Monday, October 31, 2011

Happy Halloween!

Yeah. I made these up myself for my language kids because the free ones on the internet just weren't cutting it.

Frankenstein’s MONSTER


1.adjective 2.noun-nickname 3.noun- place 4.noun- room in your house 5.adverb
6.adjective 7.pl. noun- thing 8.holiday 9.exclamation 10.adjective 11.verb- ing 12.adverb 13. noun 14.body part 15.noun 16.verb 17.noun
18.exclamation 19.exclamation 20.adjective 21.noun 22.adjective 23.adjective
24.adjective 25.noun- animal or occupation 26.verb 27.verb –ing or subject in school

“IGOR!” called Dr Frankenstein, “Did you get the __________ body I asked for?”
“Yes _______________, I got it from the ____________”, Igor replied.
Igor carried it down into the deep, dark ________________, ___________ stepping over some ____________ _____________ that were left over from the ____________ celebration. ___________, Dr Frankenstein shouted, why won’t you hurry up? When Igor reached the ___________ lab he put the body on a ____________ table. He then decided to warm up his dinner, a giant plate of __________ in the microwave, while Dr Frankenstein ___________ attached electrodes to the body’s _________. “Now we wait for the ___________ storm to begin!” he declared, and began to _______. Just then, a giant bolt of ________ - looking lightning struck the roof and electricity began pouring through the electrodes, into the body. “____________!” shouted Dr. Frankenstein. “_____________” shouted Igor. He was halfway through biting into a _______ __________ sandwich. The lights went out. Then they came back on to reveal the ____________ truth: Frankenstein’s monster was alive! But it wasn’t a giant green man; it was a _________, ____________, __________! The monster immediately sat up and began to _________. Terrified, Igor and Dr. Frankenstein decided never again to mess with the laws of _________.


TEENAGE VAMPIRE MOVIE

1.Name of girl in room 2.type of bird 3.adjective 4.city in Arizona 5.Eating utensil or hardware tool 6.State 7.adjective 8.verb 9.adjective 10.adjective 11.noun 12.adjective 13.adjective 14.noun 15.noun 16.verb – ing 17.adjective 18.body part
19.ethnicity 20.mythical being or animal 21.school subject 22.school event
23.number 24.place 25. place 26.famous boy 27.mythical being 28.exclamation 29.verb
30. occupation


____________ ____________ lived with her mother in the _________ city of ___________. Everyone called her Della for short. One day, Della was forced to move to _________, _____________ where she would live with her Dad. Her new town was _________ and all anyone did there was _________. Della knew she would be the most ___________ girl in town. On her first day of school, Della had to sit next to a _________ boy in ________ class named Nedward. From the moment she saw him, she thought there was something __________ about him. He had ______ eyes, and skin the color of a _______. Later that day, Nedward saved her when a giant, out-of-control _________ almost crushed her to bits in the parking lot! Then he ran off ________, without even waiting for her to say thank you. Della could feel herself falling for this _________ guy, even with his strange ____________and almost superhuman powers. Could it be that he wasn’t human at all, could it be that he was one of those mythical __________ __________? There was only one way to tell for sure. Forget about _______ and ___________, Della was going to spend the next _____ years of her life stalking Nedward at school, at _______, at _______, pretty much wherever he was. This was unfortunate news for her best friend _________ who was a _________. “
________” he exclaimed, secretly in love with her. “I guess I’ll have to do something else with my life. Like ______ or being a _______"


ALL ABOUT BATS


1.noun- country 2.noun 3.verb 4.verb 5.noun- food or animal 6.adjective 7.noun
8.noun-liquid 9.noun animal 10.school subject 11.adjective 12.noun- body part
13.adjective- color 14.adjective- color 15.noun- game 16.noun- name of person you know 17.verb 18.noun 19.noun- grocery store item 20.plural noun 21.adverb 22.plural noun

Bats live in _________ and make their homes under _________. They only _______ and _______ at night. They usually eat __________ and ________ __________, but some bats do like to drink the _________ that comes from __________. Bats use ________ to find their way around in the dark. Bats have ________ _________ and can be _______ or ________. If you see a bat nearby, do not play _________ with it! It may have a disease called ________- itis! What you should do is ________ and then call the _______ department. Bats are amazing, _______creatures. Did you know that bat guano is used to make ______? Also without bats, we would have a lot more _______ around, _________ flying everywhere and eating our __________.

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Amok! Amok amok amok amok amok

What's a running wookie do when he gets hit with a shrink ray?
Ewoks. :-)

Men are like fine wine: They all start out as grapes, and it is your job to stomp on them and keep them in the dark until they mature into something you'd want to have with dinner
just kidding honey.

Where does the one-legged waitress work?
IHOP

I feel tired of making numbered paragraphs so I will take a break from it and see how I feel. This week was busy busy busy. Getting ready for our Trunk or Treat on friday was fun though, A lot of friends came over to my house and we ate bean dip and watched ONce Upon a Time while making lollipop ghosts and posters. Yay for friends! I was specifically in charge of what ended up being called "Musical Pumpkins"- sort of a cross between musical chairs and a cake walk.

When the night arrived, I was nervous about making sure I didn't forget anything but it worked! Kids had to dance and then when the music stopped they ran to a pumpkin on the sides of the dance floor. A number was drawn and if they were on the right pumpkin, they got a cupcake or a cookie.

