(5/5)
12/19/15: Star Wars the Force Awakens
1/30/16: Kung Fu Panda 3- Fiona's first movie in a theatre
8/16/16: The Secret Life of Pets
Trolls
Sing
(6/26)
A-
B- The Barkley Races 3/13/17
C-
D-
E-
F- The Force Awakens 12/19/15
G-
H-
I- Inside Out 11/7/15
J-
K- Kung Fu Panda 3 1/30/16
L-
M- Mockingjay Part 2 4/9/16
N-
O-
P- Paper Towns 1/15/16
Q-
R-
S- The Skeleton Twins 11/27/15
T- Trolls 2016
U-
V-
W-
X-
Y-
Z-Zootopia 9/30/16
100/100
1. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates 10/9/15
2. Armada by Ernest Cline 10/22/15
3. Drama by Raina Telgemeier 11/5/15
4. The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan 11/5/15
5. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell 11/16/15
6. All the Light We Cannot See 11/23/15
7. Bad Girls by Jane Yolen 11/23/15
8. Smile by Raina Telgemeier 11/25/15
9. Tales from Silver Lands by Charles J. Finger 12/10/15
10. The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness 12/11/15
11. Sutter's Crossing by Marie Ratner 12/15/15
12. I am Princess X by Cherie Priest 12/24/15
13. Let it Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle 12/26/15
14. Eyes Wide Open: Going behind the environmental headlines by Paul Fleischman 1/2/16
15. My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories edited by Stephanie Perkins 1/3/16
16. All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven 1/10/16
17. Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead 1/12/16
18. From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess by Meg Cabot 1/17/16
19. Shen of the Sea by Arthur Bowie Chrisman 1/24/16
20. Winter by Marissa Meyer 1/24/16
21. My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem 1/31/16
22. Landline by Rainbow Rowell 2/2/16
23. Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman 2/3/16
24. Symphony for the City of the Dead by M.T. Anderson 2/7/16
25. Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
26. The Boys Who Challenged Hitler by Phillip M. Hoose
27. Flashforward by Robert J. Sawyer
28. The Marvels by Brian Selznick
29. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
30. The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz
31. French Kids Eat Everything by Karen Le Billon
32. Drowned City by Don Brown
33. Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
34. After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall by Nancy Kress
35. The Nest by Kenneth Oppel
36. Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan
37. Rhythm Ride by Andrea Davis Pinkney
38. The Selection by Kiera Cass
39. Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
40. The Elite by Kiera Cass
41. The One by Kiera Cass
42. My Seneca Village by Marilyn Nelson
43. Most Dangerous by Steve Sheinkin
44. Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older
45. Enna Burning by Shannon Hale
46. Gone Crazy in Alabama by Rita Williams Garcia
47. I Crawl Through It by A. S. King
48. Bone: The Great Cow Race by Jeff Smith
49. Regarding Anna by Florence Osmund
50. Bone: Eyes of the Storm by Jeff Smith
51. Bone: The Dragonslayer by Jeff Smith
52. The Heir by Keira Cass
53. American Ace by Marilyn Nelson
54. Confessions of a Murder Suspect by James Patterson
55. Stars Above by Marissa Meyer
56. A Grimm Conclusion by Adam Gidwitz
57. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
58. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
59. The Night We Said Yes by Lauren Gibaldi
60. Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake
61. Worlds of Ink and Shadow by Lena Coakley
62. Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler
63. Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake
64. The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
65. My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga
66. The Scorpion Rules by Erin Bow
67. Happily Ever After by Kiera Cass
68. Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie
69. Madly by Amy Alward
70. Illuminae by Amie Kaufman
71. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabstein
72. Yes, Please by Amy Poehler
73. I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
74. Emmy and Oliver by Robin Benway
75. Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll
76. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J. K. Rowling
77. The Sandman Volume 1 by Neil Gaiman
78. Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt
79. Flawed by Cecelia Ahern
80. Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina
81. Clariel by Garth Nix
82. Matched by Ally Conde
83. Calamity by Brandon Sanderson
84. How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
85. An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
86. The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart
87. Sandman Volume 2 by Neil Gaiman
88. Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
89. Salt to Sea by Ruta Sepetys
90. The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan
91. Mothman's Curse by Christine Hayes
92. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
93. Missoula by Jon Krakaur
94. The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
95. Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
96. Fish in a Tree by Linda Mullaly Hunt
97. The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner
98. How it Went Down by Kekla Magoon
99. Gemina by Amie Kauffman and Jay Kristoff
100. The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty
(less)100/100
1. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates 10/9/15
2. Armada by Ernest Cline 10
(...more)Fiona's 3rd year: Complete
2016:complete
2017:
7/6/2016: Long Weekend Trip to Boston for our 5th anniversary
(1/3)
1: Games at the Beach 8/2016
December 2015: 0/2
January 2016: 1/2
February 2016: 2/2
March 2016: 0/2
December 2016:
January 2017:
February 2017:
March 2017:
December 2017:
January 2018:
February 2018:
March 2018:
(3/10)
1. 11/2015 Working with Project Based Learning teacher on a research project.
