Black and white

Number Guy noted the other day that I haven't blogged in a while. I knew that. What I did not fully realize was quite how long it had been. Time to ease back into the blogosphere with a short Monday Morning Bullet Post

• It isn't that I didn't want to blog. I even recall thinking a few times, "Oh, wow, that would be good blog fodder." Problem was, by the time I sat down at the computer, I couldn't remember any of those things so maybe they weren't at that after all.



• One thing that was noteworthy enough to remember after the fact was a one-liner from the Neatnik. We took a walk in the local mall last Friday after dinner. She asked if I could buy her a new pair of earrings. I told her "not today". She replied with, "You never buy me anything!"



• After school, I bought her a Frosty as an atta-boy for keeping her room tidy all week long (with minimal reminding).



• Two days prior, we shopped for shirts, socks, and a pair of funky casual shoes that she was just dying to have.



• A week previously, I purchased a pile of new jeans since her pants were all too short.



• Two week earlier, it was new school shoes and two pairs of sneakers to replace the ones purchased last cross country season.



• But I never buy her anything!



• This semester I am teaching an extra course and it is in the compressed term so only eleven weeks to teach fifteen weeks of material. Why, yes, I am busier than a one-armed paper-hanger in a windstorm.



• Some of my students are very motivated this semester and some are not. No surprises there. Unfortunately, there haven't been any really funny emails this spring.



• I've been trying to stick to the workout routine. Things were going great with the Leslie Sansone DVDsfor a good nine weeks.



• Then my stupid sciatica flared. Enough said about that.



• If the rain holds off, maybe I can take a walk outside today.



• Between loads of laundry, that is.

So as not to leave the few loyal peeps who stuck with the blog during this most recent word drought, here's a picture of the cake I made over the weekend. We had a little something to celebrate and the honoree was very amused by it.

Black and white:
not just for cookies anymore

Ack, there goes the washing machine alarm...again. While I'm gone to make nice with the appliances, you'll leave me a comment, please, won't you?