AM...Studio "P"...pinterest "hard-boiled" eggs...treading water

AM:

Glen's Aunt Margaret  (nicknamed AM by Alan when they were all kids), who is also our next door neighbor, fell and broke her hip this week. :( Our thoughts and prayer are with her and UJ (Uncle Jim) as she recuperates in the hospital.

Studio P:

Monday night some of Glen's students re-enacted a few of the comedy sketches from BYU's show "Studio C" (the C standing for "comedy," I believe). I told Glen we needed to call what he was doing Studio P (p for "phunny???" as well as "Perazzo") or even Studio CCHS. Maybe if they do it again, he'll take my advice. I thought it was a great evening.

They didn't do any of the Shoulder Devil/ Shoulder Angel skits, but maybe next time, they could try one of them. Here's a sampler:

or go here to watch it directly on youtube and to see other sketches:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1wRdpAz3oM

"Shakespearean Therapy" where Juliet talks to her therapist about Romeo

"Hibiscus" where the Bisque Chef tries to get some edible flowers for his date

"Celebirthary" where the husband has to figure out what the wife is celebrating

Baking "hard-boiled" eggs:

One pinterest idea I've tried lately and love is the recipe for baking hard-boiled eggs instead of boiling them. They peel more easily than the boiled variety (adding baking soda to water helps eggs to peel, but I think baking them is better still). Put your eggs in muffin tins and bake at 325º for 30 minutes. Ta da.

Treading water:

I know the address for my blog is "Treading Water," but I have to say that most of the time I think I'm doing better than just treading. Treading water is when I'm barely keeping my head above water. I'm not drowning, but don't necessarily feel like I'm making progress (other than staying alive and keeping my family alive, which really is worth something).

Life was definitely set on the "treading water" mode when my kids were little. But now that they are older and I only have 2 at home anyway, I could rename the blog "Dog Paddling" (which is my swimming style, btw. nothing elegant for me)... hmm maybe I should rename my other blog to that....

This past week I was treading water. And I probably will be next week too. But the end is in sight, right?

I've started a 2 month subbing job. The teacher, a science teacher at the high school, was set for surgery on the 3rd, but then got the flu 6 days before that. So, long story short--things weren't really ready for me to take over.

In case you don't know this about me, I'm lazy. Of course, I don't say I'm lazy usually. I say I'm low energy. Usually if I sub, I come home and I'm "done." I get very little extra done. So, my house slowly falls apart. I think it's funny that about a week after I decided I was going to sub less so I could get and keep my house in order, I was asked if I could take this long term job.


So, I survived the week, though I wish I knew on Monday what I know now as I would have changed the lesson plans left for me. Yesterday I was working on plans for next week. Can I just say that I love YouTube? Here's part of tomorrow's lesson (we're only using the first 9 minutes):

Have a great week everyone!

Science Bowl, Living Legends, our poltergiest, and other things

Update from last week: Ryan is now serving in Natchitoches, Louisiana (pronounce Nak'-i-tosh). He is 30 miles from his previous assignment and still in the same district, so he already knew his companion, who is the District Leader. Too funny.

Heather is in BYU Women's Chorus and they sang the National Anthem at last night's BYU basketball game (BYU won, by the way). So if you saw the game, you heard her sing! (we weren't home, so missed it)

On Friday, Hannah went to Vegas with the CCHS Science Bowl team (which included her cousin Joseph). They didn't win the tourney, but the team won the Good Sportsmanship Award! And it sounds like they really deserved it.

The team coach, Karl, told us that Hannah could hear the answers coming from the teams using the next room, but she didn't ring in because she felt it would be cheating. She told her coach who then told the officials. Their response was something like: "This is a competition. She should take advantage of it." Karl's response was something like it was an ethical problem.

As their prize for winning the Good Sportsmen Award, each member of the team received a pair of sound-reducing headphones and individual plaques (the 1st place team members just get one plaque for their school).

Way to go Hannah. And Karl.

When Hannah got back on Saturday evening, the house was empty because Glen, Alex, and I (and a bunch of other family members) were in Reno attending a Living Legends performance. It is a group from BYU made up of Native American, Polynesian, and Latin American students who perform native dances. We had a wonderful evening. I think I liked the Polynesian dances the best, but the others were great, too.

Tonight was our Young Women's New Beginnings Program. It's where the girls that are going to be entering the Young Women's program (at age 12) get introduced to the program and to Personal Progress, which is a goal setting part of Young Women's. I thought the girls did a great job presenting their parts. For dessert we had ice cream with toppings that matched the 8 colors of the 8 Personal Progress values (Faith, Divine Nature, Individual Worth, Knowledge, Choice and Accountability, Integrity, and Virtue). It looked and tasted great.

ice cream and whipped cream went in the white spot and blueberries in the blue spot

So, our electricity and our heater have been acting up. After 3 visits from the handy man, it looks like our heater is going to behave itself now. The electricity went out to half our house (we have 2 lines coming in from the pole and one isn't working). The electricity had been blinking on and off for a second or two every now and then for a few days. Hence the poltergeist. Then it just went out Friday night. Anyway, thankfully our heater is on the working side. The fridge is using an extension cord to stay going. Glen spent all day Saturday figuring out that the problem is not in our house or fuse box, but at the pole. I hope the electric company can get it fixed on Monday.

The saying "An old dog can't learn new tricks" could be changed to "An old dog doesn't want to learn new tricks" in my case. Alex keeps making me play these complicated games with him. Well, Alex loves the games Agricola and Power Grid that his cousins have. He forced me to learn how to play them this week. And he doesn't just teach me and let me learn one. Oh, no. Once I've played it once, he then wants to play a variation. Ugh. Painful. But once the pain of learning the rules is over, they are kind of fun.

Agricola

So, it's been a good if not crazy week. We actually got a bit of snow and hope to get some more.

31 January 2014