Stalkers, Gardening, Teaching, etc. . .

So, here's a question.  How can someone stalk me constantly online, comment on my every move, send me near constant emails, call me on the phone often (especially when things are going well and we have no contact), and still say that they have no interest in me and dislike me?   I have to say, I must be fascinating!  Suffice it to say, steps have been taken, and in the words of Alcide on True Blood, people have been abjured, and life is definitely taking a simpler turn today.  Sigh.

I ordered a bunch of gardening catalogs online today, I've sure been enjoying perusing the ones I have and just want some more eye candy to dream about before the actual work of planting arrives.  My plan this year is to try square foot gardening--looking forward to the challenge.

Today was the kind of day that makes me super-duper happy to be a preschool teacher.  Today is Chinese New Year, the year of the dragon, and my class has been busy preparing all last week.  We made our own dragon chain and hung it from the ceiling along with a bunch of painted Chinese lanterns, and other child-made decorations.  Two Chinese parents from my class came in and spoke about how Chinese children celebrate this special holiday.  We listened to music, watched a dragon dance, learned about decorations and the animals that make up the zodiac on the Chinese calendar.  We even danced with streamers outside.  It was so much fun, and one parent even gave me some homemade dumplings to take home and cook.  Great day.  I feel like the kids really experienced something that they might never experience and who could ask for more than that?  Not me.  I wonder what tomorrow will bring.