Knoonellog

April 2007



Schoolwork is getting difficult...

Monday, 30 April 2007 9:19 P GMT-05
....especially when it is 76 degrees and sunny and beautiful outside.  We only have three more weeks of formal lesson plan time before we do our end of year testing and consider the school year done.  Looking back I am pretty happy with wha

I pledge

Monday, 30 April 2007 8:18 A GMT-05
I , Knoonell, pledge to get up an hour earlier every day this week.  Further I pledge to get out and run/walk for at least 30 minutes on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday of this week.  What's more, I promise to make a similar pled

Home sweet Home

Sunday, 29 April 2007 9:06 P GMT-05
We just made it back from a whirlwind trip to visit family in Michaigan.  Genna, Nikita and I left the two older guys to fend for themselves and headed north, carpooling with a local friend and her two boys.  We had a wonderful visit with m

We have a Living Room...............Finally!

Tuesday, 24 April 2007 11:50 A GMT-05
The contractors came today to lay the correct carpet in the correct way in the living room we haven't lived in yet.  It looks great!!!!!  Wanna see?  You are welcome to stop by and see it.  Or you can just check out the Photo

One of my proudest moments

Friday, 20 April 2007 8:33 A GMT-05
One day last week Michael came into my bedroom before I had gotten up.  He sat on my bed rather timidly for an 11 year old and said "Mom, I did something yesterday that I shouldn't have done.  And now, when I try to fix it, I only

Feast Day of Pope St. Anicetus

Tuesday, 17 April 2007 1:17 P GMT-05
Today is the feast day of Pope St. Anecitus, the eleventh bishop of Rome.  The name Nikita is derived from the greek version of this Syrian Saint's name, Aniketos.  Although I don't think that is why DS4 was given that name.  N

Google Earth

Monday, 16 April 2007 11:57 P GMT-05
I had fun playing with Google Earth tonight.  You can actually see the Children's Hospital where we met Nikita in the images from this program.  I also found our apartment, right across the street from the KGB building in Simferopo
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New Tricks

Monday, 16 April 2007 12:45 P GMT-05
I have made a wonderful discovery!  I have figured out how to use the little RSS feed option on many blogger's sites.  I now can find out who has recently posted without having to visit everyone's individual blogs!  Wow, techno
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Ba Ba Loo

Saturday, 14 April 2007 10:55 A GMT-05
We have a family tradition spawned from the "Slug Bug" game.  That game is  where a person who sights a VW Beetle shouts "Slug Bug," and the color of the car and promptly sunches the arm of the nearest friend or foe

A Grocery Store Pilgrimage, and a Lesson

Friday, 13 April 2007 9:01 P GMT-05
Today I had to drive about an hour to Fairfax VA to get Michael's blood drawn for an upcoming doctor's visit in DC.  On our way home we stopped at the new Whole Foods Market to get a few Feingold groceries that are hard to find back in W

My Family Room is Finally Done....................Not!

Thursday, 12 April 2007 6:23 P GMT-05
The carpet installer came today to lay the carpet in our Family Room.  For those of you who haven't followed that saga, we started the family room renovation project last June, shortly after we moved in.  It wasn't our choice to sta

Go Green!

Tuesday, 10 April 2007 9:47 P GMT-05
Congratulations to my Alma Mater, Michigan State for stunning the field and taking the NCAA Hockey Championship this past weekend.  When I was a student back in the 80's they were a hockey powerhouse.  I regularly camped out in front of

Too much in common

Monday, 9 April 2007 3:41 P GMT-05
Our trip to Durham for the Easter weekend was terrific.  Even though the purpose of the trip was
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Burying a Son...

Thursday, 5 April 2007 6:54 A GMT-05
...is something no mother should have to do.  We are making an unexpected trip to Durham to share in the grief of some of our family's long time friends.  Their son died suddenly and quite unexpectedly on Tuesday night.  He was onl
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He's a Real Boy! (Scout)

Sunday, 1 April 2007 6:43 P GMT-05
Last night we attended the crossover ceremony at the local Boy Scout Camp.  Maichael spent most of Saturday