2. 2/2016 Worked with Health teachers on infographics
3. 4/2016 Worked with History Teacher on Famous Westerner research project
4/10
1. Chris Anderson: Questions with No Answers
2. Sheena Iyengar: How to Make Choosing Easier
3. Elizabeth Gilbert: Your Elusive Creative Genius
4. Reshma Saujani: Teach Girls Bravery Not Perfection
(10/10)
1. Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead (1/12/16)
2. From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess by Meg Cabot (1/17/16)
3. Winter by Marissa Meyer (1/24/16)
4. My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem (1/31/16)
5. Landline by Rainbow Rowell (2/2/16)
6. Challenger Deep by Neal Schusterman (2/3/16)
7. Symphony for the City of the Dead by M.T. Anderson (2/7/16)
8. Flashforward by Robert J. Sawyer (2/13/16)
9. Most Dangerous by Steve Sheinkin (3/23/16)
10. Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older (3/23/16)
(less)(10/10)
1. Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead (1/12/16)
2. From the Notebooks of a Middle Sch
(...more)Binghamton Senator's hockey March 2016
November 2015: Wine tour
December 2015: Star Wars and out to lunch
January 2016: Out to dinner at Traditions
February 2016: Out to dinner and game night
March 2016: Hockey game
Created a budget to start March 2016
March:
April:
May:
Fiona learned to play The Sneaky Snacky Squirrel Game that she got for her 3rd birthday!
(5/5)
1. California Grill and Bar 11/23/15 I had a really good burrito with my book club!
2. Traditions at the Glen Tavern 1/8/16 I had sea scallops, mashed sweet potatoes, veggies, and New England Clam Chowder.
3. Fuji San 1/28/16 I had scallop and fillet mignon hibachi with my book club
4. Our Country Hearts 2/14/16 I had a sea food dinner
5. Czech Please 2/25/16 for delicious piroshki and halupki
Week 1: 1/31/16
Week 2: 2/7/16
Week 3: 2/14/16
Week 4: 2/21/16
(20/20)
1. Bacon Bean and Potato soup (11/9/15)
2. Fall cobb salad (11/10/15)
3. Vegetable enchilada casserole (11/20/15)
4. Roasted root vegetable stew (11/21/15)
5. Alton Brown's Brussels Sprouts (12/8/15)
6. Roasted Chicken with Winter veg (12/14/15)
7. Butternut Squash Pasta Salad (12/17/15)
8. Salisbury Steak (12/23/15)
9. Roasted lemon chicken (1/3/16)
10. Eggplant Parmesan pasta (1/9/16)
11. Zuppa Toscana (1/14/16)
12. 30 minute posole (1/21/16)
13. Crock pot Beans and rice (1/24/16)
14. Bow tie pasta bowl (1/25/16)
15. tex mex beef wraps (1/26/16)
16. Crock pot hot fudge cake (1/31/16)
17. Stir fry beef noodles (2/13/16)
18. Pork Tenderloin with wine sauce (2/14/16)
19. Slow Cooker Chicken Tikka Masala (2/24/16)
20. Curried Red Lentil Pumpkin Soup (2/25/16)
(less)(20/20)
1. Bacon Bean and Potato soup (11/9/15)
2. Fall cobb salad (11/10/15)
3. Vegetable en
(...more)2/21/16 Makerspace funded by Donors Choose, just waiting for materials.
Received a new watch for Christmas 2015
12/2015: Christmas
Went with Justin and Fiona 10/2015
Keuka Lake wine trail with Justin's work 11/7/15
North Carolina June 2015 for a wedding
12/27/13: finished Bud Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis (2000 winner)
1/2/14: finished The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting (1922 winner)
1/11/14: finished Rules by Cynthia Lord (2007 honor)
1/14/14: finished Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson (2006 honor)
1/22/14: finished Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson (1945 winner)
2/3/14: finished Once Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia (2011 honor)
2/12/14: finished Claudette Colvin: Twice Towards Justice by Phillip M. Hoose (2010 honor)
2/20/14: finished On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer (1987 honor)
3/9/14: finished Doll Bones by Holly Black (2014 honor)
3/23/14: finished Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo (2014 winner)
4/15/14: finished Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli (1991 winner)
6/8/14: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin (2010 Honor)
7/10/14: Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage (2013 Honor)
7/17/14: Our Only May Amelia by Jennifer Holm (2000 Honor)
8/12/14: Hoot by Carl Hiaasen (2003 Honor)
8/14: Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary (1982 Honor)
8/17/14: Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer Holm (2011 Honor)
8/26/14: Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie S. Tolan (2003 honor)
12/26/14: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (1990) winner
1/2/15: Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman (1988 winner)
1/18/15: Moon Over Manifest (2011 winner)
1/15: Kira Kira (2005 winner)
2/15: Finished the Crossover (2015 winner)
3/15 finished Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! (2008 winner)
4/15 A Single Shard (2002 winner)
4/15 A Year Down Yonder (2001 winner)
5/15 Out of the Dust (1998 winner)
6/15 Sarah Plain and Tall (1986 winner)
6/15 A View from Saturday (1997 winner)
(less)12/27/13: finished Bud Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis (2000 winner)
1/2/14: finished
(...more)8/10
1. Hair pulled back with my front layers loose and curly in the front
2. Side bun 6/28/13
3. Fishtail braid with the end tucked under
4. Side fishtail braid
5. Braided top knot
6. Bumped up side part pinned back
7. Fishtail pigtails
8. Ponytail with twist around it
9. 2 small braids into a larger braid
10. 2 small braids into a bun
(10/10)
