Monday, September 29, 2014

September 29th, 2014

playing with some of his teammates before getting warmed up
 dash played catcher for the first two innings.  =)
 such a tough job!  but he has to pay attention and gets to touch the ball with every pitch, basically!
 up at bat!  kids were striking out, so he finally got to bat in the 3rd inning...and he gets a hit with an 0-2 count.  whew!






 he was able to score and was one of the 5 runs that scored before it was called (limit of 5 runs per inning).


mom and i went to eat at kabab crush, a new mediterranean food place that opened.  pretty yummy, although not cheap.  it was about a 20+min wait though...one cook and we happened to arrive when there were several people ahead of us in line.
mom had the kefta kabab (mixed ground beef and lamb with spices) with white cabbage salad and stuffed grape leaves as her side, i had the lamb kabab plus cucumber salad and hummus on the side.  we had an extra side order of falafel.

September 28th, 2014

so i got to run wtih kelly again.
drove up to ucla to pick her up and headed to topanga state park.  their parking lot doesn't open until 8am, so we parked on the street and walked it.  it was light out already by 6:30, so we were in good shape.
she'd never been out here before either, but was eager to see the 'new' trails, so i accompanied her (so she wouldn't be out here alone)

 this was part of the goal...to get to eagle rock.
i asked her if she knew why it was called eagle rock...but she didn't know, and i don't either.
does it look like an eagle?!  do/did eagles next over there?  no idea...
but there it is behind us, as we made our way to it
 it's still there!
this panoramic was actually taken from where we were sitting (about 1/3 the way up)

 if you look carefully, there's a couple sitting much higher up.  they were having a picnic or something up there, we didn't want to interrupt them.
plus both of us are scared of heights so we weren't feeling too adventurous.
kelly actually didn't even want to go 1/3 the way up.  =p

 we ran a total of 8 miles...eagle rock was actually only about 2 miles in...not very far, surprisingly.
we saw another deer on our way out.
 a nice cool day with lots of clouds to keep the heat away.

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September 27th, 2014

dashiell and brennan were invited to kris's bday party.  kris is in 1st grade and his brother (kevin?) is in 3rd.  they both came to our bday party last spring.  =)
 found this at target...
actually pretty tasty!

Thursday, September 25, 2014

September 25th, 2014

Curled up in a tight little ball. 

September 24th, 2014

O. M. G.
As I went to go back into my classroom afterschool (after making copies and my hands were full) I'm thankful I actually looked where I was sticking my hand because this brown widow climbed up it's web and to the back of my door handle!  I almost grabbed right into it.  I hurried to my other door, dropped my stuff, and went to go find someone in the office to go get rid of it.
I was thoroughly freaked out. 


Let me add that roaches are all over school too.  Yuck! 

September 23rd, 2014

Hmm...came out of the shower to find this little guy on the floor.

One of my students went to Hawaii over the weekend for a XC race and brought this back for me.  :) put it on my flashdrive keychain. 


A nice surprise visit from Kelly!! 





September 22nd, 2014

Loving hugs! 

September 21st, 2014


Went to school after my run to make a gazilion copies in preparation for my calc test...plus getting ready for those math i classes...

Dashiell had his first game with the Ballers 
Struck out swinging :(

Dinner at TGIF with the kids 

Brenny had a cup of dirt again! 

September 20th, 2014

Putting the finishing touches on his 'read all about me' poster 

September 19th, 2014

Hello, new friend. 

Thursday, September 18, 2014

September 18th, 2014

it's "MEN LA"
hmmm...didn't get to play again =(
and he's taking the loss pretty hard tonight.
28-30
sooo close!
maybe the next game

it was tough for me today too...
lunchtime meeting...afterschool meeting...
frosh/soph game afterschool (that i was late too)
got shirts from frosh/soph mom who's donating the first 50 shirts to the program...
ate and rested at home for an hour before heading out again
and today is only thursday =(
school tomorrow...
sigh
i'm not ready for tomorrow...

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

September 17th, 2014

 it finally cooled down outside (to around 86 degrees!)
so brenny came outside to ride every wheeled toy he had =)
he also played with bubbles and chalk.
all in 75 minutes!

September 16th, 2014

nighty night!

Sunday, September 14, 2014

September 14th, 2014

September 13th, 2014

halfway through our 20mi run this morning.
we even left at 5am to try to miss most of the heat.
it was pretty darned hot on the run home.  


 derek and i went to eat at chennai tiffins (we had a groupon)
this was their special ravva masala dosa with lots of different chutney from their chutney bar (my fav was the bottom left one - tomato chutney)
then we followed dinner with a move -- we saw guardians of the galaxy

September 12th, 2014

gahr game tonight.
down 0-12 at the half, and almost made a comeback
lost 20-24...there was a bad fumble =/


Thursday, September 11, 2014

September 11, 2014

Going to try out these new blister bandaids on my next trail run. 
Not sure why Runner's Edge said that runners don't get blisters anymore...


September 10th, 2014

pouty-faced boy because i told him to stop bothering his brother while he was finishing his homework


back to school night 2014!
dashiell's work:
 part of brennan's daily journal that i found in his desk:




September 9th, 2014

i got home fairly early today, and brenny begged me to face paint him again.
so i told him only an "easy" one that wouldn't take me too long.  so i chose this one!
easiest one so far...

September 8th, 2014

 happy moon festival!
and some yummy taiwanese treats to go with it!
both were gifts from students.  <3 p="">

Sunday, September 07, 2014

September 7th, 2014

gorgeous day today, with a nice ocean breeze for most of the run.  it didn't really get too hot until after we were done, so i was glad we only signed up for the half and not the full =p
although i had to fall back while running with pascale (around mile 7 or so?) i kept within 2min of her.
they had mini-size clif bars, bananas, watermelon, bagels, and pineapple for the post race goodies.  pascale and i went back for seconds on the pineapple (which was the only thing we ate)! 
 the two pics in the collage don't do the beautiful day justice.  the sky was just as blue as the pic above, but it was just too washed out by the sun.  =(
 brennan chose a bat for his face painting today
i think i'm getting a little better =)