Sunshine in Bothell!

I love a sunny day in the Pacific Northwest!

After all the grey, dark, dreary, damp days we are rewarded for our perseverance with glorious sunshine!! One draw back to all this rain is a really healthy lawn, I mean reeaaaallly healthy. I plan to mow my overgrown little jungle/lawn today but am procrastinating until everyone in the hood is awake.

Later after I shuttle Emma off to a birthday party, Joe, Avery and I are headed out to go buy a new BBQ! Nothing says spring like the smell of freshly mowed grass and BBQ! I am hoping to drag it home today, wish me luck in finding what I want. :)

On to the next question of the day: what will I grill for dinner? I would love recommendations for fantastic grill christening recipes!

Right now I am enjoying a quiet morning with coffee and my girls doing crafts (makit & bakit!) Anyone remember these fun little stained glass things from the 80's? I found them at Michael's for the girls and now they are crafting fools!

Somewhere in here I will squeeze over 100 pages of homework reading, and 4 pages of critical review writing....

Cheers, Happy weekend everyone!

Holy crud.

3 classes is a lot of work. I have done this before and was successful, dean's list even. I know I will get through it but it will wear me out. My Trader Joe's Honey Moon Zinfandel is helping at the moment..... :)

My classes:

1. Genes, Genomes and Reproductive Technology- currently lots of review of biology that I got a 4.0 in 12 years ago at Peninsula College. Funny guy, really means well, lots of dense students that are not getting the most basic stuff (DNA replication, etc.) I hope to do well in this class, the reading is not too unreasonable (6 chapters per week avg.) Later in the quarter we will be talking about ethics of reproductive technology, that's when it will get interesting!

2. Cross-Cultural Oral Traditions- this one will be tough. Now I love a good folk tale, fable, legend, myth just as much as anyone, but this guy seems to have a chip on his shoulder about people who sign up thinking it is an easy class and is going way overboard on the reading amount and assignments. This may be my hardest class. Lots from Native Americans, Arab Palestinian Folktales, The Brothers Grimm and the like.

3. Education in U.S. Society- very interesting stuff, my very first Ed class, (yay me!) the only complaint I have is that it is in the middle of the day and therefore has a bunch of freshman in it....mostly young right out of high school and so spoiled! they were texting, surfing on laptops and doing other generally rude things in class. 2 people actually had the nerve to raise their hand and ask the prof if she was serious, that this was so much reading, and blah blah, "so overwhelmed....I have other classes too!" etc.... whine whine whine. It took alot of restraint to not respond to that girl. "Suck it up princess, this is college! I have other classes, a full time job, children, a husband, a dog and a mortgage! Boo flippin hoo!"

Stepping off of my soapbox now. Thanks for reading.