Wednesday Hodgepodge

Time to get back into the Hodgepodge!  

1. It's a brand new month...share one thing you're looking forward to in October.
Awww, October!  It's one of my favorite months, along with November!  Of course, January & February are kind of nice with the chance of snow days, too.  Back to October:  I'm looking forward to chilly nights and cool days, listening to the leaves rustle as they fall down to the ground.  I just love October!

2.  Is chivalry dead?  Explain. 
I think it's still out there.  I would hope that it's seen in our boys young men.

3.  On October 2, 1950 the Peanuts comic strip made its debut.  Which character is your favorite?  Which character is most like you?  (Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Shroeder, Snoopy, Woodstock, or Pig Pen)  If you need a description click here .
Can I be honest?  I think I have a little bit of all of them in me, but if you ask my sisters, they'd say Lucy because she's such a brat!

4.  What's something you're competitive about? 
Ha, ha, ha!!!  What am I NOT competitive about???  I really try to temper it, but deep down, I'm highly competitive in everything.  Literally.

5. October is National Popcorn Popping Month...are you a fan?  How do you like your popcorn? 
Wow.  Another thing that I love!  I like popcorn just about any way:  butter, no butter, salt, no salt (okay...I didn't mean that!), caramel corn, etc.  I don't like the kind that comes already packaged in a bag.

6.  When did you first realize the world is small? 
When I got my passport a few years ago.

7.  In terms of architecture, what's the most beautiful building you've seen up close and in person?
The first time I saw Parliament in London (which, by the way, was a year ago this week), I just couldn't get over how impressive it is.  

We saw some beautiful churches in Copenhagen; the Trinidad Church that's attached to The Round Tower just took my breath away.

The Marble Church in Copenhagen was just as beautiful, though:

8.  Insert your own random thought here.
I thought I was going to get a breather after fall break, but I've got a bunch of meetings that have to be done ASAP after break.    Not only do I need to set up the meetings, but I have to find the time to actually test the students.  "I will not get stressed...I will not get stressed!"

Creativity

Yesterday, one of the first grade teachers stopped me in the hall and told me what was going on in her class.  Apparently she has one little boy with an amazing imagination.  He told her that he was tired because there was a full moon over the weekend, and he turned into a werewolf.  Then, she told me that apparently there was a werewolf party over the weekend, because her students started to chime in that they were all werewolves, too.  What's a teacher to do?  This teacher turned it into a writing exercise.  The students wrote in their journals about the party.  It was very cute.

I don't know if this is being creative or just some boys being bored:  when I got home yesterday, YS told me that "they"  had done most of the things on the list that I had given him that morning.  "They" would be YS and a couple of friends who were at our house yesterday afternoon.  I'm not sure what he's going to do today.  I guess he'll have to be creative and find some way to be productive!

Weekend Wrap-up

Friday, YS accompanied me to the oral surgeon, where I had Phase I of my implant done.  In & out in about an hour.  I spent the rest of the day in my happy place...I even fixed dinner for YS & CH.  I did get a little nauseous, so I went to bed early.  Saturday I did some laundry and watched some football.  The Vols lost, but they gave Ga. a run for their money.  I managed to finish the book "Wicked"...finally!  Very good read...it made me look at "The Wizard of Oz" in a whole new light!
Sunday morning, I snapped a picture of this before I got out of bed:

She wasn't too happy that her daddy went riding on his motorcycle, and his mama was still in bed.  I usually am up and about before CH gets out of bed because the dogs usually wake me up to go outside.
CH bought Laika a new toy Saturday, and, not even 24 hours later, this is what was left of it:

A little later that day, I went to Big Lots to look for a cheap, but decent looking, wall decoration for my classroom at my new school.  Then, I went to the grocery store to get a few things.  Within an hour, I had 2 ladies stop and ask me where I got my shirt.  This shirt is about 3 years old, so I don't even think you can one of them anymore.  Here's the shirt:

It dawned on me that October must be Breast Cancer Awareness Month, especially when I saw these in the grocery store:

I know they're to being sold to benefit breast cancer, but there's just something not right about pink pumpkins.

This is a horrible picture, but here's what my drive to my mountain school looked like on Thursday:

Most days, the area will be clear except for this area that I have to go through to get to the school.  Very "Jurassic Park" like!

Have a Marvelous Monday!