Musings on Friday. . . and Books

I know, I know.  Weird for me to blog on Friday, but I'm feeling it, and I'm not one to go against my feelings.  It's rest time in my classroom, and the Winnie the Pooh theme is playing in the background (one of my all-time favorites), and I'm just inspired. 

I've finished a couple of books over the last few weeks and I want to talk about them.  the first is called The Dirty Life, by Kristin Kimball, about a big city writer who was writing an article (and thinking about a book) about sustainable living, and she goes to meet an organic farmer, falls in love with him, and moves to the country to help him run his organic, whole food farming co-op.  VERY interesting.  I highly recommend it--it's very entertaining, and real.  A true story. 

I'm now reading the new Sookie Stackhouse book, which is not very good.  I keep forgetting who the characters are, and it seems like a lot of nothing going on.  Not a true story.

I'm also reading a new sustainability book called Little House in the Suburbs by Deanna Caswell and Daisy Siskins.  I AM LOVING THIS BOOK!  Just what I want to read.  They are living a sustainable (within reason) life in the suburbs, and are full of practical advice on how to do it.  If you have any interest in this subject, I think this is a super-worthwhile book.  I am just never going to go "off the grid" and live without electricity or have a huge farm or anything like that, so this is exactly what I want to know.  A true story.

This weekend I'm going to relax.  Maybe clean my closet out.  Who knows.

My assistant, Mrs. Jones was out for a week, and I don't think I was EVER so glad to see anybody in my whole life.  My class was out of sorts the whole week.  We are back to our regular routine. 

Working diligently on my quilt.  I think I have about seven blocks completed, and several started--it looks AWESOME!! 

I took the posterboard "bodies" down from the wall in my classroom this week, always a sad day for me.  My classroom looks naked now.  Will work on ideas to fill up my big board this weekend.