The Mysterious Case of the Disappearing Pie Iron

That's right. Or, otherwise stated, "Vanishing Pie Iron 2011," because when a year is assigned to something, it becomes a landmark event in life.

Last night I returned with Miss Gokey to the Old Mill camping ground in Lee Canyon at Mt. Charleston. We were excited to set up Miss Gokey's new orange tent, then to EAT a scrumptious camping feast which includes our own specialties: pie iron blintzes and pie iron pierogis. After cooking my frozen pierogis, I left the pie iron open in the fire while I ate the delicious thing.

I must say that I doubt Mrs. T is a true Eastern European: who ever heard of a cheddar-jalapeno pierogi? I returned to the fire to retrieve my iron, and lo and behold...half was intact, but the other half was just a pointy stick! I poked around in the fire and did not see the top of the pie iron. This morning again, I looked for my pie iron and did not find it.

Speaking of irons in the fire: I have finished my lesson plans for next week for geography! This means that the pizza's on its way and I'm about to watch disc 3 of season 3 of True Blood. YES, I'm that far behind in True Blood, but it will be a fitting reward for finishing my work.

I've also decided to ask donorschoose for a grant for a book Jodi told me about called Schooled. I've been looking for a school-appropriate read for my Explorations classes, and I think this is it.

I'm considering asking the students what they actually want to learn in explorations instead of foisting social studies on them. But I might ditch that idea, because social studies is, in my opinion, underappreciated, so it will do them good to hear about cultural diffusion and social contract theory NOW, before it matters to them. They'll recognize these terms and concepts LATER, when it matters very much so that they can graduate from high school.

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/ataglance
The planet that I'm looking at right now is apparently JUPITER. Go Jupiter!

That's where the Understanding the Earth chapter comes in.

Well, I find this post a little boring, although my week wasn't boring at all.
I survived my 6th Parent Night with quite a bit of panache. I'm well into the book I am reading, Seeing and Being Seen: Tourism in the American West, as well as the book on my Kindle, which I read about on HydroJen's Book Envy blog. It's called All These Things I've Done and I've only just started it, but it seems promising.

I'm glad to be reading, since the principal gave the whole school the homework assignment to "read," making reading a habit like playing video games, ordering pizza or watching True Blood.

Hmm. Maybe it was boring, after all. But boring is awesome sometimes. Next week: my triumphant return, once again, to Old Mill. Last time I stayed at #12, this time #11. Next time? Remains to be seen. But I'll keep you posted, I'm sure.