Saturday, November 21

NEW MOON SATURDAY!!!! This morning I went to see New Moon with my friends Kate and Kelly. We had so much fun and the movie was great!

Friday, November 20

My school's theatre department produced their fall musical this weekend. This year it was Beauty and the Beast and it was outstanding!!! We had a great time watching the talented kids.

Thursday, November 19

I'm a mean doggie-mommy.

On a side note, Sammy ate one of my shoes today. We're currently not speaking.

Wednesday, November 18

Ten years ago today, at 2:42am, Aggie Bonfire fell, killing twelve students and injuring twenty-seven others. I was still in high school, but I certainly remember the far reach this loss had to the Aggie community, specifically my friends that had older siblings at A&M. It was only when I got to A&M, met those who lost someone when the stacks fell, and felt the spirit of Aggieland that I truly understood the effect this event had on the school. I know this tragedy shaped my experience at A&M and will continue to shape each new class. Today, I'm remembering the 12 who lost their lives on 11/18/99

Tuesday, November 17

It's been a quiet Tuesday night here. David and I have been prepping for classes tomorrow, watching tv, and relaxing. Here's a picture of some of the artwork my World of Ideas kids made for their art unit. Unfortunately, I'm not sure any of them have a future in the fine arts, but we sure had fun experimenting!!!

Monday, November 16

David and I headed down to SMU's Moody Coliseum to watch the Aggie men's basketball team take on the Mustangs. With such few victories on the gridiron the past few years, it's a welcome change to cheer on an Aggie team to victory! The Ags beat the Mustangs 80-68 and we were safely home by 10pm. What a fun change of pace for a Monday night!

Sunday, November 15

Yesterday, my mom flew to Louisville, KY to be with her family because my great Aunt Dottie suffered a stroke. Please pray for health for Aunt Dottie and a recovery from her stroke and strength and wisdom for my mom and her family as they make some decisions about her medical treatment.

Because Mom was out of town, Dad, David, Michael and I went to see a Sunday afternoon movie. We saw Pirate Radio and it was AWESOME!!! I totally recommend it. It has great music, is consistently funny from beginning to end, and is a pretty unique and interesting story!!!

November 14, 2009

Degas' Dancers at the Bar

My sorry recreation with watercolor
Ok, so this isn't really a picture that I took TODAY, but I never posted it and thought I would. Again, with my World of Ideas class, we did a brief survey of Modern art and the kids got to experiment with different movements. I even got to paint a picture! Honestly, this picture, more than anything else, is a testament to how great the unit went and how good my kids were. I actually felt comfortable enough to sit down and paint myself with all the paint, clay, and water flying around my room! Artist friends, please excuse my butchering of Degas...

Friday, November 13

Today my sweet, silly World of Ideas class (a humanities elective class I teach) created models of famous buildings for our architecture unit. My room smelled like icing and graham crackers, there were empty candy wrappers, Rice Crispy boxes, and empty cans of icing, but we had some pretty cool results!!! It was a fun project and only made me slightly stressed with all the commotion and mess being made.

On another note, this is the THIRD FRIDAY IN A ROW where some sort of crazy issue has arisen after my day is supposed to end. I really hope to end the streak next week. :(

Here's one extra picture for today, of another building. The top picture is Reunion Tower! And this one below is a cathedral and I forgot it's name!

Thursday, November 12

I was so good for awhile, posting a picture every day! But alas, I have fallen behind. I'm back, hopefully with a vengeance!

I've had a headache today, partially from the weather and partially from school drama(s) this week. So I thought I'd post a picture of Advil, my favorite friend in these situations, and came across this Frida Kahlo Advil ad. I think it's Kahlo, I could be wrong. I think it is a great visual of how I feel sometimes!!!

Saturday, October 31

Ninja turtles for Halloween! David was Raphael, I was Michelangelo, Melissa was Donatello and Tony was Leonardo. We had fun at the Schectman's annual party!