I have been having a lot of trouble loading ITT on my iPad the past couple weeks, which is one of the reasons I have been kind of scarce lately. It takes forever to load and navigate the site.

Good Morning!!! COFFEE!!~D Friday Eve!! School and work. Forecast calls for rain tomorrow and next week. So glad. We are bone dry here.

Absolutely beautiful, Critter!!❤️❤️❤️

Good Morning!!!! COFFEE!!~D Humph Day!!! School and work!! Nothing much else going on around here. Just the January blahs.

There are some neat hotels on The Strip. The Luxor is cool. The Venetian was my favorite. You just have to avoid all the signs for strip clubs and shows.

The first one I took was dumb and it made me mad. It was pretty political. But the rest have been ok. They are more methodological. There’s also a lot of information on the laws regarding English Language Education and how we got to where we are. I’m sure it was all very well-intentioned, but so much of it is just stupid. For example, the Home Language Survey doesn’t give any leeway to parents who, while they may be fluent in English, have chosen to speak Spanish at home so their children will be bilingual. The way the questions are worded, if you primarily speak another language in the home

I am working toward my CLAD. I have no idea what that means, but it’s an authorization on my teaching credential to teach English Language Leaners. When I got my credential in the early 1990’s, it wasn’t required, but now it is, so if I want to keep my job, I have to get it. It’s 5 classes, and I’m on my 4th one right now, it’s a lot of work, but all on line through UC San Diego.

Good Morning!!!! COFFEE!!~D Tuesday!!! School and work!!! I slept horribly last night. Don’t know why.

Nobody is taking this thread seriously. I exercised, went to the grocery store and got this week’s work done for my college class. Ugh!! I’m just lucky I am a good writer.

Good Morning!!!! COFFEE!!!~D Holiday Monday!!! Happy MLK, Jr. Day!! I started my day off right by sleeping till 7:30. I have no real plans for the day. I have a few things to get done for work, but otherwise I need to put away some last Christmas decoration boxes and do some life-planning sort of things. The kids want to do something, but honestly, I have no idea what to do. I don’t like driving in the mountains, and it’s too cold to go to the beach. Theaters aren’t open or I would be happy to take in a movie.

I am loving the Progressive Insurance commercials. This one just kills me.

It’s a pretty good game. I hope the Saints win. Nothing against the Bucs, I just don’t like Tom Brady.

That sounds yummy. Recipe, please.

I’m drinking sugar free hot chocolate. 80 calories.

DS is playing with his tiny drone and teasing the cat. It is hilarious.

Chiefs won a nail-biter. Patrick Mahomes got taken out of the game with a concussion and that seemed to take the steam out of the Chiefs and up the game for the Browns. But, the Chiefs held on and the back-up QB had a couple of good plays!! Woohoo, Sportsball! Now.... the Saints and the Bucs!

We churched. It was a good service. And good Sunday School. we lunched. I am working on writing everything down. Friday and Saturday were terrible, but I am doing better today. Now, Sportsball!! Chiefs are winning!! Woohoo!!

Good Morning!!! COFFEE!!!~D Sunday!!! It’s supposed to be 70 degrees today. It’s mid-January. Svengo. Church this morning!!! Then Sportsball this afternoon. Two kitties managed to stay inside last night. good job for healthy eating, Toto. I need to do better. I eat well. Then not so well. I need to be consistent.

Good Morning!! COFFEE!!~D Saturday!!!! Housework and grocery shopping are on the agenda for the day.

Good Morning!!! COFFEE!!~D Friday!!! School and work!!

I think there is an airport in Sacramento. We go to North Lake Tahoe, right by the mouth of the Truckee River. It’s not quite as commercialized as South Lake Tahoe. Booya/h!! A summer vacation Booya/h!!

Good Morning!!! COFFEE!!~D Friday Eve!! School and work!!!

We’re going to Lake Tahoe in July. You could visit us there, Susan. It’s really pretty there.

Everything is closed here. Maybe it won’t be in July.

I’m trying to read, but I keep falling asleep.