Old Italian Joke...

So I'm watching "Eat, Pray, Love" a movie that touches pretty much every part of my soul (and the book was amazing too). Anyway, there's a part where she tells an old Italian joke: a poor man goes and prays to a saint every day: "please, please, please let me win the lottery." One day the exasperated saint comes to life and says, "My son, please, please, please buy a ticket!"
I don't care so much about the lottery, but it makes me keep track of if I'm doing my fair share of making my dreams possible :)

Julian!!

He's here!! He's gorgeous, he's fun! I love him!


Sherlock is thrilled that I can now open any window for him with the touch of a button!



Hatchback = dogdoor!



Buttons on the stearing wheel: radio/CD/Ipod, bluetooth, cruise control. Heated seats (already tried them out - happy butt!!), moon roof.... oh I love you Julian!!

Booty

So I'm now tutoring some kiddos after school two days a week (yup, like I didn't already have enough to do). Its a somewhat convoluted story about my school starting a program without having thought through the process (this could be a theme for my school year) but I do get paid a little extra for it, and today it provided me with a pretty good laugh. So these are kiddos that struggle with reading... specifically with fluency and comprehension. So we're reading a book together that's all about pirates. Now part of what we work with is vocabulary, so once in a while I stop and ask them what a word means. So we get to the word "booty" (in reference to pirate treasure of course) and I ask what it means... and the kid says, "doesn't it mean your butt?" Not only was this answer funny enough (and true), but the context of the sentence made this definition hilarious. So we all had quite the laugh (thankfully the kids also found it funny since this was one of the times I just couldn't help laughing). I also am proud to say that the kids were reading with great expression once I demonstrated an appropriate "evil pirate" voice.

The other highlight of the day was the 100% engagement while reading a scholastic news article on mummies. Of course most of the kids were pretty interested in just on the topic and the pictures... but when I added the part about shoving a hot poker up your nose to cook up your brains so they could be yanked back out your nose with a big hook -- they were enthralled. I got an "Awwwwww...." when it was time for recess. Gotta love those moments.

In other news... if all goes as planned I will be picking up my new car on Saturday. YAYAYYAYAYAYYAYAYAYYAYAYAYYAYAYY!!!!!! I might just have to top it off with a mental health day on Monday ;)

11 days.....

So I got an email from the Subaru dealership that the ETA on the arrival of my new car is Nov. 12th. Woooo hooo!! I also have someone who is 99% sure that they're going to buy Cujo. Wooo hooo!! Now I just have to make the big decision about vanity plates. To get them or not to get them... and if I DO get them, what to get?
Choices:
QT 3.14 (cutie pie)
Julian (the name of the new car)
PPKTS (pollypockets)
Thoughts....??