The true meaning of personal excellence was driven home to me yesterday when L told me the story of the latest History test results in her class. Her friend it seems scored 90% and wasn't happy. She felt slightly better when she discovered it was the top mark. However, her standards are such that she doesn't measure up against other scores, it's that she is used to achieving 98% and higher and did not feel that she measured up to her own standard. Admirable, and good for her, although L was quite happy with her 88% score as she was worried about passing in the first place as the questions had been clever.
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Friday, February 29, 2008
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Easter on the way
Another freezing day, but the weekend's supposed to warm up. We're starting to get the Easter stories now, as it's just around the corner. I packed away some of my winter decorations and brought up some spring wreaths.
It's spaghetti and meat sauce day today, and I'm going to try a new tomato sauce and cheese recipe as well.
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It's spaghetti and meat sauce day today, and I'm going to try a new tomato sauce and cheese recipe as well.
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Not lazy
Well, it's -23C with the wind chill today. That's like -13F according to the radio announce this morning. Brr. At least it's sunny and almost the end of February.
Step class was fun, lots of catchy numbers today, the class went by quickly. A lady at the gym was telling me her recent bone density test came back with readings a bit low, and she exercises a lot. Not much we can do about age I guess.
K's Parent teacher interviews are tonight, not looking forward to that. My new theory in this new obsession I have is that he's not lazy. He has always just tucked away work that seems too hard, hoping it will go away. Once he masters it a little piece at a time, he's fine.
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Step class was fun, lots of catchy numbers today, the class went by quickly. A lady at the gym was telling me her recent bone density test came back with readings a bit low, and she exercises a lot. Not much we can do about age I guess.
K's Parent teacher interviews are tonight, not looking forward to that. My new theory in this new obsession I have is that he's not lazy. He has always just tucked away work that seems too hard, hoping it will go away. Once he masters it a little piece at a time, he's fine.
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Peaceful Tuesday
Well the snowstorm hasn't materialized so we're getting on with our lives. It's actually relatively warm (above 0C) but supposed to get really cold tonight (-10C).
Had a great buffet lunch at an Indian restaurant with my friend and am totally stuffed. Tuesdays is a peaceful day to eat out, not the big Friday lunch crowds, have to remember that.
Hotmail was/is acting up today, a Microsoft problem that hit the news feeds. These days this sort of thing is major.
K's teeth were painful this morning due to the tightening of his braces at the orthodontist yesterday, but he's being good about it. L has a lower pain threshold as he reminded me.
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Had a great buffet lunch at an Indian restaurant with my friend and am totally stuffed. Tuesdays is a peaceful day to eat out, not the big Friday lunch crowds, have to remember that.
Hotmail was/is acting up today, a Microsoft problem that hit the news feeds. These days this sort of thing is major.
K's teeth were painful this morning due to the tightening of his braces at the orthodontist yesterday, but he's being good about it. L has a lower pain threshold as he reminded me.
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Monday, February 25, 2008
Snowstorm?
Well, we're waiting for another snowstorm to hit tonight, we'll see what that does to this week's plans! And my car looks so good from its weekend car wash. We always wait until it really needs it too.
I'm tired today, but made it to the gym this morning anyway. When I'm tired the world turns into a different, unattractive colour and things look so much worse than they really are. Having a lunch date with a friend tomorrow, long overdue. I made a beef stir fry for dinner and it came out pretty good. K has an orthodontist appointment this evening and this one is supposed to be his first painful tightening. He's been having nosebleeds recently, being prone to them. The doc thinks it's winter dryness despite the humidifiers.
Caught a bit of the Oscars last night. But most of the fun seems to be on the red carpet which I missed. Miley Cyrus did a fine job I thought. We really don't recognize some of the big winner movies, although we did see 'Enchanted'.
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I'm tired today, but made it to the gym this morning anyway. When I'm tired the world turns into a different, unattractive colour and things look so much worse than they really are. Having a lunch date with a friend tomorrow, long overdue. I made a beef stir fry for dinner and it came out pretty good. K has an orthodontist appointment this evening and this one is supposed to be his first painful tightening. He's been having nosebleeds recently, being prone to them. The doc thinks it's winter dryness despite the humidifiers.
Caught a bit of the Oscars last night. But most of the fun seems to be on the red carpet which I missed. Miley Cyrus did a fine job I thought. We really don't recognize some of the big winner movies, although we did see 'Enchanted'.
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Sunday, February 24, 2008
Whole grains may curb belly fat
and inflammation! Well, this is good news as per the story below. We haven't had much trouble switching to whole grains the past few years and they seem to be making them more delicous and nutritious than ever, with all kinds of grains.
