Coffee and Crayons

Leilani Emily

2007-09-24T18:42:00.000+10:00

The latest addition to the family, Leilani Emily. Another Palauan/Haole, or as Mimi would say another me :) Awaiting the next baby, cousin Jennifer is due in just a couple weeks.

I wish I could see her in person, but I didn't become a teacher for the salary.

Picture viewing

2007-09-23T23:18:00.000+10:00

My pictures always look so much better on our macs than on our windows machines. Makes me want to Photoshop everything for the 10th time. Grr...

Chica

2007-09-23T22:50:00.000+10:00

The latest addition to the household is this little girl. I found her in the middle of a road in CK back in May. She was sitting in the road meowing as loud as she could, and thankfully people were going around her. I drove by, turned around and prayed she hadn't been turned into a pancake on the pavement.She was still there right in the middle of the road, so I stopped and jumped out with a couple cars waiting (fortunately some very patient policemen were right behind me). She hobbled straight for the car, and was so tiny I was able to pick her up in one hand. She was a sick kitten for a while, she had a persistent respritory infection, and eye infections. She was ugly and tough little thing from the start. We have had her for a few months now; she's healthy, happy, and apparently thinks she's a ninja (more on this later).

Above: Chica a few days after bringing her home. Right: Looking much better after a few visits to Dr. Tudor and many many baths.

Arrr!

2007-09-19T19:21:00.000+10:00

Aye it's National Talk Like a Pirate Day. So avast me hearties! Have a bottle o' grog and enjoy ye day!

Under a Rock

2007-09-13T20:07:00.000+10:00

Ah Blogger it's been over a year, like I've been living under a rock with no internet - only ants. After last summer things just sort of snowballed and my beloved flickr and sporadic Blogger activities fell by the wayside. I finished up my 2 year Montessori Early Childhood certification - woohoo!, still working on my early childhood ed. BA - slowly. Big changes with the Head Start program, my workaholic tendencies (I'm addicted to workahol!) and a new teaching assistant - who is very nice but still new, has meant more responsibility and more stress. It's less than 2 months into the school year and I'm already counting the days until Christmas and a vacation haha.

102 days and counting!

The Children's Hour

2006-07-03T06:13:00.000+10:00

It's 6:13 am, and I have finished watching 4 hours of the X-files on TNT. I love that show. The Children's Hour is on TCM. Audry Hepburn and a very young Shirley MacLaine play two friends and headmistresses of a private girls school, who are accused of having a lesbian relationship. It's an interesting movie. The scene where Shirley Maclaine confesses that she really does love her friend "in that way" is very good.

Though I love Sabrina and Roman Holiday so much, I always want to see Audry Hepburn as an ingénue. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is on next, yay!

Another Night Owl

2006-06-26T06:48:00.000+10:00

It's summer, which means no work and staying up all night. It always starts gradually, I wake up a little later every day, stay up a little later every night. Not surprisingly there isn't all that much to do at three in the morning. You'd think I'd find something productive to fill all the hours overnight, but not me. I'm not the productive type, at least when not under pressure. Lucky for me though, I'm not the only night owl in my family. Two mornings ago I was still up at 5:00am and was getting hungry. I texted Corin and we decided to get breakfast at the Taste of India Restaurant - they open for breakfast at 6:30am. I got dressed, put a baseball cap on over my poofy morning hair and headed down to pick her up. My cousin Nick decided to tag along so we all headed down to Garapan. We got there only to discover they had changed their opening time to 8:30. Instead of finding somewhere else to eat (I had a taste for some curry and naan) we decided to hang out until opening, an hour and a half. To amuse myself I pulled out my camera and started snapping pictures. The light was very nice I found some interesting stuff, and some stuff found me.

Nick and Corin waiting on one of the covered benches

Corin on one of the covered banches

A lantern in front of Furusato restaurant

A sign on the door to Furusato

A very friendly cat that came up and played with us

See more pictures of our little trip here

They Call Her Unproductive

2006-06-20T23:03:00.000+10:00

Well, I call myself unproductive lately anyway. So here's my summer to do list, I'm going to stick to it! If I write it it must be true, right?