1. I made star wands with story questions on them for use during story time. Very popular with the kids.
2. I made a display board for the junky items at the book fair.
3. I made homemade eye makeup remover.
4. I made exercise sticks
5. Sesame Street fruit and veggie trays at Fiona's first birthday party
6. Hand print flower pots for Mother's day
7. Made pictures for the grandpas for father's day
8. Simple maxi-skirt
9. Made hand print oven mitts for Mother's day
10. Choice board for library centers
(less)(10/10)
1. I made star wands with story questions on them for use during story time. Very p
(...more)(4/5)
1. Canandaigua Lake July 2013
2. Seymour Park Utica NY April 2014
3. Traditions at the Glen September 2014
4. Nyala Alapaca Farm in Vestal May 2015
(4/5)
1. Canandaigua Lake July 2013
2. Seymour Park Utica NY April 2014
3. Traditions at the Glen September 2014
4. Nyala Alapaca Farm in Vestal May 2015
Finished:
clothing
books
papers
Started 3/15/15
3/15/15:complete
3/22/15:complete
3/29/15: complete
restarting in April 2015
Ideas
http://www.fortrickey.com/index.html
http://theanimaladventurepark.com/
apple hills
(50/50)
1. Franciszek Pipler: a Polish Holocaust historian who helped establish a more accurate number of victims of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camps.
2. The European Union is not party to the International Criminal Court, but supports it and will cooperate with it.
3. The U.S. controls Omelek Island in the South Pacific. It is part of the Marshall Islands and is used for missile testing.
4. Herbert Brean was an American journalist and crime writer. Alfred Hitchcock based his film "The Wrong Man" on Brean's article for Life magazine, "A Case of Identity."
5. There is a song named "Song of Bernadette" which was written by Jennifer Warnes, Leonard Cohen and Bill Elliott. Jennifer Warnes was named Bernadette by her parents, but her siblings preferred Jennifer so her name was changed after a week.
6. In Quincy, Indiana a yearly picnic was held from 1870-1972. By the early 20th century this was an enormous event. In 1935 13,000 people attended.
7. The last woman hanged in Scotland was Susan Newell, who was hanged in 1923 after strangling her newspaper boy. She was caught trying to dispose of the body and tried to implicate her husband.
8. The China Youth Development Foundation has a program, "Project Hope," which seeks to help dropouts in poor regions return to school for at least an elementary education.
9. Susan Shelby Magoffin wrote a journal about her family's journey on the Santa Fe Trail in the 1840s which is a valuable historical record from the point of view of a woman.
10. Diarmuid Byron O'Connor is the artist commissioned to create the Peter Pan sculpture outside of the Great Ormond Street Hospital
11. Eleanor Roosevelt had a bodyguard, Earl Miller with whom she may or may not have had a romantic relationship.
12. Shaolin Kempo Karate is a hybrid martial arts form combining Shaolin Kung Fu, Karate, Kempo, Western Boxing, Jujitsu, Chin Na, and Mongolian Wrestling.
13.Pedro J. Ramirez is a Spanish journalist who founded the newspaper El Mundo. He is married to the designer Prada
14. Middleborough, MA passeda controversial law banning profanity in public with a fine of $20.
15. bat detectors help people detect the presence of bats by converting their echolocation signals to audible frequencies
16. The steel bib was Russian armor used in World War II. It was designed to protect against attack with the bayonet , small fragments, and 9-mm pistol bullets with lead cores
17. The 2011 Mangystau riots in Kazakhstan resulted in at least 14 deaths as protesters in the oil town of Zhanaozen clashed with police on the country's Independence Day.
18. Mahdia is an old Tunisian coastal city that was an important strategic point during the Crusades.
19. The Marriage Of Sir Gawain is an English Arthurian Ballad in which Gawain marries an ugly woman to free Arthur. When he gives her her own will she becomes beautiful.
20. Uncle Earl's Hot Dog Trials are held yearly in Louisianna. They judge dogs on their ability to contain and control a boar by baying in the boar's face.
21. Enemies, a season 3 episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, is the first episode in which Angelus is given as the name for the soulless, evil Angel.
22. Secrets of Radar Museum: London, Ontario Museum created to tell the story of the more than 6,000 Canadian World War II veterans who were recruited into a top-secret project during World War II involving radar. Their oath of secrecy was not fully lifted until 1991.
23. Kusum Kanguru: a mountain in the Himalayas that is very difficult to climb. Only 9 out of 22 attempts have been successful
24: Leno and Rosemary LaBianca: victims of the Manson murders
25: Harold Sumberg: violinist, teacher and conductor born in Rochester, NY. He was known for his collection of fine violin bows.
