Abundant Sunshine

Things are so sunny and wonderful around here. I am keeping busy with the abundance of activities available, plus I have amazing friends. I love this place. I am staying here for the summer, and that has me excited. Although I am making a two week trip to Edmonton and Winnipeg around the end of June, also exciting.

Four weeks of school to go - 16 teaching days! I have a whole class of little buggers and they drive me crazy. They are pretty hilarious though. Especially a couple of them.
Some classroom quotes for your entertainment.

Julian: Miss Van Dorp, when you were living on a farm did the farmer have teeth?

Jayson: female?
Me: its like girl
Jayson: whats guy then?
Me: male
Jayson: oh its like mail man.

Jayson: your just like a kid.
Me: why?
Jayson: cause you can do all kinds of things like a kid, like stretch your leg all the way over there.

Jayson: whats that patty?
Me: its a rice cake.
Jayson: no its a rice patty.
Me: no its a rice cake.
Jayson: no cause its not covered in all that stuff that is goodness.
Me: icing?
Jayson: yah icing, and there are no sprinkles and stuff.

(I have a six foot bull snake that lives under my house)
Jayson: Miss Van Dorp, did you put that snake under your house?
Me: no why would I do that.
Jayson: you should call animal planet so they can fix him up and then you can bring him to us and put him over there.

Me: I am so excited for summer.
Elijah: I am gonna go to Six Flags this summer.
Jayson: Yah, well, I am gonna go to eight flags!

In Heaven there is no beer, thats why we drink it here!

I had a great weekend.
Basically I was just happy it was the weekend.
The only good thing about my week was that I am now going to be selling my earrings at store downtown. Its called the Makeshift Gallery. It works sorta like a Co-op. You pay a fee for the year, work 10 hours a month, and then they take 15% of sales. Not bad. They are pretty pumped about me joining, and they love my stuff. I was pretty nervous going in, so that was a good confidence booster.
Friday night my friends Subtle Groove were playing a St. Patrick's day show. It was pretty much awesome. We all danced the night away, and I drank my fair share of shitty green beer.
Saturday, I did nothing. Nothing at all. I sat on my ass all day. Went to Arby's for supper, and then watched Dan in Real Life = excellentness.
Today I went to church, and then hit the mountain bike trials with my friend Tim.
Tomorrow I am taking my class to see Horton Hears a Who. I am not sure who is more excited, me or them. I also cannot forget to wear green, I have no desire to have kids pinch me all day. I hate being pinched, about as much as I hate people shooting elastics at me. Ahhh I hate that.

Stella and Banks are ready for St. Patrick's Day.

Banks is vicious, watch out. Its the leprechaun in him.

I can hear my heart pounding, oh but I can't decide. Stuck between the depths of my fears, and the peaks of my pride.

I am exhausted. I feel like I have been thinking about so many things lately, my head is just sorta spinning. I am happy, but in a sort of rut.
Spring break can't come soon enough. My students are running me ragged, yet some how they still manage to be delightful little mischief makers.
Earring making is going well. I have tons of ideas and just need the time to make them. I also gotta clean my office as my cats have knocked half my beads all over the floor.
Cooking has also slowed down slightly. Although I made this awesome vegetable chowder earlier this week.
I have decided to make a recipe blog. Let me know if you are interested and I will send you an invite so you can post. I think it could be awesome.
I came home from school yesterday and made a fort in my closet. Its super cool. It involves blankets, pillows, and climbing 10 feet up into the atticy area above my closet. I read up there.
I am addicted to Scrabbulous on Facebook. Challenge me to a game please! You'll proably win.

I heart Katy Dekens

Friday I recieved an amazing little package in the mail! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

The Month of Pink

Just call me Betty Crocker. I have been baking and cooking up a flipp'n storm these days. Its all I can do to keep our heatless house warm (well we do have five of those small plugger-in heater things). Hopefully the heat will be fixed soon, seems to be a billion things wrong with the system.
All my extra energy (that is anything that is left over from freaking out on my little hellions all day) is poured in to my ktichen. I don't have anyone to cook for ie. a husband, so I have been finding situations to test out my creations.

• I made four lasagnas. Two for a prego family at chuch. One for a potluck at school, and the other for Cara and I.
• Cella (Professor Bosma that is) was in town so I made spinach and ricotta manicotti and had her over for dinner.
• I had the Donkersloots over for a dinner of cream of potato and leek soup, and quiche muffins. Blueberry Devonshire Tart/Pie for dessert.
• I got a new muffin cook book for Christmas and inside, mmm, this amazing recipe for chocolate marshmallow muffins (with the mini coloured marshmallows). I sent those with my roomie Cara for her and the teachers she works with.
• Ohhh and if you need something easy and so delightfully yummy, I made this banana cake for the teachers at school. It has a cream cheese icing and walnuts. Amazing cake!
• I had some friends over for a dinner party and made chicken parmigana, potatoes, and a pasta salad. We had chocolate mud pie for dessert.
• This past weekend I made two broccoli cheese quiches for a baby shower for the prego family (it was a healthy baby boy).
• Then we had all our girl friends over for a little soiree cause the men folk went to a UFC fight. I made cream puffs, mmmm, and another blueberry devonshire tart/pie, and a straweberry pie.

I think thats quite the list for the last few weeks. It keeps me busy. Hopefully you are hungry now. Just think if you come to visit how well fed you would be! Speaking of visitors, my bff is flying in next Friday. I cannot wait for Kristen to get here. So many things to see and so much shopping to do!

It's February (in case you forgot) and I LOVE February. Definatly my favortie month of the year. I am going the next seven days wearing pink or red clothing. Even my onder broek. Well not my pants, although I would love to know what happened to my red GAP pants I had in highschool...

This weekend a ton of us are going bowling for my birthday. I am so excited. My friend Becca and roomie Cara planned it. Should be a good time, probably up there with some of those Tuesdays in LeMars.

Well happy Thursday. The greatest day of the week, its almost the weekend, yet you still have a little anticipation and excitement. Oh and I play floor hockey on Thursdays. Its pretty awesome. Me and about 12 other guys, rippn it up. Well Tuesday and Wednesday nights rock too - thanks to American Idol, I know, I am ridiculous.

Oh and I almost forgot! I started a martial arts class last night. Awesome!