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kcobweb* We went to Pennsylvania last weekend and it was fun. We got to hang out and Elena wasn't too awful, and the drive was very pretty.
* Mom and I made feta!! We were determined to make cheese, and then I realized that I didn't have all the proper stuff for a simple mozzarella - so we went for feta instead. It took nearly twice as long as the directions implied (read: all day), and ended up pretty soft, but it has good flavor. It's like thick cottage cheese, and I think we'll just be drizzling it on everything for a while. :) (And now I've got the citric acid I need to make mozzarella too.)
* Mom left this morning - it was a long visit, and I enjoyed it, but I'm also ready to get back to my regular life and to establish some kind of a student routine.
* OMG, I'm a student. :)
* I got my new computer!! (Can't you tell that these words look extra-shiny?) I still need to transfer a few things over, but it's been *great* and I am so pleased!
* Elena is reading, bit by bit. A week ago, she looked up at my Rosie the Riveter poster on the wall, and said (unsolicited) "Can. Can do it. We can do it." That's not something I've been reading to her. We just got the book Ten Apples Up On Top, and after a couple of readings, she sat down and started her way through it. Then we realized that she really was reading and not just reciting, because she was carefully going word by word, and when she got to a word she didn't know, she'd sort of hum: "Ten apples up on top. We are not *hmmm* to stop." [going] I told her she could ask me, and then she'd ask about words she didn't recognize - sometimes adding, "You already told me that word!" It was pretty amazingly cool. She hasn't read another book (or even that book) like that in front of me, but it was great to watch her do that.
* Mom and I made feta!! We were determined to make cheese, and then I realized that I didn't have all the proper stuff for a simple mozzarella - so we went for feta instead. It took nearly twice as long as the directions implied (read: all day), and ended up pretty soft, but it has good flavor. It's like thick cottage cheese, and I think we'll just be drizzling it on everything for a while. :) (And now I've got the citric acid I need to make mozzarella too.)
* Mom left this morning - it was a long visit, and I enjoyed it, but I'm also ready to get back to my regular life and to establish some kind of a student routine.
* OMG, I'm a student. :)
* I got my new computer!! (Can't you tell that these words look extra-shiny?) I still need to transfer a few things over, but it's been *great* and I am so pleased!
* Elena is reading, bit by bit. A week ago, she looked up at my Rosie the Riveter poster on the wall, and said (unsolicited) "Can. Can do it. We can do it." That's not something I've been reading to her. We just got the book Ten Apples Up On Top, and after a couple of readings, she sat down and started her way through it. Then we realized that she really was reading and not just reciting, because she was carefully going word by word, and when she got to a word she didn't know, she'd sort of hum: "Ten apples up on top. We are not *hmmm* to stop." [going] I told her she could ask me, and then she'd ask about words she didn't recognize - sometimes adding, "You already told me that word!" It was pretty amazingly cool. She hasn't read another book (or even that book) like that in front of me, but it was great to watch her do that.
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Date: 2008-10-04 07:12 pm (UTC)And yay for being a student and having a shiny new computer!
btw, we'll be watching football tomorrow, and baseball tomorrow night. You and/or
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Date: 2008-10-04 10:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-05 06:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-05 06:17 pm (UTC)I should mention -- I have an OTW chat from 5-6, so I'll be attached to my laptop during that time. But I'll be here in the living room keeping half an eye on the football game, so if y'all drop by then, I'll be around, just...distracted. :-)
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Date: 2008-10-04 07:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-04 08:41 pm (UTC)P.S. Hooray for new student you and your shiny, shiny words! ^_~
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Date: 2008-10-05 12:58 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-05 01:37 am (UTC)(I'll be saying that for as long as we know each other. Sorry.)
Does this mean that someday MY kid will be reading too? Ye gods. I'll have to babyproof my library.
Mmm, feta. That's all I have to say about that.
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Date: 2008-10-05 02:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-06 04:05 am (UTC)