At least my stress is purty.

Here's my latest project - it's a scarf I'm donating to the silent auction for TigerFest (the huge annual fundraiser for BV athletics and activities).



It's knit with Paton's Soy Wool Stripes (70 percent wool, 30 percent soy), which is beautiful yarn. It reminds me of my current favorite yarn, Noro, but it's $2 less per skein. Noro is what my red striped purse is made of.

Today we have first quarter grade marking day and inservice. Hopefully it will be easy. We don't have kids, but of course, I will, because they'll be at school finishing newspaper pages. They are pretty dedicated, which is cool. It takes a lot of the heat off of me.

We played Ottawa last night for our Homecoming football game. We left right at the start of the second half (right after coronation) and the score was 62-14 good guys. Who knows what it ended up. I felt really bad for Ottawa - they only had about 12 fans in their stands, and it almost looked like there were more fans than there were players on the bench.

Off to school.

Late night with J Chit

or Chitt, or Chitty, or The Chitt.

Just got home from newspaper work night. I should not be even thinking about looking at a computer, but here I sit, updating my blog.

That's dedication, people, I'm just trying to keep you happy!

There's nothing like a goofy work night to help with staff bonding. Cool thing I discovered about my staff tonight? The playlist includes:

Don't Stop Believin'
Sweet Child O Mine
Runnin' With the Devil
Right Here Right Now
More Than A Feeling
Free Bird

(I think they know all these songs because they play so much guitar hero, but I don't care - it still means I get to listen to music I like during work night.)

I think we'll get along just fine.

I'm pretty proud of them - tonight was the Homecoming bonfire, but they still stayed after to get their stuff done (except, of course, for the photogs, who WENT to the bonfire, duh).

Budding Copy Editor?

Lauryn got to check out the BV newsroom on Saturday. She went straight for the iMacs.

KADD strikes again

So, while Kat and L were here, I decided to knit CAP's Halloweenie Beanie for L. It was a super quick project, only not super quick enough that I could have it done before they left. They're probably somewhere between El Dorado and Wichita right now, so they'll be able to see the photos when they get home, and I'll drop it in the mail this week.

It really kinda looks like a pumpkin, eh? I was thinking, you could probably even take some black yarn and embroider a Jack-O-Lantern face on it, but then it would be really Halloween specific. So, I decided to keep it more fall-ish. Adam says it's now time for me to start coming up with my own patterns.


Just imagine that hat on this head:


Now, must finish my yoga mat bag (because we have yoga on Wednesday), and fix the back of Adam's sweater.

Weekend at Chittum's

This weekend we spent time with our good friends, Jill and Adam (wait....ah!! Kat has overtaken the blog!!). We started the morning off with french toast and bacon, then a few tunes from Adam.
Jill and Kat shopped and shopped (we both blew our hobby allowance for the month) then finished the afternoon off with a pedicure (ahhh.......)


The night was complete with a trip to the Cheesecake Factory. Dinner was excellent and the cheesecake was to die for. What a yummy day!

Not for the faint of heart

While I was looking through some boxes of stuff left in moving mode in the office, I found a couple of photos.


Pretty much sums up life in K-Building at Derby High. I really miss these weirdos!

Here's the whole K-hall crew:

Georgia, Natalie, yours truly, Paul LaBARGE, Coach K, Mr. Pack, RWally, Rog, G and Fiebich. You can tell that Robin is the administrator in the photo because she's the only one who's dressed up!

At BV, I eat lunch with the science department - not really my cup of tea. They're super nice - don't get me wrong - but they're always talking about some lab they did or some element, etc. It's nothing like good old K-Hall first lunch:

G ranting about guns.
Scovell saying YES to every favor anyone asks of him.
"Now this is the truth."
"I need a printer."
G ranting about guns.
Robin bringing us homemade cakes and goodies just cause we're us.
Scovell not eating corn.
G talking about his women troubles.
TK eating pretzels or some other "wholesome" lunch.
"This is a true story."

We were a motley bunch, but most definitely a motley bunch who would fight for one another til our dying days.

I really need to get a print of this to hang on my wall. I guess this will be the test of how many Derby folks are looking at the blog, because I'm sure they'll have something to say about the first photo...

These were taken on my last official school day at Derby - a real tear-jerker (for me).

Still with me?

I'm a little worried that my dearth of posts lately will turn off some of my "readership." I usually get compliments from people about how often I post, but now that school has started, there's a definite slowdown in post-age.

We're knee deep in a 60 page yearbook deadline right now, so in addition to all my "normal" teacher duties (lesson plans, grading, etc.), the adviser portion is in overdrive right now as well. It's all senior ads that we're working on, so it's good practice for the newbies on using their desktop publishing skills. But, every day after seventh hour, I feel like I've sat through a half-hour church service since I've proofread so many bible verses.

Adam and I are on our way to a yoga class this afternoon. It's offered through the district. I really miss going to yoga at the Central Y, so I'm excited that this class is offered. Yoga should help alleviate the stress level a bit.

Last night, I got a message from one of my former students who is now at WSU. She's taking a Mass Com writing class, and she said that the two years she spent with me in yearbook have helped her feel a bit ahead in the class. How cool is that? I'm not gonna lie - it's those e-mails that make the sometimes crappy days worth it. I'm so glad she's doing well (and she's probably reading this blog right now), so I guess I better go reply to her message.