Happy Halloween!

I got up at 6 to get to Caro's by 740 to pick up her clown costume. I had it ion for 20 min and thought I'd roast. Hot flash...turned on the fan.

LEFTOVERS WERE SPARSE BUT VEGGGIES FOR THE 1ST TIME WENT BY MY TOOTH The waterpic helps and I have this syringe thing to flush with too.

I go back in two weeks.

There was a lunch parade. We have aviators, football players, Dracula, mustached boys, witches, flappers, mummies, princesses, pirates, iphone, barcode, dow jones average, hot dog, a salad in a cargo net, a computers, bumblebees, cheerleaders, death eater from Harry Potter, electric workers than had been electrocuted, a construction guy, Pocahontas, a vamp girl, and so on.
It's started...a pumpkin was smashed on the street... I saw that on the way back from the p.o. and the library.

I walked in this morning with my pumpkin to give to the winner of the Halloween coloring contest and one of my habitual offenders had thrown an egg into the back seam of one of the arm chairs. It was cracked and goop and had run in the crack to the cushions and been spread on another chair too.

I ran over to the library to get a teacher a audio reading of Poe's stories. E. Vincent Peal does a really good one of the Raven. She'll follow with the Simpson's video version. I have a tape I got the other day of Poe's life and it was dry this summer and dry yesterday when shown to 6th graders.

I did two classes of 6th graders for instruction and am pooped. I'm not used to wearing shoes or being on my feet this much. I need to get some more SAS and insoles.

It rained

No trick ur treaters.

Potluck

My school really goes all our for the Halloween potluck. There is a woman who decorates it all. All the tables were decorated and people signed up and brought salads, desserts and main dishes including tortilla soup. Surprisingly some made a dish along with cheese galore, crackers, cream, cookies, cake...which were there too. There were chicken wings, chicken casserole, many salads, rice, quionoa and cookies.

It felt like someone cared.

It was nice. I went early got a plate and ate at 2, 3 hrs. later. I'm still unable to eat a meatball. The jaw just can't yawn or open wide enough.

I had a Poe program, scary story of the Headless horseman, makeup video, music... I forgot the story and it's too long to read with ole Ichabold Crane.

A busy day. Today I voted. It was also the first rain of the season. It always smells so good.

It made my hot flashes go away.

I can't find the umbrella. Lot's more rain coming.

Samba

We do a little in my zumba class and also in aqua aerobics. I like the beat.

I worked till 4 then hit the library and worked for a teacher on a next week assignment.

After I got home I pulled a chair over and stood on top to get some pasta doen. Unfortunately it has wheels and it went one way and I landed on my butt. Better than my knee on the cement between the car and the wall in the garage, which still hurts.

For my next trick I stood on the bottom shelf to get the casserole dish down and wnt flying across the kitchen into the counter.

A lot of effort for a pot luck at work.

I made penne, with feta, fresh basil and fresh grape and tomatoes with roasted pine nuts.

Gas is 2.91

What a difference.

He told my principal I was a good librarian and it sounded like the writing is on the wall already about me having a job next year.

gee I want to work harder now

My dentist broke mt jaw no wonder it was so swollen and painful.

Not enough good drugs

Where is the ice pack?

I've been swollen up like a pumpkin. I couldn't open my mouth enough to eat toast and it was too hard.
Took two days off after my principal put me in tears by telling me it was unexeptable to email I would be in late when I couldn't talk. SoB.

Got my wisdom tooth out

My dentist wanted me to pull both remaining. This lower r was easier than the last one. That had the dentist pr surgeon on the chair with a hammer. This one came out wasier. At a thousand dollars a pop. I'll wait.

Ha! if I only knew what was to come.

Fortunately insurance was 80/20. Still that's 1000. I owe 100.

I got my grant for Teen Read Week today. Since the library was closed for hearing tests, I spent the day spending the money selecting 100 titles.

Pool was closed

sINCE i DRAGGED MY PROTESTING BODY OUT OF BED THAT EARLY. I used the treadmill. Something was better than not at all.

