First Quarter Repord Card Teacher Comments

On Max: "Max is an excellent student. He is doing well in all areas of the curriculum. He excels in reading and is reading 2 levels above the benchmark for this quarter. Max's enthusiasm for learning is contagious! He has a good inquisitive nature that helps him problem solve and excel in science. Max is a positive role model and a joy to have in the classroom."

GOOOOOOOOOOO MAX!

What I'm reading...

There really is no better way to know what my current fancy is then to know what 3 books I'm reading. I'm always reading (at least) 3 books at one time and they are currently, and in no particular order:

"Eat pray love" by Elizabeth Gilbert on the recommendation of my friend Fancy. It's going to awaken my desire to go on a year long sabatical to eat/pray & love so I may have to table that one if I start getting too ancy. Cuz GOD knows I could use a sabbatical. The only thing I know for sure at this point in my life is that the best beer out on the market is Dog Head Fish 60 minute India Pale Ale. And I bet a year of reflection would bring more generally accepted insights into the good things in life.

"Anatomy of Hatha Yoga" a 600 paged textbook that I will be navigating for the next year as I undergo the rigours of a 2nd yoga teacher training. Because as it turns out, I love teaching Yoga almost as much as I love practicing it and want to evolve my understanding of 'stuff' like bones and muscles. I tend to get more interested in evolving my sanskrit pronunciation, but it's not all about ME now. : )

"Nuture the Nature" by Michael Gurian which will definitely give me the low down on how to nuture the nature of my 3 deliciously wild offspring. And really they are not all that wild. I just want the in-fighting to simmer down a little. OK stop completely.

Namaste.

My House is Clean and I am Now Declaring it a National Treasure

My house is clean.

This is really something people.

It hasn't been this organized in a long time and I am now going to treat it as if a Supreme Being came down from on high and declared it a protected space. A space so worthy, simply because I live here and I worked so hard cleaning and organizing it for the past 5 years. I have gotten close to gaining control over my home before, but then BANG (3) back to back, 9 month set backs, I mean pregnancies. But now that Zoe is three, Clara is 4.5 and Max is 6.5 they can largely fend for themselves, freeing me up to do things like fold laundry, scrub floors and shine my kitchen sink every night before I go to bed. I peer into my dishless, shiny sink every morning and I know who is the fairest of them all. My mental well being is all wrapped up in this shiny sink situation, so don't mess. Don't leave any dishes in my sink. That's right, put them straight into the dishwasher. This, my friends, is a proteted space whereupon I can reflect and rejoice.

In fact I now patrol my entire home like a National Park Ranger. Scanning my environment for debris and checking to see if anything is running amiss, like the bathroom needing a fresh hand towel.

I have fought long and hard to reach this point. Even though this point that I have reached might only meet minimum national standards of cleanliness, for me it is the zenith. The cleanest it will ever be...

Namaste.