26. Upington Airport: an airport in South Africa with one of the longest runways in the world.
27. Pari passu: a latin phrase meaning "on equal footing"
28. Adelina Domingues: World's oldest person from May 28, 2002 until her death less than 3 months later.
29. Orestes: play by Euripides about Orestes after he has murdered his mother
30. Wales UFO sightings: In 2008 the crew of a South Wales police helicopter witnessed a UFO
31. Gravesend Airport, an RAF airport in Kent, England is now a housing development
32. Jaime Vendera is a voice coach who shattered a glass with just his voice on an episode of Mythbusters. It was the first time that was recorded on camera.
33. Lizzie Compton disguised herself as a man to fight for the Union in the Civil War and enlisted when she was only 14.
34. Muller is the most common surname in Germany and Switzerland. It means Miller in English.
35. Pedro Cavadas is a doctor known for pioneering surgeries such as keeping a patient's arm alive by temporarily implanting it on the patient's leg.
36. Beijing East Village: Named after the East Village in New York, an artistic community in Beijing during the 1990s
37. Haulander: German name for German settlers in Prussia and the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth
38. Farnham Castle- in Surrey, England. Was the home of Cardinal Henry Beaufort who presided over the trial ofJoan of Arc
39. Mary Francesca Bosworth writes books about gender and race in prison
40. Intrinsic finality is the idea that there is a natural good for all beings, and that all beings have a natural tendency to pursue their own good
41. The word pogrom, used to describe a violent riot aimed at massacre or persecution of an ethnic or religious group, particularly one aimed at Jews, only entered English in the 19th century to describe attacks on Jews in the Russian empire.
42. The political system in Uganda only started allowing multi-party politics in 2005. The Supreme Court ruled that the first election after this was marred by intimidation, violence, voter disenfranchisement, and other irregularities but upheld the results anyway.
43. Alan Lomax collected folk songs in the US starting in the 1930s. He did important work collecting the cultural songs of different cultures across the United States and creating radio shows to share them. Later moved to Europe to collect folk songs there.
44. Louise Noelle Malcles shares my birthday and was the first female librarian of note in France. She was awarded the Legion of Honour for her service to the profession of library science
45. Thomas Hancock founded the British rubber industry. He invented the masticator, a machine that shredded rubber scraps and which allowed rubber to be recycled after being formed into blocks or sheets.
46. Side-scan sonar is a system that creates images of large areas of the sea floor
47. The Nanjing Museum is one of the largest in China and is known for a large collection of Ming and Qing imperial porcelain.
48. Nuri al-Said was a controversial Prime Minister in Iraq appointed by the British. He was seen as too pro-British and was eventually killed trying to flee the country in disguise as a woman.
49. In 1885 there was a wave of anti-Chinese violence in the American territory of Washington
50. There is a community of Greeks in the country of Chile
(less)(50/50)
1. Franciszek Pipler: a Polish Holocaust historian who helped establish a more accurate number of victims of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camps.
2. The European Union is not party to the International Criminal Court, but supports it and will cooperate with it.
3. The U.S. controls Omelek Island in the South Pacific. It is part of the Marshall Islands and is used for missile testing.
4. Herbert Brean was an American journalist and crime writer. Alfred Hitchcock based his film "The Wrong Man" on Brean's article for Life magazine, "A Case of Identity."
5. There is a song named "Song
(...more)9/10
1. Sent 11/7/12
2. Card sent 1/22/13
3. Sent 2/13/13
4. Birthday present sent 4/11/13
5. Sent birthday card 4/17/13
6. Card sent 5/6/13
7. Christmas card 12/13
8. Christmas car 12/14
9. Birthday invitation 3/15
January 2015 (5 weekends)
Week 1: game night with Justin
Week 2: game night with the Burkes
Week 3:game night with Justin
Week 4:game night with Justin
Week 5:game night with Justin
I made Justin cookies for Valentine's day
100/100
1. Firebrand by Marion Zimmer Bradley
2. Hourglass by Myra McEntire
3. Willow Run by Patricia Reilly Giff
4. The Woman Who Rides Like a Man by Tamora Pierce
5. The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
6. Wonder by R. J. Palacio
7. NurtureShock by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
8. Outbound Flight by Timothy Zahn
9. Watch Your Mouth by Daniel Handler
10. Infinity Ring: A Mutiny in Time by James Dashner
11. The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
12. Liar and Spy by Rebecca Stead
13.Bomb: The Race to Build -- and Steal -- the World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin
14. Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
15. Starry River of the Sky by Grace Lin
16. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
17. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
18. Temple Grandin by Sy Montgomery
19. Endangered by Eliot Schrefer
20. Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz
21. No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
22. The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan
23. The Milk Memos by Cate Coburn-Smith and Andrea Serrette
24. Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth
