Monday Monday!

professorscience

Good morning!  Hope everyone had a great weekend and a great week ahead!

AFM: It rained all weekend in Dallas, but H and I had a great time going to our favorite restaurants (and some new ones) and seeing friends and family.  MIL came up to look at some houses so we had dinner over at SIL's house and watched SMU vs. TCU (which ended sadly for us, but was still a fun game).  Also, Baylor and WVU had that ridiculously high-scoring game, so even though Baylor lost, it was so exciting to watch!

My Honors classes are working on organic compounds right now -- it's one of the toughest units we do, but I think they're doing well.  I feel really, really rushed because we have Fall Break next week and then a "benchmark" test right after that, so I'm afraid that I'm rushing them and leaving big gaps, but sitting here listening to them help each other on a worksheet and then hearing, "OHHHHH!" is really making me confident.

bibliophile2010

It is still way too hot here for Oct. 1. It is supposed to stay over 100 until this weekend, when it will finally start looking like (AZ) fall with temps in the low 90s and 80s. At least the mornings and evenings are finally cool enough to open the doors and windows and get some fresh air.

Our weekend was okay. I am fighting a little bit of a cold, so we pretty much just hung out at home. We also moved C to her crib, so she is officially no longer in our room. We're both happy (babies can be loud sleepers, man!), and a little bit sad (our baby is growing up).

Today is the feast of St. Therese of Lisieux, who is my confirmation patron. I'm going to try to spend some time with Story of a Soul since I don't think C and I are going to make it to daily mass.

Eliz77

Happy Monday!

I start my "new" job tomorrow and have Mondays off. I say "new" because for the past few years I have been working there part time as well as at another job part time. I am excited to have a day off again! So, now I like Mondays! I've already been up since 7am and got a lot done and about to go get even more things accomplished. Always feels good to start the week off productively. 

It was a LONG work weekend, but very efficient so I'll take it! We celebrated my mother's birthday on Saturday, her 1st without her mom, so I'm sure that was very tough on her. 

We had wanted to paint the office-took up the carpeted and bought new furniture, but just didn't get get past picking out the color. Next weekend!

I'm not a football person, follow baseball very closely, Yankee fan. Nailbiting past week for us games, and now they are at least into the post-season, but we want to win the Division!

Here's hoping the next week is good for all!

erin5286

Hi all!  My weekend was pretty good - I had a nice time at my bridal shower, and FI had a lot of fun at his bachelor party.  I came to work this morning and found evidence that a mouse had been in my desk drawer where I keep my breakfast/snacks - my PB jar was shredded, and it had gone through several packets of Crystal Light.  Yuck!!

bibliophile2010

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[QUOTE]Hi all!  My weekend was pretty good - I had a nice time at my bridal shower, and FI had a lot of fun at his bachelor party.  I came to work this morning and found evidence that a mouse had been in my desk drawer where I keep my breakfast/snacks - my PB jar was shredded, and it had gone through several packets of Crystal Light.  Yuck!!
Posted by erin5286[/QUOTE]

Yuck! is right!! I can't imagine how freaked out I would be by that. Plus, I'd be bummed not to have my snacks! :(

erin5286

Yep, it was pretty bad!  I was able to salvage a few packages of the Crystal Light, and another girl had peanut butter in our break room that I could use.  Good thing I haven't shopped lately so I barely had anything in there!

The worst part is that now they have to put some traps out, probably in my drawer and around my desk area, so if they catch anything it will be SO horrifying to see!

erin5286

Aw man, I killed the thread with my mouse story... Sorry everyone

Tami87

Hi everyone. My weekend was pretty good. My husbands birthday was on Sunday and his roommate from college came into town for the weekend to celebrate with us. So we spent a lot of the weekend doing touristy stuff we don't usually take the time to do. On Saturday we went to the Air and Space annex where the Discovery space shuttle is as well as lots of planes and other spacecraft and satellites, so that was pretty cool. I also baked a German chocolate cake from scratch and I think it turned out pretty well so I'm pretty proud of myself since this was the first time I baked a cake without using a mix!

Today I am feeling pretty lazy and not being so productive. I have a presentation Wednesday morning so I have been trying to get that all together and figure out what I want to include.

christinamarie325

Eeek! about the Mouse. I'd be bummed my snacks were ruined.

My weekend was only on day, but my Fiance and I made themost of it. Went to Mass at the Carmelite monestary, and then had a quick breakfast with the priest afterward, (He's a good friend of ours) we then finalized our menu at our reception venue (a chipmunk ran into the venue lobby which was pretty funny)

 And then we got a birthday present future mother-in-law, and did some clothes shopping for FI.

We grabbed lunch at Panera, and got stuck in a hail storm.
Relaxed all day at the apartment and had some good heart-to-heart conversations about our future together. Just 55 days to go and I'm getting more excited every day!

bibliophile2010

Too many rodents in this thread for my liking!

Tami, way to go! Cake baking is not my forte -- I think because things tend to be too exact, and I'm not a precise cook.

Christina, your comments make my married-hag heart melt a little. I'm so excited for you girls with weddings coming up soon!

professorscience

Erin (and everyone else), this is going to make me sound like the weird kid, but I love. mice.  I actually found one outside my house one time in college and kept it as a pet (in my defense, it was a white mouse, which are pretty much exclusively bred for science and as reptile food, so I caught it assuming it has come from a pet store and escaped).

That doesn't make the fact that one was in your snack drawer any less gross, but I think mice are super cute.  

bibliophile2010

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[QUOTE]Erin (and everyone else), this is going to make me sound like the weird kid, but I love. mice.  I actually found one outside my house one time in college and kept it as a pet (in my defense, it was a white mouse, which are pretty much exclusively bred for science and as reptile food, so I caught it assuming it has come from a pet store and escaped). That doesn't make the fact that one was in your snack drawer any less gross, but I think mice are super cute.  =)
Posted by professorscience[/QUOTE]

My science-guy H would agree with you. He thinks rats and mice are cute as well. He did lots of science-stuff with rats, so he's fond of them. I can tolerate them in some instances. In my desk drawer or home (sans pet circumstances) are not two of them. Growing up, my sister ended up with a dead rat in her wall -- talk about awful! The smell, the ordeal of finding the source of the smell, rebuilding the wall...uggg! Maybe that's why I'm so anti-rodents.

Tami87

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[QUOTE]Tami, way to go! Cake baking is not my forte -- I think because things tend to be too exact, and I'm not a precise cook.
Posted by bibliophile2010[/QUOTE]

Thanks. I tend to be very exact with recipes. I think it is my science training. So when I bake it usually turns out well, but I am a horrible cook haha.

bibliophile2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Monday Monday! : Thanks. I tend to be very exact with recipes. I think it is my science training. So when I bake it usually turns out well, but I am a horrible cook haha.
Posted by Tami87[/QUOTE]

I am actually a pretty good cook, so I'm thinking that between us, we could make a pretty awesome meal!