Sunday Fall Sports in the Book

I am back!!!!!!!!!!!  Great Fall Sports season........  A bit of drama, a bit of emotion, and most of all great kids competing with class...........  Grama has had her bath and now a nice time to walk across the river and find a Latte Machiatto with my name on the glass............  Have I extolled the virtues of the new iPhone 4?  Great new toy!  A bit misty on the river but very quiet and a day to just relax before the next squall rolls in on Monday AM.  A shout out to KRL for reminding me to get back on the horse.........  More later this afternoon..........  November weather gotta love it............

Sunday Curtain Call

Auditorium half full. Sitting in cafeteia listening to first act...
Rehearsed my lines again so now on with the show. Young Man Young Man
what are you doing?

KJB Sends

Sunday Morning and what to do?  Grama and Seamus already bathed and resting.....  Seamus not real happy but clean nonetheless......  Several books to choose from all partly read.......... The Man from Beijing by Henning Mankill tops the list of what to dive in to this late morning.....  May do so from a cafe with a Latte Machiatto (nvever could spell it right).  Friday evening in Luxembourg to see ImoJean Heap in concert......  A lot of fun to see live music........  She was a trip and every bit like I expected.....  Short two hour drive up and back.  Final performance of Footloose this afternoon and it will be a good opportunity to clean up my office and then back home for a nice meal, a bit of the grape and just time to relax before another week.  Need Need  Need to get back into routine with the gym afterschool this week each day, It has been hit and miss and a couple of winter pounds have stuck around..........  Should be a treat to get them off......  Looking forward to nicer weather and plantings on the terrace.  Red Geraniums over planted will look nice.  Plan to use the BBQ more this Spring as well.  Seamus looking forward to walks in the vineyards in Provence as it will offer him lots of new smells..........  Not really sure or comfortble with how much more to share at times as work is time consuming with a mission to solve the world's problems one crisis at a time.  Enjoy the Internet radio throughout the apartment.  Current favorite is KCSM out of SF.  Easy jazz all hours.  Still partial to Oregon Public Radio feed with the the Indie Band scene.  Running low on Caribou Coffee so will need to place another mail order, there is always Starbucks at comissary but it gets a bit old after a while,  The sun is now peeking out and beautiful, will take a pic and post it to the blog and FB.  Do people read what I write?  Probably not but can't seem to get into the mainstream to promote myself.....  Maybe if I told real school stories, someone would comment..........  Seamus now looking at me and asking Why did you give me a bath............?  Hi to one my one loyal follower.............  Ciao

First Sunday in March 2010

Sunday and it is COLD!!!!! Church bells ringing and it is a glorous day. Finally got allof the internet friendly devices in the apt on wireless connections and put away all of the cords....... Now to just get everything battery operated. Seamus a bit bored after a short trek outside in the cold....... The snow that is left is crispy and crackly. Probably should brave the outdoors for a cafe run and think about reading some of the stacks of winter books that have accumulated around the apt.  What to read first or at least start: Robert Parker, Ian Rankin, Kurt Wallender, magazines, A new cookbook by Ina Garten, Brad Thor, and Pat Conroy's book Broad Street???????   Spring Sports ready to start and I have to be in the school play next weekend......  Not sure what to cook today although I have a great looking chicken breast with the skin on perhps to make a stew in the le cruset deep dish pan........  Had a great lunch of chicken livers, apples, and potatoes yesterday at a cafe with a couple of glasses of Italian and dessert to boot.  Still pretty proud of myself for getting everything wireless..........  Time to check out Katie's Blog.....  Ciao

March ???

Olympic coverage is over and it was fun to watch the biennial event......  Curling, enough of the jokes, the final hockey match was great.........  No losers when you get to overtime.  Monday in Heidelberg was great today.... Sunshine and fun.......  Dentist appointment and then a long bike ride through the vilages and roads....  Came upon the Botanical Gardens next to the University Clinics......  Will definitely go back lots of greenhouses and outdoor plantings...  The river has been active with flooding over the walking trails....  Long road ahead for school the next 5+ weeks with no breaks........ TN and such then course selections....  Looking forward to Spring Break and Provence.  Summer plans beginning to come together with travel back to Tacoma and other trips for work and pleasure.  Probably will attend another AP conference 4 day seminar as last year's was beneficial.  Time in LA for a week of meetings and then maybe to Orlando for a school incentive rewards program.  Trying to figure out how to grow fresh herbs on the terrace without taking up too much room and will endeavor to figure out an automatic watering system along with which hanging baskets to put up in May as well.  Differentiated Education Instruction  WTF  They want us to do it but haven't realy figured out what it should look like........  Listening to Fresh Air with Willaim Hurt......  Boring.  Made Ziti over the weekend for a 1000 people, not really but made way too much.....  Will work out better concoction of the recipe next time.  Lamb chops tomorrow.....  Nice wine over the weekend from the Bordeaux 2000 was a very good year.   More later.......  How to add more followers?

Sunday Sunshine and Bicycle work

Sunny  Snow  Sunny  and now work on the bicycle........  Grit and Gunt all over it not to mention a flat back tire........  Not sure if I have the right size tube to repair so may have to use the spare bike for a bit....Cleaned up the flower bed on the terrace in preparation for spring planting and trying to fiugre out where to put herb garden without it getting too much dust from the street...........  How much sun?  Spring is around the corner and I cannot wait for the better weather and travel..........