25. 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
26. And then There Were None by Agatha Christie
27. "Who Could that Be At This Hour?" by Lemony Snicket
28. The Bridge Over the River Kwai by Pierre Boulle
29. The Prophecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink
30. Middle School, The Worst Years of My Life by James Patterson
31. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger
32. Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
33. The Potato Chip Puzzles by Eric Berlin
34. A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie
35. The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson
36. Of Ice and Giants by Shelby Bach
37. The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
38. Tempest by Julie Cross
39. Umbrella Summer by Lisa Graff
40. Dash and Lily's Book of Dares by David Levithan and Rachel Cohn
41. Odd and the Frost Giants by Neal Gaiman
42. Murder at Mansfield park by Lynn Shepherd
43. Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
44. The Daily Five by Gail Boushey
45. The Book Whisperer by Donalyn Miller
46. Divergent by Veronica Roth
47. Picture Me Gone by Meg Rosoff
48. Anything But Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin
49. Annotated Brothers Grimm ed. Maria Tatar
50. Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick
51. What the Heart Knows: Chants, Charms and Blessings by Joyce Sidman
52. A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz
53. Insurgent by Veronica Roth
54. All the Truth That's in Me by Julie Berry
55. A Corner of White by Jaclyn Moriarty
56. The Animal Book by Steve Jenkins
57. Far Far Away by Tom McNeal
58. The Thing About Luck by Cynthia Kadohata
59. Seriously... I'm Kidding by Ellen Degeneris
60. Boxers by Gene Luen Yang
61. Saints by Gene Luen Yang
62. March: Book 1 by John Robert Lewis
63. America Again by Stephen Colbert
64. Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
65. Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
66. Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris
67. P.S. Be Eleven by Rita Williams-Garcia
68. Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein
69. The House of Hades by Rick Riordan
70. The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp by Kathi Appelt
71. The Blind Side by Michael Lewis
72. Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
73. Life's Too Short to Fold Fitted Sheets by Lisa Quinn
74. The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell by Christopher Colfer
75. Ophelia by Lisa Klein
76. Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
77. Birthmarked by Caragh M. O'Brien
78. Messenger by Lois Lowry
79. Son by Lois Lowry
80. Classroom Management for Art, Music and PE teachers by Michael Linsin
81. When I Married My Mother by Jo Maeder
82. Girls Like Us by Gail Giles
83. In a Glass Grimmly by Adam Gidwitz
84. A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
85. The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson
86. Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman
87. Love and Other Foreign Words by Erin McCahan
88. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
89. Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
90. The Good Braider by Terry Farish
91. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
92. A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
93. Dad is Fat by Jim Gaffigan
94. Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard
95. Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
96. The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
97. Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan
98. A Volcano Beneath the Snow: John Brown's War Against Slavery by Albert Marrin
99. Children of the King by Sonya Hartnett
100. Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith
(less)100/100
1. Firebrand by Marion Zimmer Bradley
2. Hourglass by Myra McEntire
3. Willow Run by
(...more)Starting 1/11/15
1/11:successful
1/12:successful
1/13:successful
1/14:successful
1/15:successful
1/16:successful
1/17:successful
1/18:successful
1/19:successful
1/20;successful
1/21:successful
1/22:successful
1/23:successful
1/24:successful
Went sledding in the snow with Fiona 1/24/15
(4/5)
1. The Old Union Hotel in Binghamton
2. Remlik's
3. Crow Bar
4. Galaxy Brewery
Made Fiona's Halloween Costume 2014
Went to New York Comic Con! 10/2014
Met and became friends with Brian this summer!
4/6/13: One month picture
5/6/13: Two month picture
6/6/13: Three month picture
7/6/13: Four month picture
8/6/13: Five month picture
9/6/13: Six month picture
10/6/13: Seven month picture
11/6/13: Eight month picture
12/6/13: Nine month picture
1/6/14: Ten month picture
2/6/14: Eleven month picture
3/6/14: Twelve month picture
4/6/14: Thirteen Month picture
5/6/14: Fourteen month picture
6/6/14: Fifteen month picture
7/6/14: Sixteen month picture
8/6/14: Seventeen month picture
9/6/14: Eighteen month picture
10/6/14: Nineteen month picture
(less)4/6/13: One month picture
5/6/13: Two month picture
6/6/13: Three month picture
7/6/13: Four
(...more)Took our picture at Cape May County Zoo!
We kept this up while we were away but now we are back in town!
Started 10/2013
10/27/13 visited at home
11/13 saw at Thanksgiving
12/13 visited several times over Christmas break
2/14 visited over February break
3/8 visited at Fiona's birthday party
3/15 visited at St. Patrick's day party
30/30
1. Chicken and Dumplings from Now Eat This! by Rocco Dispirito. Really good, will be making again.
2. Moroccan Chicken soup with Couscous from the Daily Soup cookbook. Pretty good! A lot of different vegetables in it, and my first time using a whole chicken to make stock.