Wisdom Teeth

Make an appt. with the oral surgeon to have another wisdom tooth taken out. My dentist wants me to do 2 but one is fine with me, That will be 3. I made him earn his money last time, he was sweating and I was coming out of the chair, I had him give me the tooth. It had long roots. He said I had good bones. Usually they take then out when younger and one root broke off. It was twisted subdermally NO Fun.

I got the swim suit I ordered. It fits on the r side but the left boob needs more support. It really had so go back.

Got to do the time

Spent Sunday finishing the book

Hot Mahogany

by Stone. and going to swim at 6:30 and then at 7:30 to Zumba class. I'm getting better. I recognize the music. I like the Latin beat.

I am worried that my L leg is numb all Sunday after I finished the workout I noticed it. While I was shaving it was numb. After the farmer's market and grocery store I put it up and the numbness moved all the way up to the groin. I have been feeling it in my calf most days. I always thought it was just not warmed up. Clearly that is not it.

I emailed my doctor. Since my blood sugar fasting number was 112 consistent with pre diabetes, I need to knock off the sugar and sodium, processed food and stick to the fruits and vegetables. I do that anyway but not enough and I have be be religious about the swimming.

It was cold this morning. I had the heater under my desk on. The afternoon was glorious though.

I have the treats for the librarian's meeting this week. I got 3 colors and typed of grapes from the farmers markets. Kettle corn. water, carrots, celery, cauliflower, tomatoes, broccoli, zucchini bread and I will make some apple bread. That should do them. If I'm really inspired I'll bake oatmeal raisin cookies too.

I'm not feeling too nice towards them.

I lost 2 of the 3 lbs I gained. See what exercise will do for you. It helps to stay away from fast food too.

I got a lot of sleep over the weekend but it is getting colder and I still slept in this morning and I went to bed at 9 last night.

I am reading

Nothing to Loose

by Lee Child.

I had a blanket fall apart so I put it outside for the cats and put my comforter and duvet on the bed. Until last week the windows were still open.

Back to it

Went to water aerobics this morning. I was up but with the weather colder wanted to stay in bed.
I felt better afterwards. I had a really bad emotionally triggered eating day yesterday and it showed as I was up 3 lbs from no exercise this week. How depressing. All that fast food got me. I'm an emotional eater.

I'll go swim tomorrow and to the zumba class.

I am concerned that my r leg is numb. for weeks the calf had been. I thought it was not warmed up but it feels that way every morning. After class I noticed it was numb as i was shaving in the shower...totally.

I came home and readmy book rich mahogany and elevated it and it is still numb and that had spread to the knee and now to the groin.

Time to call the advise nurse.

I may put the remodel off

After talking with Caro last night I decided not to go to Direct Buy. They charge a membership fee, want at least 10k and even with counters and sink, oven, faucet I may not be close enough.

I got up early to go to faculty council this morning. I got here by 7:20. What a waste of time and air. Nothing was decided upon. We meet again next week.

I had my review this morning. I got reamed that the library wasn't the hub of the school, that my statistics on circ. are down, that the shelves are messy, that the computers are broken, the mice are missing, on and on.

The good news is I got a check today for retroactive money. Gee, I needed it. Couldn't figure it out why I was getting the check. It comes at a good time.

I'm no longer confident enough to go ahead with my kitchen remodel. I may do the ovens and the cabinet.

I still didn't go swim this morning. For the last two mornings I've been getting up at 5 without an alarm. The mornings are colder now. I stopped to get a taco on the way home...more fast food and noticed I needed a jacket.

I'm glad that this is Friday. I want to get out of here.

I have kids helping with the barcoding of our history books and am so angry when they screw up.

I am sad that I can't count on them to do work.

My library assitant didn't get the gob and still is without benefits. God for me, bad for him.

We are not off for Columbus day. Too bad.

My review

I wrote it up in about an hour after being reminded. I was shorter than last year and didn't even read it through before turning it in. I missed the 10: appointment time and wrote it then instead. Having all these books dumped on me took a bit of my time.

This has been a buzy month.

Tonight I'm suposted to go to best buy and see what they have at 7:30. Bob set me up. There is a membership fee. They want you to spend over 10k and maybe countertops and sinks and faucets may be there along with my double oven. Sounds too wierd.
Stay tuned for the report.

