happy ice cream cone day.

{one}

 happy ice cream cone day! 1903 the first ice cream cone was patented in the u.s. thank you italo marchiony. not only are you italian (i'm a quarter), but you invented the ice cream cone, the holder of my favorite treat (okay, it's a tie between ice cream, frozen yogurt, and pie [hello pumpkin pie season...]).

to celebrate, the kiddies and i colored ice cream scoops and voted for our favorite--vanilla, chocolatey, chunky, fruity, and minty flavors.  i voted moose tracks (chunky) and mint n' chip--white kind, dreyers (minty). yum!


proof:

{vienna. june '06. and yes, this is gelato, way too sugary for me but still deserves a yum. k, don't laugh. long, hot, humid day {ahem, hair and smile}.}

{two}

i play music during writer's workshop. usually it's disney songs from the ultimate disney collection discs or songs from hairspray and high school musical and jack johnson's curious george soundtrack.  the past 2 days it's been enya.

{three}

i put a glade plug-in in my classroom and in my bedroom-- cashmere woods.  limited edition for fall.  i am going to stock up at walmart this weekend. go buy some. [p.s. i had a dog named cashmere.  she was a female bucky.  soul siblings, i'm sure.]

{four}

i went to walmart 4 times last week.  i don't want to talk about it.  i have a love/hate relationship with that.  although, we'll save that one for another day. [good news is: i haven't had to go this week!]

{five}

i bought a TON of fruit from sunflower market today. peaches, plums, nectarines. LOVE, love love.

{five and a half}

after a rocky first few weeks of school--getting into the groove of things--i am finally exercising 5-6 days a week again.  and i have been doing some yoga, pilates [can we say abs of steel?], intense interval training [see peak 8 training here], and lifting, which i love and had taken a loooong hiatus from due to the lack of gym pass and marathon training. over now.  [get in the best shape of your life: see here [exercise] and here [nutrition/health]--i love this man for his practices, nutrition, wellness, chlorella, and now exercise. subscribe and read away.]

{six}

butterfly life cycle tomorrow/fun project--good thing you aren't here for it, erin.

{seven}

erin is coming in 4ish weeks.

{eight}

fall break is in 3 weeks.

{nine}

conference is in 1.5 weeks.

{ten}

em and dana are coming in 7 days.

{eleven}

tomorrow is the first day of autumn!  probably my favorite of my favorite seasons. [favorite seasons: autumn, summer, spring.]

{p.s.}

i'm back to trying to write as regularly as possible.

a) i love to write and this is a quick easy way to do it all the while sharing my life and thoughts and craziness with mi familia y mis amigos [ok, or just for the 3 or 7 people that look at this].

b) i think you ought to know how much i love my life, the Gospel, my family, my friends, my second graders, and everything else