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Becka is a diligent poster. I feel guilty when I read her blog and a few others on a regular basis and never contribute anything myself. So here is an update.
This summer we are going to Italy and Paris. I spent weeks research tickets, hotels, and activities. There are still more activities to plan. However, all the hotels are booked, and the plane tickets are purchased. We're going from July 31 to Aug 18 flying Aer Lingus. This means we have a connection in Dublin. I am reallllllllllly excited about this trip. I have wanted to go to Europe basically my entire life. I should be working on memorizing some useful phrases but so far the closet I am to memorizing them is that I wrote them on note cards. We'll see how that goes.
Last weekend, for my birthday, we went to Montreal. Vieux Montreal (Old Montreal) is beautiful. It's full of great architecture, cathedrals, cobble stone, etc. The weather was nice for Canada in March, and we were able to stay outside, walking several miles exploring the town.
There are 14 days until April Vacation, which I am immensely thankful for. This has been a long school year due to the fact that we've had a total of 9 days off for bad weather. My students are trying(read disturbed) as always, but I think I have definitely improved since last year. However, I still have a long way to go to being a really good teacher.
My 45 minute drive to and from work is made increasingly better by NPR and miscellaneous audio books. Currently, I am listening to Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Highlights from the audio books include, but are not limited: There Are Gods in Alabama by Joshylin Jackson, When You Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and Dairy Queen by Catherine Murdock. I'm sure people who drive by me and see me laughing hysterically or crying depending on what I'm listening to probably think I'm crazy.
Jeremy is going to Wisconsin for a math conference in two weekends. As a surprise, I purchased him a ticket to a Cubs game. He will freeze and be alone, but hopefully he'll still have fun.
I've been slowly learning to sew and I hope to improve and make some more projects. It seems I will have to find some baby projects to work on as Jay and Jessa are going to have a baby in October.
Well I think that's enough for now. I will really try to not let it go another 9 months before I update again.
This summer we are going to Italy and Paris. I spent weeks research tickets, hotels, and activities. There are still more activities to plan. However, all the hotels are booked, and the plane tickets are purchased. We're going from July 31 to Aug 18 flying Aer Lingus. This means we have a connection in Dublin. I am reallllllllllly excited about this trip. I have wanted to go to Europe basically my entire life. I should be working on memorizing some useful phrases but so far the closet I am to memorizing them is that I wrote them on note cards. We'll see how that goes.
Last weekend, for my birthday, we went to Montreal. Vieux Montreal (Old Montreal) is beautiful. It's full of great architecture, cathedrals, cobble stone, etc. The weather was nice for Canada in March, and we were able to stay outside, walking several miles exploring the town.
There are 14 days until April Vacation, which I am immensely thankful for. This has been a long school year due to the fact that we've had a total of 9 days off for bad weather. My students are trying(read disturbed) as always, but I think I have definitely improved since last year. However, I still have a long way to go to being a really good teacher.
My 45 minute drive to and from work is made increasingly better by NPR and miscellaneous audio books. Currently, I am listening to Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Highlights from the audio books include, but are not limited: There Are Gods in Alabama by Joshylin Jackson, When You Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and Dairy Queen by Catherine Murdock. I'm sure people who drive by me and see me laughing hysterically or crying depending on what I'm listening to probably think I'm crazy.
Jeremy is going to Wisconsin for a math conference in two weekends. As a surprise, I purchased him a ticket to a Cubs game. He will freeze and be alone, but hopefully he'll still have fun.
I've been slowly learning to sew and I hope to improve and make some more projects. It seems I will have to find some baby projects to work on as Jay and Jessa are going to have a baby in October.
Well I think that's enough for now. I will really try to not let it go another 9 months before I update again.
3 comments:
I'm so excited for you! If you can, be sure to go to Monet's house in Giverny. It was one of my favorite things we did on my brief study abroad trip in France. Of course you'll see Notre Dame but Chartres is also worth a day trip. It is an amazing cathedral, I probably liked it more than Notre Dame. It's about an hour from Paris, I think, but you might be heading that way anyway and it is definitely worth a trip. Oh and be sure to get a banana Nutella crepe and drink some Orangina!
What area of Italy? I was only in a gas station in Italy when passing through on the way to Monaco, so I can't give you many tips. My dad has been there once on business in Milan and Rome, I could ask him for suggestions though he didn't have time to do a ton of sightseeing. There is a village of Nasuti, my 2 aunts went to visit last fall. It's on the eastern coast.
It's ok, I can't imagine what people must think of me while I'm singing along to the Dr Horrible's Sing Along Blog soundtrack in my car. Sedaris was in Pittsburgh last week and I didn't go. I'm still a little bitter.
The most popular baby gift I have made recently is personalized one-sies with iron-on transfers. I've made Red Sox, Skippy Jon Jones (a character from a children's book) and most recently, ones with the Dharma Initiative logo from Lost. They are very easy and inexpensive to make. The key is to wash them beforehand and be sure to print the logo IN REVERSE especially if there is print involved. It will be backwards otherwise!
And I just wrote a blog sized comment on your blog so I will stop for now.
Oh, it came up as my old Blogger name from my dead blog. I logged in with google, so I thought it would show my real name. Interesting. This is Nikki, haha.
Hey, if you want me to give you some polite french phrases to use I can. I know that the french can be really stuffy when it comes to saying things wrong or not even trying to use their language. Let me know. I'm excited you're going!!!
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