I was dressed as luna lovegood- complete with SpectreSpecs. Adam was supposed to be Neville Longbottom but he did not show up to the party that way. He taped a greek letter Pi to his orange shirt and called it good. "Pumpkin Pi". ha ha.... ha.

The NEXT day I went to Mary W. 's piano party, where she taught her piano students basic conducting. She gave each student a harry potter wand and we all practiced conducting in 2/4, 4/4 and 3/4. 4/4 was fun because it was the IMPERIAL March from STAR WARS. Bum bum bum bum-ba bum, bum-ba bum!

yep and I wore my costume too.


later we went to TIff's party which was awesome because
1. I tried Navajo tacos for the first time and they were awesome
2. Because we couldn't find a pumpkin to buy Adam and I colored ours
3. A ton of friends were there
4. We watched Hocus Pocus.

I love that movie.





I love this


one time a guy tickled me and I scratched his face so hard he still has a scar. No joke.

THIS SONG GETS STUCK IN MY HEAD EVERY HALLOWEEN:

Sunday, October 23, 2011

FALL BREAK, and BEYOND

1. I HAD A COOL FALL BREAK
and i meant to blog about it earlier. My mom came down for the first part of it and we had a blast. FIrst we went to Patagonia and hung out at their fall festival. We brought our friends Paige and Joe along too. There were ALPACAS and I decided I love them. It was a gorgeous day outside and we decided to check out Patagonia Lake as well. Then we drove back up to Tucson taking the Nogales route instead of the Sonoita route.



on monday my mom and I went to Sabino Canyon and I finally took the tram to the top. I have been there many times but never done that because it's 8 whole dollars and I have two legs. But i decided it was worth it. She and I walked almost the whole way back but not before stopping at anderson dam for a half hour or so to dip our feet in the pools.





we went to create cafe afterwards for lunch and it was awesome. I have eaten there before but it's even cooler now. They have their own gas station F'real milkshake bar installed! They also have some awesome nightly activites that I fully intend on taking advantage of in the weeks to come. http://www.createcafe.com/ > monday night is half off burgers, tuesday night is non alcoholic mixed drinks happy hour, and fridays are open mic. Totally have to drag my future band mate Mandy down for that.

I convinced two of my friends to go to Sabino with me the next day and we went to sabino dam. It was really stagnant water, but it was still beautiful. Then Tiff and I ate at Rocco's deep dish pizzza and it was deee-licious.

2. I CAN"T REMEMBER WHAT I DID BESIDES THAT
except that i worked a lot on Adam's occupational thereapy school application, and on Friday I went to my friend Meagan's house and we made harry potter wands and she introduced me to some awesome projects she's been doing. She even blogs about it: sew-what.blogspot.com she is so creative and a talented sewer. Much like my new friend Mary who also has a blog. http://butterflykissesx3.blogspot.com/

3. THIS WEEK HAS BEEN A BLUR
this week I have been back to work and my allergies have really hit me hard. But they seemed to go away on friday, oh well. We spent friday night and Saturday in Glendale with Adam's folks. We went to a really cool trampoline place called jumpstreet and jumped on wall to wall trampolines and played trampoline dodgeball for an hour. i wish there was one in tucson.

needless to say I am really sore
on Saturday we saw my brother in law's band play in an invitational and totally outshine everyone else, including my alma mater. But that was to be expected. Also we are anticipating the inlaws move to SLC in the coming months. That will be sad but I'm so happy that his dad got a promotion. YAY.

4. I NEED HOCKEY
i remembered how fun IceCATs games are and I decided we're going to go to one soon. I looked up their schedule and come to find out that they have been replaced by a school sponsored team. I just hope it doesnt change what I love about hockey games in tucson- the crazy awesome fans that make up Lord of the RIngs inspired cheers and boo the refs and point at the goalie from the other team and chant "it's all your fault" when we score. Definitely going soon. definitely.

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Chez Momo

1. Ahh Esss Ouu
last friday Adam and I headed up to phoenix for the weekend. We met up with my old roommate and her husband and ate at smashburger but not before I totally got lost on ASU campus. I totally thought I knew where I was going but ended up at old main. Oops. After eating, we went to a hip hop culture event- dance crews, graffiti, and emcee battles. It was like being in a Jon M. Chu movie.

one of the emcees used sun devil as an insult. it rocked. We spent the rest of the night at my friend's house jamming. it was the most fun I've had singing and playing piano in a long time.

2. PAINT FUMES
The rest of the weekend was cool too- listening to conference, helping my sister paint her house, chatting with another old friend, and basically just hanging out. At one point I realized that most of the time, we were all just watching my niece to see what face she would make next. Its so fun having a niece and nephew now.


3. MY UKELELE BROKE.
it was so humid that it just busted. I need a new one :(. I also want an autoharp and an accordion.

4. I REALLY, REALLY LIKE MY NEW JOB
it is seriously a lot of fun and I learn a lot. I don't know if the people i work FOR think working with me is fun but I'm just going to enjoy it while it lasts. IOn monday, I briefly lent out my D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths to one of my kids who is reading Oedipus Rex in his drama class. That is seriously one of the coolest books for kids and I can't wait to hear if he liked it. The next day, I heard a boy who has been struggling finally start to get it. On wednesday, I gave an impromptu guitar lesson to a 5th grader and got a 4 year old who doesn't ever say any words to say one at the very end of class. Today I got to go to the mall for WORK and cheer kids on as they faced some pretty big fears. It's really the best when you can genuinely praise a kid for something that's hard to do.