I can't believe this is the last letter...Well, theoretically I could start at the beginning cause I only jumped in on this alphabet list with K. But, let's just get the Zs done with before I Zzzzzzzz.
1) Everyone knows this darked striped animal on a white or tawny body---ZEBRA
2) That point in the sky directly overhead---ZENITH.
3. Giving that stimulating and exciting quality to life---ZEST. I also remember it as a soap.
4. This word makes me think of rickrack. Homemade clothes used to always be edged in this
pattern---ZIGZAG.
5. Those colorful fall flowers---ZINNIAS.
6. My jeans are getting a little easier to zip---Yay for ZIPPERS.
7. One of my favorites is 92124---ZIP CODES. That has been true since 1972.
8. My casserole recipe made me love this vegetable---ZUCHINNI (Honestly it was probably
the cream cheese and butter!)
9. San Diego has one of the best---ZOOS. When Erica and Amy were little, we went there
often. Now, I've spent my 62nd birthday and my lst wedding anniversary there.
10. This word is actually a high pitched sound but it is often confused with fling---ZING!
About Me
- Mrs. Carol
- San Diego, CA, United States
- I am blessed to live in San Diego. People come here for a vacation and I get live here all year long. I've taught 2nd grade for 37 years and 3rd grade one year. I have two grown daughters that are a very important part of my life. I am married a wonderfully patient man with two daughters a son and two granddauhters, and we live with three very entertaining cats. While I enjoy champagne at a wedding or special occasion and half a glass of wine with dinner, I do not need alcohol to have fun and it is never an option if I am upset. I truly can find joy in simple pleasures. I do not drink coffee, I am a naturally wide-awake morning person. I prefer to get my caffine from dark chocolate.
Mr. and Mrs.
in the romantic chairs
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Ten on Tuesday: The Ys
It's good to have a day off. I just completed v, w, x and now y in one day and it really is Tuesday--Yay! Sorry it's taken so long to get back on track.
1. Yahoo It's my new email address and I love email.
2. Yard My husband has done a remarkable job on our yard, well actually the whole house, but he's definitely added curb appeal.
3. Yawn I just yawned so it made me think of it. That's what happens on days off.
4. Year I have now been married more than a year, and it is the best thing that has happened.
5. Yellow It is my favorite color to look at. I really don't wear it. I have a yellow reading table at school that brightens my day, and my yellow roses are blooming today. It's just a sun shiny happy color.
6. Yes. I was thinking that it must make God happy when he can say Yes to some of our requests.
7. Yosemite National Park It's been a long time since I was there but it still stands out in my memory as a majestic place.
8. Yummy Erica's garlic mashed potatoes,
9. Yogurt I take it for lunch almost every day. My favorites are blueberry, orange popsicle (not it's actual name) and apricot mango.
10. You All my family and friends and I am praying for YOU!
1. Yahoo It's my new email address and I love email.
2. Yard My husband has done a remarkable job on our yard, well actually the whole house, but he's definitely added curb appeal.
3. Yawn I just yawned so it made me think of it. That's what happens on days off.
4. Year I have now been married more than a year, and it is the best thing that has happened.
5. Yellow It is my favorite color to look at. I really don't wear it. I have a yellow reading table at school that brightens my day, and my yellow roses are blooming today. It's just a sun shiny happy color.
6. Yes. I was thinking that it must make God happy when he can say Yes to some of our requests.
7. Yosemite National Park It's been a long time since I was there but it still stands out in my memory as a majestic place.
8. Yummy Erica's garlic mashed potatoes,
9. Yogurt I take it for lunch almost every day. My favorites are blueberry, orange popsicle (not it's actual name) and apricot mango.
10. You All my family and friends and I am praying for YOU!
Xylophones and X-rays
I started doing the alphabet lists with my 2nd graders. They would make a list of 10 and then each one of us would choose one to put on our class list. One of my mother helpers typed it up for us. It is really special.
When we got to X the title said it all. Then one of the boys came up with ex words that sound like you're saying X. Here is their list.
1. Exit The sign that tells you where to leave the movies.
2. Excited/Exciting Things that are super fun like going to Disneyland.
3. Extra Like when you have some left over.
4. Excellent Like when you get all your spelling or math right.
5. Exercise My mom does it to stay healthy.
6. Extraordinary The difference between extraordinary and ordinary is that little extra.
(It always makes a teacher smile when kids give back your words.)
7. Explanation Like when you explain something and give an example so people know what you mean.
8. Expression Like when you can read feelings by looking at the face.
(This was one of our vocabulary words--my expression was a big smile)
9. Exhale When you breathe out. If you do it loudly it's a sigh.
10. Experience It's something that happens that you write down so you won't forget.
When we got to X the title said it all. Then one of the boys came up with ex words that sound like you're saying X. Here is their list.
