How much longer did you say?

Really? WHEN?!?

Okay - okay, I'm waiting.

Soooooooo...how about now?

And now?

UGH!

Why does it take so long for super-amazing, life-long, magically-delicious wishes to come true?

Okay-okay fine.

Five more minutes....it can't take more than that, can it?

What?!?

AN HOUR !?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Bah - HUMBUG!

p.s. Gonna be a SCROOOOOOGE kinda day!

p.s. thank you BENJI Maillefer for the fantastic photo!
Love les Suisses!
;-)

Is this too CREEPY!?!

What would you do if you're teacher sent you this photo in order

to congradulate you on a job well done?

Kool - right?

Creepy? Really? You think a Chef is creepy and not a weird bald smiley face?

Well, BOFF!

Already did it, done and sent to students.

Now students and YOU think I'm creepy.

Great.

*sigh

Why didn't I get the MEMO???

Satisfaction = Sand-blasting Your Own Digs!

The things average people don't usually do themselves.

BUT THESE TWO ARE NOT HUMAN.

Heroes? Perhaps, a hero does do unbelievable feats, no?

This HUGE thing blows the broken glass through the yellow line out the
hose thingy that JL had to hold.
THE GREY GLASS BLAST MASTER
(that's what I like calling it!)

Rented, you ask?
NO, this is indeed not a rented machine. No-no folks they OWN IT - WHOA!

Did it have to come in such an ugly colour?  

Then of course all you have to do next is
put together some scaffolding so you have something to stand on while you blast.
Borrow from a neighbour or course!


(I always have scaffolding pieces just laying around....errr)

Ain't she the cutest little MINION you ever did see?

By the way that is a HUGE-HONKING bag of glass PIECES. It needs to be hand-fed
into the big GREY-BLOWING thingy whenever JL gives you the
signal....probably every 20 minutes?

The man himself, getting ready to put on the helmet. The huge helmet
and hot like humidity in the air does not make this job enyable.
TROP CHAUD!

UGH!

(what this picture does not show is the FREAKING NOISE - too loud to talk!)

Space Jam? Nawwwww, I'm thinking he looks more like one of those astraunauts from
more the movie like ARMAGEDDON!
Classic.

I couldn't even lift the helmet...and I am wicked strong.

Sigh.

So like I said, these guys do EVERYTHING on their own and
thus at the end of every day, look around the house, landscaping
and house decorating and say;
"Honey, I got too much satisfaction from all that work - let's try and take it down a knotch, ya?"
Maybe next year they will JUST build a JACUZZI on the back deck...instead of
trying to make their own greenhouse with full garden and eco friendly solar panels.

HAH!

 Miss you TWO!

Unbelievable Performance - Watch Me!

Sometimes words are not needed to tell a story.

This is something used in my drama class last week - we 

(Kimi the AWESOME new drama/co-teacher I am privileged to work with)

were teaching our Gr.7 students about conventions and how they 

are used in theatre to help tell a story.

A scrim is a convention used in performances and well, watch this and you will see how

this convention VERY MUCH helped bring this story to life.

Again, I CANNOT take credit for any of this. These are the brilliant ideas of Kimi.

(I know, how luck am I to work with brilliant people?)

Their wisdom is rubbing off on me, I can feel it.

P.S. If you wanna thank Kimi, I will be happy to pass on the message.

;-)

Meet who? Dennis Irwin the footballer?

Just when you thought things couldn't get any cooler in the Desh, 

last week we had a professional footballer come to ISD school

and speak to the students.

DENNIS IRWIN

(well of course, I had to ask him a question about

his routine before matches...was he superstitious?)

Naw - he was not.

Good question, Lauren.

Boom.

The EVENT area (a.k.a. ISD school field)

Yes!There were even local video/news cameras there.

The ENEMIES (a.k.a. not our TEAM!)

Irwin right in the middle of things.
This is actually a team of Bangladesh guys (young men)
who were hand-picked for recruitment of a much
larger & more professional football league)

Of course, Mr. Ben Smith turns away from MY camera!
(little camera shy, he is)
Our very own ISD P.E. teacher organized the
whole EVENT and well, he was kinda the man that day!
Boom.

When is it going to start?
(*sigh)

Students watching with Awww and Wonderrrr ;-D

Have to shake hands to start every match...well, so they say!

She just wants an autograph....clearly!

These are MY STUDENTS!!!!
Well, not all but some...actually, none of these guys are my students this year
but GOSH; couldn't be prouder! 

Trying to be artistic. 

Patience is a virtue. 

Have you got his picture? I do. 

Waiting and waiting... 

...and more waiting! 

Finally things start and the crowd ROARS!!!
(so I take a picture of the sign? Weird Ms.Wells)

In the end it was a great after school event.
ISD did lose 3 - 1 but HEY NOW; the visiting team were semi-PROFESSIONALS
and well, our team has just kinda practiced only once or twice...
...okay fine, maybe all summer.

Regardless, we did our best and that still ROCKS!

Sheeeesh, when did I become such a HARDCORE ISD FAN???

(giggle)

Little Faces I Already Miss

Awww BAZ - daredevil.

Peek-A-Boo!

These kids are a DREAM to babysit...

...well, maybe not in this photo!

hahahah

*smile

Running after 45 mins - Viewers Disgretion Is Avdised

Maybe I'm just not used to the weather here yet but 

this is a little MUCH for only a 45 minute run - SHEEESH!

 Ewwwww!

 Nice sports bra, right? GROSSS!

 

This is TOO wet!!!

 (I wasn't even running fast....BAH!)

 

 Yes, that is a MOUTASHE of sweat...hot did you say?

I THINK NOT!

So...yeah.

Sick.