3. Winter Squash Soup from the Everything Soup cookbook. Good with grilled cheese!
4. Chicken Cacciatore from the Slow Cooker Bible
5. Easy Cheesy Lasagna for two from Hungry Girl- Really tasty!
6. Mom's Creamy vegetable chicken from Hungry Girl- okay, needs something more though
7. Crock Pot Roast from Hungry Girl - very good and pretty easy to make.
8. Death by Chocolate brownies from Hungry girl - super delicious
9. Chicken pot pie from Hungry Girl - very easy
10. Bacon meatloaf from Hungry Girl - hard to believe this is a healthy recipe! It was delicious!
11. Chipotle Bean burritos from my recipe calendar - very fast meal, filling, and delicious
12. Buffalo chicken mac and cheese from Hungry Girl- a little weird but it tastes good
13. Garlic chicken pizza from Hungry Girl - a keeper!
14. Enchilada pizza from Hungry Girl - delicious!
15. Kickin' Chicken foil packet from Hungry girl- good, but I probably should have made rice to go with it
16. Exploding Chicken taquitos from Hungry girl - really delicious and fast to make!
17. Outside in cheeseburger patties from Hungry Girl- used ground turkey instead of beef and it was very good
18. Pasta Fagioli from Sensational Soups: easy crock pot soup
19. Slow cooker BBQ chicken from Hungry Girl
20. Sloppy Joes from my slow cooker book
21. Chicken Fajita burrito from Hungry Girl. Yum!
22. Ground beef and pepper skillet from 4 ingredient cookbook
23. Chicken wild rice casserole from 4 ingredient cookbook
24. Baked chimichanga from 4 ingredient cookbook
25. Coconut chicken curry from Crock Pot Bible
26. Beef fajita soup from Crock Pot Bible
27. Savory Swiss Beef from One Pot Meals
28. Pepper pork from One Pot Meals
29. Fish cakes from the Irish cookbook
30. Lemon pepper salmon from the Betty Crocker cookbook
(less)30/30
1. Chicken and Dumplings from Now Eat This! by Rocco Dispirito. Really good, will be
(...more)Spiced lentil and carrot soup from the Sensational Soup Cook book
(10/10)
1. Pleasantly Pomegranate Lakeland Winery, Syracuse, NY
2. Montezuma Rhubarb Wine
3. Sin Fronteras El Michon
4. JC Van Staden Zinfandel 2012
5. F. Stephen Millier Angels Reserve Viognier 2012
6. Sin Fronteras Los Primos Red Wine 2012
7. Semilla The Playground Lodi 2012
8. Chateau Michel de Montaigne Bergerac 2006
9. Barefoot Cabernet Sauvignon
10. CK Mondavi Merlot
Gilbert Lake October 2013
26/26
A- Amreeka 2/25/13
B- Back to the Secret Garden 12/9/12
C- Capote 2/26/13
D- Diggers 2/27/13
E- Everything Must Go 2/28/13
F- Friends with Kids 11/10/12
G- The Giant Mechanical Man 3/1/13
H- The Hobbit 6/9/13
I- Ira and Abby 5/4/13
J- Jeff Who Lives at Home 1/4/13
K- Keeping Up With the Steins 4/12/14
L- A League of Their Own 3/20/13
M- Maybe Baby 4/6/13
N- Neverland 4/10/13
O- On a Clear Day 6/7/13
P- Pitch Perfect 2/21/13
Q- Queen of Versailles 5/18/13
R- Rango 3/26/13
S- Skin 1/5/13
T- Trouble With the Curve 12/26/12
U- Unicorn City 8/9/13
V- Vanity Fair 5/11/13
W- The Way 6/26/13
X- X-Men First Class 7/5/13
Y- Young Adult 5/30/13
Z- Zack and Miri Make a Porno 1/15/14
(less)26/26
A- Amreeka 2/25/13
B- Back to the Secret Garden 12/9/12
C- Capote 2/26/13
D- Diggers 2/2
(...more)(10/10)
1. Dark Forest Stout made by Justin
2. Belgian Blanc made by Justin
3. Killian's Irish Stout
4. Sam Adams Hazel Brown
5. Sam Adams Ruby Mild
6. Pork Slap Ale
7. Saranac Spiced Christmas
8. Longtrail Pumpkin Ale
9. Redhook Audible Ale
10. Shocktop Pumpkin Wheat
Location: on the golf course
Jan 2013- complete
Feb 2013- complete
Mar 2013- complete
Apr 2013- complete
May 2013- complete
June 2013- complete
July 2013- complete
Aug 2013-complete
Sept 2013-complete
Oct 2013- complete
Nov 2013- complete
Dec 2013- complete
Calendar ordered!
