happy thanksgiving break!

finally it's here!

this morning, i was ready earlier than i needed to be, so i decided to be nice and go buy candy. when my students sat through 45 minutes of class with me i let them each have a tootsie pop or a blow pop on the way out of class. that made them smile. :)

since i bought enough for all my students, knowing full well a number of them would be gone, but just to be safe, my 13 year old cousin in pittsburgh will reap the benefits and get a number of tootsie pops tomorrow, as did my brother earlier today.

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i finished a really fantastic book this afternoon. it's called do you think i'm beautiful? by angela thomas. i came across this author after hearing about another of her books on the NYC christian radio station. it was one of the better books i've read this year. all about how much God loves each of us individually... and each chapter was a different twist on that big theme trying to break through all the walls people typically put up between themselves and fully accepting being loved by God even after they believe that he does love them. it was a quality read, and i'm probably going to buy a copy to give to my mom for christmas. (sshhh, don't tell)

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i didn't write about it on saturday when i first saw it, but brother and me saw "walk the line": the new movie about johnny cash... it was absolutely fantastic. the music is great, and from the news stories i saw later, it's a fairly accurate portrayal of his life too. i'd highly recommend seeing it multiple times even.

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scrubs season 2 dvd came in the mail yesterday finally -- it's a 3 dvd set, and i've already watched the first disc in its entirety in the past 24 hours... most of it last night with brother and a bit this afternoon with him too.... that show is so fantastic.

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i think that's it. brother and i are ordering pizza and taking it easy tonight since it's freakin cold and windy tonight... we're leaving for pittsburgh early tomorrow too to try to get across PA before it's expected to snow hard in pitt (2pm and later in the afternoon)... we'll see how this works.

at any rate, happy thanksgiving to all, and catch you on the flip side!

:)