1. Exit The sign that tells you where to leave the movies.
2. Excited/Exciting Things that are super fun like going to Disneyland.
3. Extra Like when you have some left over.
4. Excellent Like when you get all your spelling or math right.
5. Exercise My mom does it to stay healthy.
6. Extraordinary The difference between extraordinary and ordinary is that little extra.
(It always makes a teacher smile when kids give back your words.)
7. Explanation Like when you explain something and give an example so people know what you mean.
8. Expression Like when you can read feelings by looking at the face.
(This was one of our vocabulary words--my expression was a big smile)
9. Exhale When you breathe out. If you do it loudly it's a sigh.
10. Experience It's something that happens that you write down so you won't forget.
Working With Words--www
I love the title of my Blog. At school we call it WWW so it fits for this list of Ws.
1. Weather I am definitely a hot house flower--I love it to be hot and sunny. But whatever the weather, there is some kind of weather each day of the year. San Diego gives me the best choice for my hot and sunny.
2. Water My drink of choice. I drink a bottle every day on my walk, too.
3. Write On my to do list for someday is to sit down and write.
4. Walking I am on day 134 today. It has been a big change in my life for the better.
5. Weekends I love weekends. But I also love working so that I know the difference when it is the weekend. I thank Bill for adding this balance to my life.
6. Waltz One of my fantasies is to Cinderella Waltz across a big dance floor. Not likely since I really can't dance.
7. Wedding I loved my wedding, but our children weren't there. I look forward to Erica, Amy, and Mai getting married and going to their weddings.
8. Watermelon Especialy since they now have seedless ones. It just says summer.
9. Waffles Thinking of Christmas Waffles. That is one tradition I love.
10. Wife I love being Bill's wife, and I feel blessed to me his wife.
1. Weather I am definitely a hot house flower--I love it to be hot and sunny. But whatever the weather, there is some kind of weather each day of the year. San Diego gives me the best choice for my hot and sunny.
2. Water My drink of choice. I drink a bottle every day on my walk, too.
3. Write On my to do list for someday is to sit down and write.
4. Walking I am on day 134 today. It has been a big change in my life for the better.
5. Weekends I love weekends. But I also love working so that I know the difference when it is the weekend. I thank Bill for adding this balance to my life.
6. Waltz One of my fantasies is to Cinderella Waltz across a big dance floor. Not likely since I really can't dance.
7. Wedding I loved my wedding, but our children weren't there. I look forward to Erica, Amy, and Mai getting married and going to their weddings.
8. Watermelon Especialy since they now have seedless ones. It just says summer.
9. Waffles Thinking of Christmas Waffles. That is one tradition I love.
10. Wife I love being Bill's wife, and I feel blessed to me his wife.
Very Very V
The Very Very Vs were never posted because of #1
1. Vacation We took a vacation in the middle of October to Palm Desert, and it was so relaxing I forgot to post Vs.
2. Vitamins I faithfully take them twice a day and whether they help or not I feel good so they work for me.
3. Vase I love to cut my roses and put them in a vase or two. It just makes flowers more glamorous than a jelly jar.
4. Vancouver The city in Washington where we started our cruise to Alaska in 07.
5. Vanilla It's my favorite kind of ice cream. And I love the smell in bubble bath, too.
6. Vegetables On a health exam it was suggested that I need to eat more of these. My favorites: petite peas and corn and green beans. Theoretically and botanically speaking most vegetables are really fruits so add Tomatoes and Avacadoes to this list :)
7. Verbs As I tell my 2nd graders, Verbs are where the action is, and includes everything we do.
8. Vote I thought of this list before the big election, but this was one vote I didn't want to miss.
9. Violets Such sweet smelling little flowers. I once heard a quote that said Forgiveness was the fragance of a violet on the heel of the one who crushed it. Don't step on flowers.
10. Voice Not just singing, but speaking. Nothing feels more frustrating than when a teacher loses hers.
1. Vacation We took a vacation in the middle of October to Palm Desert, and it was so relaxing I forgot to post Vs.
2. Vitamins I faithfully take them twice a day and whether they help or not I feel good so they work for me.
3. Vase I love to cut my roses and put them in a vase or two. It just makes flowers more glamorous than a jelly jar.
4. Vancouver The city in Washington where we started our cruise to Alaska in 07.
5. Vanilla It's my favorite kind of ice cream. And I love the smell in bubble bath, too.
6. Vegetables On a health exam it was suggested that I need to eat more of these. My favorites: petite peas and corn and green beans. Theoretically and botanically speaking most vegetables are really fruits so add Tomatoes and Avacadoes to this list :)
7. Verbs As I tell my 2nd graders, Verbs are where the action is, and includes everything we do.
8. Vote I thought of this list before the big election, but this was one vote I didn't want to miss.
9. Violets Such sweet smelling little flowers. I once heard a quote that said Forgiveness was the fragance of a violet on the heel of the one who crushed it. Don't step on flowers.
10. Voice Not just singing, but speaking. Nothing feels more frustrating than when a teacher loses hers.
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