completed December 2013
11/18/2013 Clinched a playoff spot in 2nd place in Chester's Gridiron League
100/100
1. pertinacious (adj.) adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design
2. eructation
an act or instance of belching
3. numen
: a spiritual force or influence often identified with a natural object, phenomenon, or place
4. sederunt
: a prolonged sitting (as for discussion)
5. hortative (adj): giving exhortation : serving to advise or warn
6. scumble (v): to make (as color or a painting) less brilliant by covering with a thin coat of opaque or semiopaque color applied with a nearly dry brush
7. campestral (adj): of or relating to fields or open country : rural
8. nobby (adj): cleverly stylish
9. hagiography
: biography of saints or venerated persons
10. quadrate (adj): being square or approximately square
11. commensal (adj): of or relating to those who habitually eat together
12. algid (adj): cold
13. glogg
: a hot spiced wine and liquor punch served at the holidays in Scandinavian countries
14. donnybrook
: free-for-all; brawl
15. heliacal (adj): relating to or near the sun — used especially of the last setting of a star before and its first rising after invisibility due to conjunction with the sun's rising and setting
16. quintessence
: the essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form
17. ramify (v): to split up into branches or constituent parts
18. Apollonian (adj): harmonious, measured, ordered, or balanced in character
19. realia
: objects or activities used to relate classroom teaching to the real life especially of peoples studied
20. taradiddle
: a trivial or childish lie : fib
21. kanban
: a manufacturing strategy wherein parts are produced or delivered only as needed
22. inchmeal (adv): gradually
23. vernissage
: a private showing or preview of an art exhibition
24. traduce (v): to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation
25. balter (v): to dance artlessly, without particular grace or skill but usually with enjoyment.
26. zarzuela
: a usually comic Spanish operetta
27. fanfaronade
: empty boasting; bluster
28. momothetic (adj): relating to, involving, or dealing with abstract, general, or universal statements or laws
29. mala fide (adj or adv): with or in bad faith
30. amortize (v): to pay off (as a mortgage) gradually usually by periodic payments of principal and interest or by payments to a sinking fund
31. eurytopic (adj): tolerant of wide variation in one or more environmental factors
32. sangfroid
: self-possession or imperturbability especially under strain
33. factotum
: a person having many diverse activities or responsibilities
34. métier
: vocation, trade
35. froufrou
: a rustling, especially of ladies' skirts
36. meretricious (adj): relating to prostitution
37. aegis
: shield or breastplate
38. clamant (adj): clamourous, blatant
39. roseate (adj): resembling a rose, especially being pink in color; overly optimistic
40. idiopathic (adj): arising spontaneously or from an obscure or unknown cause; peculiar to the individual
41. clepsydra
: an instrument designed to measure time by the fall or flow of a quantity of water : water clock
42. thimblerig (v): to cheat by trickery
43. doxology
: a usually liturgical expression of praise to God
44. redbrick (adj): of, relating to, or being the British universities founded in the 19th or early 20th century
45. boulevardier
: a frequenter of Paris's boulevards
46. provenience
: origin, source
47. balneology
: science of the therapeudic use of baths
48. fuliginous (adj): sooty, murky
49. flehmen
: a mammalian behavior (as of horses or cats) in which the animal inhales with the mouth open and upper lip curled to facilitate exposure of the vomeronasal organ to a scent or pheromone
50. canorous (adj): pleasant sounding
51. riposte
: retort
52. demotic (adj): common, popular
53. katzenjammer
: hangover
54. gnomic (adj): characterized by aphorism
55. meritorious (adj): worthy of reward, gratitude, honor, or esteem
56. nepenthe
: something capable of causing oblivion of grief or suffering
57. surd (adj): lacking sense : irrational
58. demulcent (adj): soothing
59. lamia
: a female demon
60. ceorl
: a freeman of the lowest rank in Anglo-Saxon England
61. exiguous (adj): excessively scanty : inadequate
62. berceuse
: a musical composition usually in 6/8 time that resembles a lullaby
63. fustigate (v): to beat with or as if with a short heavy club
64. diseuse
: a woman who is a skilled and usually professional reciter
65. decussate (v): to intersect or cross
66. styptic (adj): tending to stop bleeding
67.WYSIWYG
: a display generated by word-processing or desktop-publishing software that exactly reflects the document as it would appear in its finished state (What you see is what you get)
68. tontine
: a joint financial arrangement whereby the participants usually contribute equally to a prize that is awarded entirely to the participant who survives all the others
69. goldbrick
: something that appears valuable but is actually worthless or a person who shirks assigned work
70. muliebrity
: femininity
71. alameda
: a public promenade bordered with trees
72. sui generis (adj): constituting a class alone : unique, peculiar
73. gymkhana
: a meet featuring sports contests or athletic skills
74. millefleur (adj): having an allover pattern of small flowers and plants
75. hoise (v): lift, raise
76.chilblain
: an inflammatory swelling or sore caused by exposure (as of the feet or hands) to cold
77. stichomythia
:
dialogue especially of altercation or dispute delivered by two actors in alternating lines (as in classical Greek drama)
78. lenitive (adj): alleviating pain or harshness : soothing
79.risorgimento
: the 19th century movement for Italian political unity
80. perfervid (adj): marked by overwrought or exaggerated emotion : excessively fervent
81. esplanade
: a level open stretch of paved or grassy ground; especially : one designed for walking or driving along a shore
82. utile (adj): useful
83. ephebic (adj): of, relating to, or characteristic of a youth of ancient Greece or a young man
84. phalanx
: a massed arrangement of persons, animals, or things
85. Eminence grise
: a confidential agent; especially : one exercising unsuspected or unofficial power
86. fungible (adj): interchangeable or flexible
87. frisson
: a brief moment of emotional excitement : shudder, thrill
88. pinchbeck (adj): counterfeit or spurious
89.boffin
: a scientific expert
90. footle (v): to talk or act foolishly
91. depone (v): to assert under oath : testify
92. tourbillion
: a whirlwind
93. orgulous (adj): proud, haughty
94. demogorgon
: a mysterious spirit or deity often explained as a primeval creator god who antedates the gods of Greek mythology
95. prestidigitation
: sleight of hand
96. coffle
: a line of slaves or animals fastened together
97. waitron
: a person who waits tables
98. tergiversation
: evasion of straightforward action or clear-cut statement : equivocation
99. presage (v): to give an omen or warning of : foreshadow
100. malapert (adj): impudently bold : saucy
(less)100/100
1. pertinacious (adj.) adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design
2. eruc
(...more)Bought a frame collage for the living room to decorate with pictures.
