Just your average wormy day...

At the preschool today, the kids were obsessed with worms. One kid told me, "Miss Julie, we were just playing with worms. They're juicy."

Juicy?

I asked two of the worm-players if they liked worms and they nodded their heads immediately. I asked why. Student one responded, "because they're cute." Student two responded, "because they're real yummy."

Cute, yummy, and juicy. Nice. How do you figure out worms are yummy??

Another student woke up from naptime and told his teacher that his worm had died. She looked questioningly at him and asked, "Where is your worm?" To which he replied, "in my pocket."

Meme

I've been tagged! Brad and Kath tagged me, over at Suncoast Living...


1. The rules of the game get posted at the beginning.
2. Each player answers the questions about themselves.
3. At the end of the post, the player tags 5 people and posts their name, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

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What I was doing 10 years ago:

In 1998 I was finishing up my junior year of high school. I was overcommitted, and I have no idea how I did my homework (I'm guessing I had some?). I was playing soccer, in band, on student council, and a whole host of other things. Me, being a dork, also did a summer program at Taylor University where I took college classes for credit. Some people took interesting things. I took Calculus. At 8 am. For three hours. From a person who made Ben Stein look animated. Oh, it was horrible and I don't really remember much. Make that anything. But oh, it was so much fun. There's not much to do in Upland, Indiana, but we had a blast. Two words: Mud sliding.

Five Snacks I enjoy:

1. Light Laughing Cow spreadable cheese with
2. Edamame
3. Fruit snacks! (Preferably Fruit by the Foot or Scooby Doo.)
4. Ice cream. Ice cream and chocolate. I'm quite fond of CMSs (chocolate milk shakes).
5. Chocolate

Things I would do if I were a billionaire (in no particular order):

1. Move back to Hilo or build a house somewhere close. Maybe Puna or Honoka'a.
2. Buy my dh a boat, or a ship. Whatever he wants. Oh, and a PT Cruiser for my dad.
3. Pay off the mortgages of my loved ones (Kath had this one, and it's a keeper)
4. Give money to churches (especially Elevate and Vineyard Cape Cod) and charities
5. Let DH invest the money, and give it away for scholarships, surprises, and just in random $100 bills along the street.

Five jobs that I have had:

1. Waitress (both banquet and restaurant, though the restaurant waitress part didn't last long)
2. College instructor. Political Science
3. Preschool teacher's assistant/slave
4. Hole driller at a factory. Let's just say it was REALLY good motivation to stay in school.
5. Secretary
I could go on. I've had so many jobs... I think it's prepared me to be a Coastie wife.

Three (make that four) of my bad habits:

1. Getting lost on the internet for way too much time
2. Leaving my stuff all over our house
3. Finding excuses not to exercise
4. Not keeping in touch with people as well as I should

Five place I have lived (in no particular order):

1. Wyoming, MI
2. Hilo, HI
3. Washington, DC/Arlington, VA - two very different experiences!
4. Evanston, IL
5. Huntington, IN

Five People I want to know more about (a nice way of saying TAG!):

1. E
2. Erinn
3. Amy
4. Renee
5. Beth

Rip my heart out...

This week I have been missing moku o Keawe more than usual.

Me ke aloha ku'u home o Hilo.

A huli aku au ia 'oe.



HWotD:
manakā - bored, tiresome, dull
"mah-nah-kaaaah"

PSA: Potatoes

Just thought you should know... potatoes explode if you don't poke holes in them or if you overcook them. And not just in the microwave.


HWotD:
'oma - oven, bake, roast
"oh-mah"

Going for the gold...

Check this out.

You don't invade anything but the best... right?

I think I'll be washing my hair that day.

There's a girl in my preschool class that is just too cute. She got her hair cut and said, "it's sweet and sassy." Yes, dear, it is. She's three going on twenty three.

So I came into class the other day and she had a picture she drew for me. She handed it to me and put one hand on her hip and flicked her other wrist to make a limp hand as she said, "This is for you. Hang it on your 'frigderador door." I don't have any family in New York, but I imagine she does.

I thanked her for such a beautiful picture and promised her that I would indeed "hang it on my 'frigderador door." I told her that "someday you'll have to come to my house and see it."

She replied, "Oh, someday. I can't do that. I'm going to Jenny's house for a sleepover that day."

Yeah. Come to think of it, someday doesn't work for me either.


HWotD:
'oia - really, that's so, that's right
"oy-ya"

For a person who constantly says, "for real?!?" in English, this is the perfect Hawaiian word. Now I just have to figure out how to say "get out!"

Wordless Wednesday : Kumu Hula Emery Li'ili'iokalani Aceret at Halema'uma'u Crater

I got this idea from An Island Life - but for more WW participants, visit the official WW Hub or 5 Minutes for Mom.