Friday, September 12, 2008

This n' That

Well, I'm happy to report that the first two weeks of school have gone off without a hitch. That is to say, except for this habit I've gotten in of going back to bed after the boy goes off to the bus stop. I don't need to be at work before 11:30am, right?

Anyway, I digress. The boy is in the spanish immersion program that his school hosts, which means that half of his day is taught in english with one teacher, then the classes swap and the other half (the math & science parts) is taught in spanish. The two group switch off every month for who starts in the spanish room at the beginning of the day. His verdict after the first couple of days were that this two teachers were "the nicest ever! Even nicer than Mrs. B and Mrs. P from last year!" (That's no light praise - he adored his teachers last year.)

We're trying to get into a solid routine for before and after school, but with the big guy's work schedule (and my little sleeping habit), it's been hard to adjust. We've been good about preparing meals at home, so have feasted on vegetable latkes, spaghetti squash, ensalada capresse, stuffed peppers, homemade pesto, and other tasty treats. Oh, and if the big guy is cooking, eggs ;) But, they're delicious free-range eggs we get as part of our CSA. The boy got a kick of going out to the farm and gathering our own eggs before the vegetable season started, and we got addicted to those lovely orange yolks. I keep taking pics of the meals we prepare, but somehow never get around to actually blogging about the recipes. I'll try to get around to that soon as we still have planter boxes overflowing with Swiss Chard.

On an unrelated note, I managed to score an old used copy of DDR complete with pads for $10 from an email listing I received. I hooked it up tonight and made a total fool of myself. Luckily everyone else had gone to bed, so my shame is safe with me. But hey, I had to make sure I didn't purchase faulty equipment, right?

5 comments:

Stacey said...

If you need to give away anymore chard, I'm here for you babe. :P

Drew used to love doing DDR. I wish he'd still do it as it was good exercise for him. I've never tried it but I'm sure I'd make just as much of a fool of myself if I tried.


...post those recipes lady!

De in D.C. said...

Feel free to come by and help yourself to as much chard as you'd like ;) And thai basil while you're at it - those plants are out of control!

We tried a head to head DDR match last night with my sister, but apparently the second pad doesn't work. The system kept saying to reconnect it to the XBox. Bah.

Stacey said...

I'd love to stop by...this week and next however are hella crazy with work and visitors.

No DDR match, eh? Drew's got 2 pads but I've never played. i should ask him about it, that would be a good workout for both of us.

FerFur said...

Delora,

What is DDR? I guess I'm just slow or just too stressed to figure it out. :)

Jennifer xoxo

De in D.C. said...

DDR = Dance Dance Revolution It's a video game with directional pads where the game will play a song and tell you what steps to take based on the arrows showing on the screen. If you've ever seen Guitar Hero, it's like that only with your feet. Of course, DDR came way before (was huge in like, 2001, lol).