Hey So!

I'm very glad to hear you made it safe and sound. From your post, it sounds like you had an enjoyable adventure! I have been shopping and shipping, but I have to admit, now that the kids gifts are sent, I really feel so much less stress than I usually do at this time of year. I keep telling myself it's ok, because next year both of them are planning on being here for Christmas, with fiancees, spouses and baby (in some combination of those titles lol). Ah well, as I've been shopping, I've been looking at the baby stuff. What I have bought are the beginning of the baby's library. Borders had Dr. Seuss, buy 2 get a third one free. How could I pass that up?! I bought 6, and will probably go back to get a few more. This child will have a bookcase of books before it's born! lol.

Right now I'm watching the movie "The Sicilian". The story is about Salvatore Giuliano, a second cousin of my husband's father. It really gives you a sense of the relationship between the Cosa Nostra, the Sicilian people and the government in the 1940's-50's. It can be a bit dry at times, but a lot of the story is true. He was called the Robinhood of Sicily. He actually wanted Sicily to become a state of the U.S.!! There were a couple of articles on him in Life magazine in the '50's before he was murdered by the polizia.

Well, I'm off to work on my second arcade project. Did you check out the link I sent you on tatoos? Your project turned out really well. I keep thinking of other things to add to the one from class, but I'm really getting into the second one I'm doing. Next week I'm doing lesson planning, and I definitely am going to have my GATE students set up group blogs and work on arcade projects, I just have to work out the details.

Have a great holiday! I wonder what Freddie is up to????

Do