Finish the Mystery Number game (It's been sitting unfinished for a month)
Cut up and organize photos for the continent folders
Cut up and organize any other photos that may be useful
Knit 2 mystery bags
Sew bags for children's extra clothes
Go through my albums, mark exercises that I haven't made yet
Make those exercises (at least the ones that I'll probably put out in the first few months)
Print out pages for, and put together the observation binder

Now that I write it, sounds like a lot. I thought I could relax all summer! Ah well, I'll relax when I retire.

Pre-Sewing

2006-06-20T01:07:00.000+10:00

I found this exercise on the Montessori Services website. I wish I had the money to buy complete activities, but this looks easy enough to make.

2 Small embroidery hoops with vinyl
2 Metal Yarn Needles
Satin cord
Beads to tie at the end of the cord
Pincushion
Basket to hold materials

I love a good project! I'll have to post some pics of the activities I'm making.

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Sleepless Spam

2006-06-19T22:57:00.000+10:00

Didn't get to sleep until about 7:00am this morning. It was weird because I had gotten out of bed at 12:00pm yesterday (early for me during summer break). I did get to see a lovely sunrise and a morning rain. Double rainbows showed up after the sun got a bit higher in the sky. Got some nice pics as well.

Ah! The Spam. How many times have you ever been in a store, trying to decide on a snack? Then it hits you! The only thing that will satisfy your cravings is a slice of Spam. These Spam Singles have been showing up at the stores around here. Spam is a staple here in the Pacific. However, it seems weird that someone would want Spam on the go, it's not exactly an on the go kind of food. It's a bit expensive for a single slice of the meat product. Is it really that much of an inconvenience to slice through a block of this stuff?

Father's Day

2006-06-18T22:33:00.000+10:00

Happy Father's Day! Went to Hyatt for brunch this afternoon, though it was more like lunch. Everyone had forgotten about Father's Day, so my dad made the reservation himself the day before. We got a 1:00pm reservation, wich worked out perfectly since my parents were both up very late partying with Gregg. How sad is it when your parents party harder than you do? It was a nice brunch, no uncomfortable conversations about where I am in my life and why I wasn't further along in my education by now - wich is what I was dreading. Had a mountain of a crepe and my favorite tiramisu. All in all a lovely afternoon.

Untitled

2006-06-17T23:57:00.000+10:00

I spent a lot of time waiting today. Usually I don't mind waiting (in a hospital or bank are the exceptions), it's time that's useful for daydreaming, sorting thought and thinking up new ones, for taking random pics. Today though, I just felt like it was all time wasted. I wasn't in a hurry to do anything, but the whole time I was anxious like I there was something I should be doing, or somewhere I needed to get to.

Why did my anxiety wait until summer to start hitting again?

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Beach at Sunset

2006-06-16T23:22:00.000+10:00

Stopped along Beach Road today, a little bit before sunset. Was on my way to pick up a present for Corin. I ended up getting her the books In Cold Blood, because I can't believe she has never read it, and Night because she said she wanted to read it, and I want to read it after she does...but I digress. The light was beautiful, so I stopped. I walked down to the beach and startled a fisherman, he looked embarrassed - I don't know why. I took a few pictures. I spotted a crab, and bent down to take a pic. He didn't mind me being that close, but as soon as I put the camera up to take his picture he ran off. I guess he was camera shy.

Summer

2006-06-16T21:13:00.000+10:00

Summer is well under way, and proudly, I have done absolutely nothing! After getting all the Montessori work turned in and waiting for grades, it feels good to just kick back. It was Weird at first. I always felt like there was something I was supposed to be doing, some deadline I should be dreading. After a few days of sitting in Java Joe's, and actually finishing Anna Karenina, I got over it.

Now I should start thinking about making some materials for the upcoming year. It is my intern teaching year after all. I think I can go a few more days of just goofing off though. I'll start thinking about that Sunday.

...Or maybe Monday :)

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My Weekends

2006-03-19T03:24:00.000+10:00

The past few weekends I've spent most of my days sitting in Java Joe's trying to decide on a topic for my research paper. I also drink too much coffee and goof off. Still haven't decided on a topic, but I did learn that coffee and bbq'd pork don't taste all that good together...