Up till 3:30

Finally took a sleeping pill. Turned off the 5:30 alarm. Missed 3 days swimming. That, combined with fast food should have undone all my good work,

Today 2 pallets of new replacement books came in. I used child labor and got them all unpacked during lunch and moved out of the lobby and into the conference room.
It was controlled chaos with all the boys showing off their macho selves and a couple girls pretending to be strong to be involved.

I'm reading

Nothing to Loose

my Lee Child.

Bob sent me a referral to a Direct Buy showroom so I'm going to look fir a new double oven.

I hope to swim in the morning. On Fri I have a 7:30 mtg. I'd have to swim 5:30-6:30.
Up at 5. Less and less sleep.

I'm going to sponsor the literary magazine again this year.

The estimate for my cabinet refinishing came in at 11k. Time to lok at Home depot too.

New babies

So nice to welcome new babies to the family.

I'm extremely reluctant to spend money I have in this economy.

Sept. was a long mo. and I already spent my paycheck and here it is Oct. 8. I don't like getting paid once a month. I started the mo. with a 2k "loan" for overdrafts which I paid off. I should have reduced 2 other payments but I didn't. I also got my oil changed and 2 filters changed and it was over 100.??

I was off email for a week at work and missed two events, an in-service pm Wed. and bowling and burgers on Fri.. I'm pissed.

I've been sleeping in.


Back to the swim in the morning.
It was 86.

Off to the dentist

No one likes to go to the dentist and I need to have the lower l wisdom tooth pulled. It has a cavity. The last one was no fun. She told me to get both done. I said no. I also noticed only pictures that my teeth are yellow. Who cares? I said that a year or two ago. Now I noticed in the photo and she will whiten them for 500. I told her she was mechugnagh. (crazy) I could do it for 250.

I also have another cavity in my front tooth. Unfortunately, there is not a tooth in my head without cavities. But as I remember from the last time he ripped one out her said I have good bones. I think that was last year.
A parent came in today and she had no front teeth.

I guess I'm lucky they are not in a glass.

My aide went for a job interview today. It's a cut in pay but a has benefits and lets him run a library.

My Teen read week is going to be the first week in Dec. I need to get the money and on the stick ordering.

I slept in this morning. I needed the rest but felt guilty. When the alarm went off at 5:30 I turned it off and kept the 1.5 houris for myself under the covers. I felt guilty.

I made raspberry yesterday. Looks good. Tastes better. I took the other 6 or 7 quart's in to school froze them in single layers then put them in a container for the winter. I like them in oatmeal especially when they are few and far between. The price goes up so high. Strawberries are not the same.

I still need to write my goals. I will go swim in the morning. I have a long way to go and every time I get naked in front of the mirror I am reminded.

Crazy workout

Was up at 5:30, stopped for gas, stopped at the grocery, was in the pool by 6:40, swam 13 crawl and 1 backstroke. Jumped into the shower to rinse, jumped into clothes to go to the zumba class. Water is easier. My r calf has been burning like it's not warmed up for about a week now. I dragged those weary parts up and down and legs where ever to the Congo and Samba and was pooped. I showered, dressed and went to the farmers market. I cut out the beloved cinnamon roll. Got some quiche, peppers, tamales and this was the last week for nectarines. Then I hit the other grocery for regular stuff.

I came home and made some eggplant parm. yummy I was going to the kitcgen desugn center. took a nap instead.

Happy Roshashana everyone.

Tina gave us a new cousin with Denzel and Brandon, an 8lb girl,Gabriella. Good job Tina! Welcome Gabby.

I'm reading

Quicksand

by Iris Johansen. Finished

Coming Home

by Danielle Steele.

Acting as my own general contractor again

This time will involve no permits

I have a cabinet maker, electrician, plumber I like now i need to pick the cam lights the double oven, and counter tops and get someone to do the drywall on the ceiling and do the counter tops.