My sister had a great birthday party for her teenage daughter recently. This lady she knows is a professional makeup artist but she opened her own soap making shop with a party room upstairs. She sells all kinds of soaps, lotions, makeup, cards, jewelry and other things she likes. Anyway, my sister and the lady came up with this idea for a teen party. She normally does soap making with little kids. She gave the girls mud masks, exfoliating cream, then she made all girls up! Her daughter loved her fake eyelashes. The woman really tried to stress that they don't need a lot of makeup to look pretty, just very light colors and light lip gloss. I wish we had something like that in my neck of the woods that didn't cost the earth.
We've done so much math review with K this weekend, his brain must be bursting. He's been co-operative and receptive and I think he's learned a lot. He and M are off to a Raptors basketball game momentarily, so that will be a good break for us all. He's also started practicing for his RCM grade 5 level piano practical exam that we hope to schedule in the late summer. L just started her advanced level tennis lessons and loves the challenge.
Hope to catch some of the Oscars tonight.
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My sister had a great birthday party for her teenage daughter recently. This lady she knows is a professional makeup artist but she opened her own soap making shop with a party room upstairs. She sells all kinds of soaps, lotions, makeup, cards, jewelry and other things she likes. Anyway, my sister and the lady came up with this idea for a teen party. She normally does soap making with little kids. She gave the girls mud masks, exfoliating cream, then she made all girls up! Her daughter loved her fake eyelashes. The woman really tried to stress that they don't need a lot of makeup to look pretty, just very light colors and light lip gloss. I wish we had something like that in my neck of the woods that didn't cost the earth.
We've done so much math review with K this weekend, his brain must be bursting. He's been co-operative and receptive and I think he's learned a lot. He and M are off to a Raptors basketball game momentarily, so that will be a good break for us all. He's also started practicing for his RCM grade 5 level piano practical exam that we hope to schedule in the late summer. L just started her advanced level tennis lessons and loves the challenge.
Hope to catch some of the Oscars tonight.
News
Whole grains may curb belly fat, inflammation
'Beautiful game' offers escape
Tim Horton's toughest foe
A time to dream
Detroit eatery serves up 61-kilogram burger
Doctor touts benefits of carotid screening
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Just plain lazy
We went to L's school's play last night. It was amazing. I couldn't fault the costumes, the rollaway set decoration and props. Even the programs had the most professional cover drawn by one of L's friends. The band did an amazing job with the music. They even had a pony come on stage with the impression of pulling a carriage. And someone's beautiful dog also had a role. They had real guns fire some blanks (to wake M up). They had a knife fight and stunt fighting, really well executed. And the kids sang the songs just like Disney characters, looking off into the sky when they sang. It was about 3 hours long including a 15 min intermission, would've cut that by about half an hour. And they had well choreographed dance numbers (tap, jazz, ballet type numbers). Even good comedy thrown in. Tonight's show is sold out.
Well, K produced the results of 3 math tests I've never seen before. It's like a whole unit of work I didn't know about. If he had not been outsmarting himself as usual...like deliberately keeping me in the dark to avoid review. Now I know why some of the teachers ask to have the test signed. He managed to avoid me signing the art one awhile back that I still haven't seen.
He has a good math teacher, hard tests. I now see that at the top of every test he puts an inspiration quote like 'baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical', which I think most of them don't notice. And he seems to have given them 3 unit quizzes leading up to the unit test. Lots of opportunity to achieve.
Well guess what we're doing today. (Math, math, and more math) L has tennis in the afternoon. She got 98% on her last math test. She thinks he's just lazy and she's probably right.
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Well, K produced the results of 3 math tests I've never seen before. It's like a whole unit of work I didn't know about. If he had not been outsmarting himself as usual...like deliberately keeping me in the dark to avoid review. Now I know why some of the teachers ask to have the test signed. He managed to avoid me signing the art one awhile back that I still haven't seen.
He has a good math teacher, hard tests. I now see that at the top of every test he puts an inspiration quote like 'baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical', which I think most of them don't notice. And he seems to have given them 3 unit quizzes leading up to the unit test. Lots of opportunity to achieve.
Well guess what we're doing today. (Math, math, and more math) L has tennis in the afternoon. She got 98% on her last math test. She thinks he's just lazy and she's probably right.
News
Obama's America looks a lot like Canada
Message in a bottle
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New treatment limits bleeding stroke damage
Moroccan man gets 3 years for fake Facebook profile
Encryption defeated by manipulation
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