyone ... I forgot to wear green though (oh, the shame).
Hope everyone has a good day ... time to go re-fill my coffee cup."
To you too! I'm not really a big fan of St. Pat's day just because we don't do anything for it. Benjamin has his groups at the school today though so I remembered to put him in green.
Hope everyone has a good day ... time to go re-fill my coffee cup."
To you too! I'm not really a big fan of St. Pat's day just because we don't do anything for it. Benjamin has his groups at the school today though so I remembered to put him in green.
Christine wrote: "Mary wrote: "Happy St. Pat's everyone!!No tulips or daffs here yet but I can finally see the snowdrops and crocuses!!"
My crocuses never survive either, Jeannette...rabbits, deer, etc."
No crocuses in Dundas and Ancaster yet, but I've seen the first snowdrops. It always amazes me, how late they arrive in North America. In Western Europe, we used to get them in February (although, with this year's cold winter, they might be a bit later as well). I've also seen the first red-winged blackbirds and the raccoons and squirrels are busy, busy, busy.
Laura wrote: "Some sunshine to warm up:"
Wow Laura, that's gorgeous!!
Been doing other things so I missed the teeth conversation! Hope your daugter is better Christine. My son had only milk teeth pulled out, fortunately, but the last one came out just a few months ago, really late (he's 12). Just 6 months to go on the braces... He'll be glad to have them off his teeth, and I will be glad to stop paying the bills!!
Spring is finally coming along here. But still a little chilly.
Happy St. Pat's to everyone. Not a big day here in Italy... the 19th is San Giuseppe (St. Joseph's) which is Father's Day here and gets more "air time".
Wow Laura, that's gorgeous!!
Been doing other things so I missed the teeth conversation! Hope your daugter is better Christine. My son had only milk teeth pulled out, fortunately, but the last one came out just a few months ago, really late (he's 12). Just 6 months to go on the braces... He'll be glad to have them off his teeth, and I will be glad to stop paying the bills!!
Spring is finally coming along here. But still a little chilly.
Happy St. Pat's to everyone. Not a big day here in Italy... the 19th is San Giuseppe (St. Joseph's) which is Father's Day here and gets more "air time".
I bought some daffodils at the store and added them to some mums I had. I can't believe I never bought daffodils before - they smell and look wonderful! I love Spring :)
I love Spring flowers! The robins were back last week and the cedar waxwings (they migrate through). We also saw huge (hundreds) flocks of Canada geese heading north!
Hi everyone :)I found this article from the Daily Mail Online (UK) of some recently unearthed photos of London compared to the same areas today. Very, very cool!
Enjoy:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/artic...
That's really cool, Hannahr! I bought my mother a book like that which was all photos of Paris (past and current). It's so interesting!
Christine wrote: "That's really cool, Hannahr! I bought my mother a book like that which was all photos of Paris (past and current). It's so interesting!"I love stuff like that, Christine, and will say that looking at the architecture of then and now I prefer "then" (although I do prefer the modern conveniences like indoor plumbing, electricity, etc.)
Barb wrote: "TGIF! That's all I have to say ...
Have a great day everyone."
Hang in there, Barb! :)
Good Morning everyone! Spring is almost here (for most of us).
Have a great day everyone."
Hang in there, Barb! :)
Good Morning everyone! Spring is almost here (for most of us).
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Jeannette, I didn't recognize you! Haha! I'm in such a habit of looking at the picture more than the name.
We're testing today so hopefully my kids will be done early. I am almost done with
. I want to start gardening, but we're supposed to get a freeze tonight.
We're testing today so hopefully my kids will be done early. I am almost done with
. I want to start gardening, but we're supposed to get a freeze tonight.
Christine wrote: "Jeannette, I didn't recognize you! Haha! I'm in such a habit of looking at the picture more than the name.
We're testing today so hopefully my kids will be done early. I am almost done with [..."
There are a few people who change their photos on a regular basis, so I got inspired! (I got younger, too!) Are you doing standardized testing today?
We're testing today so hopefully my kids will be done early. I am almost done with [..."
There are a few people who change their photos on a regular basis, so I got inspired! (I got younger, too!) Are you doing standardized testing today?
No, just end of the unit stuff. Emma sends everything in through email for grades, and she has 3 quizzes due. Benjamin sends his stuff in by mail, but I try to keep them on the same schedule.
Which school are you working through? Calvert?
I changed my photo again, this is my picture for Spring! :)
I changed my photo again, this is my picture for Spring! :)
Jeannette, stop that! You are confusing me! LOL!
Yes, we are using Calvert.
Yes, we are using Calvert.
Christine wrote: "Jeannette, stop that! You are confusing me! LOL!
Yes, we are using Calvert."
I'll stick with Tulip-head for a while -- that's the kind of mood I'm in! xp I thought you were using Calvert. Good luck on the test, kids! ;-)
Yes, we are using Calvert."
