I am posting from my phone because my computer is on the fritz again.
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Yay thefridayfive1. How did you name your pets ( Read more... )

Since Friday, I have:
-watched 3 eps of Once Upon a Time (S3) and A Ballerina's Tale on Netflix
-washed 2 loads of laundry (who knows when they will be put away)
-slept A LOT
-went to Target (I was bored at home yesterday)
-started a rewatch of The Autobiography of Jane Eyre when I could not fall asleep last night ( Read more... )

It's finally winter break! 2 weeks off! This past week was busy pretty much every evening after work, and at school it felt more like babysitting than teaching. We did some actual work, and started learning division, so it wasn't a total waste. Still, I think kids should get an extra week off and teachers can use the week to get work done. As ( Read more... )

I just made this cake: http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/whole-orange-cake for the second time. The first time, oranges were not in season and the ones I used were not very juicy. The cake was ok. This time, the oranges were better, but the cake has a definite bitter ( Read more... )

This morning, I was surprised to find one of my bettas, River Song, had died in the night. She's the second youngest of the 4, and I'd gotten her when she was quite small. I happened to be near a pet store after dinner this evening, so I went in for a new fish. Instead of looking at the females, I started looking at male bettas and found one I ( Read more... )

Nine has been been put out of his misery. He had an open wound on the back of his head/neck that started out like a missing scale, but got bigger. I've never seen something like that in my other bettas ( Read more... )

Tomorrow is the last day of school. It hardly seems true, probably because I don't have my own class this year ( Read more... )

The Petsmart cashier notices and compliments my necklace with a quote written in Elvish. I reply that I love when people know what it is. He says it's nice to meet a fellow geek. I say I am expanding my geek cred by choosing the betta I did because it's as blue as the Tardis. He suggests a name that I've forgotten, but I say it's a female so I ( Read more... )

( betta fishie info...move along, nothing to see here )