Shoes

Its a new post, but an old experience but I haven't told it yet and it makes me smile.

This happened about 4 days into the new school year. In order for you to truely appreciate this experience you need to know that in the afternoon I have two different sets of students that I only see every other day.

So I received this comment from a student after he had only seen me twice. We were sitting in class I was in the middle of some amazing math lesson (I'm sure) and a little boy shouts out you "why do you always wear the same shoes. You wear those shoes yesterday." I was quite taken back. It takes quite a bit to catch me off guard in class but this did. My first thought was to argue back "no I don't". Then I just had to laugh. For starters he had only seen me twice (and although I didn't wear that same pair of shoes the day before, both days he had been in my class I had in fact worn the same pair of shoes. Didn't realize that was not acceptable :)). Then I also remembered seeing his mom last year. She was wearing this amazing black and white dress with these bright red heels and I remember thinking she looked great, but that I would never wear that to work. Then I saw her again in the afternoon-she was still wearing the same dress but this time she was wearing a pair of lime green heels. :) I told his mom what he had said and she was so embarassed that she actually talked to him about it when they got home. She told me that her son would not be commenting on my shoes or any other piece of clothing anymore. I was a little disapointed, I had thought his comment was kind of funny. Well a few days later, when I was brave enough to wear the shoes again, he again commented on me wearing the same shoes (don't tell his mom). I then told him that it was okay and that I would wear them quite often because I only had about 3 pairs of shoes that I wear to school, to which he replied "well can't you at least wear them in a pattern?" What can I say-they sure took the patterning lesson to heart!

A side note: A few days later this child's mom came to me and said "you know I think we do put a lot of focus on clothing at our home and I never realized it before. My son always picks out his dads tie for work and then this morning before we left for school we were all saying prayer when my son opened his eyes and said-"dad, that is a cool belt". I immediately opened my eyes and said, son we do not comment on clothing when we are in the middle of prayer." Then she said "looks like we have some work to do". :)

The Best Carmel Syrup Recipe

Okay Dawn, here it is:

2 c. sugar
1 c. buttermilk
1 c. butter
2 T. corn syrup

Boil 5 minutes then add:

1 t. baking soda
2 t. vanilla

I really like it over french toast. The cinnamon and the carmel taste amazing together. Actually the syrup is good enough to drink by itself, but I probably wouldn't recommend it! I think we should have it for breakfast tomorrow. Yumm!

Should've been a trucker

Do you remember in High School when you took those career tests that matched up all your personality traits, interests, and social quirks and then told you a few things that you would be good at. Well I think one of mine was a truck driver, which at the time I was deeply insulted at even the suggestion, but now I think I might have been really good at it and let me tell you why (I feel like I'm applying for a job-let me know if I get it :)) For some reason I absolutely love driving with my lights on bright. It feels like I own the road. The other day I set a new record for longest distance traveled with brights on-meaning safely doing so with no other cars on the road. I was able to travel 6.3 miles beating my old record of 5.1. If you don't keep track of how far you can go with your brights on you may think this is not a big feat, but trust me it has taken me a good six months to set that record! The other day, I'm actually not sure I should confess this-but here it goes, I actually did a double take as a semi passed by me and found myself saying out loud, "wow, that is one good looking semi". Please tell me you've done that too, because it sounds outrageous-I knew I should have kept it to myself. Well, I'm off to drive somewhere-I'm in the mood to listen to talk radio (which is another reason I think I should be a trucker-I love talk radio. Sometimes I have to wait in my car for a few minutes listening to the end of come commentary :)). I didn't have anywhere to go last weekend and went stir crazy so today I'm driving somewhere, anywhere and in the rain-that is also one of my favorite times to travel.

Found-lost dog

Here she is-my new dog. Beware-at first glance she appears to be as cute as can be, but let me tell you when she opens her mouth it sounds like someone is holding onto the sides of a balloon and letting the air screetching out. Dad found her this week wondering in the pasture, with the cows and the llama, miles away from the nearest house and away from the highway. She is not a young pup either. She has a bit of gray hair and shows signs of having been trained. She (I keep refering to her without a name because she doesn't have one-any suggestions?) can sit, gets down off my pants when I tell her too, doesn't come in the house if I remember to tell her to stay out, stops barking when I tell her to stop (funny how she is not just naturally good, she has to be told to be told what bad habbits to stop). She also walks right beside and behind me when I go to get the mail (that is my favorite thing because I hate a dog that is always running into me and between my feet). I might actually eventually maybe even like her. I'll keep you posted.