Grades are Done!

Yay! I got them done, oh, within 5 minutes of the deadline. I had to call one of the IB kids during the last 5 mins of the school day in his Math class and tell him to come see me after school. I couldn't read his handwriting on two of his assignments, and without them he was only getting a C. So, he showed up and read them to me. One of them he admitted was bad, even for him. There were a few parts he couldn't read. No really. But, grades are done. Tomorrow I am looking forward to having NO students lined up after school, so I can leave on time, get BooBear and get to my 24 week doctor's appointment. I have just entered the 6 months mark, which is good, because I can only fit into maternity clothes now, and I am starting to look bigger every week. Only one and a half terms left to go before maternity leave is what I keep telling myself. I did find a substitute for my maternity leave - a student teacher who is doing her ESL Practicum with me right now, whose a History major/TESOL minor at BYU, just like I was. She will already know some of the students, so things should be better this time around. She is also the sister-in-law of my friend Carrie from when I was in college, so that's cool. She's also pregnant, due about six weeks after me. :P

Trivia questions, one for each day this week:

#6 What are the names of Lucy's two female co-workers that she introduces to Peter's sister Mary?

#7 What exciting present did Mary's parents give her for Christmas?

#8 What does Mary accuse Jack of doing with her cereal last time he was there?

#9 What is the first thing that Lucy and Jack ever say to one another?

#10 What is Lucy's full name?

End of Term

Friday was the end of term, and the end of a really long week at work. I had a line of students each afternoon. One day, already running 45 minutes late to pick up BooBear, I had a couple of the exchange students come up to me on my way out wanting to retake all 3 vocabulary quizzes we had this term. "Tomorrow," I said. "No, now?" "No, tomorrow." One of them hadn't even bothered to study...the next afternoon he scored lower than the first time. This is the reason I may allow retakes on quizzes, but never on tests. So often, it's a waste of my time because most students who don't study the first time, don't study the second time. I am so glad to be home tomorrow for MLK day.

Meanwhile, I have a stack about 6-7 inches high of things to correct. I wish I could say I was exaggerating. Half of that is for my IB classes and includes all of their essays for the term, because I always seem to put those off.

So far, no right answers to the trivia questions (sorry Mom, Saul is the name of the next door neighbor/Peter's Godfather), but that could be because Ddonn hasn't had time to check the blogs...poor girl failed the 3 hour test, so she's going on the gestational diabetes diet and regimen. I might be taking that test next week, since I had gd last pregnancy.

Trivia #4: How much did Lucy pay for her Christmas tree?

Trivia #5: When Lucy's dad said that her mom 'gave him the world,' what was the gift she had really given him?

Bonus Trivia Question!

Since no one has answered the first question, let's try for a bonus question today:

#2. Lucy's landlord mentions that his brother Julian (or Julee?) is in what type of business?

Here's an easy one:
#3. What is the name of Lucy's supervisor?

WYWS Trivia

As Ddonn counts down the last few months of her pregnancy and bed rest, I thought I would do something for her. Years ago, I painstakingly wrote down trivia questions from her favorite movie, "While You Were Sleeping," for a project I never finished. While getting ready for holiday guests, the questions resurfaced. Somehow, this piece of paper survived the dejunking and the move last year.

So, how about a trivia question per day to tickle your brain and funny bone? If you feel left out because you have never seen this movie - then go watch it! :P

#1. What is Lucy's "usual" at the hot dog stand?

Oh, and hope you are having a good Friday the 13th!

Holiday Photos

Thanksgiving at Bear Lake - 44 people - really long table.

BooBear with his younger cousins and his Aunt Cherry.


BooBear jumping in piles of leaves the Saturday after Thanksgiving. We spent most of the day raking leaves - and that was just the front yard.

BooBear ready to cook with Mommy.

BooBear painting with Daddy. We painted the living room to get ready for having guests for Christmas. Here you can see the walls "before".

Here are the walls "after". Two of the walls are dark red. Opening presents on Christmas. Grandpa (Werty in background cooking his beet root pies for dinner).

BooBear trying to put on his new "Cars" shirt from his Aunt Crayola because he was so excited (in background with Soyjoy's little boy - his hair is SO curly!).

BooBear handing out presents to everyone (Aunt Crayola again). He likes to be helpful. Here you can see the "after" for the other two walls.


BooBear's big present - a train tent!

9 Years and Counting

Tuesday was our wedding anniversary. We spent the whole day together in bed...with a violent stomach flu. Rena came and took BooBear for the afternoon, fed him lunch and dinner, since we didn't have enough energy to look after him and having him fend for himself all day did not seem like a good idea. It is so sad to have so many goodies around from the holidays - and you can't eat any of it. We will probably be throwing most of it away since we still aren't up to eating normal food yet. We keep hoping that BooBear won't get this bug, because it is nasty, but he is starting to show precursor signs today.

It's A Girl!

So, I had my ultrasound today at 19 weeks along. Everything looks normal and healthy. We are going to have a girl!!! My first reaction is pure excitement. My second reaction - what do you do with a girl? I told my students already, so there are a few kids that told me they will be at my classroom before school starts to find out if it's a girl or boy because they are so excited for me. Some of my 8th grade girls are hatching a plan to throw me a baby shower during lunch sometime (I have them in class right after lunch.) Isn't that cute?