Yawn!

I just love his big, fuzzy ears!

If you saw this, you wouldn’t break into the house, right?

Especially when he’s this alert!

Of course, Wile E. is more than just good looks. Check out the things he can do!

Knock on the door to be let in. It sounds just like a “people” knock.

Turn the doorknob to let himself in if no one responds to the knocking.

Watch, and apparently enjoy, subtitled movies. Or perhaps he understands Chinese.

Chew nonstop on a rawhide bone for FIVE hours.

Pick up the outside water bowl and parade it around when it is empty. (Must get big autorefilling water bowl for outside!)

Put the water bowl back down exactly in its place later on.

Play fetch by himself. (He has no interest in playing it with his people yet.)

Attentively listen to my singing.

We are having a blast with Wile E. However, I’m sure you notice that “outside” was mentioned a few times. When he is inside, he has to be supervised, so we close all the doors to the living room and dining room, which is where we usually are, and let him hang out in there with us. At night, he is crated in his “den” in Sage’s room.

Before we started the supervision/door closing routine, Wile E. hauled EIGHT pairs of sneakers/boots/sandels into his den for a midnight snack. Fortunately, Sage saw them and saved the day.

He fits in well. Salsa, Wile E. and Varmint the cat are currently passed out on the living room floor in the air-conditioning.

A few minutes ago, I rescued this ladybug from a bucket of some sort of sludge that Greg has left in the front flowerbed. She’s relieved to be on some lemon balm, I think!

I bought another new plant this weekend and then forgot the name of it. We are going to be overrun with plants. This one will be living in my already-crowded classroom window during the winter. It is starting to look like a greenhouse in there, since my sunny classroom is the perfect place to winter plants, especially when there are so many helpful hands.

I found an unexpected bunch of flowers when I opened up the crisper and found these had been growing on the bok choy…in the dark of all things. Who knew?

The rest of the weekend has been really relaxing. We played Monopoly, and although I tried to teach Sage to be ruthless and make deals with me to get Greg out of the game, he sold Greg a property because otherwise, “it wouldn’t be fair”. What a sweetie!

Sage and I made origami boxes, and we were working together on making peace cranes, and HE ended up showing ME how to do it. So when my child can follow a tutorial better than I can, I guess I can stop worrying about comprehension problems. We found some great video tutorials and animated tutorials on Wonder How To.

We also made a bracelet for him. It is silver two letters on a black rubber bracelet. They say, “HA”. It stands for “Homework” and “Agenda”, because he needed a visual reminder. No one has to know that, though. It just looks cool.

I got my Mother’s Day gifts early. Sage was pretty much dancing up and down until I opened my gifts, which he was responsible for telling Greg I wanted. I got some lovely earrings, some chocolate and a gift certificate for a mani/pedi.

My own mom has taken off gambling in Louisiana, so I’ll have to wait until she gets back to give her my gift, which she’ll probably find a reason to return, because that’s how she rolls.

We found an awesome new store downtown. It’s a hippie/new age kind of joint, and I spent a ridiculous amount of money on a huge Tibetian singing bowl, because the tone relaxes me like a drug. I don’t have it yet, because it’s on layaway–remember that? I got to play a didgeridoo, and was told I have natural talent at it. Who’d have thunk? It was soooo fun! Greg had to drag both Sage and me out of there. We would have stayed all day.

I made a frittata for breakfast, we ate green tea ice cream for lunch, and there’s a roast cooking for dinner. I’m almost done with the laundry. Life is good.

However, I am too fat. I gained almost all my weight back! I saw my aunt and uncle for the first time in forever, and I won’t post the photo because I look so BIG. That’s the same reason there is no photo of me wearing my new earrings, either. This summer, Sage and I are going to be working it at the rec center. Part of the reason I fell of my low-carb thing is because of sites like foodgawker. Seriously. Just type in broccoli. Or chocolate. Or blueberries.

Moving right along, the previous week was good too. I taught two students to crochet, and four how to play chess. We’re having a chess tournament next week! My students are really bonded, and are disappointed that they can’t come back next year, which is weird since I work at the disciplinary alternative school. Anyway, I’m hoping that this week is just as good–three more weeks left and we’re outta there!

Upcoming things…working late every Wednesday to make up hours for a holiday that my district wasn’t supposed to have, Boy Scouts, piano practice for Sage, dermatologist appointment for Sage (wart, moles, rash), Sage’s school play, Sage’s piano recital…it’s going to be a busy busy couple of weeks!

The last day of school? I have a massage scheduled.

That glistening grease? Real butter. Mmmm.

I’ve been spending the day doing laundry, which includes washing out what must be some of the reddest dirt in the entire world. This weekend, Sage went fishing, and brought home plenty of it. For those unfamiliar with East Texas red dirt, this is what it looks like before it winds up in the laundry:

Lastly, here is a picture of what Greg calls my “dismal sheep”. I love my sheep!

You know how digital cameras (unless you have a good one) take the picture when they darn well feel like it? That’s what happened here.

Sage thinks that this one looks like she’s saying, “Bring it on!” Who knows?

Here’s mine.

1. Michelle, 2. Blueberry Bowl, 3. Marathon Dolphins, 4. soft fuchsia, 5. More Johnny Depp…, 6. tea, 7. The Face of Morocco, 8. pick-me-up, 9. The Garden Cottage Bed and Breakfast, 10. The Way Home, 11. End Of The Day, 12. Linguine Grooms Robb

How do you make it? Well, just answer the following questions with your favorite pic from the first page that comes up when you enter your answer into Flickr’s search. If anyone’s wondering, my answer to number 10 was “Sky, Sage”. I love that New Mexico land came up, since I have some that looks about like that. Weird, but it makes sense.

Here are the questions:

1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What high school did you attend?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. Favorite drink?
7. Dream vacation?
8. Favorite dessert?
9. What do you want to be when you grow up?
10.What do you love most in life?
11. One word to describe you.
12. Your Flickr name.

There was a very large spider web in my new yard. It’s gone now, although I don’t know why. It was really cool though. When we approached, the spider bounced around on it like it was a trampoline.

I’d like to say it was I who took this picture, but I think it was Sage. Hence the interesting perspective. The spider is the glowing thing in the middle that looks like the sun. Although, at the time, it was simply a plain yellow spider.

I’ve been a fan of his for a while. He really puts a face on homelessness and poverty. Here’s what he has to say about the girl pictured above:

she’s from the bay area. but things went bad last time. so she’s been gone till now. says she lost her cat, her apartment, and her fiance all on the same weekend. so she up and split. went north.

Sometimes I feel as though I’m really close to that edge sometimes myself. I wish I could give her a hug.

I edited this image over at befunky, which I in turn found over at WordPlay, a really cool blog. I just love this type of things. One thing to watch out for–the “share with a friend” feature wants to import contacts from your address book. Nope.

It was long overdue. I think the look on his face is just something else.