Happy Thanksgiving

Carrots

The boys went to their garden after the first freeze and hacked these out of the ground with a hammer.  We did not eat them.  We also grew a pumpkin, lots of tomatoes and some onions,  next year we are growing more especially butternut squash...love that...yummy.

Fall Fun with pumpkins, trimming and gutter cleaning

We were not able to reach the gutter on the back of the house, the ladder barely touched the top, at its full length and it was scary so we will hire someone for that one next year.  We hired someone last year and that is why we tried to do it ourselves this year.  We got the rest of the gutters cleaned out and running.  Trimming the trees and bushes away from the house and pulling all the plants that were dead was a fun weekend activity.  We hauled 10 truck loads of leaves away and still need to do a few more, but the weather is turning cold and it will wait for spring.  We did have snow last week for a few minutes.

Zeke in a play

Here is the link to an article, no photos.  I will post photos when I get my  camera back from Qatar.  Here is a  link to the photos

Good Day

Today went so much better then yesterday. Kindergarten was a blast.  A new class I had never met and they were so sweet and listened when I spoke or anyone else did.  A very well run room that was a pleasure to sub in.  This is the kind of experience I love to have and the reason I'm not ready to quit subbing yet.

Bad Day

I subbed in a 1st grade room today and WOW, I've been so lucky with great classrooms for so long that I forgot what its like to have a disruptive group of kids all feeding off of each other.  This type of class makes me want to run and get a job some place else.  It was a Zoo, there is not other word for it.  I asked the kids if they were always this noisy and they all agreed they were, it was a conspiracy I'm positive.

Interesting factoid:  Penguins only live in the Southern Hemisphere.  Had to go to 1st grade to learn that little tidbit.

Pedometer

I read this book called The Great Fat Fraud that mentioned that if you walk 10,000 steps each day you can keep your weight at the current level, you may lose a few pounds when you start, but not much and then you will just stay steady as you age.  Well I am aging and I want to keep extra pounds from sneaking up on me so I decided to try it.
The dollar tree pedometer was worth what I paid and kept turning itself off.  I bought a Omron GoSmart that counts steps(not slow one), calories, miles and aerobic steps.  10,000 steps I thought would be easy.  Wrong!!! It is about 5 miles and it takes work, my normal day only gets me about 2000 steps so I have to add lots more walking to make my 10,000.We will see how it all goes, but if you want to give it a try get a nice pedometer.  I found this one on Pedometer reviews for the best.  20 dollars and it works great.  I was shocked to find out how little I move during a normal day, winter weight is easy to put on when you only make 2000 steps a day.