I'll stick with Tulip-head for a while -- that's the kind of mood I'm in! xp I thought you were using Calvert. Good luck on the test, kids! ;-)
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Sunny and 70 just now, though I'm busy rooting on Clemson in the tournament.
Ha! In 2 1/2 months, 1,000 message posts in this thread! And, we have several chat threads now.
It is snowing today in sunny Iowa! woohoo! :(
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Jeannette wrote: "It is snowing today in sunny Iowa! woohoo! :("Where in Iowa do you live? I grew up in Iowa City.
Lisa wrote: "Ha! In 2 1/2 months, 1,000 message posts in this thread! And, we have several chat threads now."
This is my new favorite place to chat. :)
This is my new favorite place to chat. :)
Joy wrote: "Jeannette wrote: "It is snowing today in sunny Iowa! woohoo! :("
Where in Iowa do you live? I grew up in Iowa City."
I am in Ames!
Where in Iowa do you live? I grew up in Iowa City."
I am in Ames!
Christine wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Ha! In 2 1/2 months, 1,000 message posts in this thread! And, we have several chat threads now."
This is my new favorite place to chat. :)"
I thought you preferred the "weird food" thread, Christine! xp
This is my new favorite place to chat. :)"
I thought you preferred the "weird food" thread, Christine! xp
Lisa wrote: "Ha! In 2 1/2 months, 1,000 message posts in this thread! And, we have several chat threads now."
This is just a bunch of people who have a lot in common and it is great to be here with all of you everyday! :)
This is just a bunch of people who have a lot in common and it is great to be here with all of you everyday! :)
Jeannette wrote: "I am in Ames!"Oh. I read that book The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women and Friendship. A friend who'd won it at the Goodreads First Reads program mailed it to me after she read it so I could read it as an advance copy.
Have you read it? If so, what did you think?
Jeannette wrote: "Joy wrote: "Jeannette wrote: "It is snowing today in sunny Iowa! woohoo! :("Where in Iowa do you live? I grew up in Iowa City."
I am in Ames!"
Small world, my younger sister lives in Des Moines! Have you been to Iowa City? I also lived in the Quad Cities but didn't like it nearly as much.
I was born in Iowa City. (Don't remember the place, though. We moved to N.C. when I was two weeks!)
Joy wrote: "Jeannette wrote: "Joy wrote: "Jeannette wrote: "It is snowing today in sunny Iowa! woohoo! :("
Where in Iowa do you live? I grew up in Iowa City."
I am in Ames!"
Hi Joy,
I think we exchanged this info before -- maybe way early in the threads somewhere! I remember someone having a sister in Des Moines. Are you in Texas now?
Small world, my younge..."
Where in Iowa do you live? I grew up in Iowa City."
I am in Ames!"
Hi Joy,
I think we exchanged this info before -- maybe way early in the threads somewhere! I remember someone having a sister in Des Moines. Are you in Texas now?
Small world, my younge..."
Susanna wrote: "I was born in Iowa City. (Don't remember the place, though. We moved to N.C. when I was two weeks!)"
My daughter was born in Mississippi, but we moved to Iowa when she was just around 14 months old. She doesn't remember living in the South.
My daughter was born in Mississippi, but we moved to Iowa when she was just around 14 months old. She doesn't remember living in the South.
Jeannette wrote: I thought you preferred the "weird food" thread, Christine! xp
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Hmmm, it's close between the two. I'll just lump all of Comfort Reads into my favorite category, then I can learn what chocolate covered insects are yummiest and talk about books too.
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Hmmm, it's close between the two. I'll just lump all of Comfort Reads into my favorite category, then I can learn what chocolate covered insects are yummiest and talk about books too.
Hey! It was so nice yesterday and now I have snow! What gives?
All our snow is gone, but I, for one, am not sure that this is the end quite yet. I know that there is a saying in Canada that one should not set out any flowers etc. until after the Victoria Day Weekend (end of May), and I remember on year in Calgary (1986) where we got so much snow in the middle of May, that some kids around Red Deer were riding their horses to school because the busses and cars could not get through in rural areas.
Christine wrote: "Hey! It was so nice yesterday and now I have snow! What gives? "
Like in "this stuff stuck and hasn't melted yet!" I see you got it, too. It snowed all day Friday. *bleh*
Like in "this stuff stuck and hasn't melted yet!" I see you got it, too. It snowed all day Friday. *bleh*
Gundula wrote: "All our snow is gone, but I, for one, am not sure that this is the end quite yet. I know that there is a saying in Canada that one should not set out any flowers etc. until after the Victoria Day ..."
It is still officially winter until tomorrow. Our last frost date is usually Mother's Day, around May 10.
It is still officially winter until tomorrow. Our last frost date is usually Mother's Day, around May 10.
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We have a super fun day of errands planned. There's some indoor soccer going on right now which is demolishing my living room and hopefully I will finish reading the longest book ever!
I hope you all have a great day~!
Laura wrote: "Does someone know this resource?Google Lit Trip"
Ooh, Now I do. It looks fascinating. I think it should go in our resources thread. Lee?
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