for my middle schoolers

To my darling students:

I will not be with you in September, but I promise you this: I miss all of you. I will be updating this blog on a fairly regular basis again, and you can comment on here for communication purposes (it won't show up at first --- I get to moderate all comments ). Just let me know who is commenting!

Keep reading, keep being awesome, have a wonderful, fantastic, awesome summer.


- Miss F.

Knitting, Baking, Grading, and Inspiration, all at once

Several things:

One: I just realized that on Ravelry, you can upload pictures from your computer. I no longer need to freak out about my Flickr account. On Flickr, the free account only holds 200 pictures. Because of Ravelry, I am almost near that magic number.

Two: I cast on the Judi & Co. Rococo (or is it Rayon Rococo) in Sizzle. I'm using US 11 needles, casted on 40, and doing a lovely garter stitch back and forth. This is rather simple knitting. I'm loving it.Three: I had a Banana Bread Mix. It required an oven, 1/4 cup oil, 1 cup water, and 2 eggs. Since the measuring cup was in the sink ... I guessed on the water, threw in two very ripe, very mushy smushy bananas, and a handful of chocolate chips. C'est magnifique!
Four: I need to do a ton of grading tomorrow. Grr.
Five: I need to get my hands on a stitch dictionary. Like now. This is what I want to knit. When J was on his phone, I happened to look at the base of the nearest lamp post. (We were by the 81st street subway station). Wow. Wouldn't that look awesome in a sweater or a scarf?

I live!

The past two weeks have been absolutely crazy for me. I started my new job, as a long-term leave replacement school media specialist for an elementary school. I teach 700+ kids a week, and am the librarian for almost 1000 kids.

Julie's sock has been generating interest in the faculty lunch room, as is the baby hat I started to knit for my predecessor. I desperately need to take pictures of the current knitting pictures and post them!

Foliage Deux

I'm chugging along on my second Foliage hat. I am using what is left over of the Cascade 220 Superwash Paints ... and as I am roughly thirteen rows from binding off, I hope I have enough!

I've been wearing *my* Foliage around town, and I love it! I love how the colours pool, I love how it feels, and how I did not have to make any little pompoms (I am not a fan of making pompoms).

Tomorrow I will attempt (for the third day in a row) to drive out to Elementary School ... in rush hour traffic. When I start working, I am to be in the school by 8:05 a.m. I want to see how long it takes me to get from Point A to Point B ... with some time left over for Unexpected Emergencies and Getting a Parking Space.

Trading sicknesses

Back when I was in physical therapy, another patient remarked to me, that "We trade one pain for another."

So after two weeks of fevers, I had a few days where I was fever-free. I was able to stay awake for longer periods of time. I saw my cousin in his production of Guys & Dolls.

I woke up this morning with a fever, and I am now exhibiting symptoms for strep throat.

I just hope I'll be well enough to student teach this upcoming semester.