Lazy Days

2006-03-18T23:35:00.000+10:00

I've been so lazy lately with everything. Lazy with work, with school, with this blog. Usually I look forward to doing things with the children at work, to doing school work at Java Jose's. Since February hit though, I've been in a funk. Just letting the days go by, accomplishing little. Hopefully I'll find some motivation again haha.

Been a while

2006-01-10T01:38:00.000+10:00

I know it's been almost a month, things have been a bit hectic. The parents retired. Well, my mother semi-retired. The workaholic she is, is going to work until the end of May. Both of them gone over the holidays left J and me here to take care of the Christmas festivities...pretty much meant me doing all the last minute shopping and J putting his name on all the cards haha. Whe the parents were gone they bought a house. A house! It's a pretty lil' house just a few blocks down from my grandparent's place in Bakersfield. They want to be close with both of them having some health problems. The whole thing was very last minute. One day my dad says he's going to wait, that everything they looked at was too small. The next day they have a house.
On a different note, I'm heading back to work tomorrow and nothing I said I was going to do over the Christmas break has gotten done. How very typical of me. Oh well...

It's off to work we go...

2005-11-27T14:08:00.000+10:00

I went in to work for a little bit yesterday. The cleaners hadn't come so Elaine and I cleaned up the classroom for Monday. The past week has been taken up with workshops, Education Day, then Thanksgiving. I felt as if I hadn't been in the classroom in months, it was a bit weird. I have missed my students in the last week, though I'm not exactly looking forward to holding class tomorrow haha. Holiday breaks never seem long enough...

For the Rest of Us...

2005-11-26T10:04:00.000+10:00

Festivus for the rest of us. Get your own Festivus pole here The Festivus Pole. If I could afford one I would. I guess I'll have to air my grievances without one...

Post Limbo

2005-11-25T21:41:00.000+10:00

Was trying To figure out a way to bring posts in from the previous incaration of this blog. I haven't found a way yet that lets me do it painlessly enough so they will have to remain in limbo for the time being. Poor lil posts...

Silk yarn

2005-11-25T21:37:00.000+10:00

Silk yarn

Waiting for the rest of it to arrive, I'm so excited. I know I'm getting older when yarn excites me...

New Old Friends

2005-11-21T19:02:00.000+10:00

I love when old friends find me on the net. It seems to be happening a lot lately. Three people I haven't talked to in forever have contacted me in the last two weeks. I'm horrible at keeping in touch with people (my closest friends know and forgive me for it, right Mim's?), but it makes for great reunion emails. :)

Flexibility

2005-11-10T20:46:00.000+10:00

I'm really sore today. I've gained some weight in the last year, and I've gotten a lot less flexible. Now when I come home from work, more often than not I'm hurting somewhere. Sitting on the floor and in little chairs all day has gotten a lot harder. I need to do something about the weight!

Sleepless

2005-11-06T22:52:00.000+10:00

I slept too late today, so I am still up at 10:54pm on a Sunday. If I get to bed 2 minutes past 10 I'm a grump at work the next day. I'm apologizing to my students in my head right now. With a three day weekend I should be bright eyed and perky-tailed Monday morning, though I think I got too excited about an extra night and over did the whole staying up late thing. Oh well, only 4 days until the next holiday.

Is it over?

2005-11-06T13:23:00.000+10:00

The local elections were held yesterday. Very big deal. Every inch of ground viewable from well, anywhere, is covered in election billboards. Hours were spent in traffic trying to get around so called wavings. As if seeing a whole bunch of people wearing your t-shirt standing halfway into my lane is really going to get my vote. Campaign convoys clogging up the road, and those obnoxious loudseakers attatched to trucks playing music you can't make out. People feaking out upon hearing the slight posibility their candidate might lose. And this morning, some guy calls asking for my mom (not here), then this convo takes place:

Guy: "Hey, I heard you voted for Ben and Tim"
Me: (Heard? Pshh) "Um, no I didn't vote"
Guy: "What? Why?"
Me: "Didn't register in time" (I do feel like a butthead for this)
Guy: "Ooh" (Pause) "If you did who would you vote for?"
Me: "Yeah, I'll tell my mom you called" *click*

I don't know who it was, sounded like a relative.

Official election results are still not out, people still being obnoxious. Wake me when it's over.