Just got back from MN yesterday...traffic was bad, but we made it. I shared a secret with the students today, let's just hope Louis doesn't let the cat out of the bag.

Zeb tipped me off that they were having a sweet deal on Craftsman Drills at Sears.com. Unfortunately you can only get the doorbusters at the store. I just got back 4:15 from buying my christmas present from my in-laws. I've forgotten how cold it can be at 3:30 AM in Minnesota. At least it wasn't snowing. I cruised by Target(which opens at 5AM) to see if I wanted to try there next, but the line wrapped around the building - not worth it for a dual dvd system. Hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving.

Ok, so I ordered a new throne to sit on in front of the classroom, and it finally came today. I was pulling it out of the box and noticed the seat was blue (I had ordered gray), but that wasn't a big deal until I pulled out the gray backrest. Needless to say I'm going to send it back, although Zeb probably thinks I should just spraypaint the whole thing so it matches. Hopefully they get the next one right.

PS Mr. Bickles was adopted and is fitting in well with his(or her) new family.

More drama from Mr. Biggs...apparently he caught a large rabbit this morning and was bent on devouring it for breakfast right outside the 3-4th grade window. That rabbit was toast until Mrs. Loehr came to the rescue. She traded the rabbit for some cat nip. Mr. Biggs is satisfied...for now.

So I come home last night to find out that Mr. Bickles has paid a visit to my house when my daughter was outside playing. When it was time for Katherine to go inside for a nap she kept crying "my kitty, my kitty". Then the first thing she said when she woke up was "where my kitty?" I'm surprised we haven't adopted Mr. Bickles yet. It did rain last night...maybe he went home.

Mr. Bickles(worth)

Well the students are in a tizzy today due to the addition of Mr. Bickles to the classroom. It all started last night after basketball practice. A male (that is currently being debated between Louis and Brittany) cat showed up at school wanting to be let in. The students instantly became infatuated with this beast and cannot stop talking about it. Mr. Bickles continues to be the bane of my existence as he constantly shows up at the windows of my classroom to distract the students. If this is your cat, please come and claim him. I'm trying to convince the students to adopt him.

Just kicking back and relaxing after the completion of play night 2009. You guys did great. Thanks to everyone who helped make it happen.

After an extremely frustrating day of trying to get our class Veterans Day slideshow online, I finally figured it out. Check it out on our school website. It is really good...for our first one.

Well, Kyle took the 49ers...and the tournament. Boy, did I get dominated. Well, I guess I should start practicing up for next year.

Big Tecmo Bowl (nes) tournament today at my house tonight. Still trying to decide what team I should be. Right now it's a toss-up between the Vikings, 49ers, and Raiders.

Some of the students are busy working on their virtual farms this morning. Ben just purchased a "green" cow for alien day and has made it to level 21 "Rock Star Farmer".

Well the Vikings got it done once again which means 15 problems off in Math for tomorrow.