Got the iPhone 5c for my birthday!
Read before the challenge:
2013: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz
Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin
2012: Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai
2010: When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
2009: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
2007: The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
2005: Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
2004: The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering
Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes
2003: A Corner of The Universe by Ann M. Martin
1998: Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
1996: The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
The Watsons Go to Birmingham: 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
1995: Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
1994: The Giver by Lois Lowry
1993: Missing May by Cynthia Rylant
1989: Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman
1988: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
1987: The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
1986: Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
1985: The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
1981: Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson
1979: The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
1978: Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
1976: The Grey King by Susan Cooper
1974: The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox
The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper
1969: The High King by Lloyd Alexander
1968: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg
1966: The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander
1963: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
1961: Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
1960: My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
1959: The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
1953: Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
1948: Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
1939: Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard & Florence Atwater
(less)Read before the challenge:
2013: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Splendors and
(...more)Started 1/1/2013
My goal is to write at least 3 times per month for a whole year.
January: 3 entries
February: 4 entries
March: 1 entry
April: 7 entries
May: 2 entries
June: 2 entries
July:
August:
September:
October:
November:
December:
Birth: complete
Fiona Kathleen born 3/6
5/5
1. Fresh Mex Mexican Grill 11/10/12: I had a taco salad and Justin had a huge burrito. Very tasty and fresh, as the name would suggest.
2. Babe's Macaroni Bar and Grill 12/15/12: I had really good eggplant parmesan and Justin had steak and chicken riggies.
3. Corbin's Cafe 12/27/12: I had a good reuben sandwich and was able to catch up with some high school friends.
4. Michael T's Restaurant 1/5/12: I had haddock almondine and Justin has chicken riggies. Very tasty!
5. Cafe Cannoli's 2/28/13: I loved this place! I had mushroom ravioli for lunch and got a cannoli to go
(less)5/5
1. Fresh Mex Mexican Grill 11/10/12: I had a taco salad and Justin had a huge burrito.
(...more)
done!
Started 1/1/2013, penalty days added so I need to go through 2/11
1/1: pregnancy meditation
1/2: morning energy meditation
1/3: gratitude meditation
1/4: open heart meditation
1/5: grounding meditation
1/6: simply being meditation
1/7: relief from stress and pressure meditation
1/8: effortless meditation
1/9: meditation in childbirth class
1/10: pregnancy meditation
1/11: missed
1/12: missed
1/13: gratitude meditation
1/14: body awareness meditation
1/15: breath awareness meditation
1/16: simply being meditation
1/17: relief from stress and pressure meditation
1/18: deep relaxation meditation
1/19: pregnancy meditation
1/20: gratitude meditation
1/21: creativity meditation
1/22: breath awareness meditation
1/23: missed
1/24: peace meditation
1/25: missed
1/26: healing smile meditation
1/27: overcoming shyness meditation
1/28: flowing with change meditation
1/29: your sacred space meditation
1/30: meditated at birth class
1/31: missed
2/1: short meditation
2/2: finding your voice meditation
2/3: meditation for beginners
2/4: emotional ease meditation
2/5: breath awareness meditation
2/6: pregnancy meditation
2/7: meditation for obsessive thoughts
2/8: morning energy meditation
2/9: your sacred space meditation
2/10: breath awareness meditation
2/11: pregnancy meditation
(less)done!
Started 1/1/2013, penalty days added so I need to go through 2/11
1/1: pregnancy medit
(...more)I have had all of my 3 observations for my Tenure year
Found someone we like, just waiting until we officially sign the contract to mark this complete.
Bought hand and foot mold kit 2/2013
12/15/2012: Bought the wedding album
25 days of Christmas: each ring says what to do on that day.
Failed in 2012 by one game!
Justin and I are doing the 25 days of Christmas this year. We planned something to do each day in December leading up to Christmas. For example, decorate the Christmas tree, watch a Christmas movie, go out and look at Christmas lights, etc. I can't wait to make this a yearly tradition with our daughter!
I'll mark this complete once we have completed all 25 days.
Learned the "Wanna Bet?" card trick from a You Tube video. It worked on Justin, but then he had to bug me until he figured out how it worked.
11/10/12 read part 1
Bought lots of felt and supplies to get started (11/5/12)
