Happy Easter everyone!

I had a delightful weekend filled with Easter joy and general merriment due to my silly family (and close family friends such as the ever cantankerous Luke Krajcik).

The highlights include:
~Cassie and I sang like warbly old ladies during church as per tradition.
~My brother, Brad, decided that we were all past the age when the Easter egg hunt needed to be closely monitored by our parents, mind you, our ages are between the range of 16 and 23. The rule was that we each get 12 eggs, but Brad decided that since we were old enough, it was a free-for-all. He took to finding the eggs, claiming the candy, and then promptly re-hiding the eggs. This caused great ire for the less athletic of us.
~I had the privilege to meet Taquito. My cousin's turtle. We're not quite sure what kind of turtle he is, so I will call him a pocket turtle. He is approximately an inch and a half across and quite adorable. While he does have an actual aquarium for his home, he tends to spend more time in Makenzie's pocket and/or purse.


Moving on, this past week and weekend also contained three birthday celebrations! Last Thursday was my best friend Lisa Miske's surprise party!!! On Saturday we celebrated my Grandma Boettcher's birthday, as well as Great Grandma Oberstadt's 100th birthday. Oh Boy! Let me tell you, that is quite the accomplishment, although it is not a goal for me. I've become a fan of my independence and would not like to return to a life where I depend other people for my daily existence and activities. Granted, I suppose to a certain extent it is inevitable.

In other news, I just finished the second book in the Hunger Games Trilogy! Usually I pride myself in being a book snob. Meaning, I read the books before I see the movies. With the Hunger Games, this was not the case. However, while I watched the movie (feeling a little guilty), I was able to simply enjoy it rather than comparing it to how I imagined the book or being mad that they took something out or didn't follow the book exactly the way it was written. What I have discovered, more often than not, is that if you read the book first, you will be disappointed by the movie.

Since this is supposedly a blog about me being  TESOL Teacher, I guess I should include something about that. While looking through the activity idea book, there was one about riddles. An example of one of the riddles is as follows: "A man lived on the twelfth floor of an apartment building. Each day, when he came home from work, he took the elevator to the eighth floor, got out, and walked up to his apartment on the twelfth floor. The elevator was in good operating order and went all the way to the twelfth floor. Why did the man walk up those four flights of stairs?" Now I'm sure you're quite curious as to what the answer is. I would prefer you gave yourself a moment to think about it, but if you'd rather not think too hard, here's the answer: "He was a midget and could not reach any button above '8' on the elevator panel." WHAAAAA?! Is that even politically correct anymore?! I think I'll just skip that activity or maybe use a different example...

Thanks for your attention to my blathering! <Yes, that is a real word!