A & W Diet Cream Soda has caffeine in it. I shoulda checked! That might explain why I haven't been sleeping very well the last few weeks and why I've been grumpy.
In the middle of last night as I was in and out of sleep, a little voice spoke to me: "Check for caffeine in the cream soda." I did this morning. And, yup, it's there. What was I thinking? So, no more afternoon cream soda treats for me.
Feb 22, 2011
Feb 11, 2011
Grumpy
So I guess it's time to bring back my grumpy kitty. This is how I felt all day yesterday. Why, you ask? I woke up to what was dawning as a sunny day. Yay for sunshine!
But the temperature was 9 degrees
...Fahrenheit.
For you celsius people, that's....wait a minute....minus 13C (-13!).
Right now the temperature here is 20 degrees F, exactly the same temp as in Oslo and Stockholm right now.
But I didn't really get grumpy until I started grading student papers in the afternoon. Just explain to me how an assignment can say this:
"Your paper should be no less than 800 words, but you can certainly exceed that."
And half the papers stop somewhere around 400-500 words! Totally failing to develop their topic. And did I mention plagiarism? Just a little thing.
OK, OK, I know nobody cares..........and that makes me grumpy, too!
(You can click on the strip to read it more clearly.)
Feb 8, 2011
Happy Mel-Day Indeed!
She may look like just a pretty face, but under that stylish hat (worn for the Oaks Race at Churchill Downs), there's a powerful brain and determination of iron. Congratulations to #3 child, Melinda/Mindy/Mel for passing ALL of her written comprehensive exams for her masters in speech language pathology at the University of Louisville. She graduates in May......just in time to go job-hunting. Way to go, sweetie!
(Thanks to her hubby Mark for coining the new word: Mel-Day!)
Mark & Mel at their ring ceremony in Mexico May 2006. (Aren't they cute?)
And here's another pic: Mel as a cowgirl in Mexico. You think she might have a thing for hats? She gets it from her father.
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Finally, my favorite picture of her: Paris 2001 in contemplation on the steps of Sacre Coeur:
(And, yes, I know we have you two other kids, but today is Mel-Day!!)
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