I got 4 quotes. I feel like red riding hood the first one was too high, the next too... and the next just right.
Clearly the more you do the less it costs.
Frankly I'd rather be lazy, not make the decisions, do the work and pay more. I'm gonna have to pick out the lights, oven, sink, counters and stain anyway.
Where do you get dry wall anyway? How do you put in a new ceiling ? then drop the lights and paint? blah! How do ypu cut it, tape it in slap goop then paint it. cut out recsses for the cam lights.
hassle

Kitchenworks was too high, Kitchen..was lower, hated the guy, contractor A I liked, my cabinet guy I know does good work.

it would be a lot more convenient to have it all done in one fell swoop 4 weeks done. no decision block off kitchen , empty cabinets, have someone come cover floors, do all and only live amidst the mess for a month and be done.

it rained

Those automatic checkout machines

I don't like them. It takes too long.

I scan my credit card and it won't accept it and when I went at 6 I was the only one there and still I needed help them he couldn't get it done. I didn't get to the gym and in the water until 6:30. I made a cake for one of my TA's birthday and needed frosting. I almost left out the water.
I had to stir it in after it was in the pan. I forgot to put it in with the eggs and oil.

I lost another TA today, :-( she transferred to another teacher. This one I'll miss.

I must have hit the snooze bar on the alarm because it was near 6 by the time I got um, cut the cake off the pan and headed out the door. I cleaned the back seat out of recycle canvas bags filled two boxes and put them into the truck, I still didn't find my bathing suit. So, I'm still swimming in the revealing one with the spaghetti straps that just don't have enough strength to hold the load and a t shirt to cover the mass.

I showered and ran out of the gym to school with hair wet and barely combed. No wonder I'm still sneezing and coughing.

My assistant is getting married to his baby mama and taking time off to go to Marine world a day before and 2 days after for a honeymoon. Can you imagine?

Different strokes for different folks. He had a coupon, I'd go to Pacific Grove or to a b and b.

We're getting new/ replacement history books. Our last year one's were so poorly bound that they fell apart so the company is bringing us new ones. A lot of work plus I have to write my goals and everything else.

I must have read the scale wrong the other day instead of 10 today it showed more of what I would have expected, 3 lbs for the week.


The TA's ate Jens b.d. cake almost before she got there.


Nectarines are in their last and cauliflower and zucchini are bolting. Green beans are too big and not hercot verte.

Am I crazy to be remodeling in this economy?

Lost my bathing suit

Searched the cat 4 times, twice last night and 2x this morning...no suit? I wore an old one w. a T shirt. It show too much cleavage. I figured I'd popp out without the support.

Why is the L breast always bigger? Because it's where your heart is?

I'm down 10lbs.

Between being sick and swimming and trying to keep the calories to 1000 or a a bit above 1500 I surprised myself on the scale before my swim with suit and croc's on at being down that much. Before that it was 1 lb.

Swam this morning but yesterday I bagged it to sleep in. Last night I met this this real cool surfer boy from Kitchen Works who wants to redo my kitchen for 30k.

I think I can go less than that but it's been interesting and yesterday I met with another contractor who I assume will come in lower. I forgot to tell him the bar needs to be done too or does it?

Today the last kitchen person comes then on Thursday my original pantry maker comes to tell me about the rest. Essentially now that my learning curve is higher.
I need to hit the Expo center. Pick out counter tops. I tend to go with the white maybe a little speckle granite like but stronger. Then red oak cabinets. I found out my pantry is veneer. Looks fine to me. I need the lights and electric done and double opens, a sink, garbage disposal and faucet. I may move the cabinet over the refrigerator out too. Only one outlet needs to be added because my range top is electronic. Who needs it?

A lot. I'm glad I did the floor, windows and the other appliances.

It costs more but it's a lot easier and less hassle to let someone else take care of it.


I have a large galley kitchen and the top is a T and the bottom is a eating area for a table. The family room is attached on the other side of the kitchen counter cooktop. My dining room is on the other side of the eating area thru a door.

It's another warm day. There was a fight on campus and the hormones are raging in teenagers.

I'm running a bookmark contest.

The designer today quoted lower and had a harder push. I liked him the least. He agreed to meet any quote and lower by 25.00.