monday fun

monday turned out to be a great day...the weather was perfect...sunny and about 80...after a quick day at school...i spent an hour coaching kindergartners soccer...there are 9-12 of them depending on the day...they are so cute but very busy...after the practice dominic and i hiked up to sunset ledge (the hike i went on with the kids from school)...it was beautiful...def. a reason they call it sunset ledge...
after the hike we came home and had some of dominic's homemade chili...it is amazing!!

all school hike day

this is a new concept to me...the entire school went on different hikes...the 3-6th graders got to pick what hike they went on...i went on the hike to sunset ledge...the views are more amazing then my photos will be able to show you!
we stopped on the way down at a lean-to that one of the parents had built 17 years ago...this is a few from there...
here is another from the ledge...
it was so much fun and an amazing experience...once i know that i have permission from all my parents i will put some pics on my classwebsite and send a link...the kids are so cute and fun...

lincoln community school

this is the school that i teach at...it houses grades k-6 which is about 120 kids...i love it...
this is a picture of the school's greenhouse and garden...the second grade plants and cares for this as part of their curriculum...we just had a big garden harvest festival on friday...
this is where both 3/4 classes have spent every thursday and friday afternoon...we've been collecting macroinvertebrates...like water scorpions, dragonfly nymphs and other fun bugs...everyday i am so amazed that i am surrounded by such beauty and get to go out into and enjoy it with my students...

great way to start the week

woke up this morning and it was freezing...well in the 30's and lincoln (where i teach 5 miles away) had frost...crazy...but the day turned out beautiful...i am coaching the kindergarten kids in soccer every monday after school for an hour....it keeps me on my toes...it has been awhile since i have coached such young kids...
found out today that dominic is coming home this friday which is awesome...but has to leave on monday or tuesday for chicago...he will be working there until about thanksgiving...might get a break? might not then back to the chicago area til christmas...
i am excited to see him this weekend!!! miss him...
i should be doing some school work or cleaning the apartment but i am soooooo tired...it is about 8:45 at night and i am going to go to bed...night

camping out for real

well over labor day weekend dominic and i decided to go camping...we didn't have to travel very far to find a very secluded place...we camped out in lincoln, the town next to us, in a blackberry patch in the middle of a pasture...we were surround by mountains...it was so amazingly beautiful...i know the idea of camping might sound really strange after contracting lyme's disease but i can't stop living so i just made sure i did a lot of tick checks on myself...haaaaa
we drove the car to the bottom of the trail that led up to the campsite...it was about a half mile or so hike up to where we had decided to camp...so it took a couple of trips to get all of our stuff up there but it was a good workout...on friday we walked down to a friend's place for some drinks...after awhile we walked back up, made a fire and cooked dinner...it got very cold that night...down into the 40's...but the next day was beautiful...we decided to hike up mt. abe...
this was a great climb with some tricky parts but we had a good time...the view from the top was amazing!!!
i love this place...so amazing and beautiful...we were exhausted after the hike that we made a ton of food had some drinks and went to bed...
we got up monday, packed up came home and vegged out on the couch all day...we were spent...it was so fun to be able to spend some good quality time together before we both get busy with work...

beautiful morning of wiffle

this morning marked the official opening of the HST wiffle field in bristol, at seth and jen beck's house...i joined the wives of the other wifflers in watching...it is a beautiful day here in bristol, vermont...65-70 sky full of sun...it was a great morning of chatting, watching the kids, eating pizza and drinking high life (the unofficial beer of wiffle) :-) www.lowballwiffle.org the official site for around here
i am back home watching sunday football and avoiding grading papers...
on another strange note...my dad and sharon are in minnesota visiting and this is the first time that they have come to visit and im not there to get together for the big family gathering...little odd...really looking forward to nov. (for those of you who don't know...jake is coming home from iraq in nov!!!!) the whole fam is going to go out and greet him!!!
love hearing from all of you!!

link to lyme article

http://www.lymediseaseassociation.org/drbguide200509.pdf