brain dumb 11.22.11

1.  i am going to dc tomorrow.  soooo excited.
2.  i feel slightly dizzy right now.  lack of sleep + hard 5.15 am workout + noisy classroom + almost lunch time = slightly dizzy me.
3.  we are writing "how to catch a turkey" steps right now.  well, the kiddos are.  here's my favorite:

first: call satuclos.

[Call Santa Claus.]

next: tell satuclos call rotof.

[Tell Santa Claus to call Rudolph.]

last:  tell rotof to kik the trke.

[Tell Rudolph to kick the turkey.]

3.5.  very clever, eh?  i thought it was hilarious.  plus, yesterday during our Thanksgiving pow-wow, we went around and said all of the things we were thankful for.  this particular student said he was thankful for santa claus.

4.  i'm going to dc tomorrow. <30 hours.

5.  my class is so funny.  they think i'm the best teacher ever because i let them use crayons, colored pencils, and/or markers on their thank you cards.  i think that secures my nominee for teacher of the year, no?

6.  all of first grade watched charlotte's web this afternoon.  and they had popcorn. it was a great break for me. 

7.  thanksgiving meal is my favorite meal of the year.  needless to say, i'm pretty pumped.  unfortunately, i know there won't be any good kendrick/g.ma/price/galloro cooking like homemade orange rolls, aunt julie's sweet potato orange cups, g.ma's mashed potatoes, and all that other good stuff. i'm sure dc won't disappoint, but if it's a store bought pumpkin pie that's not from costco, i will be so sad. pumpkin pie is always my assignment.

8.  i didn't have a piece of pumpkin pie on my birthday this year. but, natalie did take me out for pumpkin gingerbread cheesecake. close enough.

9.  i haven't even had a piece of pumpkin pie yet!  although, i have had pumpkin pie golden spoon or farr's [from em] and i mix plain yogurt + pumpkin + cinnamon, cloves, ginger, nutmeg + stevia for breakfast like every morning.  so delicious and nutritious.  put that on my banana pancakes, and i'm good to go.

10.  you know how i am obsessed with spaghetti squash? yeah, it's so good. and you know how it's a vegetable? well, a fruit in the veggie family [seeds inside].  anyway, cauliflower is a vegetable and it makes really good "mashed potatoes".  i love how veggies can be substituted for foods we love. google a recipe. i just added some spices to mine, but if you really wanted to go to town , then you can add all the other junk [sour cream, cream cheese, butter, etc.]

11.  i think that's good. oh wait, one more thing.  i'm going to dc tomorrow to visit my husband who's been gone for 3 months. and he comes back on december 9th so i am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO excited. i miss him. a lot.