Rachel has picked out another picture. This is of me in 1994. The story goes like this:
My first year of teaching was very rough. I didn’t know classroom management very well, and the kids took advantage of it. It was such a bad time that I decided to grow a beard over the summer. I figured that if I looked older the kids would treat me with more respect. They didn’t. I didn’t like the beard, so for Halloween I shaved it down to a goatee and dressed in this outfit. It’s what all the kids dressed like in 1994 in Seattle. None of the other teachers recognized me. None of the kids recognized me. It was fun!
So when I went to Texas for Christmas, I thought I would surprise my parents by getting off the plane dressed like this. It was more fun! And that’s why, in a picture of my 1994 Halloween costume, there is a Christmas decoration hanging on the doorknob.
I didn’t get much done in the kitchen this weekend. I’m moving more slowly lately because everything seems to be sequential. I wanted to put the sink in, but couldn’t do that before hooking up the dishwasher electrical connection. I wanted to connect the plumbing to the dishwasher, but couldn’t do that until the sink was in. I can’t do anything with the stove until a professional changes the gas pipe. And none of the base cabinets can be anchored to the wall until all of this is done.
So all I could do for now was the electrical connection to the dishwasher. I also painted the radiator. In the new configuration, I won’t be able to put the cover back on it, so I needed to paint it.
I shut my pond down for the winter yesterday. I have to do this while it’s still warm enough to step into the water. I pull out all the plants that won’t survive the winter, because if they die in the water they will foul it. Then I shut off the waterfall pump and clean the foam filter out. Then I put a net over the water to catch leaves. The water always goes sour over the winter anyway, but this way it’s much easier to clean up.
So this isn’t my high score, but it’s really impressive. Denis has gotten a record of 2,799 ft. I have a hard enough time breaking 1,000. But I’ve been busy playing other games. Erin suggested an old favorite — the yeti-penguin baseball game. Lloyd suggested a bizarre totem head game that’s in Japanese. The object of the game is to run your cursor over as many totem heads as you can before they disappear. And my Aunt Bev has sent a link for practicing carving pumpkins.
The record score:
The games:
Kitten Cannon
The yeti-penguin baseball game
A fun spin-off of the yeti-penguin game
The totem head game(I love the Japanese commentary)
Pumpkin carving practice
Michele introduced me to Hoops and Yoyo yesterday. I guess they started as a Hallmark Cards creation, but there’s a whole bunch of stuff besides e-cards. I wasted LOTS of time watching them. Hil-arious!
Find them at www.hoopsandyoyo.com.
