April Begins in Pictures

April begins in pictures this time, because I messed up yesterday and didn't remember to take photos consistently, all day.  And these, I find uninspiring.  I'm sorry to say that I am still suffering a little absence of effort when it comes to my blog.  

 Gloomy and miserable today.  Thank goodness that the overhang on my little porch is glass, so some light gets into the apartment.

Kitchen made more cheerful by flowers.

  

 The kids wanted allowance, but all I had were fives.

 "In the Garden of Beasts", by Erik Larson

 We're so close to the movies that we can walk. Something tells me the kids would have preferred to drive...

 The Hunger Games!  Oh, long-awaited day in Sara's life!

 Hmmm... How does this look for supper?

 Calling a few last students to start in the new quarter of the Monday / Wednesday ESL program.

 Lunch.

 We went up to Aloha Road to watch the women's semi-final of the NCAA Championships:  Notre Dame vs. University of Connecticut.  Chuck asked us to come over because the star of the Notre Dame team is named Skylar Diggins.  Any relation?  Possibly, but it would have to be the African American side of the family.  I forgot to take pictures of us during the game - I always forget when I'm around Chuck.  Suffice to say we had fun.

 We played with toy swords after the game.  Toni really wanted to be in on it, so Cliff (Chuck's friend and the owner of the Aloha house) handed her a sword and found that she can spar pretty well.

 It was delicious, but it NEVER looks like the fucking magazine, does it?

 Some chores just have to be done, even by us glamorous, jet-setting types.

And if cleaning the fridge weren't glamorous enough...

February Ends in Pictures

 Chuck's Hand of Fatima gets all catywumpus around his neck while he sleeps.  I keep thinking he will get bored with it and finally take it off; but there it stays...

 Leftover peach cobbler for breakfast.

 The Rec Center, as usual.

 On Fridays, I shop the sales.  First I go to Smith's for grapes, asparagus and soap...

 Then Macey's for sandwich bags, cucumbers and yogurt.

 Then home for what I call The Great Switchover: in which I travel back to my place just long enough to run a load of wash; exchange the clothes I have been wearing at Chuck's place for others to wear at the weekend; gather food that I need for weekend cooking, etc...  It is a huge pain.

 Girl Scout Cookies help.

 Everything I need to make bean soup tomorrow night.

 Monthly All-Staff Meeting

 I write thank-you notes during the meeting,

 Until the United Way presentation.

 The Cookie Mobile

 I take a little walk down the block in the afternoon,

 to Neighborhood House.

 It's Senior Daycare.  I love the time that I spend here.

 Back to work!

 Stuff to take home for the weekend

 Before I leave, I pretty myself up a little.

 And chat with my friends.

 Chuck's Franken-Audi project:  Taking the front end body work off his old Audi, which no longer runs; and putting it on this other Audi he just bought, which runs find but has a smashed up front end.

 We all make dinner together tonight.

 I survey Chuck about how he uses grammar in a certain kind of conditional sentence.  We are curious about it at work.

Dinner and conversation with Liz and Roi at the end of the day.