These used to happen a lot when I was working on my masters last school year.
I went to Khaldi's tonight and had three cups of coffee, so needless to say, at 2AM I am not tired. So, since it's been a while (and I haven't even finished another mystery!), I decided to write a bit.
I am in the process of making chocolate truffles (for the first time) and chocolate truffle cookies [They're cooling in the fridge]. The cookies I have separated into: coconut, white chocolate chips, and milk/semi-sweet chips. I haven't decided whether or not I will bake them tonight, just depends on how late I end up staying awake.
So, in other news, school has been absolutely WILD. but a good WILD for the most part. Here's what's happened this week:
1) A student walks in and yells: Ms. Ebberts, you have a big black boyfriend?!
Me: What are you talking about?
Student: Someone told me they saw a picture of you with a big black dude.
Me: UM, what?
Student: I'm bout to update my status 'my teacher has a big black boyfriend'
Me: What surprises you more? That I have a boyfriend or that he's black?
2) A boy convinced me that 2+2 = POTATOES. no joke, the calculator showed me.
3) I sang "If I Could Turn Back Time" (by Cher) AND sang about Trigonometry to the tune of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" IN THE SAME DAY.
4) Student: Ms. Ebberts, if I lick your crusted oatmeal spoon, will your mathematical knowledge be transferred to me?
There are lots of other HILARIOUS things that happened at school, but everything just meshes together, leaving my brain all mushy SO that's all I can remember. Seriously, though, my kids are RIDICULOUS.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Monday, April 4, 2011
the moonstone castle mystery
Let me just say---this mystery was AWESOME!!!
I did not want to put this one down! Normally, while I'm reading, I kind of know how it's going to end or have an idea about how it will all come together, but I was left hanging on the edge of my seat the entire time!
I will say, that it is a bit far-fetched of a story, but shoot, Nancy and friends really used their sleuthing skills this time around!
So here's the premise:
Mr. Drew is investigating a missing persons case. You see, a missionary couple had been help captive in Africa for 15 years and has recently returned to the states. They left their granddaughter, Joanie Horton, in the car of her other grandmother (since her parents passed away) while they went to do missionary things. Joanie was to receive an inheritance, being as she was the only living relative in her family. Well, things got a little hazy, and now, well, Mr. Drew has enlisted the help of Nancy and friends to do some further investigating of the case. OKAY, so while that sounds weird, it turns out really good. It involves a castle, a mysterious moonstone gift (which, I still have no idea what a moonstone is, BUT I do know another name for it is "Wolf Eye"), an unkempt man with a beard, a boating accident, I could go on and on with all the adventure in this story.
Anyway, there is just SO MUCH to this mystery, which is why I really like it. And it wasn't so far out there that I thought it was unbelievable, even though, it IS absolutely ludicrous to re-open a missing person case 15 years after the fact...
So, I am giving this a woo-hoo. Like, I am so impressed with this mystery.
I did not want to put this one down! Normally, while I'm reading, I kind of know how it's going to end or have an idea about how it will all come together, but I was left hanging on the edge of my seat the entire time!
I will say, that it is a bit far-fetched of a story, but shoot, Nancy and friends really used their sleuthing skills this time around!
So here's the premise:
Mr. Drew is investigating a missing persons case. You see, a missionary couple had been help captive in Africa for 15 years and has recently returned to the states. They left their granddaughter, Joanie Horton, in the car of her other grandmother (since her parents passed away) while they went to do missionary things. Joanie was to receive an inheritance, being as she was the only living relative in her family. Well, things got a little hazy, and now, well, Mr. Drew has enlisted the help of Nancy and friends to do some further investigating of the case. OKAY, so while that sounds weird, it turns out really good. It involves a castle, a mysterious moonstone gift (which, I still have no idea what a moonstone is, BUT I do know another name for it is "Wolf Eye"), an unkempt man with a beard, a boating accident, I could go on and on with all the adventure in this story.
Anyway, there is just SO MUCH to this mystery, which is why I really like it. And it wasn't so far out there that I thought it was unbelievable, even though, it IS absolutely ludicrous to re-open a missing person case 15 years after the fact...
So, I am giving this a woo-hoo. Like, I am so impressed with this mystery.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
the clue of the dancing puppet
Well, Nancy, who knew you were an amazing actress, too?!?! What can't this girl do? She memorized the lines to Act I of the leading lady role in an evening AND completely stole the show---standing ovation!
Here's the premise:
Mr. Spencer is in need of help. You see, he is head of the Footlighters, an amateur acting program, and he has been spooked! At night, a life-sized puppet dressed in a ballet costume has been dancing around his lawn. It is making him and his wife jittery. So, with that being said, Nancy and her friends are on the case to figure out where it is coming from and WHY?!?!?!!
Overall, I was not impressed with this mystery.
I've realized something: I don't really enjoy the mysteries where Nancy is trying to discover a 'something' that is haunting a particular area, because, let's be real, it's not a ghost, it's just someone who's dressed up or has created some mechanism to scare owners off their property so they can find the treasure hidden in a secret compartment. I like the mysteries where Nancy has to find clues or locate a missing person.
In other news, I'm learning to decorate cakes. More to come on this new adventure in my life.
Here's the premise:
Mr. Spencer is in need of help. You see, he is head of the Footlighters, an amateur acting program, and he has been spooked! At night, a life-sized puppet dressed in a ballet costume has been dancing around his lawn. It is making him and his wife jittery. So, with that being said, Nancy and her friends are on the case to figure out where it is coming from and WHY?!?!?!!
Overall, I was not impressed with this mystery.
I've realized something: I don't really enjoy the mysteries where Nancy is trying to discover a 'something' that is haunting a particular area, because, let's be real, it's not a ghost, it's just someone who's dressed up or has created some mechanism to scare owners off their property so they can find the treasure hidden in a secret compartment. I like the mysteries where Nancy has to find clues or locate a missing person.
In other news, I'm learning to decorate cakes. More to come on this new adventure in my life.
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